IIFA Press Conference: Arjun Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor And Hrithik Roshan Having A Blast!

The press conference of the star studded IIFA Awards was recently held at Mumbai.

Watch: Jacqueline Fernandez Will Not Shake Legs With Salman Khan In Hero

Kick actress Jacqueline Fernandez who was to appear in a special dance sequence in Salman Khan’s production film ‘Hero’

Salman Khan Approaches Jacqueline Fernandez Once Again!

We all know the bonding and the special friendship Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez share with each other.

Salman Khan To Sing In His Next Production Hero?

Bollywood actor Salman Khan made his singing debut in his last film ‘Kick’ with the famous song ‘Hangover’.

Salman Khan Gets Creative Again, To Design First Look Of Hero

Couple of days ago we reported that Salman Khan would be releasing his big movies of the year, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Hero in the month of July.

Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Ajay Devgn Nominated For Ghanta Awards

Believe it or not, Salman Khan is nominated as the worst actor for the coming Ghanta awards.

Eros Partners With Salman Khan Films For Bajrangi Bhaijaan And Hero

Eros announced today its collaboration on the two maiden productions of Salman Khan Films – Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Hero.

Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Abhishek Bachchan And More At Ravi Chopra’s Funeral

Celebrities including Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan and Govinda were present to bid Ravi Chopra a final adieu

Watch: Wedding Details Of Salman Khan’s Sister Arpita Khan’s Wedding

Salman Khan is currently busy with weddings on his list.

Hot Sooraj Pancholi’s Look In Salman Khan’s Hero

Salman Khan Productions’ Sooraj Pancholi’s look in the movie Hero, a remake of the original that starred Jackie Shroff, is too hot to handle.

Jacqueline Fernandez In Ram Lakhan Remake?

After the success of Salman Khan starrer Kick, the Sri Lankan beauty, actress Jacqueline Fernandez has just got lucky and seems to be touching the sky.

Star Studded Affair At Jagran Film Festival

The Mumbai launch of the 5th edition of the Jagran Film Festival received a grand opening.

Box Office: Last Two Weeks Termed As Black Friday; 2 States Stands Rock Solid

From the past two weeks, all the films have fallen flat at the Box Office barring 2 States which has almost made it to the 100 crore club.

The Khanna Legacy Lives On In Akshaye Khanna, Happy Birthday

The good looking and talented Akshaye Khanna has managed to carve a niche for himself, and create an individual identity for himself in the Hindi film industry

Shah Rukh Khan Adds Spice To The Radio Mirchi Awards 2014

Shah Rukh Khan was given a Special Award for being The Face Of Romantic Music at The Mirchi Music Awards 2014.

Bollywood Stars At Raghav Sachar’s Band Baaja Baaraat

Singer Raghav Sachar married Amita Pathak, daughter of noted producer and one time Ajay Devgn’s business manager, Kumar Mangat Pathak, at Sun-n-Sand, Mumbai

Salman VS Shah Rukh In Dabboo Ratnani 2014 Calendar

For fifteen years in a row that ace photographer Dabboo Ratnani has been coming with a calendar. This year too the who’s who from Bollywood were snapped.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, The Stunning Diva Mesmerizes Her Audience

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. World’s most beautiful woman, her eyes do magic, everywhere on this planet. Aishwarya doesn’t have to do much to make heads turn.

Rani Mukerji, Dharmendra, Asha Parekh At Dilip Kumar’s Birthday Celebrations

Dilip Kumar turned ninety one on December 11, 2013. He celebrated his birthday amidst family, friends from Bollywood as well as the medical staff.

Bollywood Graces Shiamak Davar’s Event

Bollywood stars Hema Malini, Kim Sharma, Prateik Babbar, Preeti Jhagiani, Mazbbahn, Sushant Singh Rajput, Helen, Perizad Zorabian and Subhash Ghai attended Shiamak Davar’s students show in Mumbai.

Amitabh Bahcchan Recieves Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan received the Hridaynath Mangeshkar award at the hands of Subhash Ghai.

‘Young At Heart’ Amitabh Bachchan Celebrates Young Achievers!

Many Bollywood celebrities made their way to the Society Young Achievers Award, 2013, including Imran Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Sophie Choudry.

Birthday Countdown: Rishi Kapoor’s Top 10 Classic Roles

Rishi Kapoor turns 61 today and the actor has had a long successful career in Bollywood. But more than his roles as the quintessential romantic lover boy of the 80’s or 90’s it is the second innings that has worked magic for the actor. On the occasion of the actor’s 61st birthday, here’s a look at his 10 best roles till date.

Salman Khan To Produce Three Films, Star In One More

Salman Khan has co-produced a film in ‘Chillar Party’, and now he’s going ahead with three films being produced by his company.

PHOTOS: Bollywood Ascends At Baba Siddiqui’s Iftar Party

Beside Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, many other Bollywood celebrities attended Baba Siddiqui’s Iftar party on Sunday.

‘Kaka’ Still Lives On: Rajesh Khanna’s First Death Anniversary

It was heartening to see that ardent fans of Rajesh Khanna, who was fondly known as ‘Kaka’, still kept him alive in their hearts, and showed up at his residence in Mumbai in hordes, to pay tribute to the superstar on his first death anniversary.

TOP MOMENTS: Lungis, Whistles And A Sense Of Freedom

Top Moments, a new feature and recap of Bollywood’s top events and moments that made news.

Winning Way: UTV Strategises ‘Satyagraha’ Release

‘Satyagraha’ was first supposed to hit theatres on Independence Day. Later, it was postponed to a week and now again it’s been postponed again. Is this a new strategy to adopt a win-win situation for UTV?

August Fireworks: ‘Chennai Express’, ‘OUATIM-2’, ‘Satyagraha’ – What More To Expect?

Over the last few years, Bollywood has seen one or at the max, two films releasing during the Independence weekend. But come August, one will see as many as five films clash at the box-office

Doubts Cleared: Salman Khan Not Connected In Jiah Khan Case

Salman Khan has made it pretty clear that he is helping Sooraj Pancholi gear up for his film, but is no way connected to Jiah Khan’s suicide case.

Good Fortune Upon SRK’s Chennai Express

Ekta Kapoor shifts release date of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again to Independence Day weekend, leaving the Eid weekend clear for Shah Rukh Khan and Rohit Shetty to dominate with Chennai Express.

What Role Did Salman Khan Play In Jiah Khan Suicide Case?

The Jiah Khan suicide story keeps on getting murkier by the day. Today her mother Rabia Khan revealed that Salman Khan was involved in playing mediator between Aditya Pancholi and Sooraj Pancholi. Could this be because of Salman Khan’s mentor role towards Sooraj Pancholi?

Aamir Khan, SRK Come Together For Dharmendra’s ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana 2’

Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan joined Dharmendra in an impromptu jig, while grooving to ‘Main aida hi nachna’, a song from ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana 2’.

PHOTOS: Colors Screen Awards – An Affair To Remember

It was an affair to remember, at Bollywood’s biggest night: the ‘Colors Screen Awards’ Red Carpet; and almost the entire galaxy of celestial Bollywood stars were in attendance…

PHOTOS: Salman Vs Salman At ‘Dabangg 2’ Premiere

It was a showdown of sorts, at the ‘Dabangg 2’ premiere held in Mumbai last night, with Salman Khan competing against himself.

PHOTOS: Bollywood Salutes Cricketing Legend Sunil Gavaskar

Our photographers spotted the bigwigs from Bollywood, notables from the cricketing fraternity and Mumbai’s socialites turn up in full strength at the felicitation for cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar.

Big B, Salman Khan, Kareena, Katrina, Priyanka Shine At People’s Choice Awards

Recently launched format of awards in India, the People’s Choice Awards, saw the Bollywood brigade in near full attendance.

Amitabh Bachchan’s 70th Birthday Bash: Raining Bollywood Superstars

The Indian film industry’s biggest stars like Dilip Kumar, Yash Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan and to southern superstar Rajinikanth to high profile politicians like Praful Patel flocked to the big bash organised here Wednesday to usher in the living legend Amitabh Bachchan’s 70th birthday.

Being Kareena Kapoor: The Superstar, The Girl

Kareena dazzles you with her enterprising spirit. From the sassy streetwalker in Sudhir Mishra’s Chameli to the Muslim riot victim in Govind Nihlani’s Dev, to the sassy Punjabi kudi in Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met and now the on-the-edge actress in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine, it’s been a truly maddening and turbulent career for Bollywood’s most pricey actress.

Sweeper’s 18-year old son makes a film

Amole & ashish MUMBAI: In a world striven with sagas of despair and defeat here is a heartwarming story of the triumph of the underdog. Meet 18-year Ashish Gaikwad, filmmaker Amole Gupte’s god-son, who has just made a 10-minute short-film titled ‘Tahan’ (thirst) on the water shortage in Mumbai and how it dehumanizes the city. […]

For Salman Khan, it’s family first

  MUMBAI: Family scored over business interests for Salman Khan, who gave his younger brother Sohail priority when a queue of filmmakers like Anees Bazmee, Sooraj Barjatya and Sajid Nadiadwala waited to meet him here and discuss projects earlier this week. Salman landed in Mumbai early Wednesday morning when filmmakers rushed to meet the actor […]

Mahesh Bhatt’s Latest Protege Makes Unscheduled Debut

MUMBAI: If you saw the tall amiable rookie cop who accompanied Randeep Hooda in the initial scenes of ‘Jannat 2’ and then vanished, you might want to know that he is Mahesh Bhatt’s latest protégé Imran Zahid. Imran played the shoe-throwing journalist Muntadhar Al-Zaidi in Mahesh Bhatt’s stage adaptation ‘The Last Salute’. He is now […]

Tom Cruise bowled over by Salman Khan’s Dhinka Chika – DJ Suketu

  MUMBAI: DJ Suketu was the only resident DJ manning the consoles at the Tom Cruise welcome bash that took place over the weekend in Mumbai. Attended by not just the who’s who but the ‘rarely-seen’ in the Bollywood fraternity such as Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai, the night came alive not just for Cruise’s […]

The love story of music & Indian films: From Abhimaan to Rockstar

MUMBAI: Music is an almost inseparable part of Indian films. And over the years, Bollywood has taken the association further by making it an integral part of its scripts through films like "Abhimaan", "Sur", "Rock On!!" – and the upcoming, much-awaited "Rockstar". The backdrop for each story may have been different, but the rise or […]

Whistling Woods promotes art of documentary film-making

MUMBAI: Whistling Woods International held a thematic session titled ‘I & Eye’ as a prelude to its new documentary course. The programme was a culmination of roadshows that commenced on 5 August in Chennai, followed by sessions on documentaries at Delhi and Kolkata. Held on the campus of Whistling Woods International, prominent names in documentary […]

Bollywood art director Samir Chanda passes away

MUMBAI: Bollywood art director Samir Chanda passed away in Mumbai on 18 August, 2011, following a massive cardiac arrest. Chanda won the National Film Award for best art direction thrice in his career spanning 32 years. Some of the movies that Chanda worked on are Saat Khoon Maaf, Kaminey, Delhi 6, Rang De Basanti, Omkara, […]

Yash Chopra and Khayyam received WWI Maestro award

MUMBAI: Whistling Woods International (WWI) celebrated its 5 years of existence and the convocation ceremony. Yash Chopra, Khayyam, Ronnie Screwvala and Shabana Azmi were present to encourage the new batch of talent entering the film and entertainment industry. Whistling Woods International founder and chairman Subhash Ghai said, “Whistling Woods alumni and their placement in the […]

Whistling Woods International’s film by students to release on 10 June

MUMBAI: Whistling Woods International (WWI) has mentored fresh new talent and has introduced them to the film industry, in the forthcoming film Love Express, produced by Mukta Searchlight. The movie is all set to release on 10 June, 2011. The film is directed by debutant director, Sunny Bhambhani, a WWI graduate and it also involves […]

Whistling Woods International launches School of Media & Communication

MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International has launched its latest initiative – Whistling Woods International School of Media and Communication (WWISMC). This unit will officially start its academic session from 25 July, 2012 onwards. In an endeavour to create global standards in training and learning of journalism across media, Whistling Woods International has launched this […]

Music of Mukta Searchlight Films Noukadubi released

MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai’s Mukta Searchlight Films launched the music of its new film Noukadubi, which is directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The music was launched on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata. Noukadubi revolves around various emotions of the characters generated through unavoidable circumstances of misunderstandings. The thematic boat sailed en route via Princep […]

New York Indian Film Festival partners with 3 film schools 

MUMBAI: With its mission to help foster a new generation of filmmakers, the 11th annual New York Indian Film Festival has signed partnerships with  three film schools in New York and India that will allow directors to have their stories reach a wider platform. The festival will partner with filmmaker Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International, […]

Film writer Sachin Bhowmick passes away

MUMBAI: Film writer Sachin Bhowmick is no more. Bhowmick, who started his writing career with Lajwanti in 1958, had written stories and screenplays for over seventy films in his lifetime. Some of the films that he had written are Brahmachari, Aradhana, Pehchan and Aan Milo Sajnaa. Most recently, he wrote films like Koi… Mil Gaya, Kisna […]

WWI students bag two awards at Pune International Film Festival 2011

MUMBAI:Students of Whistling Woods International (WWI), have once again bagged two awards at the recently-held Pune International Film Festival 2011 (PIFF) 2011.   Punha, written and directed by Rohit Tiwari was awarded the Best Screenplay. Punha explores the social structure of a patriarchal society through a small incident in the life of a nine year […]

Aditi Sharma not Shahid Kapoor’s love interest in Mausam

MUMBAI: Aditi Sharma, who was last seen in Subhash Ghai’s Black and White will be sharing screen space with Shahid Kapoor  and  Sonam Kapoor in Mausam However, contrary to the buzz doing the rounds,she is not playing Shahid’s love interest in the film she plays a girl who admires Shahid. Shahid will be seen romancing […]

Whistling Woods International continues association with the Pune International Film Festival

MUMBAI: Whistling Woods International (WWI), will reprise its role as curator of the student film competition – a part of The Pune International Film Festival (PIFF). PIFF 2011 is being held from 6-13 January, 2011. In 2008, WWI introduced a special section at PIFF for films made by film & media students only. The WWI […]

Mukta Arts to release three films in 2011

MUMBAI: Directors Subhash Ghai, Abbas Mastan and Priyadarshan will soon be directing films under the Mukta Arts banner. Mukta Arts has announced three new big budget movies for 2011 to be directed by the trio. The cast and crew of the films are being finalised and the films will all begin shooting by early 2011. […]

Dabangg team screens film for and interacts with WWI students

MUMBAI: The team of the Salman Khan starrer Dabangg screened the film for the students of Whistling Woods International and also interacted with them. Arbaaz Khan, Abhinav Kashyap and the editor of the film Pranav interacted with the students and the session was moderated by Subhash Ghai. Kashyap said, “Everybody talks and makes films about […]

Mukta Arts’ Paschim Express second shooting schedule started

MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai’s next romantic comedy Paschim Express started its second shooting schedule from 14 September, 2010. The film is being directed by the debutant director Sunny Bhambani, from Whistling Woods International Institute.   Paschim Express is a romantic comedy about two Punjabi families who decide to have a wedding on a train journey. Initially […]

Whistling Woods International experts host workshops

Mumbai: The International Film Festival at Ahmadabad (IFFA) kick-started with the film industry and Ahmadabad city gracing the occasion. Subhash Ghai’s film institute, Whistling Woods International, was the film school partner. IFFA and Whistling Woods International have conceptualized and hosted this festival with the objective of providing visibility to young budding talent, allowing them an […]

WWI signs MOU with CBSE for media and entertainment studies

MUMBAI: Whistling Woods International (WWI), has signed an MOU with the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) to offer film and media studies as a part of the curriculum for 10+2 students. The course will cover five principal areas of mass media – film, TV, print, radio and internet. The MOU was signed between CBSE […]

Shammi Kapoor, Gulzar & Shekhar Kapur grace Whistling Woods International’s Convocation Day

Mumbai: 184 students from 8 disciplines have graduated from Whistling Woods International (WWI), Asia’s largest Film, Television, Animation & Media Arts Institute that celebrated its 3rd convocation ceremony. Renowned names from the film fraternity and the media and entertainment corporate world like Shammi Kapoor, Gulzar and Shekhar Kapur were present on this occasion. Congratulating the […]