Mumbai: Noted filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's 19-year-old daughter Alia Bhatt, who is making her acting debut in Karan Johar's 'Student Of The Year', says age does not matter to her. "There are actresses who started working at a very young age. Like my sister (Pooja Bhatt) started working when she was 17. So age doesn't matter," Alia told PTI adding that she always dreamt of becoming an actress. "I had decided...
04:12 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: His father David Dhawan is known for making comedies and he himself is making his debut with candyfloss romance, but Varun Dhawan relates more with darker cinema and would love to be part of scripts like 'Dev D' and 'Shaitaan'. "I would like to do more darker, edgier and realistic films. I liked 'Kahaani', 'Dev D', and 'Shaitaan'. It's an art to do romantic films also, but given...
08:18 PM, Sep 30, 2012
New Delhi: Director-producer Karan Johar, who is launching Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia in his upcoming film 'Student Of The Year', says the newcomer wasn't the first choice for the movie. The 19-year-old debutante plays the role of a rich brat named Shanaya Singhania in the film, which also stars newbies Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra. "We screen tested over 400 girls from across Mumbai and other cities. This is when...
01:38 PM, Sep 30, 2012
New Delhi: Director David Dhawan's son Varun says having contacts in the industry does not guarantee a movie. The 24-year-old is making his acting debut with Karan Johar's 'Student of The Year' alongside newbies Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. "I agree it was much easier for me because I have a platform but you may know many people in the industry and they will ask you to come to their...
04:13 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia Bhatt, who is making her acting debut with Karan Johar's 'Student Of The Year', says she wants to learn from her mistakes and doesn't want her father to interfere in her work. The 19-year-old says though she comes from a filmy background she doesn't want any help from her family. "Every now and then he (Mahesh) tells me where he feels the need...
02:44 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: Director David Dhawan's son Varun says it took time for him and his 'Student Of The Year' co-star Alia Bhatt to get along. "Alia never liked me earlier because I didn't say, 'Hi' to her on the first day. But that is because I was giving my look test and didn't see her. She was angry with me in the first one week, but then it got okay," said...
06:14 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Music Director: Vishal-Shekhar Lyricists: Anvita Dutt Guptan, Vishal Dadlani Singers: Vishal Dadlani, Shefali Alvares, Shreya Ghoshal, Udit Narayan, Shekhar Ravijani, Salim Merchant, Neeti Mohan, Benny Dayal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shahid Mallaya, Nisha Mascarenhas, Marianne D'Cruz, DJ Kiran Kamath Rating: 4 out of 5 'Student Of The Year' is Karan Johar's first directorial venture without his lucky charm Shah Rukh Khan in the lead. With three newcomers - Varun Dhawan, director David...
11:24 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Mumbai: Alia Bhatt may play a rich spoiled girl obsessed with big brands in her debut vehicle Student Of The Year, but in real life Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan's daughter does not hanker after brands. "As far as brands are concerned, I don't own a branded thing. I believe that I would only buy a branded item with my own money," she told IANS in a group interview. Directed...
07:24 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Mumbai: A source claims that after the first look of her movie was unveiled, Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia Bhatt was a tad upset Apparently her co-actors in the film Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra " got a thumbs up from a target audience, while she received a lukewarm response. The newbie was a bit upset to hear this. Now there is a buzz that producer-director Karan Johar will be re-working...
11:09 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is known for his extensively narrated tales, says his newest outing 'Student of the Year' is the shortest film he has made till date. The duration of this campus film would be a little over two hours, while each of his earlier four directorial ventures have lasted for close to three hours or even more. "This is going to be the shortest film of...
04:47 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: When Karan Johar says in his interviews that Student of the Year is a big responsibility, he actually means it. The grandeur and the canvas with which the film has been made is a clear indication of what is going inside Johars mind. It seems Karan is once again ready to set a new benchmark of glossiness. If you would have asked any Indian spectator before 1998 about...
11:29 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Mumbai: This will be director Karan Johar's first film without superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the lead - Student of the Year is a romantic comedy starring director Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia Bhatt, director David Dhawan's son Varun Dhawan, Boman Irani's son Kayoze Irani and newbie Siddharth Malhotra. The film's posters set in a swanky school reminds one of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Mohabbatein and a young cast, heavy...
07:49 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Karan Johar says that his next directorial venture 'Student Of The Year' (SOTY) is a big responsibility on him as the future of three newcomers depends upon the film's box office performance. "The film is a big responsibility on Dharma Production's shoulders and mine. We are launching the career of three new faces through this film - Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra. All of them are...
07:21 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Complicated love stories of teenagers, sports meet, fight sequences and some emotional drama, no we are not talking about Aamir Khan's 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'. Trailer of Karan Johar's latest directorial venture 'Student Of The Year' is out. And it seems like a glamorous version of Aamir's film on college life. The promo features Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan fighting for 'Student Of The Year' title....
12:15 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Mumbai: Though Mahesh Bhatt is known for introducing new faces in filmdom, his daughter Alia decided to use Dharma Production's Student Of The Year as her launch pad as she was not looking for a convenient entry. "I was already sorted and decided that I wouldn't be launched by my father's production (Vishesh Films). Honestly speaking, it's the easy option. Why wouldn't my father launch me? But I wanted to...
12:07 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Mumbai: After introducing a fresh breed of directors, filmmaker Karan Johar is launching three new actors with his forthcoming film Student Of The Year (SOTY) and says he is as emotional about the project as the actors' parents. "The film feels different from any other film that I have directed as I have worked with movie stars who don't need hand-holding. With these three newcomers, it was a journey like...
10:48 AM, Aug 03, 2012
