Mumbai: Actress Anushka Sharma confesses to be completely in love with backless dresses, saying for her it is "synonymous with confidence". "Backless signifies confidence and that's always in fashion, always in vogue. Backless in my head is synonymous to confidence and hence extremely important," Anushka told reporters during the making of her latest Nivea advertisement. "It's something you should not be thinking about, you should be able to wear a...
02:03 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Mumbai: Following the footsteps of biggies who release their films during festival season, actor Ranbir Kapoor-starrer 'Bombay Velvet' is also going to hit the screens next Christmas. Superstars Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan have always cashed on the festival season, be it Diwali, Eid or Christmas to release their films. "The shooting for 'Bombay Velvet' will begin mid-July. We have decided to release the film during Christmas 2014....
10:27 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Anurag Kashyap will recreate the Mumbai of 1960s in Sri Lanka for his Ranbir Kapoor starrer period drama 'Bombay Velvet' which tells the story of how the city became a metropolis. Director Deepa Mehta had opted to film 'Water' and 'Midnight's Children' in Sri Lanka and Kashyap too found the country historically more suited for his film. "It is set in the 60s and I needed a consistent...
01:16 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who will soon be seen acting in a television show that he is co-producing, says his creative team wants to make something different but refuses to divulge anything about the storyline. "There are many shows running on TV at the moment but we want to give a different kind of story to this one. We want to put it out there and see the reaction. It...
11:10 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Mumbai: After his guest appearances in 'Om Shanti Om' and 'Luck By Chance', director-producer Karan Johar is all set to play a full-fledged negative role opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Anurag Kashyap's period drama 'Bombay Velvet'. Johar, who collaborated with Kashyap on anthology film 'Bombay Talkies', said the offer came to him out of the blue. "It's true that I'm acting in 'Bombay Velvet' and it's unusual for me. I was...
04:22 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Cannes: Ritesh Batra's debut film 'Lunchbox' has bagged the critics week viewers choice award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Starring Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddique in the lead roles, the film received unanimous praise from the audience during its screening at the festival. "Just got the news the lunchbox won its first award at Cannes," Irrfan posted on Twitter. 'Lunchbox', which is one of one of the four films...
10:19 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Ranbir Kapoor-Priyanka Chopra starrer 'Barfi' bagged nine awards in the technical category at the 14th annual IIFA Awards. The Anurag Basu directed movie took home nine awards out of 14 for Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design, Best Song Recording, Best Sound Mixing, Best Background Score, Best Costume Designing and Best Make-Up. Whereas, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' took the second position with...
03:42 PM, May 21, 2013
Cannes: India's rising star director Anurag Kashyap has complained that filmmakers in the country still do not enjoy the kind of freedom of space and expression that would allow them to make meaningful films. "Today, we are forced to treat our audience as children of less than five years and hence we have to only make goody-goody films with a huge dose of escapism. I want to have the option...
12:43 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Fox Star Studios has come on board with Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Films to co-produce filmmaker's upcoming directorial 'Bombay Velvet'. The Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma-starrer is based on Mumbai in era spanning from 1950s to 1970s. It is the first film of a trilogy on how the city became a metropolis. "We are delighted to partner with Anurag on his next directorial venture 'Bombay Velvet'. What will make...
02:59 PM, May 20, 2013
Cannes: A decades-old rivalry between a Bollywood wannabe and a brutal police chief shines a light on Mumbai's dark side, in Indian director Anurag Kashyap's fast-moving psychological thriller 'Ugly' about the kidnapping of a young girl. Enthusiastically received at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, the aptly titled film was inspired by real events in a city blighted by child trafficking and prostitution. A suicidal woman sets the scene in an...
01:20 PM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: After her critically acclaimed performance as Nagma Khatun in 'Gangs of Wasseypur', Richa Chadda is keen to cement her career by experimenting with challenging role in Bollywood. Chadda, who earned praise in Anurag Kashyap's two-part crime saga, will next be seen playing a gangster in two of her upcoming movies --'Fukrey' and 'Tamanchey'. Richa's aim is to follow the success of 'GOW' by taking on challenging roles rather...
03:58 PM, May 09, 2013
