Mumbai: Salman Khan is in a mood to talk. His film Bodyguard releases this month-end and the actor is busy giving interviews. We caught up with him at Yash Raj Studios... You seem to have found the formula for success... Not at all! As long as luck is on my side, the going will be good. The audience has to love my work for a film to be a hit....
06:38 PM, Aug 19, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker Prakash Jha is happy that even after the "unexpected tough battle" to release his film "Aarakshan", the movie has managed to amass Rs.58.5 crore within its first week. "I'm very happy with the audience response to 'Aarakshan'. I've been flooded with congratulatory messages and calls. The film seems to be touching many, many people," Jha said in a statement on Friday. "Aarakshan", which deals with the sensitive...
05:30 PM, Aug 19, 2011
Mumbai: He's on a cinematic crest of happiness and with good reason. Parvin Dabas has earned high brownie points from Karan Johar, no less! Dabas was having several screenings for his directorial debut 'Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande' in order to gauge the feedback to his directorial debut. Reportedly, Karan Johar managed to catch one of the film's screenings watched it and was floored completely. Karan Johar's take was that it...
05:04 PM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: Boy bonding is in and bromance is the new buzzword with films like "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara", "Delhi Belly" and "Pyaar Ka Punchnama" making a mark at the box office. Actor Parvin Dabbas's directorial debut "Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande" also centres on four boys, but he says firmly that he isn't the one to follow any trend. "I have not tried to follow the trend. These two, three...
02:08 PM, Aug 17, 2011
Mumbai: Ranveer Singh, it seems, doesn't like to play it safe. After a successful debut last year, the actor has taken on seven performances in his upcoming Ladies Vs. Ricky Bahl. No wonder then the young star has been a nervous wreck right from the word go. Ranveer admits, "Yes, I've had trouble sleeping. During the making, my mind was racing far ahead of my body, trying to get into...
10:52 AM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who had earlier refused to show his film "Not A Love Story" to Maria Susairaj, says he is now keen to screen it for the controversial Kannada actress. "I refused 2 shw Not a love story 2 Maria cos she ws threatening legal action bt nw it hs bn kpt aside so I wnt 2 voluntarily shw hr the film. I am really keen...
05:18 PM, Aug 16, 2011
Mumbai: 'Delhi Belly' star Imran Khan says he is in awe of his uncle Aamir Khan's sense of feeling audience's pulse, his perfectionist attitude as well as his honesty. Imran, who is the nephew of Aamir, started his acting career as a child artist in his uncle Aamir's films 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' (1988) and 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander' (1992). In both the films, he played the role of a...
04:39 PM, Aug 16, 2011
Mumbai: In Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, you look like a chirpier version of your character in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara... I will have to say there is absolutely no similarity between the two. In MBKD, I had to completely let my hair down because my role is a lot quirkier. She is completely mad at times. In fact, it took me a while to completely feel the madness, but I...
12:07 PM, Aug 16, 2011
Mumbai: Katrina Kaif's decision to do two Yash Raj Films (YRF) with the warring Khans - Salman and Shah Rukh Khan - has raised eyebrows, but the actress is unperturbed and argues there are no camps in Bollywood. Katrina is set to start shooting with Salman Khan for "Ek Tha Tiger" next week and her film with Shah Rukh, which is veteran director Yash Chopra's untitled venture, is expected to...
03:52 PM, Aug 15, 2011
London: Indian-born actress Freida Pinto is all praise for her long-time boyfriend, Dev Patel, and says he is her "action hero". The 26-year-old, who has been dating Patel since meeting on the sets of the 2007 movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', said she loves her boyfriend's "down-to-earth" attitude, reported Contactmusic. "He's my own action hero. He is one of the cutest, cutest boys I have ever met, very down-to-earth, very humble and...
05:23 PM, Aug 13, 2011
New Delhi: She disappeared from the big screen five years ago, immersing herself completely in the joys of motherhood. Now Karisma Kapoor is excited about facing the camera again for "Dangerous Ishq" but cringes at the very mention of the word comeback. "Pardon me, there's no comeback...What is the meaning of comeback? Do you have kids?" Karisma asked. "If you had kids, and joined back journalism after having your baby,...
01:51 PM, Aug 13, 2011
Mumbai: Actor Rajeev Khandelwal's forthcoming film "Soundtrack" is about a guy who comes to the city to make it big and the actor says the story is very similar to his own life. "The part of the film where this character comes to Mumbai to make it big, I could see myself in it. I came from Jaipur to Mumbai and I remember landing at the station and when I...
12:00 PM, Aug 13, 2011
Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma courted controversy when he expressed his desire to cast Maria Susairaj in his film and the director clarifies his point saying that he won't hesitate just because of what happened to the actress and that he finds trial by people outside the judiciary, juvenile. "If I've a role for her I won't hesitate just because of what happened to her. Am I being insensitive to...
01:40 AM, Aug 13, 2011
New Delhi: The governments of three states have banned the screening of the film "Aarakshan" for two months and this has saddened Amitabh Bachchan, who is playing an important role in it. He is wondering how this restriction will solve the problem after two months. "UP (Uttar Pradesh), Punjab and today Andhra Pradesh have given notice to ban the film and not allow it to be projected for another two...
12:57 AM, Aug 13, 2011
Mumbai: Legal and personal misfortunes almost became a part of life for him since the mid-1990s, but Sanjay Dutt feels the upheavals helped him become a better actor. The 52-year-old, known for his macho man image, is also returning to his original love - action on the big screen, and hopes to widen his horizons by venturing into direction, eventually. "The experience of life, right from being involved in drugs,...
04:43 PM, Aug 12, 2011
London: James Franco is making a documentary about the porn industry after he realised porn stars know how to sell sex. "I actually am very interested in pornography... I watch it, who doesn't? I'm making a documentary on pornography. There's this amazing facility in San Francisco... They do everything in house, they build their props in house. It's an incredible place," dailystar.co.uk quoted Franco as saying. The "127 Hours" star...
03:42 PM, Aug 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on August 16 the plea submitted by filmmaker Prakash Jha on the ban imposed by three states on his contentious film Aarakshan that explores caste-based quota system for the socially backward classes. Jha on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking its direction to lift the ban on Aarakshan imposed in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh, even as he was forced to drop...
12:57 PM, Aug 12, 2011
Mumbai: Actor Saif Ali Khan, who faced protests over his role of a Dalit in 'Aarakshan', says he should not be discriminated because of his royal background. 'Aarakshan' (Reservation) is a social-political drama based on the reservations in government institutions and jobs, releasing tomorrow. Saif plays a Dalit teacher in 'Aarakshan' releasing tomorrow. Kanpur-based 'The Dalit Suraksha Samiti' had expressed anger over the actor being cast as a member of...
09:53 PM, Aug 11, 2011
Mumbai: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan feels the purity of written and spoken language is subsiding in these times of quick communication but hopes to restore the charm of literature by opening a museum to store his father and noted writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan's works. "I do believe that the richness of our language is getting lost. We used to spend a lot of thought and lot of energy behind what...
12:02 PM, Aug 11, 2011
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said "That Girl In Yellow Boots" will be his last high-voltage intense film with newly-wed wife Kalki Koechlin as such movies take a toll on their relationship. "I am very serious about it. I won't work with Kalki again till the time I have a lighter romantic film for her. When we work on intense films, our relationship gets very intense," Anurag said in a statement....
09:57 PM, Aug 09, 2011
