Aarti Chabria is doing the Terror act in South and Romancing a Bhai The versatile beauty Aarti Chabria is all geared up to set the screen on fire. After a spree of great comedies , Aarti is going to showcase her talent in yet another different genre of roles with two extraordinary characters, which few […]
Mumbai: mobile2win has announced the launch of Anthony Kaun Hai?mobile game on 3 August. They have launched the game in an exclusivetie-up with Nikhil Panchamiya, the producer of the film. As in Anthony Kaun Hai’ the movie, Champ (Arshad Warsi) is a visitorwho is carrying a nasty looking gun. Master Madan (Sanjay Dutt) hascome to […]
Phir Hera Pheri, Corporate and now Omkara. Three big releases in 2006. Bipasha couldn’t have asked for more. She is very happy and her appearance reflects this aptly. She walks into the room holding her head high in pride and showcasing a smile on her face. She is dressed in a brown and green polka […]
Ajay Devgan is a man of few words. He plays the lead role in Omkara. And he prefers to let his work do the talking. Excerpts from an interview. What’s your role in Omkara? Omkara is basically a love story with action in the backdrop. I play Omkara who is a very powerful man. He […]
Mumbai: After a debacle in Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi and Shaadi ka Laddoo, director Raj Kaushal is back another stint in Nikhil Panchmiya’s Anthony Kaun Hai? starring Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi, who will be seen together again for the first time since Munnabhai MBBS. ‘I was inexperienced while shooting Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi and […]
MUMBAI : Gracy Singh is one of those fortunate few faces from the small screen who have made it to the big screen, with not just an appearance but also roles which are still talked about. Her films like Lagaan with Aamir Khan, Armaan with Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor and Munnabhai MBBS with Late. […]
Britain’s National Health Service is now a part of a full length Bollywood film. Fifty six year old senior Indian doctor Nikhil Kaushik a consultant ophthalmologist at Wrexham Maelor Hospital in North Wales has produced a Bollywood film called Bhavishya – The Future starring medical students from Manchester Medical School Akanksha Tyagi and Vikrant Gautam. […]
Producer Nikhil Panchamiya is ready with his second film Anthony Kaun Hai? Made on a budget of Rs. 100 million (Rs. 10 crore), the film again has Munnabhai M.B.B.S. stars Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi in the lead. It s slated for July 28 release all over. The Bombay distribution right has been acquired by […]
Mumbai: Leading film production and distribution house, Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd (SACVL), is tapping the capital market. The company plans to raise Rs 500-550 million through an initial public offering (IPO) to ramp up its film production business. SACVL has appointed Allianz Securities to lead manage the issue. “We have a business plan to […]
MUMBAI : The rumour mills are running overtime that Sony Pictures Releasing of India Ltd. (SPRL) has acquired the all India distribution rights of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya – The Royal Guard for a whopping Rs. 250 million. But according to Vikramjit Roy, manager of publicity for SPRL, the figure is being worked out with […]
Ghar, the film starring Vinod Khanna and his sons Akshaye and Rahul, has been in the news over the past fortnight. The film which is being produced by Johny Bakshi is tipped to be made at a budget of around Rs 70 million. Bakshi has been behind titles such as Vishwasgaat, Mera Dost Mera Dushman, […]
Shemaroo releases Really Bend It Like Beckham on VCDs and DVDs Tathastu also releases on Shemaroo VCDs and DVDs today A Shemaroo Press Release Have you ever dreamt of scoring a goal from the halfway line? Could you bend the ball past a wall of defenders? Have you wondered what it takes to become one […]
Mumbai : Rani Mukherjee leads the list of nominations in the best actress category for the IFFA awards to be held in Dubai on June 16. Along with Rani, Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan lead the nominations in best actor category. Bachchan has been nominated for Black and Sarkar , while […]
MUMBAI :The script of Munnabhai MBBS has been sold for a million dollars by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Chris Tucker who plays the lead in the Rush Hour series will play the role that Sanjay Dutt played in the original.“It is a big high. Munnabhai MBBS have shown that Indian films if made well can be […]
Shyam Benegal’s Chamki which had been announced with Jimmy Shergil and Urmila Matondkar in the lead was initially being produced by Sheetal Talwar. The film is no longer being produced by Sheetal Talwar now. According to trade papers Sanjay Gupta is the current producer in association with Balaji Telefilms. The film will star Sanjay Dutt, […]
MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan did it. So did his son, Abhishek. But it not just a family thing. There have been a host of stars including Sanjay Dutt who have sung for the silver screen. And keeping the trend going is Salman Khan who is going to sing a song in his forthcoming, Ravi Chopra’s Baabul. […]
MUMBAI: Director duo Abbas-Mustan have signed Bipasha Basu opposite Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan in pivotal roles for their forthcoming untitled venture. The film is being made under the banner of Ashtavinayak Cinevision Limited. The shooting of the film will start from April 17. The rest of the star cast is yet to be finalised. […]
MUMBAI :Director Anuraag Basu of Murder fame whose next venture Gangster is all set for a April 28, release. The film has been into controversy as gangster Abu Salem has brought a stay order on the release of the film. He claims that the story of the film is based on his life. Director Anurag […]
MUMBAI: Ravi Chopra who has only directed films produced by his father earlier, now finds himself making films for other producers as well. Sangeeta Ahir who made the recent released Sanjay Dutt – Shahid Kapur starrer Vaah Life Ho To Aisi confirms the development. Avishkar Films Private Limited will produce the film which will be […]
Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra, stars of the upcoming movie Jabariya Jodi headed to a popular club for dinner to beat Monday blues on 18th February.
Ekta Kapoor’s upcoming film ‘Jabariya Jodi’ has piqued the interests of the audience owing to the quirky title. Interestingly, actor Sidharth Malhotra who stars in the film suggested the name.
Aparshakti Khurana is all set to play Parineeti’s childhood friend and neighbour in Prashant Singh’s directorial debut, Jabariya Jodi. The actor is all set to join the Jabariya Jodi
A lot of things seems to be in Kapil Sharma’s ‘Firangi’ favour, let’s wait to know how the film turns up at the Box Office.
Kapil was in Delhi to promote his second Bollywood project Rajiev Dhingra directed ‘Firangi’. Kapil Sharma has spoken in support of ‘Padmavati’
Sonam Kapoor finds this a great bathroom reading.
Here are 8 Big blockbuster films that Kareena Kapoor Khan rejected.
Veteran actor Om Puri’s sudden death had put the whole industry in a shock. It was unbelievable that one of the finest and versatile actors is not amongst them anymore
The whole Bollywood and fashion fraternity gathered together to celebrate ace designer Manish Malhotra’s birthday yesterday.
Style File: Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, John Abraham And Others Snapped!
Ranbir Kapoor is eagerly looking forward to a blockbuster in Bollywood.
Shah Rukh Khan’s little toddler AbRam is expressive to the core.
After Mughal-e-Azam, comes ‘Bajirao Mastani’, the country’s next big labor of love!
As we all know since Rishabh Sinha has made a wild card entry in Bigg Boss 9, he has harassed each and every contestant with his daredevil avatar.
The much talked about Sanjay Gupta Movie has finally released and is being well received by the critics as well as the audience.
Bollywood’s director Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan won big at Cannes Film Festival this year and also yesterday after its special screen was held in Mumbai!
Bollywood’s heartthrob Salman Khan recently opened up about his marriage proposal which was a surely a good news for all the tinsel ladies of Bollywood.
Here’s the list of 12 Bollywood’s Most Finest Yet Underrated Actors. Take a look!
Multi talented and Bollywood’s biggest director lady Farah Khan celebrates her 50th birthday bash yesterday at her Lokhandwala pent house.
There are many love stories that started only to end on a tragic note. Here are the many heartbreaks that plagued the Bollywood industry.
Actors Who Went Bald For Movie Roles
Ekta Kapoor in on a high with two back to back successes. Both her films, Ragini MMS 2 and Main Tera Hero have been Box Office successes.
The nominations for the 59th Filmfare Awards have been announced and it looks like its going to be a close call between a lot of contenders, as this year most of the performances have been good
2013, a dream year for Deepika Padukone with films that made it to the 100 crore club. To celebrate, she threw a grand Black and Gold Success Party
Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Salman Khan, Arjun Rampal, Mehr Jessia and others at Sussanne Roshan, Seema Khan, Maheep Kapoor’s store opening in Bandra.
Words are inadequate to describe Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s breathtaking beauty. Many have failed to distill her ethereal grace and delicate charm into words.
On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, here’s a look-back at the good and bad teachers that have impacted our movies. From love guru Salman Khan to the khadoos glutton Amole Gupte and can we ever forget hot Miss Chandini, a.k.a Sushmita Sen? Happy Teachers Day!
Bollywood celebrities like Rishi Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, among others, turned up in huge numbers at Sridevi’s 50th birthday party, planned by politician Amar Singh.
You will be ‘looted’ as per your expectations from this highly anticipated new film from the maker of Udaan.
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s ‘Talaash’ has hit the screens 30 November. Directed by Reema Kagti, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Riteish Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment, ‘Talaash’ stars Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Rani Mukerji.
Whatever perfectionist actor and Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan does, he does it in style. Whenever his film releases, however infrequent that may be, the entire film industry flocks in large droves to support their favourite “thinking star”.
Excerpts: Subhash K Jha’s conversations with Yash Chopra over the years.
Prakash Jha has pulled off the unimaginable. In his next film ‘Satyagrah’ he has brought together Amitabh Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor.
Heroine’s main USP – Kareena Kapoor, more than delivers. She sinks her teeth deep into the complex character of Mahi, dominating every frame of the film, and looking like a million dollars through all of it.
For a film opening in more than 1500 screens, ‘Department’ has seen the lowest first week collections.
MUMBAI: ‘Department’ has been passed with an ‘A’ certificate. There were no major cuts. Except for a major song about the police department which the censorboard asked to be deleted. The song about the workings of the police department goes, “Laal batti aati hai, sab ki phat jaati hai, Mumbai police hai sab […]
Mumbai: Every year in the nightingale Lata Mangeshkar’s home Prabhu Kunj on Peddar Road, the Ganpati festival is a period of joy and celebrity. The doors of the Mangeshkar home are thrown open for family and friends. The entire Mangeshkar clan of 4 sisters, 1 brother and the spouses and children throw in their fervour […]
MUMBAI: Salman Khan starrer Dabangg directed by Abhinav Kashyap and UTV’s Udaan directed by Vikramaditya Motwane walked away with the maximum number of awards at the Global Indian Film and TV honors, 2011, hosted by Balaji. While Dabangg won the popular honor for Best Film; Abhinav Kashyap was adjudged most promising director for Dabangg and […]
MUMBAI: The 12th Rajiv Gandhi National Awards will be held on 19 August at the National Centre for Performing Arts, in Mumbai. This year’s winners include stalwarts like Shahid Kapur (Best Actor), Katrina Kaif (Best Actress), Vineet Jain (Industrialist), Ramesh Chandra Agarwal (Journalism), Sam Pitroda (Global Indian), Dr. Narendra Jadhav (Educationist), Dr. G Madhavan Nair […]
Shah Rukh Khan put in his energies to promote his forthcoming home production Billu via various associations and promotional tie-ups.
MUMBAI: The Screen Awards, the first award ceremony to be conducted in 2009, stepped into it’s 15th year. The award function was held on 14 January, 2009, at the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai with performances by some of the biggest names in Bollywood. This year it was a tough job for the jury to decide […]
MUMBAI: Amisha Patel’s hectic schedule has finally caught up with her. The actress has been working round the clock, jet setting across the globe and partying till the wee hours of the morning. Even though she’s trying to catch up some sleep now she is not complaining. Smiling away her blues and aches, the Thoda […]
Bollywood workers went on an indefinite non-coopertation movement on 1 October due to irregular payment structure and the hiring of non-union members.
Film: Welcome to Sajjanpur Banner: UTV SpotBoy Producer: Ronnie Screwvala & Zarina Mehta Director: Shyam Benegal Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Ila Arun, Divya Dutta, Kunal Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Ravi Jhankal and Yashpal Sharma Rating: 3/5 It is not very often that films are made with great passion and intent and put on […]
Mumbai: Sector Watches, brought to India by Gitanjali Lifestyle, has announced a tie up with Sanjay Gupta’s White Feather Films. The first movie to witness this association is the recently launched Acid Factory. The cast of the forthcoming movie consisting Fardeen Khan, Dino Morea, Manoj Bajpai, Aftab Shivdassani, Danny Denzongpa, Irfan Khan and Gulshan Grover […]
The Indian Film Company has inked deals with Burmawala Brothers, Dev Benegal and Shooting Star Films.
Businessofcinema.com is privy to BIG Pictures’ line-up of more than 30 films that will release over the next two – three years. EXCLUSIVE!!
Actress Kajol has recently added a new brand – Anchor Toothpaste – in her kitty of endorsements.
Zee has a slate of 23 – 24 movies collectively lined up under its two banners. The films will start rolling from April onwards.
Film: Speed Director: Vikram Bhatt Producer: Harry Baweja Banner: Baweja Movies Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Zayed Khan, Sanjay Suri, Urmila Matondkar, Amrita Arora, Aashish Chaudhary, Tanushree Datta, Sophie Chaudhary Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty Cinematography: Praveen Bhatt Choreography: Raju Khan, Remo, Shabina Khan Action: Abbas Ali Moghul Costume: Vikram Phadnis Release Date: 19 October, 2007 Synopsis: What […]
MUMBAI: Music director Anu Malik has a dozen films in the pipeline. The music director has been flooded with offers after giving hits like No Entry, Kalyug and Jaan-e-Man. Malik has signed films with Pritish Nandy Communications, Venus (to be directed by Sanjay Chel) and with Adlabs amongst others. Says Malik, “Fortunately there […]
MUMBAI: The 53rd National Film Awards have named Amitabh Bachchan and Sarika as best actor and actress for their performances in Black and Parzania respectively. Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist (Bengali) directed by Budhadeb Dasgupta has been declared the Best Feature Film. The Award carries a Swarna Kamal and Rs 50,000 each for the […]
Film: Speed Producer: Harry Baweja Director: Vikram Bhatt Music Director: Pritam Lyrics: Mayur Puri Cast: Zayed Khan, Sanjay Suri, Aftab Shivdasani, Aashish Chaudhary,Sophie Chaudhary, Amrita Arora, Urmila Matondkar, Tanushree Dutta Rating: 1.5/5 Vikram Bhatt’s last film Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee, did not manage to create a storm at the box office, and in an effort […]
Film: Partner Director: David Dhawan Music Director: Sajid Wajid Lyrics: Sanjay Chhel, Shabbir Ahmed and Jalees Sherwani Producer: Sohail Khan Cast: Salman Khan, Govinda, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta Rating: 3/5 David Dhawan has, for long, provided us much needed breaks of laughter and wholesome entertainment. His latest offering, Partner, has duo Sajid-Wajid providing the music […]
MUMBAI: UFO Moviez has been awarded the ‘Idea IIFA Innovation Award in Indian Cinema’ at the grand finale of the 8th Annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) 2007 awards on 9 June 2007 at Yorkshire. The decision to honour UFO Moviez was taken after a unanimous decision of the Advisory Board comprising Amitabh Bachchan, Ramesh […]
MUMBAI: New filmmaker George Mathews, and the son of well-known South distributor popularly known as Mathews in the industry, forays into his first production with a patriotic subject. The film is titled as The Flag. George Mathews who is into shipping business says, “The Flag is a patriotic film and revolves around the Independence movement. […]
MUMBAI: The film trade is abuzz with next week’s two big releases; Shootout At Lokhandwala and Cheeni Kum. There are hopes that these films bring some respite at the box-office. The former is being released by the father and son duo of Ramesh and Rakesh Sippy in Bombay under their new sister concern, Raksha Entertainment […]
MUMBAI: The satellite rights of Harry Baweja’s under-production film, Speed, have been acquired by Mumbai based company G G Photo Ltd, it is reliably learnt. A G G Photo official, on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the company, which is in the business of acquiring satellite, VOD and related rights of films for a select […]
MUMBAI: After struggling to find distributors for more than two years, Bhupendra J Gupta’s maiden film, Unns, is finally seeing the light of the day. The film, dedicated to late Sunil Dutt, is releasing this Friday (17 November) in Mumbai, Delhi-U.P., Kolkata, C.P.C.I. Rajasthan, Nizam and overseas. Gupta says, “We were having problems with […]
After composing music for Jaan-E-Mann and Umrao Jaan, Anu Malik is all set to churn out good music in 2007.
PRESS RELEASE Mumbai, November 09, 2006: It’s that time of the year again when the viewers of the Star Gold will get busy and get the phone lines buzzing, sending out a flurry of SMSs and slowing down internet lines … as starting November 12, 2006 the voting lines will be open for the only […]
After lying low in 2006, director Vikram Bhatt to have 4 releases in 2007 – Red, Life Main Kabhi Kabhi, Speed and Fear.
Video clips, wallpapers and ringtones of Umrao Jaan will be available on Reliance Mobile World.
MUMBAI: With Jai Santoshi Maa that released on 29 September, music director Anu Malik has bounced back with god’s grace literally. What’s more, he has some foot-tapping compositions lined up ahead starting with Zindaggi Rocks (6 October), Jaan-E-Mann (20 October) and Umrao Jaan (3 November). Ask him how he managed to compose music for movies […]
MUMBAI: Bhupendra J. Gupta has finally completed his maiden film Unns, which has been in the making for almost two years. The urge for creative desire made Gupta, who has a chemicals business, foray into films. Apart from producing, Gupta has conceived and directed the film under the banner of Buneesha Films. The film has […]
Mumbai :The release of RGV Films’ Shiva has been postponed. The film was scheduled to release on 25th August. Shiva is actually a remake of Ramu’s own film Shiva which had released in 1990’s and had turned out to be a success at the box office. When contacted Ravi Prakash, PRO, RGV Films, he confirmed […]
Mumbai: Lyricist SAMEER, who completes 25th year of his career as song writer this year and has bagged his 500th film – Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s SAAWARIYA – now storms the South in a big way. He has bagged three prestigious films down South – Kamal Haasan’s Dasavatharam and Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s 3-D animation film Maya […]
Black once again made a clean sweep of all the major awards at the IIFA 2006 held in Dubai last night at a glittering function which was attended by the glitterati of west Asia. Amitabh Bachchan the brand ambassador for IIFA won the Best Actor award for his role in Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar. Black […]
Lyricist SAMEER, who completes 25th year of his career as song writer this year, has bagged his 500th film – Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s SAAWARIYA. So far Sameer has written 5000 songs, including private albums.Sameer has written 90% songs for leading music directors Nadeem-Shravan, Anand-Milind and Himesh Reshammiya. (The famous ghost-invoking song Jhalak Diklaja… was written […]
May 7, 2006 : The wait is finally over… The verdict is out…The journey that started over three months ago has reached a triumphant conclusion.. Over 9 lakh fans from India & 23 nations across the globe have declared their Sabsey Favourites. And 7 winners have walked away with the only true measure of their […]
