‘Gori tera gaon bada pyara, Mein toh gaya maara, Aake yaahan re….’ The voice that has enthralled generations and soothed a million souls, including Oscar winner A.R. Rahman, belongs to the legendary K.J. Yesudas, who turned 70 Sunday.
Rahman, in a tribute to the veteran playback singer who is fondly called ‘Gana Gandharvan’, once said: ‘The [...]
Kathmandu, Jan 2 (IANS) On New Year’s Day a sudden protest called by ethnic groups paralysed Nepal but failed to deter filmmaker Shovit Basnet from reaching his office and working on his new project for yet another film on Sikkim where thousands of Nepalis and people of Nepali origin live.
The 38-year-old filmmaker, with two new [...]
Mumbai, Dec 22 (ANI): Various artists and technicians from the Indian film industry were felicitated with the prestigious V. Shantaram award here on Monday.
Actors, directors and technicians from Bollywood and the regional film industries became the recipients of the awards, instituted in the honour of legendary director, V. Shantaram.
Bollywood director Imtiaz Ali, who shot to [...]
Chicago, Dec 15 (IANS) Fresh evidence unearthed by the FBI shows that the Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), the Pakistan-based extremist outfit, was planning to carry out Mumbai-type attacks on India’s National Defence College (NDC) in New Delhi, the Somnath temple, an important Hindu pilgrimage place in Gujarat, as well as target some Bollywood stars and leaders of [...]
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) was planning to carry out fresh Mumbai type attacks on the National Defence College (NDC) in New Delhi, Somnath temple in Gujarat and some Bollywood stars and Shiv Sena leaders in Mumbai, according to the FBI.
The three new possible Let targets besides NDC were revealed [...]
Mumbai, Dec 1 (ANI): Celebrating its landmark 35th year, Cine Blitz magazine launched a coffee table book,’ Cine Blitz Gold’ here.
The limited edition, coffee-table book, ‘Cine Blitz Gold’ is a tale told through the medium of stunning pictures and searing features, [...]
London, Nov 30 (ANI): Indian film industry, the Bollywood, is teaming up with Hollywood on a major two-part epic on the scale of Lord Attenborough’s Gandhi telling the life story of Indira Gandhi.
Boasting a budget of 40 million pounds, the biopic of the former prime [...]
Film: ‘Jeeva’; Director: Prabhu Srinivas; Cast: Prajwal Devaraj, Ruthwa, Guru Datt and Chandrashekhar; Music: Guru Kiran; Rating: **
Prajwal Devaraj’s new film ‘Jeeva’ ends up as an ordinary fare despite its gripping climax, which looks like a take off from some Hollywood film. The film suffers mainly because of a weak screenplay and tedious narration. You [...]
Panaji, Nov 27 (ANI): Noted Bollywood artiste Om Puri has made truce with his wife, Nandita Puri after the much-publicised spat between the couple ever since the latter penned a biography on the veteran actor titled ‘Unlikely Hero: The Story of Om Puri’.
The actor clarified his stand on the book by standing alongside his [...]
Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS) Filmmaker Manmohan Shetty, who started the trend of multiplex cinema chains, now says single screen theatres and cheap movie tickets will revive the Indian film industry, which he feels is weighed under increasing production costs.
‘The main culprit to bring down Bollywood are multiplexes. The tickets are priced so high that people [...]
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Aamir Khan, Javed Akhtar and Ranbir Kapoor on the same platform? That’s the line-up for a discussion organised by the Tehelka magazine on Bollywood and other social phenomena Saturday in New Delhi.
Ranbir, who is shooting in Bangkok, is flying to the capital for the evening.
‘I don’t know when I’ll be [...]
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), to be held in Panaji, Goa from Nov 23, will for the first time showcase a retrospective of the Indian animation industry.
IFFI is being organised by the directorate of film festivals, ministry of information and broadcasting in collaboration with [...]
London, Nov 15 (IANS) After 50 years of charming African audiences with its song-and-dance capers, Bollywood is set to rendezvous with the Nigerian film industry at an international film festival next month, courtesy a British film producer.
In what is being billed as the first such move between two of the world’s biggest movie industries, award-winning [...]
London, Nov 15 (IANS) After 50 years of charming African audiences with its song-and-dance capers, Bollywood is set to rendezvous with its Nigerian counterpart at an international film festival next month, courtesy a British film producer.
In what is being billed as the first such move between two of the world’s biggest movie industries, award-winning Indian-origin [...]
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Bollywood producer-actor Suniel Shetty is elated at winning the best actor award at the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) in New York for his performance in ‘Red Alert – The War Within’ – a movie that deals with the Maoists – and says he is inspired to do better work.
‘Winning [...]
London, Nov 5 (ANI): English actor Sir Ben Kingsley has agreed to be the guest at India’s oldest and most prestigious film festival in Goa.
Goa chief secretary Sanjay Srivasta has confirmed that the ‘Gandhi’ star will attend the inaugural function of 40th International Film Festival Of India (IFFI), to be held in the state capital [...]
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Shabana Azmi, Katrina Kaif and Suneil Shetty are among the Bollywood celebrities who have pledged support to a movement, Against Child Trafficking (A.C.T.).
A.C.T. aims to help mobilise people on the issue by raising awareness, preventing trafficking and supporting the efforts of child welfare organisations through [...]
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Organisers of the 11th Mumbai Film Festival have given megastar Amitabh Bachchan a Lifetime Achievement award for completing 40 years in the entertainment industry.
Receiving the award from Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, Bachchan Thursday evening thanked the noted directors who recognised his talent and the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) for [...]
Kolkata, Nov 3 (ANI): Manna Dey, the famous legendary singing maestro who has rendered hundreds of memorable classical and film songs termed receiving the Dada Saheb Phalke award as a great achievement in his life.
He said this at a reception that was hosted in his honour here [...]
Mumbai Oct 30 (IANS) Bollywood director Anurag Basu says Indian films are screened at various international festivals and do good business abroad but maintains they are yet to go global as they are not widely watched by the foreign audiences.
‘We assume that our films are going global through this kind of festivals but other than [...]
Chennai, Oct 29 (IANS) Soundarya Rajnikanth has joined hands with Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi’s Globosport to start annual film awards to honour South Indian artistes.
‘The South Indian film industry is not only an exciting prospect but has amazingly talented artistes and technicians who have been achieving a lot without making much noise. While it [...]
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan has never been busier. The Bollywood megastar, who turns 67 Sunday, has three films lined up for release, is hosting a popular television reality show, is to walk the ramp for a top fashion event – and has no plans to retire in the near future.
He says he’ll [...]
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan has never been busier. The Bollywood megastar, who turns 67 Monday, has three films lined up for release, is hosting a popular television reality show, is to walk the ramp for a top fashion event – and has no plans to retire in the near future.
He says he’ll [...]
Toronto, Sep 23 (IANS) Bollywood movies should come to Brazil ‘in a big way’, says veteran Brazilian filmmaker Suzana Amaral, describing herself as a fan of Hindi movies from the 1970s.
‘Our two great nations should start forging deeper cultural ties. I want Bollywood to come Brazil in a big way. Their films are gorgeous and [...]
