After giving a hit with their debut vehicle ‘Ishq Vishk’ (2003), actor Shahid Kapoor and director Ken Ghosh have teamed up once again for ‘Chance Pe Dance’, about strugglers trying to make it big in Bollywood. It is releasing Friday.
Produced and distributed by UTV Motion Pictures for Rs.25 crore including print and publicity costs, it [...]
It’s commonly known that Jiah Khan had shot for a substantial portion in ‘Chance Pe Dance’ before she was asked to leave. But Genelia D’Souza, who replaced her in the movie, says she didn’t bother to see those portions.
‘I didn’t feel the need to do that at all,’ Genelia told IANS.
‘There was no point doing [...]
The year 2009 certainly didn’t belong to UTV Motion Pictures. But the production house is bullish about 2010, with small budget films like ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ to biggies like ‘Chance Pe Dance’ set to woo audiences.
A good chunk of the investment made in the Shahid Kapoor-Genelia D’Souza- starrer ‘Chance Pe Dance’ – UTV’s first release [...]
After months of silence, Shahid Kapoor has decided to put an end to the controversy surrounding his alleged differences with filmmaker Ken Ghosh. The actor says they never had any personal conflict while making ‘Chance Pe Dance’ and that he doesn’t need to be treated like a star on the sets of Ghosh’s movie.
‘When working [...]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) UTV Motion Pictures plans to release Marathi film ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’, India’s official entry for the Oscars, Jan 22 next year.
‘Indian audiences will get to watch the film on January 22 and we are confident its appeal will reach across all audiences irrespective of language,’ Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO of [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor’s next project ‘Chance Pe Dance’ has a slice of his own life as the film traces the journey of a struggler till he tastes success.
‘Yes, there are many scenes in the movie that are similar to my life, but it’s not intentional, they have just turned [...]
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 [...]
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Director Rajkumar Gupta of ‘Aamir’ fame says his second film’s title may have a stark resemblance to the Jessica Lall murder case, but ‘No One Killed Jessica’ is not based on it.
‘The film is not about the murder case. It is inspired by an article from The Times of India [...]
Mumbai, Oct 14 (IANS) UTV, one of the Bollywood’s major production house, has signed a nine film deal with Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap. He has to make them in the next three years.
Kashyap will be directing around four to five movies produced by UTV as part of the deal.
‘Anurag’s ‘Dev D’ was produced by UTV [...]
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Multiplexes are looking to find their pot of gold this Diwali with the Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Dutt starrer ‘Blue’ which is itself about a treasure hunt. Other films competing for their place in the viewers mindspace are ‘Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna’ and ‘All The Best’.
‘Diwali is mostly for big-budget [...]
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Debutant director Ayan Mukerji’s charming ‘Wake Up Sid’ about a young man and a woman five years older has not only wowed critics but pulled in the crowds too, sidelining the Govinda starrer ‘Do Knot Disturb’.
The box office received a shock with Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘What’s Your Raashee’ that released Sep [...]
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Debutant director Ayan Mukerji’s unconventional romantic tale of a guy falling for an older woman in ‘Wake Up Sid’ has not only wowed the critics, it has pulled the crowd too, completely sidelining its co-release ‘Do Knot Disturb’.
The box office received a shock with Ahsutosh Gowariker’s ‘What’s Your Raashee’ that [...]
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) When ‘Love Story 2050′ tanked at the box office, not many in Bollywood were willing to put their money on Hurman Baweja. But Ashutosh Gowariker, who had already signed him on for ‘What’s Your Raashee?’, continued to show his trust in the youngster.
‘Even before the release of ‘Love Story 2050′, Sunita [...]
