Mumbai: Model-turned-actress Esha Gupta is open to all kinds of films and roles - and even item numbers - because she wants to discover what she is best at.
"I am open to doing everything. I am open to doing an off-beat film. I am open to do a full-on commercial film, I am open to item songs...because I have just started I want to see where I fit," the 27-year-old former Miss India said here in an interview.
Esha, a former model, made her Bollywood debut with 'Jannat 2' opposite Emraan Hashmi. She recently shot a special song for director Punit Malhotra's 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein'.
Now three films-old in the industry, she says shard work is the only key to success in showbiz, and that she is happy with the acceptance she has received in the Hindi film industry....
more
06:42 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Ghosts exist and black magic works. At least in Bollywood, where the upcoming 'Ek Thi Daayan' is the latest in the list of films on witches, occult and the like, much to the dismay of women's groups who argue that witch hunting is not entertainment but a tragic fact that has led to women being targeted and even killed. Recent films like 'Raaz 3' and 'Talaash' have propagated...
01:13 PM, Apr 04, 2013
If lip-locking and lovemaking were not enough, filmmakers are now getting bolder by shooting erotica in 3D. ...
05:06 PM, Mar 05, 2013
After spending more than a decade in the industry, Bipasha Basu feels that an actor's life is not easy. Bipasha, 34, who started her career with a negative character in 2001 hit 'Ajnabee', says she now wants to do challenging roles. ...
06:12 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Though they are not together as a couple, the actor claims that the two are great friends even today. ...
02:32 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Hindi filmmakers find it difficult to give a proper dimension to the shock value of a mysterious character. ...
01:47 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Bhatt camp may have delivered bold content in their movies like 'Murder', 'Jism', 'Raaz', but veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt insists they have never treated women as commodities in their films. "I have never looked at women as commodities. Like in my film 'Arth' we showed a woman who deconstructs the institution of marriage. 'Zakhm' was about a woman who chose to stay outside marriage," he told reporters here today....
10:34 AM, Jan 08, 2013
It has been a good year for the actress with both 'Jannat 2' and 'Raaz 3D' being successful. ...
06:25 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Actress Bipasha Basu, who has experimented with various genres, is all set now to be part of a sci-fi film directed by Vikram Bhatt. "Bipasha Basu is one actress in Bollywood who is ready to experiment with different genres. Besides, Bipasha suits the role for my sci-fi film," said Bhatt, who recently worked with the actress in 'Raaz 3'. ...
01:11 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: Women are active in show business like never before, but will they surpass the status Bollywood heroes enjoy? Never, says actress Bipasha Basu, who feels there is 'minimum' opportunity for female actors in the Hindi film industry. "In Bollywood, the opportunities for female actresses is very minimum. There's not much choice for us except to be safe and look pretty and do some nice dance numbers," Bipasha told...
01:19 PM, Nov 18, 2012
Mumbai: Emraan Hashmi is in no hurry to shed his 'serial kisser' tag as the actor, who has managed to reinvent himself with films like 'The Dirty Picture' and 'Shanghai', likes his bold image. Starting his journey with erotic-thrillers like 'Murder', 'Zeher', 'Kalyug' and others, Hashmi moved on to try different roles in 'Once Upon A Time in Mumbai', 'The Dirty Picture', 'Murder 2', 'Jannat 2', 'Raaz 3' and 'Shanghai'....
02:55 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Mumbai: Bipasha Basu has tasted success with 'Raaz 3', and is already working on horror film named 'Aatma'. She might soon sign another horror-thriller, being scripted by Vikram Bhatt. Post 'Raaz 3', the director is frantically scripting a horror-thriller for Bipasha. This project would be launched as soon the scripting is done. In fact, Bhatt, who was supposed to next direct the true-life medical thriller entitled 'The Ankur Arora Murder...
07:36 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt has taken over from Ramesh Sippy as the president of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India here Monday. He says he wants to work hard for the fraternity's benefit. Bhatt was earlier serving as the vice president of the guild, an autonomous non-profit premier film trade body. "It is a big honour and a big responsibility to have become the president of such a...
01:10 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: Emraan Hashmi, who is riding high on the success of 'Raaz 3', is the most underrated actor of the present generation, says Bollywood star Salman Khan. Emraan's box office success ratio was recently compared to Salman's, as he has earned a thumbs up with most of his recent films, including 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai', 'Murder 2', 'The Dirty Picture', 'Jannat 2', 'Shanghai' and most recently, 'Raaz 3'....
12:38 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: Models are beautiful, and they can act, says Esha Gupta, who believes that the transition of a model from the ramp to celluloid is often successful because the audiences like to watch beautiful faces on screen. "Look at Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif... they are one of the best actresses we have these days, and they all used to be models. The bottomline is that everyone...
06:39 PM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: Mahesh Bhatt is among those filmmakers who changed with the changes happening in the Indian socio-political scenario. After directing a number of commercially and critically successful films, he has said no to direction since 1998. These days, he is producing films that touch new sides of human relationships. He talks about the change in his brand of cinema and how he wants to be perceived by the common...
02:16 PM, Sep 16, 2012
