New Delhi: Aamir Khan decided to watch 'Bombay Talkies' with the directors of this film. Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar were seen with Aamir at the screening. ...
11:54 AM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: An epic journey of 100 years of Indian cinema culminated with a mix of real-life inspiring stories and reel-life fiction as award-winning 'Celluloid Man' and anthology film 'Bombay Talkies' hit the theatres. Marathon documentary 'Celluloid Man', an ode to P K Nair (80), who almost single-handedly built one of the most envious film archives, tells the extraordinary story of the man and his struggle to save the cinematic...
10:51 AM, May 04, 2013
Cast: Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan, Saqib Saleem, Katrina Kaif, Nawazuddin Siddiqui Director: Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap Two men shift nervously, seldom making eye contact, as they listen to a beggar girl at a railway station footbridge singing an old Lata Mangeshkar gem whose words seem to have particular significance in their unlikely situation. A father, determined to enthrall his bored daughter, narrates a story in mime,...
11:21 PM, May 03, 2013
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11:16 PM, May 03, 2013
May 3 is an important day for Indian cinema. It is the day when the country got a new religion to follow, it is the day when Indians got introduced to the magic of films. Hundred years back, Dadasaheb Phalke had released his first feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' on this fateful day and paved the way for an industry which now is one the biggest film industries in the world....
05:02 PM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: I'll be honest. When the first promos of the anthology film 'Bombay Talkies' came out, some of us joked about how Karan Johar was somewhat a misfit among the rest of the directors who are associated with the film and how he will be lost among titans Anurag Kashyap , Dibakar Banerjee and Zoya Akhtar. So it's a lesson well learnt that Johar, the most commercially successful of...
03:59 PM, May 03, 2013
Mumbai: The controversy surrounding 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and the National Film Awards has been resolved. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry will invite the two sound engineers whose names were left out from the awards list earlier, to the presentation ceremony on Friday evening. The controversy started when sound engineers Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair were pronounced as the winners of the Best Audiography National Film Award for Anurag...
01:30 PM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: It is an important day for cine goers in India. The medium which we all have revered turns 100 and country's four prominent filmmaker come together to pay an unique tribute to cinema. 'Bombay Talkies' combines the talent of four directors who have in their own way changed the way we perceive Hindi films in present times. Each director brings in his or her own flavour and it...
09:57 AM, May 03, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' won the National Film Award for best sound recording, but he will boycott felicitating ceremony on Thursday evening. This comes after two of his award-winning sound team members were not invited for the presentation ceremony. Sound engineers Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair couldn't contain their joy when they were pronounced as the winners of the Best Audiography National Film Award for...
09:53 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: May 3 is an important day for Indian cinema. It is the day when the country got a new religion to follow, it is the day when Indians got introduced to the magic of films. Hundred years back, Dadasaheb Phalke had released his first feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' on this fateful day and paved the way for an industry which now is one the biggest film industries in...
06:03 PM, May 02, 2013
Mumbai: A writer has accused director Anurag Kashyap of copying his story in the compilation movie 'Bombay Talkies' but the 'Dev D' director has rubbished the claims, saying he would not allow "free publicity" at his expense. Nishant G Ranjan claimed Kashyap's upcoming short film in 'Bombay Talkies' is based on a similar story that he sent to the director in 2011. Ranjan has taken the matter to Film Writers...
11:33 AM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: Actress Konkona Sen Sharma couldn't stop her tears when she watched 'Bombay Talkies', while for Riteish Deshmukh it was a "wonderful cinematic experience". The film gets the thumbs up from the film fraternity who feel that it is a must watch. A special project to mark 100 years of Indian cinema, the anthology film 'Bombay Talkies' brings on the screen four different stories put together by directors Zoya Akhtar,...
04:41 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Four Bollywood filmmakers joined hands to make 'Bombay Talkies', a film celebrating the completion of 100 years of Indian cinema. These filmmakers are Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee and Zoya Akhtar, and each of them has directed a segment of the film. Now, media reports are surfacing that a writer Nishant G Ranjan has claimed that Anurag Kashyap's short film is based on his work. Nishant says...
01:44 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has confirmed on Twitter that the poster which is doing rounds on internet is indeed of his forthcoming film 'Ugly'. The film stars Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure and Vipin Sharma in the lead roles. ...
12:07 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Mumbai: Anurag Kashyap used to feel that Karan Johar was a misfit for 'Bombay Talkies' but later he did find a common ground with the fellow filmmaker and thinks Karan's short film is the best in the anthology tribute to 100 years of Indian cinema. It's a compilation of four short stories directed by four different filmmakers Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Johar. It releases on May 3 when...
12:57 PM, Apr 29, 2013
CNN-IBN's Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand got four of Bollywood's most relevant filmmakers - Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhar and Dibakar Bannerjee - to talk about their favourite Indian films. And while there were several names doing the rounds, there's one Amitabh Bachchan film that all agreed upon. ...
03:25 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: Anurag Kashyap's upcoming film 'Ugly' has been selected at Cannes film festival's Directors' Fortnight sidebar, taking the count of Indian films at the festival to four. The three other films that are being screened at the festival are 'Bombay Talkies', 'Monsoon Shootout' and 'Dabba'. Kashyap is returning to Directors' Fortnight for the second time. He had screened his two-part revenge saga 'Gangs of Wasseypur' last year. Starring Tejaswini...
11:44 AM, Apr 24, 2013
