Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has proven he is no less than his ‘Paa’ character Auro in real life. The sexagenarian was at his impish best at a recent awards ceremony when he went and ’stole’ food from superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s vanity van.
‘I came in early and went straight to the back into the vanity [...]
Diagnosing lack of cohesion as the cause for the poor show of the team in the first two editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Monday hoped the side will be able to reverse its fortunes this time with a fresh approach.
‘This year we [...]
Describing as ’sad’ and ‘unfortunate’ the spat between Hockey India and the national squad players, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Monday said the issue should be resolved.
‘It’s realty sad and unfortunate that hockey is suffering this kind of setback. Hockey is no doubt a special sport and we have a great history in the game,’ [...]
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Monday wished ailing communist patriarch Jyoti Basu speedy recovery, saying the country needed people like him to be hale and hearty.
‘The country needs people like him hale and hearty,’ Shah Rukh told media persons here.
Shah Rukh said while on his way from the airport he was planning to drop in [...]
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek were honoured with the best jodi award for their chemistry in ‘Paa’ at the STAR Screen Awards.
Amitabh played Abhishek’s son who suffers from progeria, a disease that accelerates the ageing process. The father-son duo also entertained the audiences at the event Saturday by doing the Auro dance [...]
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who played a motivating hockey coach in ‘Chak De! India’, has now expressed solidarity with the country’s hockey team, which boycotted a training camp in Pune over non-payment of sponsorship money and match fees.
‘(I) feel awful for the Indian hockey team. To play for the country…(the) national sport and (they) have [...]
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan bagged the best actor award for the movie ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ while Priyanka Chopra was adjudged best actress for ‘Kaminey’ at the fifth Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards here Friday evening.
Murugadoss bagged the best director and best screenplay awards for ‘Ghajini’, which was also adjudged best [...]
Filmmaker Pritish Nandy is all praises for actress Sushmita Sen and says he is extremely excited about watching her just released film ‘Dulha Mil Gaya’.
‘I adore Sushmita Sen. I adore her even when she puts on weight. Her second adoption proves what she is. Her own brave person,’ Nandy posted on his Twitter page.
‘Well, she [...]
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Film: ‘My Name Is Khan’; Music Directors: Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonca; Lyricist: Niranjan Iyengar; Singers: Rashid Khan, Adnan Sami, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Suraj Jagan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Richa Sharma and Shafqat Amanat Ali; Rating: *** 1/2
The soundtrack of the latest offering of Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan,’My Name Is [...]
Director Karan Johar wants to go back to ’song and dance’ movies after ‘My Name Is Khan’, which is about the journey of an unusual couple living in the US post- 9/11 terrorist attacks.
‘I have given my three years, heart, soul and body to ‘My Name Is Khan’. Now I would love to get back [...]
Identity crisis and a confused sense of belonging are not the only factors that prompt non-resident Indian filmmakers keep India on their minds while making movies. India offers a ready market, big audience and a mainstream arts platform.
‘The dynamics of making movies abroad is different from those in Bollywood,’ acclaimed NRI British filmmaker and film [...]
It was an emotional moment for Shah Rukh Khan when he entered Pragati Maidan here Wednesday as it reminded him of his late father and the time he spent with his family here.
‘My childhood was spent here in Pragati Maidan. My father used to have a shop here and when I entered Pragati Maidan (today) [...]
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will spin his magic with a live performance at an awards function here after a gap of two years.
The actor will dance to his popular numbers at the Chevrolet Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards function, to be held at the Chitrakoot Grounds in Andheri Saturday.
Bollywood’s most talked about [...]
Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi is hoping to get an Indian Premier League (IPL) stint this year with either Rajasthan Royals or Kolkata Knight Riders.
Afridi, who played in the first IPL season for Deccan Chargers, said that Royals, who won the inaugural IPL and Shah Rukh Khan’s Knight Riders are his [...]
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is a hit on social networking site Twitter – he registered Saturday night and already has over 20,300 followers.
Shah Rukh revealed on Twitter that he did it at the behest of his best friend Karan Johar.
‘It is really a very satisfying way of communicating with [...]
Islamabad, Jan 4 (ANI): Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi wants to play for Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders or Shilpa Shetty’s Rajasthan Royals in the next edition of the Indian Premier League.
“There are a number of franchises that would interest me in [...]
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Filmmaker Karan Johar is hosting good friend Aditya Chopra’s chat show with celebrities, ‘Lift Kara De’, on Sony channel in the new year. But Karan too has plans to venture into the television business soon but at a smaller scale than Yash Raj Films.
‘We at Dharma (Productions) are definitely looking at [...]
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) After Karan Johar, Priyanka Chopra and Preity Zinta, now Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has joined social networking site Twitter.
‘Being extremely shy, I never thought I would be here (on Twitter). But my friend Karan Johar insisted that I should learn to share my life,’ Shah Rukh posted on his Twitter [...]
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Three Oscars, collaborations with Hollywood studios, a doctorate for Shah Rukh Khan and many more – the Indian entertainment industry made its mark on the global arena in 2009. Now it is set to move forward with international projects like ‘Kites’ and ‘My Name Is Khan’ and Grammy nominations for [...]
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Bollywood producer Shabnam Kapoor Wednesday again denounced a Mumbai realty developer whose associates she said attacked and further injured her already broken arm over a property dispute.
A day after police arrested two men working for the controversial builder, Kapoor said she was still in pain.
‘(The property developer) has been trying to [...]
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) TV actor Shaleen Bhanot says his look in NDTV Imagine’s new show ‘Do Hanson Ka Jodaa’ has no similarity with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s in the hit movie ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’.
‘I think he (Shah Rukh) will commit suicide if he comes to know that somebody is comparing [...]
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Actor Uday Chopra plays a geek in forthcoming ‘Pyaar Impossible’, for which he has turned scriptwriter too, and he says the film is all about how the looks of the lead characters impact their lives.
‘The look is very important for the film because it’s all about outward appearances. ‘Pyaar Impossible’ is [...]
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) After losing close to Rs.700 crores (Rs.7 billion) in 2009, Bollywood has pinned many a hope on the coming year with a slew of films – Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol’s comeback as a pair, Salman Khan’s magnum opus, Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in a political drama and [...]
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Aamir Khan made 24 friends during his two-week promotional tour across the country and has invited them all to attend the premiere of his film ‘3 Idiots’ here Wednesday.
‘Wherever I went, I made friends and I have invited them. All of them will surely come to the premiere,’ said Aamir told [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Raj Kapoor used to be their favourite hero in the pre-Revolution days, but it’s Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai who are the current heartthrobs as Bollywood continues to hold sway in Iran, say visiting students and teachers.
DVDs of latest Hindi movies are available readily in markets there [...]
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Journalist-cum-social worker-turned novelist Radhika Jha, winner of the French Prix Guerlain award, has journeyed into the heart of rural India – scripting a story of change – in her new novel ‘Lanterns on Their Horns’.
The book, published by HarperCollins-India, hinges on the ‘misconceptions and stigmas surrounding artificial insemination of cows [...]
Mumbai, Dec 17 (IANS) Putting speculations to rest, director-producer Karan Johar said that his forthcoming film ‘My Name Is Khan’, that has Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in main leads, has nothing to do with terrorism.
”My Name is Khan’ has nothing to do with terrorism. It is not a terrorism-based plot at all. It is [...]
Mumbai, Dec 17 (ANI): First look of Bollywood ’s much-awaited film ‘My name is Khan’ that would be jointly distributed by Fox Star Studios and stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in lead roles, was unveiled here on Wednesday.
The film, about an Indian Muslim in San Francisco embarking on a journey across the U.S., [...]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) The first look of ‘My Name Is Khan’, which reunites superstar Shah Rukh Khan with Kajol on screen after eight years, was unveiled by Star TV network Wednesday night at a star-studded event here.
The first look was launched by Shah Rukh, director Karan Johar and Kajol at the JW Marriott hotel. [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Hindi film industry never had it so bad. Recession, producer-multiplex strike, and a string of duds led to one of the worst years for Bollywood. Experts say it suffered a loss of about Rs.700 crore (Rs.7 billion) in 2009.
‘2009 has been a disastrous year for the Hindi film industry. [...]
