Jammu: Model-turned-Actress Sayali Bhagat, who claims she has walked the ramp 1800 times, says she aspires to have record number of fashion shows to her credit. "I aspire to become an international model holding the record of maximum number of ramp shows. I have already done 1800 shows till now," Sayali told. Nasik-born Sayali said, "I am expecting to reach the target of 2000 such shows to reach to that...
04:09 PM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: Selena Gomez has come a long way from being the child star of Disney's 'Wizards of Waverly Place'. The 19-year-old, who is dating teen sensation Justin Bieber, just released an album and a movie but feels that she still has a lot of growing up to do. The young star, who is part of a band called 'Selena Gomez and The Scene', recently won plaudits for her role...
03:30 PM, Jul 28, 2011
Kolkata: Prakash Jha's "Aarakshan", about caste issues, is courting controversy for being anti-Dalit and its lead actor Amitabh Bachachan on Wednesday clarified that they have made the film to entertain and not to create controversies. "I definitely believe that the film will be somewhat educative to lot of people. This film was an education for me. I am very hopeful that some of the points we made here will be...
01:31 PM, Jul 28, 2011
Kolkata: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who is playing a pivotal role in "Aarakshan", about caste issues, on Wednesday said he was not brought up in an atmosphere to believe in caste, creed and religion. "I personally believe that I was not born in an atmosphere which taught me to differentiate between caste, creed and religion," said Bachchan when asked about his personnel views on differentiation of caste and creed. "My...
09:40 PM, Jul 27, 2011
London: Singer Beyonce Knowles thinks Lady GaGa is the best pop star in the world. "I love GaGa. I mean, if she didn't perform and she wasn't a singer, just as a human being I love her to death. But on top of it, she is the most talented pop star right now, and I'm so happy for her," femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying. "It's just really inspiring to see...
03:37 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Mumbai: Sanjay Dutt is still getting plum roles after three decades in Bollywood and a life dotted with controversies. He is happy with his professional graph but says that the film industry is no longer the family it used to be and that the changing attitudes of people upset him. "A lot of changes have taken place in the industry and I sometimes feel very sad with most of them....
03:24 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who was associated with a political party for a brief period, wants to stay away from politics as he finds "acting in Bollywood is better." "Keep me away from politics. I will never think of getting back to politics," 51-year-old Sanjay said in an interview. "I had gone to UP for three months. But after seeing all that, I think acting in Bollywood is better...
05:26 PM, Jul 26, 2011
London: Hollywood mogul Steven Spielberg says the 3-D technique is not popular with all movie buffs and filmmakers should not blindly employ the technique. The multiple Oscar-winning director recently worked as a producer on 3-D movies "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" and "The Adventures of Tintin". "People who just do 3-D just for the sake of commercialising their movie another five or six percent and they don't know really how...
02:46 PM, Jul 26, 2011
London: 'Ratatouille' and 'Finding Nemo' director John Lasseter says that his recently released movie 'Cars 2' is for people who "don't care about cars". The 54-year-old was advised by his wife to think of those who are not interested in driving when working on the animated movie, reported Contactmusic. "My wife told me, 'Don't make it for the car guys; make it for everybody else. Basically she said make it...
05:25 PM, Jul 25, 2011
London: Rapper Vanilla Ice suggests teen sensation Justin Bieber to enjoy his success when he can because his fame won't last. The "one-time" hitmaker, was catapulted to fame after his hit single "Ice Ice Baby". But the star's fame was fleeting and he struggled to maintain his success. "I mean, I did 'Ice Ice Baby' when I was 16. So I can kind of relate a bit. Sold over a...
01:26 PM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: Friendship is a recurring theme in actor-director Farhan Akhtar's films, right? He reveals that it was friends who supported him during the painful time when his illustrious parents, Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, divorced around 25 years ago. He started his movie-making career by telling the story of three friends, "Dil Chahta Hai", then he made his acting debut with another buddy story "Rock On", and now his...
08:17 PM, Jul 22, 2011
Mumbai: Salman Khan knows how to make people close to him feel special. The actor on Thursday asked Shera, his bodyguard for 15 years, to launch the promo of his upcoming film "Bodyguard". "This is a very big honour that bhai (Salman) has given me by giving me an opportunity to release his film's promo. I have been with bhai for 15 years now. I used to tell bhai that...
09:26 AM, Jul 22, 2011
New Delhi: Writer-filmmaker-child activist Amole Gupte's "Stanley Ka Dabba" won a special award at the Giffoni Film Festival, one of the largest children's film fest in Europe. The award "United Against Injustice: Depends on me" has been given by ActionAid, an organisation whose vision is to have a world without poverty. "The issue of hunger and need for the entire world, including the medium of cinema, especially the so-called commercial...
07:05 PM, Jul 21, 2011
New Delhi: Indian television shows are seen largely as a women's world, but if a new soap is any indication, then happier times are here for men on the small screen. "Parichay - Nayee Zindagi Key Sapno Ka" is being unusually promoted via a sensitive and introspective male character. The show, to go on air in August, is produced by television tsarina Ekta Kapoor for Colors channel. "I am so...
05:12 PM, Jul 21, 2011
Mumbai: Actress Mahie Gill, who is playing the lead in Not A Love Story based on the gruesome murder of TV executive Neeraj Grover, revealed that it was very difficult for her to work on the film. "Not a Love Story", directed by Ram Gopal Varma is a crime thriller based on the murder of Neeraj Grover in 2008 that led to the arrest of Emile Jerome and Maria Susairaj....
03:23 PM, Jul 21, 2011
Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma's movie 'Not A Love Story' has a few intimate scenes. The director has now apologised to actress Mahie Gill for making her give those shots many times. "The film required some intimate scenes and I wanted Mahie to do them a couple of times to get the right lighting, sometimes for camera angles and I know it's not very easy to give such shots in...
03:00 PM, Jul 21, 2011
New Delhi: Anupam Kher is amused at news reports that the makers of "Gandhi To Hitler" plan to sue him for breach of contract. The actor says his name is being dragged in for publicity, and he has also wished the producer all the best for the project. "Makers of a soon to be released film are using my name maliciously to publicise their film. Hope it helps them to...
11:21 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Mumbai: Mahakshay alias Mimoh has signed a Bengali film and says he is looking forward to do films in other languages too. "I have signed a Bengali film. It's a Shree Venkatesh Films production. I would be starting the film later this year - may be November or December. I always wanted to do a Bengali film. I want to do films in every language," Mimoh, son of national award...
10:17 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Mumbai: Veteran actor Om Puri, who is looking forward to his upcoming film 'Khap', that deals with the issue of honour killing, says cinema has become a business and he is not happy with the kind of roles he has been offered. "Cinema has become business minded...it has become more greedy and money-minded. I am not happy about it. I don't believe in the cinema that only entertains. I believe...
07:48 PM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty, who is returning to action with 'Singham' after making quirky comedies like 'Golmaal' and 'All The Best', says the Hindi version is completely different from the original film in Tamil. The 38-year-old director started his career at the age of 15 as an assistant director with Kuku Kohli on the film 'Phool Aur Kaante' starring Ajay Devgn. "I am making an action film after a...
07:30 PM, Jul 20, 2011
