Bollywood’s premier production house Yash Raj Films has rubbished reports that their next project with director Pradeep Sarkar has been postponed.
‘We are happy to announce that the film started shooting on Jan 2 and it is on schedule,’ Rafiq Gangjee, vice president of Marketing and Communications of Yash Raj Films, said in a statement released [...]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Bollywood might have faced a low with close to Rs.700 crore (Rs.7 billion) losses this year, but it definitely had its high with hits like ‘Wanted’, ‘Dev D’ and ‘Kaminey’.
IANS picks 10 top Bollywood movies that saved the industry from doomsday in 2009.
1. ‘Love Aaj Kal’: Director Imtiaz Ali’s [...]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (ANI): Bollywood’s who’s who walked the ramp on Tuesday in the collection designed by aspiring fashion designing students, for the cause of girl child education.
The fashion show named ‘Mizwan – Sonnets in fabric’, was conceptualised by Namrita Goyal [...]
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) There weren’t too many hits this year, but actors like Shahid Kapoor, Abhay Deol and Priyanka Chopra not only rose above the script but gave performances that towered above the rest.
Here is a list of 10 actors who made a mark in 2009:
Shahid Kapoor: It will be quite a predicament for [...]
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Director Sudhir Mishra has decided to dub his film on slum life ‘Tera Kya Hoga Johnny’ in English after it got an overwhelming response at New York’s South Asian Film Festival.
‘After ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, the West is looking with much curiosity at the slum culture of Mumbai. I had no plans of [...]
Mumbai, Nov 15 (IANS) After making several hard-hitting films including his latest ‘Jail’, Madhur Bhandarkar says he wouldn’t mind trying his hand at a comedy or a romantic tale.
‘I want to make other films like a comedy, musical or a romantic movie, but it’ll again be in my parameters and will be my kind of [...]
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan will be honoured at the ongoing 33rd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) 2009.
The duo will be honoured along with model-turned-actor Arfie Lamba, among the stars of the multiple Oscar-award winning movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ at the fest that commenced Tuesday, according to the official [...]
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Their grandfathers were best friends, their fathers enjoy great camaraderie and Neil Nitin Mukesh says he and Ranbir Kapoor are pals too. But he also admits that there is healthy rivalry between them.
‘Ranbir and I are of course competitors. But there’s no negative rivalry between us. Our respective fathers (Nitin Mukesh [...]
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Neil Nitin Mukesh, who has kept mum about his girlfriend Priyanka Bhatia so far, showed up with her for the first time at the premiere of his critically acclaimed film ‘Jail’. He says she is an integral part of his family and that they enjoy a good comfort level.
‘My parents and [...]
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Who says acting is easy? Not when you have to carry a boy weighing 45 kgs on your shoulders. Just ask actress vidya Balan, who had to go through the exercise for her film ‘Paa’ — and ended up falling.
‘In a scene, Vidya had to shoot with a child who [...]
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Romantic comedy ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, has sent the box office cash registers ringing, elbowing out Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Jail’ on the first day Friday.
”Ajab Prem Ki…’ has got a terrific initial thanks to the star cast but it will suffer on the [...]
Film: ‘Jail’; Director: Madhur Bhandarkar; Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manoj Bajpai, Mugdha Godse, Arya Babbar, Rahul Singh, Chetan Pandit; Rating: ***1/2
Madhur Bhandarkar has done it again. From ‘Jail’, one expected a gritty, hard-hitting and thought-provoking drama. Bhandarkar delivers all this and lots more.
Before one starts drawing any comparisons, let’s make one thing clear – ‘Jail’ [...]
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Yash Raj Films’ ‘New York’ has been selected as the opening film at the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) 2009.
The film will also compete in the ‘In Competition’ section at the fest, to be held Nov 10-Nov 20.
Directed by Kabir Khan who will also attend the event, the film [...]
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif are known for their romantic films but now the two are set to tickle the audiences’ funny bone with their first outing together ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’, releasing Friday.
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Ramesh S. Taurani, the film also has superstar Salman [...]
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) He is known for weaving reality with fiction and portraying the dark side of life in his films. Now director Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Jail’ that releases Friday will put the spotlight on the grim goings-on inside an Indian prison.
Co-produced by Percept Picture Company and Bhandarkar Entertainment, ‘Jail’ is the story of [...]
Mumbai, Nov. 1 (ANI): Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mugdha Godse and Madhur Bhandarkar are leaving no stone unturned for the promotion of their forthcoming movie ‘Jail’.
A film-promotion event was held at a mall in Mumbai.
“The entire experience of doing this film was very good and we got to learn many things while making this film. The [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) At a time when his contemporaries were doing film after film, Manoj Bajpai was sitting at home nursing an injured shoulder and missing out on coveted projects. The actor, who will be seen in ‘Jail’, says he was going through a frustrating time when Madhur Bhandarkar offered him the movie.
‘I [...]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) How about designer clothes for prisoners? ‘Not a bad idea,’ says Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh who walked down the ramp Tuesday wearing a designer version of prison uniform along with handcuffs at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) here.
The actor, who will be seen playing a prisoner in [...]
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) With clients like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Bipasha Basu, German luxury car maker Audi has a vital target market in Mumbai-based film stars and is looking at a 50 percent growth in India this year.
‘Quite a few Bollywood stars have picked up Audi cars in India. Whether it [...]
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) The news of frontal nudity by lead actor Neil Nitin Mukesh in his new film ‘Jail’ made headlines, but filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar now says he has blurred the scenes so as to make it watchable for all age groups.
‘The film will shake up a lot of people and give a [...]
Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Neil Nitin Mukesh went to Delhi’s Tihar Jail and came back with a bagful of goodies made by the prisoners, including a blanket, a shawl, sweets and other edibles. The shopping arcade in the jail premises sells everything under the sun, says the actor who will be seen as a prisoner [...]
Film: ‘Jail’; Music Directors: Shamir Tandon, Sharib Sabri and Toshi Sabri; Lyricists: Ajay Garg, A.M. Turaz, Sandeep Nath and Kumaar; Singers: Sonu Kakkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sharib Sabri, Toshi Sabri and Neil Nitin Mukesh; Rating: ***
After the success of ‘Fashion’, Madhur Bhandarkar returns with ‘Jail’, which stars Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse. And the filmmaker [...]
Mumbai, Oct 4 (ANI): Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has unveiled the music album of a forthcoming film ‘Jail’ here.
“I feel that the film would be very interesting especially Madhur Bhandarkar’s way of narrating a story, that it is hard-hitting with emotions,” said Priyanka Chopra.
The National award-winning director Madhur Bhandarkar and the whole star cast [...]
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh has revealed that his singer father Nitin Mukesh was upset with him for having debuted with a negative role in ‘Johnny Gaddaar’.
‘My dad did not speak to me for six months because I signed ‘Johnny Gaddaar’. He was so mad at me that he wouldn’t even [...]
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) His last film for Yash Raj Films didn’t do well at the box office, but the banner has roped in Pradeep Sarkar of ‘Parineeta’ fame to wield the megaphone for their next venture.
The untitled project will star Deepika Padukone and Neil Nitin Mukesh in lead roles and is slated to go [...]
