Mumbai: His kind of cinema is different - but Sanjay Leela Bhansali, known for films like 'Devdas', 'Black' and 'Guzaarish', broke new ground by producing a masala film like 'Rowdy Rathore'. He admits the industry is flooded with films of all genres, but says potboilers have never gone out of fashion and would never. "Luckily, all kinds of films are being made today. But the one genre that continues its...
12:54 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: Akshay Kumar's 'Rowdy Rathore' is all set to take the world by storm. The film collected Rs 48.5 crore in first three days, a record for any Hindi film in a non holiday weekend. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweets, "RowdyRathore has a M-A-S-S-I-V-E Sunday. Emerges the biggest non-holiday opener ever in Bollywood history." He further tweets, "RowdyRathore has smashed previous records by a big margin. Collects a colossal...
10:59 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Mumbai: He's back in his element, ready again to play around with his palette and his melodies. So far he's been busy, checking out his sister Bela Sehgal's film trailer, discussing the hoardings for his upcoming production and figuring out a new TV show. But when Sanjay Leela Bhansali walks into the room dressed in all white kurta-pyjama, you know he's ready to talk about all the things that lie...
12:07 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan makes her acting debut with 'Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi'. Farah Khan has been cast opposite Boman Irani in the film. Directed by Bela Sehgal, 'Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi' is produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Sunil Lulla. Here is the first poster of the film. ...
11:32 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: If you recall the sheer opulence of Baz Luhrmann's musical Moulin Rouge, complimenting Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries's music, you will find it easier to justify Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Devdas' place in the '10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium' list compiled by the Time magazine. A decade after it was released in seven languages, the grandeur of Devdas continues to enamour an audience in the...
05:24 PM, May 24, 2012
Washington: Time magazine has ranked Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 film 'Devdas' eighth among the ten greatest movies of the millennium with 'WALL.E' at the top and 'The Artist' in the tenth spot. It described Shah Rukh Khan as an 'all-world charismatist' and Madhuri Dixit 'a hot number who danced flamencos on men's libidos'. "A year after 'Moulin Rouge!' had its world premiere at Cannes, another visually intoxicating musical...
05:23 PM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: Designer-turned-producer Shabina Khan says that Kareena Kapoor will always be her first choice for the films she would be producing. Kareena appears in a song in Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha starrer 'Rowdy Rathore', co-produced by Shabina. "I wanted her to be a part of my first film for emotional reasons. She is my close friend. Obviously I wanted her to be a part of my first film but she had...
05:10 PM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: Hrithik Roshan had worked hard for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Guzaarish', but it didn't work out at the box office. The star says that if they had shown "some happiness, my body and abs", it would have worked. "Each film has a scene which has its own level. Had I set a balance in 'Guzaarish' then it would have worked. Finally it's a business, but if we had a balance...
07:07 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Mumbai: Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who at the moment is writing his next directorial venture and will start casting for it in a month's time, has bought the remake rights of the 2002 Tamil blockbuster Ramana, with a strong anti-corruption message. And apparently, SRK has already given a nod to play lead in the project. Interestingly, word is that several prominent producers were vying for the Bollywood rights of the...
02:23 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra has entered into a collaboration with Talenthouse India to look for screen writers to be given opportunity in his upcoming productions. In the last 30 years, under his Vinod Chopra Films banner, he introduced talents like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi, Boman Irani, Vidya Balan, Shantanu Moitra, among others, to the industry. Speaking on the initiative, Sameer Rao, CEO, Vinod Chopra Films, said...
04:31 PM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali wants to bring his style of lavish filmmaking to the small screen, albeit as a producer. "TV is the most powerful medium today, and it will grow even more powerful tomorrow. So I feel it is important for my work to reach out to the homes of the people, rather than people coming to the theatres to watch my work," Bhansali, who has hosted...
06:59 PM, Nov 14, 2011
New Delhi: The new wave of realistic cinema shouldn't undermine the 'Bollywood stamp of melodramas', says Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the unapologetic maker of opulent, over the top movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas and Saawariya. "I feel that every filmmaker is in a great mood right now! There's a new wave, a new dimension in the industry... but I only hope that in this new wave, we do...
05:48 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Mumbai: After waiting endlessly for Salman Khan, his original choice to play Bajiaro, in his ambitious project Bajirao Mastani, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has decided to move on. He was hunting for another actor and has finally zeroed upon Salman's arch rival Shah Rukh Khan. Mid-day had reported ('Bajirao Mastani' might be revived on 2011-09-01) that the magnum opus based on the epic love story of the renowned Maratha general...
12:03 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Mumbai: If you don't believe in ghosts, then this is not the story for you. There's an eerie story secretly doing the rounds among the cast and crew of 'My Friend Pinto'. Apparently a lot of the crew members, including Prateik, director Raghav Dhar and producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, felt late actress Smita Patil's presence while shooting with her son Prateik. "We don't know what it was. But we certainly...
12:35 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: Friendship is at the core of his latest production 'My Friend Pinto', but acclaimed filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who has had his share of differences with celebrities like Salman Khan and Farah Khan, says it is one of the most difficult relationships to sustain in the Hindi film industry. "Friendship in Bollywood...it's difficult! Difficult because there is a lot of competition. People are very friendly, they are warm,...
01:33 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Mumbai: Sanjay Leela Bhansali is diversifying. From larger than life films and emotional tales, he is treading a new path with projects like 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'My Friend Pinto' to keep pace with Bollywood's new and young thinkers who he says are bringing new ideologies to cinema. "I want to do a lot more things. I want to be part of this young generation that thinks of cinema in a...
03:43 PM, Oct 04, 2011
Mumbai: Moving from dark and intense subjects to pure masala entertainer cinema, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is in an upbeat mood and says he is all set to make a 'musical' film, which will be lively and colorful. Bhansali has dealt with myriad subjects in his films. His directorial debut 'Khamoshi', showed the struggle of a deaf and mute couple, 'Devdas' saw a jilted lover and 'Black' showed the struggles...
07:00 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Mumbai: Sanjay Leela Bhansali has once again revived his pet project Bajirao Mastani after announcing it in 2003. Based on the epic love story of the renowned Maratha general Peshwa Bajirao and his half-Muslim second wife Mastani, the filmmaker's magnum opus hit a roadblock when the then couple Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai his original choice to play the infamous lovers split. A source says, "Bajirao Mastani is very close...
12:47 PM, Sep 01, 2011
Mumbai: Composer Pritam Chakraborty is upset that he couldn't do Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Rowdy Rathod, saying that the filmmaker wanted the songs urgently but it was not possible for him to deliver at such short notice. "I am not very happy to leave a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film. That's a very drastic decision I had to take. Actually, he wanted the songs very urgently and I did not have time,"...
11:50 AM, Jul 04, 2011
New Delhi: He is a black belt in Taekwondo and now Akshay Kumar is learning traditional combat karate for his role in Rowdy Rathore. Directed by Prabhudeva, produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala and co-produced by designer Shabinaa Khan, the film has Sonakshi Sinha opposite Akshay. The 43-year-old actor, who is extremely fitness conscious, will soon be heading to an undisclosed location for two months to train in...
07:34 PM, Jun 27, 2011
