Mumbai: Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah is delighted to team up with Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit in Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Dedh Ishqiya', and says he is looking forward to their working together. "It's a really funny script. What Vishal Bhardwaj and (director) Abhishek Choubey have come up with is quite gorgeous. And I'm really looking forward to doing this film. I am very happy to get to work with Madhuri. Whatever work...
12:43 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Actors normally don't get a second chance to comeback, but then there are exceptions to everything. Madhuri Dixit is one such actor who has got her second chance to comeback in Abhishek Chaubey's 'Dedh Ishqiya'. The first edition 'Ishqiya' was made with Vidya Balan in the lead. That role got her critical praises which fetched her more female oriented films. Later she did films such as 'The Dirty...
04:24 PM, May 15, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Vikas Bahl is all set to make a chick flick, titled 'Queen', with Kangana Ranaut. Vikas, who tried his hands on direction with 'Chillar Party' that won National award, would be directing 'Queen'. "I am in the middle of scripting stage. All I can say is it is a chick flick, titled 'Queen'. The pre-production work is going on," the director-producer Vikas Bahl told PTI. Kangana Ranaut will...
01:39 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: After 'Ra.One', director Anubhav Sinha is excited to work with Madhuri Dixit in his debut production 'Gulab Gang'. The film will see the 'Dhak Dhak' girl playing a gangster for the first time in her movie career. It is the second film after 'Dedh Ishqiya' that Madhuri has signed after relocating to India from the US. "It was not a sudden development though. I have been in touch...
12:51 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Publicity for Karisma Kapoor's comeback film 'Dangerous Ishq' is on a roll. And then there will be a slew of movies marking the return of other married actresses, be it Madhuri Dixit or Manisha Koirala. Bollywood once considered marriage the death knell for its female leads, but IANS lists the women who are now set to revive their careers in B-town: Karisma Kapoor: Karisma ruled the roost in...
02:54 PM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit has confirmed that she will play the lead in Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Dedh Ishqiya'. Directed by Abhishek Choubey, 'Dedh Ishqiya' is a sequel to 2010 film 'Ishqiya', which starred Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi. "Hey guys, back in action. On set for Star's 'Life OK'. Am doing 'Dedh Ishqiya' and 'Jhalak...' is right around the corner. More to come! Thanks for all ur patience...
12:44 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: B-town is abuzz with news that Madhuri Dixit is set to make her much-awaited comeback with the sequel to Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Ishqiya', but the Bollywood diva says she is yet to sign the film. 'Dedh Ishqiya', as the second instalment is being called, is still in its scripting stage and the film's director Abhishek Chaubey has said he is writing it keeping the 'Dhak Dhak' girl in mind....
05:43 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Mumbai: Arshad Warsi, whose performance in 'Ishqiya' won him critical acclaim, says the movie's sequel is going to be a cult film. "Spent New Year's (eve) chatting with Vishal Bhardwaj and Abhishek Chaubey, looks like ISHQIYA 2 is gonna be a cult movie... different in every sense," Arshad posted on his Twitter page. He is set to play a rustic guy once again. In the first instalment of 'Ishqiya', which...
05:38 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Mumbai: Naseeruddin Shah, who worked with Vidya Balan in two films -- 'Ishqiya' and 'The Dirty Picture', believes that his co-star now holds an enviable position in the Hindi film industry. "She is a marvellous actress. She has been very brave, not just worked very hard but she is courageous in her choice of work... It is a testimony to her courage that she is in a position that most...
07:57 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Panaji: The Hindi filmmakers today said that while they want to be true and innovative to their craft, box office dynamics cannot be ignored while making a movie. "I have never made films for audiences. I did them for myself. I wish some of my films recovered costs for the producers. None of my films have made any money," said director Vishal Bharadwaj, who has directed films like 'Ishqiya', 'Kaminey'...
05:34 PM, Nov 25, 2011
It is said that it's better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Obviously not everyone from Bollywood agrees. It's an industry that produces over 150 mainline movies year after year, and going by current standards, more than 70 percent of those ideas come from another person's story palette. Remaking classics It's clearly the riskiest proposition to adapt when you're pressed for an original idea. Remaking a classic...
04:53 PM, Oct 20, 2011
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