Los Angeles: Darth Vader is dead. The evil Emperor exploded after being thrown down a shaft. And Luke Skywalker and his allies destroyed both Death Stars, restoring balance to the Force. For The Walt Disney Co., the prospective new owner of the 'Star Wars' franchise, what's left to tell? A lot, apparently. There are more than 110 novels and 80-plus comic books set after the events of 'Return of the...
11:15 AM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: Filmmaker Bhushan Patel's horror flick '1920: Evil Returns' has made an estimated Rs 20.33 crore in its second week to be declared a hit, said film trade analyst Taran Adarsh. "1920 Evil Returns (2nd Week) Fri *est* 1.22 cr. Total: Rs 20.33 cr. HIT.," tweeted Adarsh on Saturday. '1920: Evil Returns' featured Aftab Shivdasani. His last film was 'Bin Bulaye Baraati', which released in 2011 and didn't do...
03:21 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Horror films have had their share of hits and misses at the box office, but looking at this year's success ratio of scary movies - horror is here to stay. We take a look at some horror films that made a difference and the ones coming your way soon - like Aatma, starring Bipasha Basu and a sequel to Ragini MMS that will have Sunny Leone in the star cast. ...
05:33 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Mumbai, Nov 7: Bhushan Patel, who made his directorial debut with Vikram Bhatt's '1920: The Evil Returns' has been signed on by Ekta Kapoor to helm the sequel of 'Ragini MMS'. The film has been titled 'Ragini MMS- 2' and stars porn star-turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone. "What started off as a humble experimental film has turned into a franchise called- 'Ragini MMS'. We liked the promos of '1920: The...
04:28 PM, Nov 07, 2012
London: An American producer is planning to bring a sequel to 'Casablanca', the beloved 1942 Hollywood classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in their most famous roles. The film, whose lines like 'Here's looking at you kid' and 'Play it again, Sam' are still quoted by film lovers, revolved around two star-crossed lovers -- Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund -- who reunite in 'Casablanca' during the World-War II only...
07:23 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: 'Skyfall', the latest film in the James Bond franchise is still doing well at the UK box office, and positive word of mouth publicity is expected to give it a good opening in India too. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweets about its business in UK, "#Skyfall is smashing records in UK. Week 2 - Fri 5,089,014. Total: 42,420,327 [$ 67.9 million]." He also tweets about the business of...
05:45 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: Playing a possessed girl in '1920 Evil Returns' had such an effect on actress Tia Bajpai that she took her onscreen persona home even after the day's shoot was over. The 24-year-old actress found it tough to switch back to real life after filming was over and her family members freaked out. "After a gruelling shoot on the sets where I was playing this tormented girl, it wasn't...
04:37 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Mumbai: Aftab Shivdasani, who has been unlucky in love, is set to marry Britain-born Indian model Nin Dusanj next year. Apparently Aftab's wedding is being planned in early 2013. The actor admits he's found love just when he needed it the most. "Yes, we will get married. Nin was Hong Kong based. She has now relocated to India. She is a Punjabi girl, born and raised in London. But she's...
03:25 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Tia Bajpai, Vidya Malvade, Sharad Kelkar Director: Bhushan Patel Evil returned and left a trail of some genuinely scary moments and some laughable sequences. A mixture of good vfx, picturesque landscapes, melodious songs, lethargic acting and uselessly over-powering background score couldn’t rise up to the expectations that producer Vikram Bhatt and his team had promised after ‘1920’. Though ‘1920: Evil Returns’ is not a sequel to ‘1920’...
08:39 AM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood's dimple-cheeked guy, who made many women skip a heart beat with his chocolate boy looks in 'Mast' almost a decade back, is set to return to the silver screen with a horror film '1920: Evil Returns'. Aftab Shivdasani might not have tasted success as many would have anticipated but the actor is happy to get back in front of the camera after a gap of two years....
04:37 PM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday came out in strong defence of Himachal state unit chief Virbhadra Singh, who is facing graft allegations, saying they were "far more political than in substance" and were intended to affect the assembly poll campaign. "The timing of the whole revelation is questionable. I am very suspicious about the timing. When he is busy campaigning, to bind him (with such allegations) in the middle...
06:42 PM, Oct 23, 2012
'Cameraman Ganag Tho Rambabu' released in a record number of theaters across the State on October 18. In the Nizam area alone, it has set a new record. However, Nagarjuna, whose 'Damarukam' is likely to be released very soon, says that there were instances when 3-4 good films released during Sankranthi season all became hits. "Since Gabbar Singh was a hit, Pawan Kalyan is on a high. That is why...
03:45 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, who is back with another horror flick '1920: Evil Returns', says it has nothing to do with his 2008 movie '1920'. "We have seen that when we make sequels, the story should be different, actors should be different. Nothing should be similar except the name. Since we make such films here, we have continued with that trend. '1920: Evil Returns' has nothing to do with the...
03:59 PM, Oct 18, 2012
This week, Rajeev Masand reviews 'Aiyya', 'Bhoot Returns', 'Makhhi', 'Taken 2', 'Chittagong', 'Looper'. Rani Mukherjee owns the part with a tremendous, uninhibited performance, switching superbly between the film's exaggerated and understated moments. 'Bhoot Returns' is no 'Paranormal Activity', although it does borrow at least three key moments from that popular horror franchise. What is impressive about Chittagong is the solid cast Pain puts together, drawing out convincing performances. Kannada actor ...
10:14 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Cast: Manisha Koirala Director: Ramgopal Varma In an interview he gave me two weeks ago, Ramgopal Varma said he thinks horror films "should never have a story". According to him, an ominous setting alone can do the trick. Thats pretty much all hes willing to offer in Bhoot Returns, his new film about a family that moves into a house only to discover that it might already be occupied by...
11:22 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Rajeev Masand says 'Bhoot Returns' is total time-pass entertainment. What do you think? Write your own review and win prizes.
11:21 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Those who have seen Ram Gopal Varma's 2003 film Bhoot would accept that RGV is a skillful director when it comes to scaring the audiences. Though he has given films such as Agyaat and Phoonk also which were not received by the spectators with much enthusiasm, but even those films were technically superior to normal Bollywood films belonging to the horror genre. This time RGV has returned with...
01:54 PM, Oct 12, 2012
