Mumbai: The producers of the Anurag Kashyap-directed 'Ugly' left with the film for the ongoing Cannes International Film Festival, but Vikramaditya Motwane, who's also a producer, was left behind.
And with good reason.
Motwane, who attended the prestigious film festival in 2010 with his directorial debut 'Udaan', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section, is not allowed to take a single day off from the editing, and post-production phase of his directorial venture 'Lootera'.
'Lootera' is being readied for a July release and the film's other producers Madhu Mantena and Vikas Bhel took a conscious decision to leave Motwane behind. Apparently, 'Lootera' would get a very low-key marketing and publicity....
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03:13 PM, May 19, 2013
The makers of 'Lootera' released the first track of the film recently. Featuring the lead pair- Sonakshi Sinha and Ranveer Singh- 'Sawaar Loon' depicts the innocent romance of the 1950s. Sung by Monali Thakur, the song has been composed by Amit Trivedi. The film has been directed by 'Udaan' director Vikramaditya Motwane and will be releasing on 5 July 2013. ...
12:26 PM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: Director Vivek Agnihotri says it was filmaker Vikram Bhatt who inspired him to make 'Freedom'. 'Freedom' is a socio-political saga set in the backdrop of 1970s to 2000s. It features Salman Yusuf Khan in the lead. "I always wanted to make 'Freedom', but I had to drop the idea due to financial crisis. I would have never made an erotic thriller like 'Hate Story' if I had finance for...
10:11 AM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: JM Financial Ltd has said that former Citi Chief Executive Vikram Pandit and his business partner, Hari Aiyer are to buy a 3 per cent equity stake in the financial services company through an issue of warrants. JM Financial also said it would set up a fund jointly with Pandit's firm to buy distressed assets. The fund is targeting an initial capitalisation of $100 million, JM Financial said in...
09:05 PM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai: 'Invisible' is the film that Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt's most successful protege Emraan Hashmi will star in, thereby ending media speculation that the actor has been in two minds about doing a project for the banner that kickstarted his career. While Mahesh Bhatt, with typical insouciance, dismisses the unsavoury rumours and confirms their new collaboration is titled 'Invisible', a source close to the project sniggers, "We really don't...
11:14 AM, May 16, 2013
Chennai: Tamil director Gaurav Narayanan is gung ho about his team for having successfully completed the first schedule of 'Sigaram Thodu' in extreme climatic conditions in the Himalayas. "'Sigaram Thodu' first schedule successfully completed in Himalayas as planned. It is India's first movie to shoot the Gangotri temple opening ceremony amidst 20,000 people in -2 degree celsius," posted the film's director Gaurav on his Twitter page. The film features Vikram...
05:08 PM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: Vikramaditya Motwane, who is set for the release of his second directorial venture 'Lootera", says he had a hard time shooting for the film. Motwane earlier directed critically acclaimed film 'Udaan'. After shooting for the first schedule of 'Lootera' in Mumbai, the cast and crew of the film moved to Dalhousie hill-station in Himachal Pradesh and the set was erected there which got razed to ground due to heavy...
04:32 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Actor Dhanush won the Best Actor award at the 7th Annual Vijay Awards in Chennai recently. The glittering star studded event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on May 11, 2013. An elated Dhanush, who won the Best Actor Award for his performance in the film '3' tweeted, "just grabbed my best actor Vijay award I sincerely thank my fans without u guys nothing's...
04:34 PM, May 12, 2013
Panaji: Indian Navy's indigenously-built aircraft carrier would be launched on August 12, 2013, while INS Vikramaditya (purchased from Russia) will arrive before the end of 2013, Union Defence Minister AK Antony said in Panaji on Saturday. "INS Vikramaditya is going to be a reality, as promised the ship would be delivered before the end of this year," Antony told reporters after the commissioning of fighter aircraft MiG29K into Navy at...
04:12 PM, May 11, 2013
New York: 'Anumati' directed by Gajendra Ahire has won the Best Feature Film award at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) with Vikram Gokhale getting the Best Actor award for his role as a desperate husband. The winners were chosen from 18 narrative, 10 documentaries (feature length or shorter) and 8 shorts from the Indian subcontinent and its diaspora featured at the festival, which ran April 30 - May...
10:28 AM, May 08, 2013
Panaji: Union Defence Minister AK Antony will commission MIG-29 K fighter planes into the Indian Navy on May 11 in Goa. The squadron, named INAS 303 Black Panthers, will be commissioned on May 11 by the Defence Minister at INS Hansa Naval base in the state, Indian Navy PRO said. The aircraft were inducted in the force on February 19, 2010. The MIG-29K (K stands for 'Korabelny' meaning "Carrier Borne"...
02:52 PM, May 06, 2013
Chennai: Tamil actor Vikram Prabhu-starrer Tamil film 'Sigaram Thodu' went on the floors Sunday in a temple at Haridwar, in Uttarakhand. "The shooting of 'Sigaram Thodu' commenced today (Sunday) at Chandi Devi Temple in Haridwar. The team commenced the shoot at northern peak," posted G. Dhananjayan, film's executive producer, on his Twitter page. Monal Gajjar is paired opposite Vikram in the film, which also features Sathyaraj, Satish and Kovai Sarala...
05:14 PM, May 05, 2013
Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha will be seen together for the first time onscreen in this film. ...
06:42 PM, May 03, 2013
The style icon of Southern cinema 'Power Star' Pawan Kalyan will play the lead in Trivikram Srinivas upcoming film. Samantha and Praneetha will be the leading ladies of the film. The film is porduced by BVSN Prasad under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra India Pvt Ltd. The shooting of the film will begin from May 2 at the Ramoji Film City and the schedule will go on till...
05:05 PM, May 02, 2013
Harsha Vardhan who has recently been applauded for the interesting dialogues of the film 'Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyindhe' 'Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyindhe' has bagged an exciting offer. Superstar Nagarjuna has roped the writer to pen the dialogues for a film. There is a buzz that the film will star the Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya will play pivotal roles in the film. 'Ishq' fame Vikram Kumar will direct the film, which is tentatively...
01:11 PM, May 01, 2013
Seems like it is the generation 'Y' ruling the cine industry now, and it is happy to see them all making it big. And one from the young league, Vikram Prabhu has the peerless distinction in the recent times of having delivered, in the debut, in 'Kumki' that ran the marathon to a ton, and clinching the mark of having run a 100 days successfully. Now the big hero is...
03:48 PM, Apr 26, 2013
