The talented actress Konkana Sen Sharma, who has won two National Awards, feels that our Hindi film industry is too dependent on a star. She feels producers and financers are ready to put in money only if there is an A list star in the film. Sharma says, "If only there is an A list […]

MUMBAI: Reliance BIG TV will release films like Dabangg, Housefull, Udaan, Kites and Raavan on the Pay- Per- View channels. Dabangg which released on 10 September 2010 is an action film, directed by Abhinav Kashyap and produced by Arbaaz Khan. The film starred Salman Khan and Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter Sonakshi Sinha. The film marks the […]

MUMBAI: Sanjay Dutt, who has been finalised to play the villain in producer Karan Johar’s remake of the 1990 film – Agneepath, will don a bald look in the film. Dutt will be seen as Kancha Cheena, the role essayed by actor Danny Denzongpa in the original Agneepath, directed by Mukul S Anand. As per […]

MUMBAI: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turns 37 today. She brought in her birthday at the Taj hotel with a family dinner after an awards function attended by father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, husband Abhishek, mother-in-law Jaya and sister-in-law Shweta Bachchan Nanda. On the eve of her birthday, Amitabh posted on his blog saying “It nears past midnight as […]

MUMBAI: While he’s not busy shooting, the King Khan is busy endorsing various products. Shah Rukh Khan was seen shooting at Mehboob Studios with photographer Daboo Ratnani for Belmonte, which is a product of S. Kumars Nationwide (SKNL). Speaking to Businessofcinema.com, Ratnani said, “Yes we are shooting for a new print ad with Shah Rukh […]

MUMBAI: Viacom 18’s general entertainment channel Colors has bagged the worldwide satellite rights of a handful of films from Reliance BIG Pictures including the Hrithik Roshan-starrer Kites and the yet to release Raavan starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Additionally, according to sources, Colors has also acquired the satellite rights of Reliance’s older movies […]

MUMBAI: Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots won majority of the top awards, including the Best Film and Best Director Award at the IIFA Awards, 2010 ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The awards won by 3 Idiots included: Vidhu Vinod Chopra for Best Film, Rajkumar Hirani for Best Director, Kareena Kapoor for Performance in a Leading […]

Cricket match, movie premieres, previews, fashion show and more… it’s all happening at the IIFA Awards this year, which will be held in Sri Lanka.

Director Zoya Akhtar’s next movie, which was tentatively titled Running With The Bulls, has now been renamed Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara.

Reliance BIG Pictures COO – film distribution and BIGFlix COO Kamal Gianchandani has put in his papers at the company; to join PVR Pictures as CEO.

MUMBAI: Even as Indian Premier League’s (IPL) dirty linen continues to be washed in public, IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi has announced the IPL 3 Awards.   The awards will be held on 23 April at Grand Hyatt in Mumbai and will be hosted by Shah Rukh Khan (owner of Kolkata Knight Riders) and […]

Kalki Koechelin has now been signed on by Excel Entertainment for Zoya Akhtar’s tentatively titled film – Running With The Bulls.

Anurag Basu has cast actor Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role for his next film, which will be produced by Goldie Behl’s Rose Movies.

MUMBAI: Vivek Oberoi is back in the Bollywood spotlight. After months of hibernation, the actor is in business and is now seen hobnobbing with B- town folks attending B- town parties.   First it was his electrifying performance at the recently concluded Apsara Awards in Mumbai, where he took to the stage after a gap […]

MUMBAI: An actor takes as much time getting ready as an actress does these days…With most of the top actors preferring to do just one film at a time, they are now able to keenly invest in not just their bodies, but also their get ups. We start with Amitabh Bachachan who has a release […]

MUMBAI: It appears that there is another twist in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Rani Mukherji saga. After word got out that Rani took the concept of Hadippa to Yashraj Films as she did not want to be paired opposite Shahid Kapur in the SLB Productions film, we are now told that Rani did this […]

While corporates have tightened their purse strings as far as movie acquisitions are concerned, for the production sector recession does seem like a word from the past.

On the eve of his 51st birthday, Red Chillies Idiot Box paid a tribute to Michael Jackson by getting the Indian film industry to contribute by creating a special single.

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 […]

Kites director Anurag Basu has turned ad-filmmaker with his first commercial for the brand Bonbon.

MUMBAI: With the rains lashing Mumbai city, our Bollywood celebrities have rushed to the sunny climes of London. Leading the way is Shah Rukh Khan. The actor after slogging it out in San Francisco for the better part of a month for Karan Johar’s My Name is Khan, is now taking time out to be […]

MUMBAI: If one is under the impression that there is an economic slowdown and that the film industry has gone slack because of the multiplex and producer impasse, they could not be more incorrect. Almost every top actor is busy with the shooting of their films and may not be able to attend the International […]

MUMBAI: If it is the era of yummy mummies, it is also the era of sexy young dads. Be it Hrithik Roshan, Arjun Rampal or Zayed Khan. And Zayed who has been in the business for some time now, has once again re invented himself and is looking dapper with a new look and trained […]

In a coup of sorts, Bollywood actors Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur will be setting the stage on fire at the upcoming IIFA Awards to be held in Macau.

MUMBAI: Actors Ritiesh Deskmukh and Boman Irani have been roped in again to host the IIFA awards this year, which is slated to take place in Macau. Last year the duo hosted the awards function in Bangkok for the first time. Among the celebrities who will be attending the awards this year are Amitabh Bachchan, […]

MUMBAI: Following BIG Pictures’ launch at the Cannes Film Festival last year, the company is going back to Cannes this year with a portfolio of 18 films. The tent pole film of the company this year will be the Hrithik Roshan – Barbara Mori starrer Kites. The movie also stars Kangana Ranuat, Nick Brown and […]

MUMBAI: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend has traveled across continents from London, Yorkshire and Amsterdam in Europe, Johannesburg and Sun City in South Africa and Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai and Bangkok in Asia since the last nine years. It may be recalled that on 2 February, 2009, Businessofcinema.com was the first to report about […]

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti has picked up seven awards in the technical categories of the IIFA awards to be held in June 2007 in Yorkshire. The film has picked up awards for best cinematography for Binod Pradhan, best editing for P S Bharathi, best art direction for Samir Chanda, best background score […]

MUMBAI: BIG Home Video has released the DVD of BIG Pictures and Excel Entertainment’s Luck By Chance directed by Zoya Akhtar. It stars Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Kapoor, Isha Sharvani. Hrithik Roshan has a special appearance in the movie. Luck By Chance is a serving of Bollywood […]

MUMBAI: The Stardust Awards 2009 was held on Sunday, 15 February, 2009 in Mumbai. The who’s who of the industry was present at these awards. Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan with Amar Singh, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, Rekha, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, Ashutosh and Sunita Gowariker, Farhan Akhtar, Boney and Sridevi […]

MUMBAI: Filmfare has announced its nominees for the best talent in Bollywood for 54th Idea Filmfare Awards. The 54th Idea Filmfare Awards will be held on 28 February in Mumbai. For the first time, the 54th Idea Filmfare Awards will be taken on the mobile platform through a series of special initiatives by Idea Cellular. […]

According to sources, Bhansali has got 2 male actors & 1 female actress flown in from Pakistan to learn acting before they face the camera.

Mumbai: BIGFlix, a part of Reliance BIG Entertainment Ltd, India’s largest video-on-demand and movie rental service, gives audiences a chance to participate in the LUCK…BY CHANCE contest. The first film promotion on the portal began with the music of the month contest that will commence this week. The contest is a simple two step process […]

MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan’s twin acts ranged from being audacious to seriously funny as they hosted the Filmfare Awards last year. However, King Khan has declined to be part of this year’s proceedings. According to a close friend of Khan, "The lines are written by a script writer; he just goes […]

Sajid Nadiadwala’s movie Housefull, which is being directed by Sajid Khan, is slated to go on floors in May – June this year.

Mumbai: As the New Year ushers in, besides the very famous Kingfisher’s swimsuit calendar, the only other calendar that people really look forward to is the star studded one by ace Bollywood photographer Dabboo Ratnani. Ratnani launched his calendar on 5 January, at Olive, Bandra. Known for coming up with innovative ideas every year, he […]

In an effort to build up the show’s equity, Farhan Akhtar will give way to Karan Johar, who will be anchoring the show.

Mumbai: Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar got Dilip Kumar to become nostalgic. At a private screening of Jodhaa Akbar; this historical saga starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan not only enthralled the veteran actor, but also evoked his memories of Mughal-e-Azam.   Kumar said "Gowariker was very kind to organize a special screening for me. […]

Mumbai: Producer and director-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar’s television show as a host, Oye It’s Friday, will debut on 12 December on NDTV Imagine at 10 pm. The show’s first guest will be Hrithik Roshan, singer Hard Kaur and Neha Dupia. Kicking off with a performance from his film Rock On!!, Akhtar hosts a friendly tête-à-tête with […]

Mumbai: Salman Khan has been voted as the number one role model of health in the entertainment category by the public of India, in a one-of-its-kind survey conducted by the Complete Wellbeing magazine. The survey was conducted by global market research company Synovate for Complete Wellbeing magazine to identify India’s role models of health and […]

Mumbai: The nominations for the V Shantaram Awards have been announced. These awards have been instituted by the V Shantaram Foundation in honor of the legendary Dr. V. Shantaram to award cinematic excellence. V Shantaram awards provide a national platform for films to compete on excellence transcending language barriers. They are judged by RACE – […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actors, directors and producers turned up at a special screening of Fashion organized at Yash Raj Studios to support the leading ladies of the film–Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut. Also present at the screening was Parmeshwar Godrej with Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn. Priyanka and her father Dr. Ashok Chopra, Kangana, her sister Rangoli […]

Zoom has strengthened its 8.30 pm band with three new shows – Bollywood Biographies, Bollywood Case Files and SuperStars Superlives.

Mumbai: As a pre-Diwali entertainment bonanza MAX movie channel will showcase movies that have actors in double roles. The Umeed se Dugna film festival will begin from 13 October at 12 noon and will be aired till 24 October. Some of the movies that will be aired under this festival are Don starring Amitabh Bachchan […]

Mumbai: Model-actor Aryan Vaid will now be seen anchoring Zee Muzic’s brand-new lifestyle show WhattALife! This half hour show has been shot in Goa, a favourite destination for Bollywood. WhattALife! promises to take viewers through the gamut of tinsel town’s rich and famous stars’ lives, their luxurious lifestyles, their fetishes, their preferred restaurants, their idea […]

Eros International has signed a multi-film content licensing deal with Rupert Murdoch owned Star TV India.

UTV Motion Pictures’ Jodhaa Akbar is slated to premiere on television on 15 August. However, the movie’s home video has not yet seen the light of day.

Producer director Ram Gopal Varma will join hands with martial arts expert Yajness Shhetty.

Mumbai: UTV Movies has launched its movie festival Josh-e-Jawaani for the month of July. The festival begins on the 6 July and celebrates the josh of the youth. Movies will be showcased every Sunday in the slot Sunday ke Funday at 12:30 p.m. The festival consists of great movies centred on the youth like Lakshya, […]

Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan has been voted as the coolest dad in Tinseltown as per a survey conducted amongst kids by Nick as part of the Father’s day special promotion – Daddy Cool Contest. Nick conducted the Daddy Cool Contest on its website www.Nickindia.com for father’s day, wherein kids had to choose their favorite celebrity […]

Mumbai: If you haven’t had your fill of Bollywood’s five biggest superstars through their latest releases or through their television avatar, then log onto Filmy. All of June, Filmy will bring to you the biggest hits of Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Akshay Kumar with their Saturday Blockbuster. Every Saturday in […]

Big Music & Home Video will release UTV Motion Pictures’ and Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Jodhaa Akbar on home video.

Yash Raj Films & multiplexes have reached middle ground over revenue share terms for Krazzy 4 that will be releasing on 11 April.