The Cannes Film Festival which features the biggest names in independent and mainstream cinema opens on May 15. ...
09:59 AM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: Director Dibakar Banerjee has rubbished rumours about making a sequel to his last year's release 'Shanghai'. Dibakar, who is currently busy with another of his project, said he has no plans to do so for a long time. "Right now I am just writing for my next film and I don't think I have announced the sequel so far and the plans are not to do so for a...
02:46 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: It could have been easily be the song of decade. But the star studded song during the closing credit of 'Bombay Talkies' falls literally flat on its face and fails to impress viewers. In spite of 20 of the leading stars in the music video - including two of the Khans - the video and the song itself has got brickbats from users of social media. Composed by...
10:43 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: If 'Bombay Talkies' is an indication to the kind of cinema that we will get to watch from now on, then it is good news for all cine lovers. In a befitting tribute to 100 years of Indian cinema, the anthology film featuring some of the best directors of current times manages to step out of its comfort zone and yet charm the audience. In a first of...
02:07 PM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: While making 'Bombay Talkies' with three other directors, Dibakar Bannerjee has gone through the most fun experience of his life and he dreads leaving it behind. "When again would I get the chance to work so closely with three of my friends Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar," asked the successful auteur. 'Bombay Talkies' is an anthology film consisting of four short films released May 3. "We were...
03:19 PM, May 07, 2013
Filmmaker Karan Johar got the rights to four recorded classics composed by the late Madan Mohan for his production 'Bombay Talkies', a tribute to 100 years of Indian cinema. He is said to have got them free of cost. Karan wanted rights to four songs, one of which was 'Ajeeb dastaan hain yeh' (which is also the title of Karan's part of the story in 'Bombay Talkies'). Saregama HMV, the...
12:21 PM, May 07, 2013
A video by director Shakun Batra shows animated versions of the four directors dressed up as elves and dancing to Jingle Bells to celebrate the success of Bombay Talkies. ...
09:30 AM, May 06, 2013
On the show, Rajeev Masand reviews 'Bombay Talkies', 'Shootout at Wadala' and 'Celluloid Man'. ...
03:35 PM, May 04, 2013
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
Rajeev Masand says 'Bombay Talkies' is like a breath of fresh air. What do you think? Write your own review and win prizes.
11:16 PM, May 03, 2013
Indian cinema's centenary celebrations take centrestage this Friday as 'Bombay Talkies' and 'Celluloid Man', both films dedicated to Indian cinema hit the screens. ...
06:31 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
Indian cinema's centenary celebrations take centrestage on Friday as 'Bombay Talkies' and 'Celluloid Man' - both dedicated to Indian cinema - hit the screens. Also to keep your action quotient going is John Abraham starrer 'Shootout at Wadala'. ...
12:10 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
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
