Mumbai: Mahie Gill, who will next be seen in Satish Kaushik's comedy 'Gang of Ghosts', says films like 'Chillar Party' should be made as audiences are ready to enjoy new kind of cinema.
Co-directed by Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl, 'Chillar Party' won the 2011 National Film Award for Best Children's Film.
"I have seen 'Chillar Party', it was a fantastic film made by a friend, Vikas (Bahl). I feel that more films like this should be made as now the time is ripe with more and more experimental cinema being made," the actress told the reporters at the muhurat of her film 'Gang of Ghosts' Thursday.
"New directors and scripts are coming to the fore. Audiences have changed a lot and want to experience a new kind of cinema," she added. ...
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11:12 AM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: An Air India pilot and two air hostesses were suspended after an airline probe found that the cabin crew overstayed in the cockpit on a Delhi-bound flight from Bangkok on April 12. The action came amidst reports that while the pilot took a nap in the business class, the air hostesses were left to operate the aircraft over 20 minutes, endangering the safety of 166 passengers on board. The...
06:58 PM, May 03, 2013
Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra's cousin Meera, who is making her Bollywood debut with Satish Kaushik's directorial venture 'Gang Of Ghosts', says she idolises her star cousin, but doesn't need tips from her. National Award-winning actress Priyanka made her debut in Bollywood with the 2003 film 'The Hero: Love Story of a Spy' after winning the Miss World crown in 2000. In 2011, her cousin Parineeti entered the showbiz with 'Ladies vs...
02:41 PM, May 03, 2013
Jaipur: A 35-year-old hostel warden in a Jaipur school for visually impaired children has been accused of seeking sexual favours from a 15-year-old student. He has also been accused of harassing the girl who is the daughter of the school's sanitation worker and threatening her with expulsion. While school authorities have denied the allegations, the police have arrested the accused warden and have detained a teacher. The teen survivor said,...
07:59 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Rajahmundry: Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday night said Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 400 crore will be spent this year for infrastructure and water works in localities were SCs and STs stay. He also announced that in order to provide better education facilities for students completing tenth standard, 100 hostels for SCs, each costing Rs 2 crore and 250 hostels for STs, each costing Rs 1...
02:55 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Los Angeles: Seth MacFarlane may have shown reluctance to return as an Oscar host but producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are apparently keen to bring him back for the high profile job. Zadan and Meron are returning to oversee the Oscars in 2014 and they reportedly want the 'Family Guy' creator back for the hosting job. MacFarlane faced criticism from several quarters but ensured that the show generated good...
11:20 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Also on the show: Review of 'The Host' an a chat with the star cast of 'The Croods'. ...
11:19 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel Director: Andrew Niccol When an alien enters the body of a nice teenage girl, her original spirit refuses to leave, her head now crowded with two voices that want different things, including two boys who aren't particularly fond of each other. Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight books, recycles the same love triangle formula, only replacing vampires and werewolves with a sci-fi spin....
10:51 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'The Host' is at best unintentionally hilarious. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:35 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Los Angeles: TV host and socialite Kim Kardashian's divorce proceedings have reportedly taken another odd turn. Her ex-husband is ready to avoid the trial if she apologises to him. If the 32-year-old American socialite, who is pregnant with Kanye West's baby, apologises to Brooklyn Nets player Kris Humphries at a settlement conference in a Los Angeles court, he would give her a divorce without seeking an annulment on grounds of...
05:48 PM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: Indian audiences are going to taste different flavours at the silver screen this week as each of the three films have different themes. The first film to hit the screens on April 19 is 'The Croods'. 'The Croods', latest 3D adventure offering from Fox and DreamWorks, will hit Indian screens April 19. The movie follows the world's first modern family through the journey of a lifetime. 'The Croods'...
06:06 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Atlanta: A gunman who held four Georgia firefighters hostage on Wednesday, demanding his utilities and cell phone service be restored, was killed after an exchange of gunfire with authorities who moved in to free the captives, police said. An officer was wounded and the firefighters, taken hostage after responding to what had appeared to be a medical call, suffered minor injuries during the rescue at a suburban Atlanta home, Gwinnett...
07:57 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Los Angeles: Can lightning strike twice for 'Twilight Saga' author Stephenie Meyer? Meyer trades vampires for alien beings in her latest book-to-film endeavor, 'The Host,' opening in US movie theaters on Friday. Film distributor Open Road hopes the film will attract millions of 'Twilight' fans and be the first of a new franchise, but Meyer says she Is not trying to emulate the success that took her from unknown to...
12:20 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Nashik: An SRPF personnel was arrested for allegedly making obscene gestures at girls residing in a hostel in Dhule district, police said on Monday. Bhooshan Phulpagare (29), a personnel with the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), made some vulgar gestures at girls staying in a government tribal hostel at Devpur locality in Dhule city on Friday. The girls informed their hostel superintendent. Later, the hostel superintendent and girls caught hold...
01:35 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Thirteen of the 28 Indian seafarers, rescued from Somali pirates after their vessels were hijacked in 2012, reached India on Monday. Meanwhile, Puroshottam Tiwari, father of Dheeraj Tiwari who is still Hostage on MV Iceberg 1, spoke to CNN-IBN about his plight. ...
10:13 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Chayamoy, produced by Rose Valley films, is based on a novel by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. ...
12:11 PM, Mar 16, 2013
A final year engineering student on Monday was found murdered in a hostel room in Faridabad. Angry over the incident, students of the college held demonstrations and blocked the national highway 2. ...
01:00 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Seven foreign hostages kidnapped last month by a Nigerian Islamist group from a construction company compound have been killed, the Italian and Greek foreign ministries said on Sunday. The al Qaeda-affiliated group Ansaru announced on Saturday that it had killed the hostages seized on February 7 in the northern state of Bauchi because of attempts by Nigerian and British forces to free them. ...
02:55 PM, Mar 11, 2013
