Mumbai: As Hindi movies get bigger and slicker, more and more filmmakers are using the services of foreign technicians. Western technical expertise is slowly filtering into Bollywood. A while ago Farhan Akhtar got in...
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Ultra makes available 40 films for download
Mumbai: Ultra has tied up with US based WahIndia Inc. to bring Gen- X style of movie watching. The idea of the service is to give the audience total control online. The user can...
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Shringar will now distribute Lage Raho Munnabhai
Mumbai:Yash Raj Films and Prime Focus had collectively bought the rights of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s for Bombay circuit. But they found the deal too demanding and decided to forgo the rights. Now Shringar has...
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Lage Raho Munnabhai boasts new ticketing strategy
Bangalore: In a path-breaking exercise, the advance bookings for Lage Raho Munnabhai, scheduled for release on 1 September, has begun in Bangalore multiplexes. For the first three-days i.e. from 1 – 3 September, the...
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“Films are far more profitable than music.When you make films, you have total control over it” -Kumar Taurani
They started as a shop trading in LP’s (Long Playing Phonograph Records) in 1975 for three of the biggest companies in India – HMV, Music India & CBS. 31 years later theyare a corporate...
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Bismillah Khan 1916-2006
Varanasi :Legendary shehnai maestro and Bharat Ratna awardee Ustad Bismillah Khan expired after a cardiac arrest at 2.20 am today. He had been ill for a while. Born on March 21, 1916 in a...
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Rs. 4 million trailer for Jaan-e-Mann
Mumbai :The trailers of Sajid Nadiadwala’s Jaan-e-Mann is said to commence its telecast from today (August 20). The Bollywood project is being readied for Diwali (October 20) release. Speculations were rife that the Nadiadwala...
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‘Mr. Blockbuster’ Sajid’s Jaan-e-mann 40 lakhs trailer
Mr. Blockbuster of Bollywood Sajid Nadiadwala is known to do things in style. He is one of the few producers who will not cut corners in promoting his films. In keeping with his penchant...
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MANORANJAN: Two different cultures
Come togather MANORANJAN (The Entertainment), a film which takes a satirical, yet realistic look at bollywood in an entertaining manner, marks the union of two different cultures for the first time. Two theatre stalwarts,...
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Dipsshika has Birthday Bash at H2O
Dipsshika reined in her birthday with a spectacular birthday bash with family and friends at the enigmatic lounge, H20in Bandra. Stars present included Varsha Usgaonkar with husband, Actor Danny Dengzongpa, Ranjit, Ashish Roy, Paritosh...
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BR Chopra bereaved
Mumbai: The mother of director Ravi Chopra (Baaghbaan, Burning Train)and the wife of legendary filmmaker Dr Baldev Raj Chopra (Naya Daur, Waqt) – Prakash Chopra expired today at 1.30 am at Leelavati Hospital, Mumbai....
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You pick the time and you run the show — Ultra
That is exactly where the cradle of technology takes us next. Not long ago, life was made simpler by technology and now you can avoid the long serpentine queues of a cinema by ordering...
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Don Music release on August 26
Mumbai :Farhan Akhtar’s Don has been in the news now for a very long time. The teaser campaign sure has been a hit and so has the song Main Hoon Don. The Bollywood flick...
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Environment Film Festival at Chandigarh
Delhi: The Centre for Media and Planning, New Delhi, aided by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology and Department of Environment, Union Territory of Chandigarh, is organising Vatavaran – Environment and Wildlife...
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Doherty’s drug high leaves parents on a low
Pete Doherty’s ongoing drug problems are putting a strain on his parents’ marriage – because his mother refuses to switch off her mobile phone at night in case she receives a call from the...
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Brian Lara in Bollywood
Trinidad and Tobago :A film called Dulha Mil Gaya being produced by Viveck Vaswani and directed by Mudassar Aziz is set to feature West Indian batsman Brian Lara and perhaps Sachin Tendulkar as well....
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Bollywood cinema beats Britain at home
London :Indian movies are doing far better business than British films leading to a dissent among local filmmakers who feel that after Hollywood, a second film nation is destroying the local industry there. The...
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Baywatch star wants Brit wife
Former Baywatch hunk David Hasselhoff wants his next wife to be a Brit because he loves how sexy British women are. The brawny actor divorced his American wife Pamela Bach after 17 years of...
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Tunney’s Affleck affliction
Jennifer Garner had better watch her back – another actress has desires on her husband, Ben Affleck. The Craft star Robin Tunney, who plays the psychotic girlfriend of Affleck’s character in new film Hollywoodland,...
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Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai – Bollywood goes to China
Shanghai: Indian movies will now scale the Great Wall of China and reach the other side at film festivals in the communist nation from August 25-31 and in early September as well. Hindi films...
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Knowles sick of being crazy in love
R&B star Beyonce Knowles is sick of talking about her Crazy In Love single because she feels her new work is being overlooked.The former Destiny’s Child singer recorded Crazy In Love in 2003 with...
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Hollywood star in script battle
Hollywood star Sir Ian McKellen battled with British comedian Ricky Gerwais over the script for his appearance in The Office‘s creator’s comedy Extras. McKellen plays himself in an episode of the forthcoming second series...
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Lopez-Gere- worst Hollywood dancers
Pop superstar Jennifer Lopez and Hollywood actor Richard Gere have both appeared twice in a new poll for the worst dance films of all time. In a survey by British drinks firm Shloer, the...
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Miller wants a movie break as a writer
The star of Prison Break — Wentworth Miller has completed his first screenplay and wants to make it a profession. The heart-throb, who plays tattooed jailbird Michael Scofield in the hit prison show, has...
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Samuel Jackson’s the coolest
Samuel L Jackson has topped a poll as Hollywood’s coolest actor for his portrayal of Jules Winnfield in cult 1994 movie Pulp Fiction.Jackson beat off competition from screen legend Steve Mcqueen and Brad Pitt,...
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Connery wanted to kick off
Legendary actor Sir Sean Connery came close to trialling for top English soccer club Manchester United. The former Bond harboured ambitions to be a footballer from an early age and was acting with a...
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Sunny Deol’s Rs. 220 million treasure hunt!
Mumbai: The search for the treasure chest aka the pot of gold aka the holy grail has sent many a director in hot pursuit, but mostly in Hollywood. Mckenna’s Gold, the Indiana Jones series,...
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Allen amused by Tweedy
British star Lily Allen is amused by Cheryl Tweedy’s reaction to the chart-topper’s “tribute” to her beauty, because the track was meant to be ironic. The B-side track, simply titled Cheryl Tweedy, is supposedly...
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Will Smith ties up with UTV
When Will Smith visited India in February 2006 to launch Sony Entertainment’s English-language movie channel Pix, and to be a guest on ‘Indian Idol, he expressed a desire to work with Aishwarya Rai and...
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