Mumbai: Pakistani singer-turned-actor Ali Zafar will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke academy award here on May 3. The 31-year-old actor made his acting debut in Bollywood in 2010 with a small budget film 'Tere Bin Laden', which was a surprise hit at the box office. His next outing 'Mere Brother Ki Dulan' alongside Katrina Kaif and Imran Khan, was a hit. His last release was 'London Paris New York', which also...
05:05 PM, May 03, 2012
Mumbai: After earning applause for his performance in his Bollywood debut Tere Bin Laden back in 2010, surprisingly Ali Zafar's role in the sequel to the film has been drastically reduced to just a cameo. 'Tere Bin Laden' that won him several awards incidentally was banned in his home country Pakistan. Pradhuman Singh, who played the titular role, will be seen playing a meatier character in the sequel. The film's...
12:00 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: The time is ripe for small budget movies, but, despite that, the money bags are not willing to loosen their purse strings, says Pradhuman Singh, who faked Osama bin Laden in the critically and commercially successful 'Tere Bin Laden'. "Although these are promising times for small budget films, unfortunately companies are still reluctant to put in money if there is no big star cast, despite good content. There...
12:31 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Sriram Raghavan's film 'Agent Vinod' is banned in Pakistan because it allegedly has derogatory references to ISI. Earlier, films such as 'The Dirty Picture' and 'Tere Bin Laden' were also banned by the Pakistani Censor Board. Actually a permanent ban on Indian films was placed in Pakistan in 1965 which was lifted after 43 years in 2008. However, the lifting of ban didn't change the scenario much as...
03:55 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Ali Zafar is not the first Pakistani actor to try his hands in the Hindi film industry. From Mohsin Khan and Javed Sheikh to Meera and Veena Malik, Bollywood has given many Pakistani actors a chance but none of them capitalized the breaks offered. Ali Zafar is one of the rare Pakistani actors who got the opportunity to play the lead role in a big budget Bollywood film....
12:11 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani actor Ali Zafar seems to be having a tough time perfecting his dance steps for a Bollywood item number."Most painfully joyous process. Dance rehearsal for an item number! Fully Bollywood! Must sit in a tub full of ice before sleeping!" Ali wrote on his Twitter page. The actor-singer is currently busy shooting for filmmaker David Dhawan's 'Chashme Buddoor' remake. Apart from Ali, the film also stars Anupam...
11:29 AM, Jan 09, 2012
Mumbai: Director Abhishek Sharma, whose comic take on terrorism 'Tere Bin Laden' evoked a tremor of titters, is back -- this time with a graphic novel titled 'Munkeeman' which he intends to turn into a feature film. The 'Monkey Man' refers to the half-monkey, half-human creature which allegedly attacked and petrified folks in Delhi in 2001. This was also the subject of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's film 'Delhi 6'. Abhishek, who...
06:17 PM, Oct 18, 2011
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06:06 PM, Jul 22, 2010
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12:23 AM, Jul 17, 2010
'Lamhaa' has been banned in the middle east and 'Tere Bin Laden' is facing a revising committee in Pakistan. ...
09:15 AM, Jul 16, 2010
Tere Bin Laden is a tongue-in-cheek satire on al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. ...
12:42 PM, Jul 11, 2010
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