Mehra says if politicians and government officers are paid well, corruption can decrease drastically. ...
05:26 PM, Jan 26, 2013
After giving powerful performances in 'Hey Ram', 'Chandni Bar' and 'Rang De Basanti', actor Atul Kulkarni says he has no regrets that despite his 15-year-old career he is yet to do a solo film. "I have no regrets for not having a solo career in Bollywood because when I joined the film industry I was 35 years old. No body gets solo leads when they start their career at this...
11:37 AM, Dec 03, 2012
Mumbai: Multilingual actor Siddharth, who plays one of the leading men in David Dhawan's remake of 1981 classic Chashme Buddoor, says the movie cannot be compared with the original. "I'd never dare to compare David's and Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddoor. I didn't think of Sai's film even once. There's no connection between the two. It has been a very liberating experience for me," said Siddharth, who made an impact with...
12:37 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: For sometime now, the name, term, insignia label, epithet, tag, title, moniker Bollywood has been residing vicariously, in the eye of a storm. Stars, directors and others led by the towering inferno Big B and now followed by Salman Khan have voiced complaints about the name being a joke, an insult, demonstrating slavish mimicking of an industry that has clearly overtaken, in terms of movie output eyeballs, glamour,...
06:07 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Mumbai: He is not a stranger to filmdom, considering his father-in-law is veteran artist Prem Chopra and his sister Mansi Joshi is an actress and is married to actor-filmmaker Rohit Roy. But Sharman Joshi says connections don't work in showbiz and everyone has to prove his or her mettle to get recognition. "You are at the mercy of people. No connections really help here (filmdom). You have to prove yourself....
11:14 AM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra of 'Rang De Basanti' fame, who is making a biopic on Milkha Singh, says the film's lead Farhan Akhtar went through gruelling training like an athlete to look the part. "My only brief to my team was that we are not preparing an actor, we are training an athlete to win gold at the next Olympics. There was a lot of hard work, training...
06:08 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Mumbai: After Ashutosh Gowariker, another A.R. Rahman loyalist in Bollywood has had to switch to another composer. It is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra who has teamed up with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for the music of his new project 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' (BMB). "I've been very keen to work with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for many years. We go back almost 20 years. Ehsaan had composed music for my first ad film. Loy and I know each...
05:32 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Mumbai: It's the final day for rehearsals for the Rockstar concert in Mumbai. But A R Rahman looks a little distracted. "Please, can all these people with cameras in their hands move out of the room..... we need to finish this and we have just a few hours," he snaps. Ever since his Oscars, Rahman has been shuttling between LA and Chennai and clearly life has never been the same....
03:15 PM, Nov 01, 2011
Mumbai: Apart from his next release in January, there's a lot more happening in Abhishek Bachchan's life right now. The actor's looking forward to fatherhood but admits he does not have the liberty to take time off. Excerpts from a Q and A with the papa-to-be... As the due date nears, you must be getting increasingly asked about the baby and fatherhood? Actually, I've been so busy shooting Bol Bachchan...
01:40 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker and scriptwriter Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra of 'Rang De Basanti' fame says the history of Indian cinema shows villains were the greatest mirrors of the country's changing socio-political scene. "The first villains were the British - they were villains (literally). Then the feudal lords became the villains in the rich-poor conflicts and after that your father became the villain (because he told you which room in the hostel...
06:25 PM, Sep 26, 2011
Kolkata: India's top art director Samir Chanda, known for work in films like 'Guru', 'Omkara' and 'Rang De Basanti', died on Thursday night due to heart-related ailments. The art director and production designer breathed his last at a hospital in Mumbai, his family said. Chanda had won the National Film Award for best art direction thrice in his 32-year career. "It is with deep regret that I convey the tragic...
02:39 AM, Aug 19, 2011
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Thank goodness for the Supreme Court, I have to say right at the outset. But it's really incredible how important the spotlight the media offers ...
08:02 PM, Apr 15, 2011
But the actor says he has been privileged to work with the perfectionist Khan in '3 Idiots' and 'Rang De Basanti' ...
11:41 AM, Jul 19, 2010
Performers who are like pillars of strength to the main leads ...
08:43 PM, Apr 24, 2010
Striker is a story of triumph of human spirit over indomitable odds. ...
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