New Delhi: Directed by Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close is a touching movie that recalls the horror of 9/11 and the aftermath where all America still struggles to deal with the pain of losing the ones they loved. The movie hits theatres on March 2. The movie stars Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Zoe Caldwell, Dennis Hearn, Julian Tepper, Caleb Reynolds, John Goodman, Max von Sydow, Stephen...
06:54 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Rom-coms are the need of the hour in Bollywood. Success percentage of romantic comedies is any day better than serious films in India. The director Aditya Datt's 'Will You Marry Me' is another light film that is scheduled to hit the screens on March 2. The film has a very interesting storyline which features three friends Aarav (Shreyas Talpade), Rajveer (Rajeev Khandelwal), and Nikhil (Muzamil Ibrahim) and their...
02:38 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: A national level athlete Paan Singh Tomar went on to become one of the most dreaded dacoits of Chambal Valley and director Tigmanshu Dhulia tracks this interesting journey through his film 'Paan Singh Tomar', which releases Friday. While Irrfan Khan plays the protagonist, the film sees Mahie Gill as his wife. Vipin Sharma of 'Taare Zameen Par' fame also plays a pivotal role in the movie, which is...
01:24 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: Ali Zafar is not the first Pakistani actor to try his hands in the Hindi film industry. From Mohsin Khan and Javed Sheikh to Meera and Veena Malik, Bollywood has given many Pakistani actors a chance but none of them capitalized the breaks offered. Ali Zafar is one of the rare Pakistani actors who got the opportunity to play the lead role in a big budget Bollywood film....
12:11 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: Pooja Bhatt's 'Paap' not only gave the Hindi film industry a versatile singer like Rahat Fateh Ali Khan but it also introduced a dreamy eyed girl Udita Goswami to the audiences. The film didn't work but she was noticed. 'Zeher' and 'Aksar' enhanced her visibility but her image remained more or less of a second line heroine. However 'Aksar' released in 2006 became her last film from a...
07:38 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: There is a big difference between the Indian and the Hollywood producers when it comes to making a film on real incidents. The idea of making an objective film gets easily replaced by the notion of making money at the box office. Eventually the film ends up becoming a uselessly sensational piece. Of course Raj Kumar Gupta made a sensible film 'No One Killed Jessica' but such examples...
05:16 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: Directed by Roman Polanski " Carnage is a dark comedy that works on the power of razor sharp wit. The movie is being called one of the best comedies of the year " but Carnage is not for the slapstick lovers. Based on the French play God of Carnage written by Yasmina Reza. Polanski shifts the action from Paris to Brooklyn and transforms Jodie Foster, John C Reilly,...
07:18 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Brad Pitt is among those Hollywood actors who are equally popular in India also. In fact, he and Tom Cruise are the best known Hollywood actors in India. His latest Oscar entry 'Moneyball' is releasing in India this Friday. Directed by Bennett Miller, 'Moneyball' is a sports drama based on the book by the author Michael Lewis. The film deals with the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its...
06:00 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: His black and white silent film 'The Artist' has won three Golden Globes and seven Baftas (awards of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) this year. French director Michel Hazanavicius says he doesn't make movies to reproduce reality but loves to create a show. "I'm not a naturalistic director. What I love is to create a show and for people to enjoy it...I am interested in...
04:43 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: In a recent interview Bipasha Basu said," The viewers will get to see the real Bipasha in 'Jodi Breakers'. For the first time in ten years of my career I play a character which is the real Bipasha, like what I am in real life. It is quite refreshing." However it sounds more like advertising than any insight about the character. Basically she is trying to say that...
03:30 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: They had started their careers together in the Hindi film industry with 'Tujhe Meri Kasam' and now they are again all set to start their second innings in Bollywood with 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'. It's been more than 8 years of 'Tujhe Meri Kasam' which was a moderate success at the box office at that time, so one has all the rights to be sceptical about the...
01:11 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: After playing the magical Harry Potter for 11 years, Daniel Radcliffe is stepping away from his boy wizard persona to play a widowed lawyer in his next film 'The Woman in Black'. The 22-year-old actor said in an interview that the upcoming horror film is the real test of his acting skills. "For many people, this will be a test of my skills and will help me break...
08:44 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: ? - A movie without a name or as it has ironically come to be called " Question Mark; grabbed the attention of the movie goers with their jarring trailer. The horror buffs have seen the Blair Witches, the Paranormal activities and the grudges. For a movie that seems to want to grab attention with an unconventional title and a lets-reveal-nothing poster " the question is " Whats...
08:36 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: The director of 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein', this is the best introduction one can give of Gautham Menon to the Hindi film fans. The master of romantic stories is returning to Hindi films after a span of ten years with 'Ek Deewana Tha'. The story features a very ordinary 22 year old guy Sachin (Played by Prateik Babbar), an engineering graduate who wants to make a career...
04:27 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: Gone are the days when Miley Cyrus was your cute little girl. She has grown up enough to play a typical American adult. Her latest film LOL: Laughing Out Loud will put her acting skills to test again. The film is the Hollywood remake of the 2008 French film by the same name. It features Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Ashley Greene and Adam Sevani in pivotal roles. The...
06:12 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: One of the masters of the craft of filmmaking Steven Spielberg's new film 'War Horse' has the World War 1 as its backdrop. The film is based on the novel written by Michael Morpurgo which was first published in the United Kingdom in the year 1982. The main star cast of the film includes David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeremy Irvine and Peter Mullan. Their fine performances have won...
05:42 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Jailed CPI(M) leader, Sushanto Ghosh, was released from the Alipore Central Jail, Kolkata, on Tuesday. He was jailed in August last year after 7 skeletons were recovered from near his ancestral house in West Midnapore. CPI(M) party cadres gathered in large numbers to welcome Ghosh and garlanded him with flowers and chanted slogans once he was out. The Supreme Court granted Ghosh interim bail last week. He has...
03:25 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: CPI(M) leader Sushanto Ghosh is set to walk free from Alipore Central jail in Kolkata on Tuesday. He was jailed in August last year after 7 skeletons were recovered from near his ancestral house in West Midnapore. The Supreme Court granted him interim bail last week. Ghosh has been in custody since August 11 last year after his arrest by the state CID for his alleged complicity in...
02:18 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Nagapattinam: The Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday released 42 fishermen arrested by it for allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line, a senior Fisheries Department official said in Nagapattinam. The fishermen from Keechankuppam and Arucottuthurai hamlets in the district who ventured into the sea on Sunday, were arrested off the coast of Pulmoddai last night on charges of violating the IMBL and taken to Trincomalee. All the fishermen were released...
07:28 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has said her party would not be celebrating her 56th birthday as that would violate the Election Commission's model code of conduct. "The party has not organised any celebrations on my birthday this year as it could violate the model code of conduct. The party workers will be celebrating with their families," she said. The chief minister said that her biggest birthday gift...
12:22 PM, Jan 15, 2012
