Mumbai: Altaf Raja, who has shot for a song in forthcoming movie "Ghanchakkar", will perform live with the film's lead actor Emraan Hashmi in three cities for promoting the fun drama.
"Emraan and Altaf will perform live in three cities, including Delhi, Ahmedabad and Indore. The promotions will begin by the mid of June," said a source.
Directed by Rajkumar Gupta, the film will see Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan as husband and wife. It is slated for a June 28 release.
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02:20 PM, May 20, 2013
The title track of 'Ghanchakkar' seems to reflect the mood of the film itself. Rajkumar Gupta's mad cap thriller features Emraan Hashmi as a conman who suffers from amnesia. Vidya Balan plays his boisterous Punjabi wife. The title song, 'Ghanchakkar Babu' has been sung and composed by Amit Trivedi and penned by Amitabh Bhattcharya. The film will be releasing on 28 June, 2013. ...
11:48 AM, May 17, 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
Mumbai: Writer Shagufta Rafique is keen to cast Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi or Ajay Devgn in an action thriller, which will be her directorial debut. Shagufta started her career as a writer with Bhatt camp production company -- Vishesh Films with 'Woh Lamhe' and has been part of the company in the capacity of a dialogue writer and screenplay writer for films like 'Aawarapan', 'Raaz 2', 'Jism 2', 'Murder 2',...
09:59 AM, May 02, 2013
Mumbai: Siddharth Roy Kapoor is looking forward to actress wife Vidya Balan's film 'Ghanchakkar', which he feels looks like a complete entertainer. "(Director) Rajkumar Gupta has done a great job in the film. He has written such an interesting script. Both Emraan (Hashmi) and Vidya have performed extraordinarily. From the trailer you can tell that it's a full-on entertainer," Siddharth, managing director of Studios, Disney UTV, said here. "I am...
12:18 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Mumbai: The opening weekend collection of Emraan Hashmi-starrer 'Ek Thi Daayan' is approximately Rs 18.07 crore and trade pundits are calling it satisfactory business, keeping the unconventional theme of the movie in mind. Sharing news of the film's box office collection in the opening weekend, trade guru Taran Adarsh tweeted: "'Ek Thi Daayan' collected approximately Rs 18.07 crore in its opening weekend." Made at a total cost of Rs 24...
12:58 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bhardwaj teaming up to produce debutant director Kannan Iyer's film 'Ek Thi Daayan' was the talk of the town till recently of how two completely different voices of Indian cinema are collaborating. ...
04:46 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Actor Emraan Hashmi might have played the role of a lover boy in several Bollywood movies in the past, but he won't opt for roles that don't have "any depth" or "logic". The 34-year-old, who started his career with the 2003 movie 'Footpath', went on to do commercial films like 'Zeher', 'Kalyug', 'Jannat' and 'Raaz The Mystery Continues...'. "I have always liked very clear characters. I don't like...
05:37 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Debut director Kannan Iyer's new film 'Ek Thi Daayan' plans to take horror to a new level by bringing back the folklores of daayan (witch) on screen. And, with a big star cast and promising promos, the film has been able to draw audiences to the theatre. The film collected Rs 6.24 crore on its opening day. Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "#EkThiDaayan Fri 6.24 cr". After a...
02:58 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Mumbai: Actor Emraan Hashmi, who features alongside three actresses -Huma Qureshi, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kalki Koechlin - in supernatural thriller 'Ek Thi Daayan', says he will be happy if audiences appreciate the performances of the ladies. 'Ek Thi Daayan', a Vishal Bhardwaj and Ekta Kapoor's co-production is the story about a magician and a witch. Emraan plays the magician. "I will be very happy if all the three women...
05:27 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Director Kanna Iyer's 'Ek Thi Daayan' is the latest to join the league of Hindi films that are based on the theme of witchcraft. The film deals with some stereotypes related to the concept of witches and black magic, and it tries to show some ancient anecdotes about 'daayan' in a new light. The article will feature some spoilers about the film, so you're requested to come to...
02:25 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Jamshedpur: Free Legal Aid Committee (FLAC), an NGO engaged in spreading awareness against superstition of 'Daayan' (witch), today demanded ban on Emraan Hashmi starrer 'Ek Thi Daayan'. Prem Chand alias Premji of FLAC, said he had recently written a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee demanding immediate ban on the just released film as it glorifies the superstition. The Emraan Hashmi starrer, directed by Kannan Iyer and co-produced by Ekta Kapoor...
10:39 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Emraan Hashmi was recently spotted at Mumbai's Haji Ali before the release of his film 'Ek Thi Daayan'. The actor offered prayers at the dargah. ...
10:18 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin Director: Kannan Iyer A very different beast from 'Makdee', his charming directorial debut from eleven years ago, 'Ek Thi Daayan', co-written and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj, sees the filmmaker revisit the mythology of witches once again. But where 'Makdee' was an old-fashioned fable about a village witch who supposedly turned humans into animals, 'Daayan', set in the modern, urban world,...
10:36 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Ek Thi Daayan' leaves you wanting more in the end. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:35 PM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: Last 4-5 years have seen the emergence of filmmakers who are ready to bring innovation to the horror genre. The latest to join the list is Kannan Iyer whose ambitious project 'Ek Thi Daayan' is ready to influence the audience's mind. The film revolves around a sought after magician Bobo (Emraan Hashmi) and his wife Tamara (Huma Qureshi). Situations change at great speed and suddenly Bobo finds himself...
09:54 AM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: It's not just the serial kisser image that is synonymous to Emraan Hashmi, but the actor has also been the face of horror series in Bollywood recently. After being a part of the 'Raaz' series, Emraan is set to return to the silver screen with yet another horror film 'Ek Thi Daayan'. However, the actor believes that the film is nothing like anything ever seen on the silver...
11:26 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Discouragement and distrust are what producer Ekta Kapoor faced when she decided to make movies. But she took it with a pinch of salt and made a mark in filmdom by churning out hit movies on a wide range of topics - from underworld to supernatural thrillers - and proving naysayers wrong. "When I did television, I was told that I cannot do movies and I won't be...
03:18 PM, Apr 15, 2013
