Veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra, who was known as Hindi cinema's 'king of romance' for making some of Bollywood's most memorably intense romantic dramas, passed away in Mumbai on Sunday. He was suffering from dengue. Chopra had celebrated his 80th birthday on September 27. 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan', starring Shah Rukh Khan was his final film as director. ...
08:45 PM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: Mahesh Bhatt is among those filmmakers who changed with the changes happening in the Indian socio-political scenario. After directing a number of commercially and critically successful films, he has said no to direction since 1998. These days, he is producing films that touch new sides of human relationships. He talks about the change in his brand of cinema and how he wants to be perceived by the common...
02:16 PM, Sep 16, 2012
'Raaz 3' directed by Vikram Bhatt, is set in the film industry and is the story of a fading film star who uses black magic to take revenge from an upcoming new actress. ...
08:34 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: In his four-decade career, Mahesh Bhatt has never shied away from giving chance to fresh talent in his films - whether it was Anupam Kher in 'Saaransh', Rahul Roy in 'Aashiqui', or Sunny Leone in 'Jism 2'. The filmmaker says he doesn't see any risk in investing in newcomers. "Filmmaking is all about ideas. It is the idea that sells. And if you have a unique story idea,...
12:22 PM, Sep 09, 2012
Cast: Bipasha Basu, Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta Director: Vikram Bhatt It's hard to tell which of the two leading ladies in 'Raaz 3' is more severely humiliated by director Vikram Bhatt " Esha Gupta, whose character runs stark naked into a party when cockroaches crawl into her dress, or Bipasha Basu who must have sex with an evil spirit, his body covered in creepy leeches. Surprisingly low in thrills, this...
11:25 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: Emraan Hashmi, Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta play the lead roles in director Vikram Bhatt's horror film Raaz 3. It is the third film in popular Raaz series. Produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt, audiences have high expectations from the movie. As being reported, Esha and Bipasha have done some really bold scenes in the film. During recent interviews, Bipasha Basu and Emraan Hashmi said that they...
09:43 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Mumbai: Writer Shagufta Rafique, who has been associated with Vishesh Films for quite sometime, is set to launch filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul in her directorial debut. "Bhatt saab and I have decided to make a kind of picture that he made for his daughter Pooja Bhatt like 'Daddy'. This will be a fresh film and will be made keeping Bhatt sir's cinema in mind. The film will be written...
03:42 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Mumbai: Known as Bollywood's serial kisser, Emraan Hashmi may have decided to do a family film but feels it would be foolish of him to alienate himself from the kind of cinema he is known for doing. After doing off-beat film 'Shanghai', Emraan returns to his original avatar of a lover boy with 'Raaz 3', where he will romance Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta. When asked about revisiting his image,...
02:11 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Kolkata: The upcoming horror film 'Raaz 3' is inspired by the Bollywood grapevine on how some actresses use black magic to enhance their careers, producer Mahesh Bhatt has said. Mahesh said the film is a cocktail of some real-life experiences of its director Vikram Bhatt who was in a relationship with an actress. "There are also innumerable tales of leading ladies using black magic for their careers. These are just...
06:50 PM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: What is life like behind the arclights? What compromises do women make in their journey to stardom? Do the glitz and glamour come for a price? From Shyam Benegal to Milan Luthria, filmmakers down the decades have tried giving insights to the questions asked by obsessive fans. It's a recurring trend with forthcoming movies like 'Heroine' and 'Raaz 3' delving into the same theme. Some are biographical, some...
04:28 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is angry with the current trend of Rs 100 crore films because he feels it overshadows successful small budget movies. "The tragedy of our times is that we have become so greedy that we are not satisfied with anything less than the number one spot. That's why we tell our athletes that you have lost the gold instead of saying you have won a silver," the...
02:48 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Mumbai: Director-turned-producer Anubhav Sinha is set to produce his first 'erotic' film as a tribute to his mentors for successfully creating 'a genre' in the main stream Bollywood. It will be shot in 3D. "My erotic thriller goes on floors in December or by January. This erotic thriller is my official tribute to Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt with no humour attached to the statement," Sinha told IANS. "It's a...
01:02 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's forthcoming venture 'Raaz 3' which contains a slice from Bipasha Basu's life, says, the model-turned actress is not having a good run in the industry primarily due to the competition from the younger lot in the tinsel town. A lot of films like 'The Dirty Picture' or the upcoming release 'Heroine' revolves around the meteoric rise and downfall of a superstar or a supermodel. Vikram Bhatt's...
06:24 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Mumbai: She has no regrets for what she does, and knows her work as a porn star goes against Indian culture. But Sunny Leone says its because the country's younger generation is willing to accept all kinds of people that she has been able to make inroads into the Hindi film industry. "I did not think that people will like me because of my background, like what I do for...
12:00 PM, Aug 09, 2012
