MUMBAI: Rang De Basanti, Omkara, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Dhoom 2 and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa lead  this year’s Bollywood Movie Award nominations, announced on 30 April 2007. Dhoom 2, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Omkara, Rang De Basanti, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa have been nominated for the Best Film Award, while Rakesh Roshan (Krrish), Karan Johar (Kabhi […]

MUMBAI: Debutant director Sanjeev Baalath’s The Flag is being readied for an August 2007 release. The Flag is a period film based in 1941, in the Kantakpur village of Gujarat. Adds Balaath, “We recreated an entire village in Kantakpur, which is a few kilometers from Bhuj, where Aamir Khan’s Lagaan was shot. Like the Lagaan […]

MUMBAI: Voting for the popular awards category of the eighth annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2007 has begun on MSN. This year, the IIFA Awards are scheduled to take place in Yorkshire, England from 7 – 9 June and will recognize the best of Indian cinema for the year gone by. MSN is […]

MUMBAI: A festival of international short films, documentaries and animation movies is scheduled to be held in Goa this month. The five-day event will be held from 28 April and will be inaugurated by Bollywood actors Aamir Khan and Rahul Bose. Short-film maker Anand Patwardhan will be the guest of honour for the festival, which is being held […]

The nominations for the Idea IIFA Awards have been announced by IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan.

Hattrick Film Review Banner: UTV Motion Pictures Producer: Ronnie Screwvala Director: Milan Luthria Cast: Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Danny Denzongpa, Kunal Kapoor and Rimi Sen Rating: 1.5/5 Cricket and Bollywood are what drives the country and the recent marriage of these two passions delivered a Hattrick. However, one has seen better cricket themed films like […]

MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures will be releasing Rang De Basanti in the UK and US markets in a couple of months. The movie, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra stars Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, R Madhavan, Kunal Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Alice Patten, Anupam Kher, Kiron Kher, Om Puri amongst others. The original […]

Art director Nitin Desai’s ND Studio in Karjat turned two with a grand celebration to mark the occasion.

Hrithik & Kajol walked away with awards for Best Actor & Actress for Dhoom:2 and Fanaa respectively.

Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision is finalising multiple productions with top directors.

MUMBAI:The Sahara group’s movie channel Filmy marked the completion of a year recently with the launch of two new properties.   The channel also announced the name of Hrithik Roshan as the Filmy Person of the Year 2006. The nominess for the Person of the Year included Aamir Khan, Himesh Reshammiya, Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh […]

MUMBAI: 2006 saw a plethora of Bollywood film releases, that told diverse stories, had top notch performances and an even better audience which embraced these films wholeheartedly. All this resulted in an outstanding box office performances, both in India and overseas. As per the ‘Top five Bollywood film releases’ in the UK in 2006, Karan […]

MUMBAI: Bollywood fashion designer Anna Singh will unveil her new store – Anna Singh –The Trademark store, this weekend. Besides being the pioneer in costume designing for films, Singh has been the official designer for various beauty pageants too. Singh has a record of designing costumes for 550 films, 150 ad films and several fashion […]

MUMBAI: ‘Twas a year that saw films like Rang De Basanti, Omakara and Lage Raho Munnabhai. Not to forget Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna from the Karan Johar camp. Films like these kept the Indian film industry buoyant in 2006. The year gone by can safely be hailed as one of the biggest that Bollywood has […]

MUMBAI: PVR Ltd. will be distributing its first co-production venture Thoda Sa Aasman with Aamir Khan.   A spokesperson from PVR’s Bombay distribution and exhibition office says, “Thoda Sa Aasman is a children’s film. Like exhibition, we have our distribution network since March too. In order to book a territory, the distributors have to cough […]

John & Rani top eBay Bollywood Barometer that gauges popularity based on number of products up for sale.

PRESS RELEASE   The Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA – 2006) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 7 to 9. The award is conceived, scripted and directed by Popcorn Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and organized by One Big Options under the aegis of Tourism Malaysia and under the kind patronage of YABhg Datin […]

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 […]

PRESS RELEASE   PVR has announced its second quarter results. Total Revenues for the quarter ended September 2006, were Rs 4,573 lacs, higher by 56% over the corresponding quarter ended September 2005. The growth has been driven by a robust increase in revenues of existing cinemas and from new multiplexes which commenced operations during the […]

Nominations of Global Indian Film Awards, which will be held in Malaysia from 7 – 9 December, are announced.

Ehsaan Noorani eagerly awaits the release of Farhan Akhtar’s Don, whose music is composed by his group.

Director Rohit Jugraj is eyeing a remake of Farhan Akhtar’s Dil Chahta Hai with a female cast.

MUMBAI: After assisting late Sultan Ahmed for 11 years in films like Daata, Jai Vikranta, Naamwala and Ganga Ke Desh; Lucky Raaj will now debut as a director with a film on the controversial bar dancer Tarannum Khan.   The film is titled Tarannum – Ek Paheli and is being produced by Prashant Gangar under […]

WEEKEND NEWSLETTER Volume 1 – Issue No: 1 Newsletter Subscription Email this page 13 October 2006   B.A.G. Films managing director Anurradha Prasad More.. “It is a privilege to have been a part of the old and new Sholay” More.. Overcrowded and dismal week Two weeks prior to Diwali there was a scramble among makers […]

MUMBAI: Fun Cinemas has always been in the forefront at organizing and hosting festivals to promote niche films. At a time when Fame is playing host to debut filmmakers under the guidance of Dev Benegal; Fun Republic has organized ‘My First Film’ Festival wherein 14 debut films of varied filmmakers will be screened from 29 […]

MUMBAI: Cashing in on Rang De Basanti’s nomination as India’s entry to the Oscars this year, Star Gold will air the film on 2 October at 1 pm.   What’s more, Star Gold has also launched an initiative called Rang De Basanti Salaam, wherein the channel will honour unsung heroes who have risen above and […]

UTV to launch its second post production set up called UTVPost in October; to be headed by Deven Khote.

Beating Omkara, Krrish, KANK and Lage Raho Munnabhai, UTV’s RDB has been chosen as India’s entry to the Oscars.

MUMBAI: International eyewear and watch brand – Police announced its arrival in Mumbai with their brand ambassadors Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia and India‘s squash player Ritwik Bhattacharya.    Speaking about her association with the brand Dhupia says, “Police and I have a lot in common. We both are young, hip and upcoming.”   Police has already […]

Newsletter Volume 1 – Issue No: 1

Yash Raj Films’ Fanaa completed 100 days on 2 September; grosses Rs 1 billion in worldwide theatrical revenues.

Mumbai: Twelve years back producer Vinay Kumar Sinha had released his first film Andaz Apna Apna starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Raveena Tandon. The film was directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi. With a gross turnover of Rs 24 million (Rs 2.40 crore) in 1994, the film was dubbed by the trade as a […]

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 choose between Pay-Per-View and Download-To-Own formats to view the films.As per the former, the viewer has to select the movie and […]

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 your tickets at the click of the mouse, pay for it online and get them home delivered. Just like tickets you […]

Mumbai: Adlabs is now backing Harry Baweja to do three films for them to the tune of Rs. 500 million ( Rs.50 Crore). The first on is Speed starring Urmila Matondkar and Aftab Shivdasani etc. The next is Love 2050, the debut vehicle of Harry’s son Harman. Priyanka Chopra will play the female lead. The […]

Mumbai: Sanjay Jha, director of the forthcoming film, Strings: Bound By Faith is angry. His film to be released on Friday has been dragged into a controversy. Sadhus of Allahabad have registered a PIL against the song, Mantra. An agitated Jha says, “The song, Mantra was originally a poem written by Poet laureate Baba Nagarjun […]

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. […]

Mumbai: Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar’s new company, Corporate Image was launched by Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday evening. Atul has spent years photographing glamorous faces like Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Cindy Crawford, Sachin Tendulkar and Pierce Brosnan to name a few, now he is all set to glamourise the titans of […]

Mumbai: In the Hindi film industry female actors are usually paid less than the male actors. But debutante Megha Chatterjee, daughter of actress Moushmi Chatterjee is said to being paid Rs. 1.1 million, while the hero Hyder Ali is getting only Rs. 300 thousand.The movie in question is Raja Bundela’s forthcoming film Sirf Romance – […]

Mumbai: Filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s controversial film Water starring John Abraham, Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas, has been reported as the highest-grossing Hindi language film in North America for 2006. The film which is the last in Deepa’s trilogy after the other elements – Fire and Earth – has grossed $2.3 million in the US since […]

Fanaa has grossed US$1 million in 2 weeks in the Middle East which is a record of sorts. In the UK, the film has made £1 million in 3 weeks and in the US it has grossed US$1.7 million in 3 weeks. This speaks volumes about the Aamir Khan- Kajol combination backed by the Yash […]

Rajeev Bhatia, better known in Bollywood as Akshay Kumar, has proved beyond doubt that acting isn’t at all the key attribute to stardom in Hindi cinema. His success is the result of a combination of factors, but emoting wasn’t front of the camera isn’t one of them. His debut film was Raj Sippy’s Sangharsh in […]

Yes it has finally happened, the jinx is broken. Hindi film sequels can now work wonders at the box office, not just in India but abroad as well. Not only has Phir Hera Pheri a sequel to the super hit comic caper Hera Pheri (2000) opened to a record breaking collections at the Indian box […]

Hrithik Roshan, the pin-up Bollywood actor had one of the biggest debuts with Kaho Na Pyaar Hai. Unfortunately, most films that followed fared badly over his seven years long stint. But things could change drastically for Hrithik on June 23 when the sci-fi enterprise, Krrish, produced at a cost of Rs. 49 crore, hits the […]

MUMBAI : Hrithik Roshan who came forth supporting Aamir Khan on the Narmada evacuees issue, is extremely upset with the eveninger Mid-Day. The actor claims the paper’s reporter has quoted him out of context, implicating him in a political debate. He said he had never quoted any political party. “Those opposing him have failed to […]

MUMBAI: The Aamir Khan-Kajol starrer Fanaa is noe being screened in most multiplexes after a compromise was reached between Yash Raj Films and the Multiplex Owners Association.Trouble erupted in paradise when Yash Chopra asked for a larger share from the exhibitors of multiplex cinemas stating that their product was highly priced and hence they should […]

MUMBAI: It’s a big movie from the biggest banner in the country – Yashraj. And while the latest Aamir Khan blockbuster Fanaa is roiled in one controversy after another, on the small screen, it is all going smoothly. Or so the studio’s representatives aver. Yash Raj Films VP Music and Home Entertainment Vijay Kumar rubbishes […]

MUMBAI: Spoofy! That’s how MTV India can be best described. After the latest spoof on Star World’s Rendezvous With Simi Garewal that gave birth to Rendezvous With Semi Girebaal on the small screen, MTV is now eyeing the big screen. The plan this time round is to spoof big banner movies and their first movie […]

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. […]

Asin, a Keralite moved to Telugu cinema and did well in Tamil as well. The Malayali Christian girl is set to move into Bollywood with the Hindi remake of the hit Ghajini. Aamir Khan will play the lead role in the film which will also be directed by Murugadoss. Knowing Aamir Khan’s penchant to work […]

MUMBAI :It sounds like a dream but it is true. It will take one person to make one guess and leave the rest to his or her fate. The stake is Rs 2.5 million and world fame. Feels like Bollywood? Well, almost. A London-based millionaire plans to find a new Anarkali through a major television […]

Homi Adajania tackled his own Parsi community brilliantly in his recent tribute to the quintessential Parsi in Being Cyrus, his next film will be about the Catholic community which is based in Goa. “Yeah, the script is sort of ready,” adds Homi. Will Saif be in the film? “I really don’t know at this point,” […]