Rajkumar Hirani’s well-made ‘3 Idiots’ is on record-breaking spree at the box office. But there is a small slip in this thoroughly entertaining cinematic journey — TV actress Mona Singh’s character is first called Poonam and then Mona a few scenes later.
Mona, who plays Kareena Kapoor’s elder sister in the movie, is first referred to [...]
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Big Pictures has filed a case against Galaxy Cinema in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly making pirated DVDs of its just-released blockbuster ‘3 Idiots’.
The first information report (FIR), filed Thursday, is based on technical information gleaned through the ‘cap code marking’ anti-piracy [...]
Noida, Jan 1 (IANS) Bollywood producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra lost his cool at a press conference here Friday and asked a reporter to shut up after being questioned whether his hit ‘3 Idiots’ was lifted from author Chetan Bhagat’s book ‘Five Point Someone’.
Asked whether the film, which has grossed over Rs.100 crore in the first [...]
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 31 (IANS) Applauding the cast and crew of recently released hit film ‘3 Idiots’, a Malaysian film critic described director Rajkumar Hirani’s directorial venture as ‘one of the best from Bollywood’.
If you want to find fault with ‘3 Idiots’, it should be the title – for its wrong connotation. It has an [...]
Mumbai, Dec 25 (IANS) Director Prakash Jha claims the trailer of his political drama ‘Rajneeti’ was removed from the prints of ‘3 Idiots’ as Vidhu Vinod Chopra – producer of the just released Aamir Khan starrer – felt threatened by it.
But Amit Khanna, chairman of Reliance BIG Entertainment, which is the distributor of ‘3 Idiots’, [...]
Film: ‘3 Idiots’; Cast: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani; Director: Rajkumar Hirani; Rating: ****
By now, Aamir Khan has hit so many sixers in his career that we can only wonder what this maestro of marketing intends to do next. For sure, ‘3 Idiots’ is yet another vehicle to showcase Aamir’s [...]
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has revealed that much-awaited film ‘3 Idiots’, releasing Friday, will be the first Bollywood film viewers can download legally.
‘This is the first film ever that you can actually download and watch on YouTube after 12 weeks from now,’ said Chopra.
He said that he planned to release the [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Aamir Khan can’t stop praising Kareena Kapoor’s acting skills and her looks. The actor says he couldn’t have asked for a better co-star than her for his forthcoming film ‘3 Idiots’.
‘Kareena is outstanding… an instinctive actress, extremely committed, a team player… we get along well. And she’s good looking… what [...]
Pranpur (MP), Dec 15 (ANI): Bollywood actor Aamir Khan serendipitously highlighted a social cause, while promoting his forthcoming film ‘3 Idiots’.
Khan, while on a two-week adventure tour to different parts of country to promote ‘3 Idiots’, reached Chanderi district in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, along with fellow actor Kareena Kapoor.
The district is famous [...]
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) After delivering two back to back hits in the form of light-hearted comedies ‘Dostana’ and ‘Wake Up Sid’, producer Karan Johar is set to showcase global terrorism in his forthcoming film ‘Kurbaan’, which is releasing Friday.
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, the thriller is the directorial debut of Rensil D’Silva and [...]
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) ‘Kurbaan’ has turned out to be two hours 37 minutes long after editing. Debutant director Rensil D’Silva’s movie is longer than the show-timing multiplexes approve of and lengthy films on grim themes are not the flavour of the season. But D’Silva is unfazed.
‘My film is not grim. It’s about a serious [...]
Mumbai, Nov 14 (ANI): Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have said the theme of their upcoming film Kurbaan (sacrifice in Urdu language) is global terrorism and its effect on society.
The duo launched an online game of their film in Mumbai on Friday.
Set in the United States, ‘Kurbaan’ is a romantic thriller with [...]
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Kareena Kapoor says there is nothing ‘vulgar’ about her backless shot being used for the publicity posters of forthcoming release ‘Kurbaan’, an intense thriller about terrorism. In fact, she says, it subtly reveals a lot about the story.
‘This shot of me in a backless posture and Saif with a wound on [...]
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Bollywood actors often describe their shooting schedule as a picnic. But ‘cold and depressing’ is what Saif Ali Khan has to say about the US shoot of ‘Kurbaan’, speaking for not just himself but also girlfriend and co-star Kareena Kapoor.
‘ ‘Kurbaan’ was hard work. Period. In fact, the Philadelphia schedule [...]
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) After promoting her size zero figure in India, actress Kareena Kapoor has chosen to endorse Sony’s newly launched half-inch thin notebook VAIO X because the product goes well with her looks – ‘thin and lightweight’, the actress said Tuesday.
‘The whole size zero thing in India has more to do with [...]
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Karan Johar’s upcoming ‘Kurbaan’ is being likened to films on terror like ‘New York’ and ‘Fanaa’ but the filmmaker is no longer giving the straight-jacketed ‘It’s truly different’ reply. He has instead left it to the audiences to find out if there are any similarities between the movies.
‘That’s because this isn’t [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Saif Ali Khan met Kareena Kapoor for the first time when she was just 14 years old and more than a decade later he fell in love with her. The two are now one of the most talked about couples in tinsel town, but say marriage is not on the [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) She has a legacy of cinema behind her, takes interest in different aspects of filmmaking and might one day go behind the camera like her grandfather and father. But right now Kareena Kapoor says she is happy being an actress.
‘I like to know who is going to be the director [...]
Mumbai, Oct 28 (ANI): Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor promoted her upcoming movie ‘Kurbaan’ at a gala event here last evening.
Set in the United States, ‘Kurbaan’ is a romantic thriller with terrorism as its backdrop.
Kareena said that the film provides a balanced dose of love, [...]
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) It’s a way to beat piracy and it’s a treat for small screen audiences. Direct To Home (DTH) television has started a new trend by showing big Bollywood movies at a nominal price within a few days of their release in the theatres.
The latest offering is the Salman Khan- Kareena [...]
Film: ‘Kurbaan’; Music Directors: Salim Merchant-Sulaiman Merchant; Lyricist: Niranjan Iyengar; Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher, Marianne D’Cruz Aiman, Salim Merchant, Vishal Dadlani, Sonu Niigaam, Shruti Pathak and Shreya Ghoshal; Rating: *** 1/2
Salim-Sulaiman have slowly emerged as creators of amazing and impressive music. With their next album for the movie ‘Kurbaan’, which has Kareena Kapoor and [...]
Mumbai, Oct 15 (ANI): Bollywood’s hottest couple, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, walked the ramp in exquisite creations from Manish Malhotra’s ‘destination wedding’ collection, on the third day of the HDIL India Couture Week in Mumbai.
Kareena sashayed down the ramp in a blush pink velvet lehenga, [...]
Mumbai, Oct. 12 (ANI): Underprivileged children in Mumbai literally had stars in their eyes when they met Bollywood actors Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Sohail Khan, as part of the promotion of their upcoming film, ‘Main aur Mrs. Khanna’.
The event was organised by VIP and ‘Make a Wish’ Foundation, at Taj Land on Sunday.
The children [...]
Mumbai, Oct 12 (IANS) So far we’ve heard horror stories of Salman Khan’s misbehaviour with his leading ladies. But Kareena Kapoor has a different story to tell.
‘Salman has always been very protective. He has been there for me whenever I needed him. That’s partly to do with the fact that my sister Karisma is very [...]
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) She is making a special appearance in a song in his directorial debut ‘Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna’, but filmmaker Prem R. Soni says it will be ‘derogatory to call Preity Zinta an item girl’.
‘I have nothing against item girls or item songs. After all, they have time and again managed to [...]
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor romanced on the 125th floor of a hotel in Melbourne for their forthcoming romantic movie ‘Main Aurr Mrs Khanna’.
‘Usually the Australian government doesn’t allow such film shootings to take place in the Realto hotel, that too on the 125th floor. But when they found [...]
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Kareena Kapoor is leaving nothing to chance this time. Determined to match strides with the formidable scene-stealer Kajol in the Hindi version of ‘Stepmom’, the actress has been quietly attending acting workshops with the film’s director Siddharth Malhotra.
‘The last time I rehearsed for a part was for Vishal Bharadwaj’s ‘Omkara’. But [...]
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Bollywood star Salman Khan went out of his way and gifted a branded bag worth Rs.250,000 to his ‘Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna’ co-star Kareena Kapoor.
Kareena and Salman went shopping together in Australia while they were shooting for the film and the young actress fell for a Dolce and Gabbana handbag.
‘Kareena would [...]
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) He is 43 and she is 29, but their age difference is no matter. Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor make an ‘adorable’ couple on screen in his forthcoming ‘Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna’, says debutant director Prem Soni.
‘The age difference between Salman and Kareena was never a consideration. They make an absolutely [...]
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan made special arrangements for a chopper for his co-star Kareena Kapoor while shooting for ‘Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna’ when he found that the actress was running late for her next shoot.
Directed by debutant Prem Soni, the film revolves around the theme of an extramarital affair and [...]
