A new breed of filmmakers is now busy turning the tables on the fourth estate with movies like ‘Paa’ and ‘Rann’. Incidentally, both star Amitabh Bachchan who often takes potshots at the media in real life.
Promos of director Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Rann’ clearly suggest he is making an attempt to expose errant journalists and their [...]
Ram Gopal Varma believes ‘Phoonk 2′ is scarier than ‘Phoonk’ and debutant director Milind Gadagkar is thrilled with the compliment. Not only does he promise a spine-chilling fare, he also wouldn’t mind doing a third instalment of the spooky flick.
‘Yes, I have left the ending of ‘Phoonk 2′ open for another in the series. I [...]
Director Ram Gopal Varma describes his forthcoming movie as a ‘men’s film’ and says it was natural for Amitabh Bachchan to spearhead the show in the promos of the movie.
‘Isn’t that obvious? With the kind of personality and the stardom that he enjoys, it is but natural that Amitabh Bachchan would be spearheading the entire [...]
Film: ‘Rann’; Music Directors: Amar Mohile, Bapi-Tutul, Sanjeev Kohli and Jayesh Gandhi; Lyricists: Prashant Pandey and Sarim Momin; Singers: Abhishek Naiwal, Jojo, Sukhwinder Singh, Kunal Ganjawala, Sanjeev Kohli, Jayesh Gandhi and Vardan Singh; Rating: **
The music of Ram Gopal Varma’s latest offering ‘Rann’, which has Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role, is not one that [...]
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) After playing Auro from ‘Paa’ in a number of off-screen events, Amitabh Bachchan now assumes the role of media magnet Vijay Harshwardhan Mallik from his forthcoming movie ‘Rann’ and will appear on a TV channel to do a year-end news round-up.
‘And we aren’t just talking about entertainment-related activities,’ said the film’s [...]
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Bollywood director Ram Gopal Verma has a new job. He along with the team of the upcoming film ‘Rann’ are editing a 10-page daily newspaper called Rann Times as a way of promoting the film.
Like any daily, Rann Times, which was launched Friday, will carry news on politics entertainment, sports and [...]
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) The release date of Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Rann’ has now been pushed ahead to avoid a clash with Anil Sharma’s ‘Veer’.
Both the films were scheduled to release Jan 22, next year but now ‘Veer’ will release Jan 22, while ‘Rann’ will hit screens a week later.
Apparently, Sharma called up Sheetal [...]
Mumbai, Nov 23 (IANS) Ram Gopal Varma says he met Ranbir Kapoor but not to discuss ‘Sarkar 3′ because he isn’t interested in making any more ‘Sarkar’ movies.
‘I’ve meet Ranbir Kapoor. And we’ve discussed some possibilities on what we can do. But ‘Sarkar 3′ is not one of them. I don’t want to make any [...]
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) A ghost, an eccentric theatre actor or a flamboyant genie, Amitabh Bachchan has done quite a few over-the-top roles and not delivered big hits in four years. But for filmmakers, the megastar is still a phenomenon they can’t wait to sign on.
‘I would love to cast him for all my [...]
Mumbai, Nov 3 (IANS) Bollywood veteran and politician Shatrughan Sinha, who has maintained his moustache throughout his 36-year-old film career, has now got rid of it for Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Rakta Charitra’.
According to a unit source, it wasn’t easy for the actor to make up his mind to shave off his moustache as many of [...]
Chennai, Oct 18 (IANS) Actor Sudeep, who worked with director-producer Ram Gopal Varma in two of his films, will start shooting for the sequel of successful horror flick ‘Phoonk’ in Mumbai later this month.
Sudeep played key roles in Varma’s ‘Phoonk’ and ‘Rann’ and had said he would be happy to work in a sequel to [...]
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) This is indeed rare. Ram and Shatrughan are coming together – for a film that is ’similar to the Mahabharat in tone and spirit’. Before you get confused, maverick director Ram Gopal Varma, who has been a big fan of Shatrughan Sinha, has roped in the veteran actor for his latest [...]
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) He was just nine when he played one of the orphan children in ‘Mr India’ and Aftab Shivdasani has great memories of it. With news that filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor is considering a sequel to the film, the 31-year-old actor says he would love to reprise Anil Kapoor’s role in [...]
