New Delhi: It's not the awards season yet, but Juhi Chaturvedi, the debutant script writer of the much-acclaimed film Vicky Donor, has already 'won' her Filmfare trophy from an industry legend. Writer Salim Khan, the father of actor Salman Khan, was so moved by the film, he gave director Shoojit Sircar and Chaturvedi one of his Filmfare trophies. Chaturvedi said it was the greatest honour she could have imagined coming...
10:57 AM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Born March 20, 1966 in Kolkata, Alka Yagnik is one of the most iconic Bollywood singers of our time. Her mother Shubha Yagnik was a singer of Indian classical music. She received her school education from Modern High School for Girls. At the age of 6, she started singing for Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta. At the age of 10, her mother brought her to Bombay as a...
08:47 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The best moments from the 84th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night of love for a shared movie-going experience, were ones which were sentimental, nostalgic and drew the audience in with a sense of easy familiarity. For most Indians who made the effort to wake up at 6 AM to catch the live telecast, the comparisons with our own awards functions were inevitable, and almost bile-inducing. When the handsome...
09:08 AM, Feb 28, 2012
The immediate provocation for this piece is the Filmfare Awards telecast this year on Sunday - can't remember if it is it is the 56th ...
11:51 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Bollywood's leading ladies put their best foot forward at the Filmfare and Apsara awards recently. ...
08:46 PM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor played hosts at the recently held 57th Idea Filmfare awards. Both the actors were seen copying Vidya Balan's 'The Dirty Picture' look at the award function. ...
12:48 PM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara bagged the maximum number of popular awards at the 57th Idea Filmfare awards held in Mumbai on January 29, 2012. Vidya Balan won the best actress award for her bold performance in The Dirty Picture. Ranbir Kapoor bagged the best actor award for his film Rockstar. AR Rahman won the best music director award for Rockstar. He was honoured with the 2500th...
03:25 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Delhi: Filmfare awards are back with a bang. The star-studded show is scheduled for January 29, 2012. Zoya Akhtar's 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' and Imtiaz Ali's 'Rockstar' have got the maximum number of nominations, leaving behind Shah Rukh Khan's 'RA.One' and Salman Khan's 'Bodyguard'. So far, this award season has been very lucky for Vidya Balan and Ranbir Kapoor. At the Colors Screen Awards and Apsara Awards, Vidya and Ranbir...
07:56 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Mumbai: Veteran music composer Pyarelal of composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal and actress Aruna Irani will be conferred the lifetime achievement award at the 57th Idea Filmfare Awards 2012, reveals megastar Amitabh Bachchan. "Filmfare wishes to acknowledge two personalities that have contributed greatly to our industry and they talk to me about them because I shall not be able to be at the function," Amitabh wrote on his blog bigb.bigadda.com. "It is...
12:37 PM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: Slowly and steadily Bollywood has become the opinion leader of the Indian society. The new urban culture is the by-product of the Hindi films. Thousands of aspiring actors land up at VT with dreams and empty pocket. Some embrace the city, some get embraced by the city, but only the talented and toughest survives. Therefore it gives immense hope to strugglers when newcomers get nominated for prestigious awards....
07:51 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Mumbai: As Mumbai gears up to host the Filmfare Awards night Jan 29, most Bollywood celebrities feel Zoya Akhtar's 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' will walk away with the best film trophy. Among the other films competing in the category are 'Rockstar', 'The Dirty Picture', 'Don 2: The King is Back', 'No One Killed Jessica' and 'Delhi Belly'. There's still time for the final winners to be announced, but when celebrities...
01:13 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has won scores of awards and honours and is in the race for the best actor Filmfare trophy this year for 'Don 2: The King Is Back'. Yet, he feels awards are important. "Awards are very important. Insha Allah, whichever film gets the award I will be very happy," Shah Rukh told reporters here at the Filmfare Awards nomination party Friday night. He has been...
01:06 PM, Jan 15, 2012
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