Cannes: The longest-running entry in this year's Cannes festival, a five-hour Indian gangster epic, won a warm welcome at the Riviera event, even drawing parallels with Quentin Tarantino. Anurag Kashyap, who directed the five hour 20 minute 'Gangs of Wasseypur', described the film to AFP as 'a Bollywood-influenced gangster epic, part Western, part documentary.' With a folk-meets-dubstep soundtrack and a basis in true stories, the film follows three generations of...
01:08 PM, May 26, 2012
London: The growing phenomenon of rich tourists visiting slums in Mumbai and elsewhere for entertainment, mainly sparked off by movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', is the subject of a new study at the University of Leicester. The study is also examining whether slum tourism can help tackle global inequalities and injustices, by analysing the growth in tours of areas of urban poverty, often called slums, favelas or townships. The project, funded by...
05:26 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor, who re-united with director Priyadarshan in 'Tezz' after a gap of 14 years, says the filmmaker has a lot of potential in him but hasn't realised it yet. The 52-year-old actor worked with Priyadarshan first in the 1997 film 'Virasat' and thinks that the filmmaker is one of the best directors in the country. "The problem with Priyadarshan is that he doesn't even know...
01:35 PM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: We remember him as the skinny Jamal from Danny Boyle's Oscar-sweeping Slumdog Millionaire. But that was four years ago. Dev Patel recently celebrated his 22nd birthday and is already working in his fourth feature film. While in Los Angeles, Dev engaged in an exclusive phone interview with HitList to discuss life as a travelling actor, challenges in Hollywood, sweetheart Freida Pinto and his upcoming film. How has life changed...
11:29 AM, May 02, 2012
Los Angeles: 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Dev Patel has landed lead role in Bill Bennett directed thriller 'Defiant', which is based on the true story of double honour killings in India. It will be Dev's third project based on an Indian story after 'Slumdog' and 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'. The 22-year-old actor stars opposite Toni Colette in the movie. He will play one of the lovers on the run, the...
05:07 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Soon after I got out of AR Rahman's North Mumbai home (which also doubles up as his studio), I went online. To look up 'Munbe Vaa,' a song in the Tamil movie, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, for which Rahman had composed the music. Now, I don't understand a word of Tamil. And I can confidently say"without fear of contradiction from my wife"that I'm rarely 'mushy'. But the moment the song started...
10:58 AM, Mar 28, 2012
London: Indian origin actress Freida Pinto says Dev Patel is really dramatic at home and people don't understand how good an actor he really is. The 27-year-old, who has been dating her 'Slumdog Millionaire' co-star since in 2007, says Patel has a 'massive' range of emotions, reported Femalefirst. "Dev has always been an amazing actor, and I feel people have not tapped into a quarter of what he's capable of...
01:30 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Mumbai: From slums to flats, from 'Slumdog Millionaire' to another international movie with Anthony Hopkins. The dream ride continues for Rubina Rafiq Qureshi and Azharuddin Ismail, who will now be seen in British director-producer Martin Pennell's 'Lord Owen's Lady'. The third child actor seen in Danny Boyle's Oscar winning film, Ayush Mahesh Khadekar, the son of a civil engineer, has also found a role in 'Lord Owen's Lady' that stars...
10:39 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Mumbai: Even as her father Anil Kapoor graced Hollywood screen with 'Slumdog Millionaire' and the latest 'Mission Impossible' series, actress Sonam Kapoor feels she is not lucky enough to get right opportunity on that front. 'Slumdog Millionaire' opened Hollywood gates for Anil, who soon landed a role in a US television series '24'. The 52-year-old actor was also seen sharing the screen space alongside Tom Cruise in the fourth series...
05:35 PM, Mar 22, 2012
London: Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali is reportedly in talks to be part of a small budget British film which will also have Hollywood veteran Anthony Hopkins. The romantic comedy set to be filmed in India, England and Wales later this year is about a young Welsh nobleman who falls in love with an Indian girl. Former rugby player Gavin Henson is all set to make his acting debut...
03:15 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Los Angeles: Actress Freida Pinto says she had a terrifying brush with a suicide bomber while filming a TV show in Afghanistan. Before finding fame with her role in multi-Oscar winning 2008 movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', the Indian beauty was a presenter on Zee TV's travel show 'Full Circle'. She headed to Afghanistan in 2006 for a report on the region's tourism hotspots - but was left shaken when she had...
01:57 PM, Mar 02, 2012
London: Indian actress Freida Pinto says she loves discussing her work with boyfriend Dev Patel because he always gives an honest feedback. The 27-year-old, who has been dating Patel since they worked in 2007 film 'Slumdog Millionaire', said she knows Patel will always say what he thinks rather than what she wants to hear, reported Femalefirst. "I like being able to ask Dev, 'What do you think of this?' He's...
06:49 PM, Feb 21, 2012
London: Indian actress Freida Pinto says she has had lots of down moments but has learned to channel her dark emotions into her acting. The 27-year-old actress, who shot to fame with 'Slumdog Millionaire', said she has learnt how to deal with her dark periods and likes to use them as inspiration for film roles, reported Femalefirst. "I do go through a lot of down moments. I have plenty of...
04:27 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Mumbai: As renowned German film orchestra Babelsberg recreates the music of A.R. Rahman on stage in Mumbai, India's famous composer says it was enriching to translate his works for this genre and he wants to educate the youth on orchestra music. "Imagine when 80-100 people are working hard to make one song, a song that moves you...it is amazing to hear orchestra music," Rahman told IANS in an interview. "We...
03:55 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Mumbai: Over a 100 orchestra musicians performed live on AR Rahman's composition here Thursday as part of 'Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities'. The concert to be held Friday is titled The Classic Incantations, where a well known German film orchestra Babelsberg will perform with Rahman on his film score. As the orchestra doled out a two-and-a-half minute piece on Latika's Theme from 'Slumdog Millionaire' that won Rahman two Academy...
01:03 PM, Jan 20, 2012
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