Article archive for category "Indian Cinema"

Friday 21 December 2007

• YEARENDER: Bollywood's behind-the-camera gigs stole the show in 2007

Saturday 27 October 2007

• I won't cut down on STAR content: Ekta Kapoor
• John excited over handshake with racer Marco Melandri
• Arjun tries magic diet on 'The Last Lear' team
• 'Rang De...'s Siddharth to be carrom player in 'Striker'

Friday 26 October 2007

• Vijaya Mulay: 87 and still in love with documentaries
• King Khan is 'Maha Style Icon'
• Amitabh on singing spree
• John got Bipasha interested in football
• Rani hooked to prostitute roles
• 'Kanchipuram' is to satisfy my own emotions: Priyadarshan

Thursday 25 October 2007

• We are puppets in the hands of media: Bipasha Basu
• Farida Khanum to cast musical spell on Mumbai
• Innocent bags Sathyan Film award
• Sanjay Dutt challenges conviction in apex court
• 'A Mighty Heart' - dispassionate account of real story
• 50 years later, the 'Mother India' legend endures
• Koena horse-rides, does Tai Chi for role
• 'Mumbai Salsa' changes lives of upcoming actors
• Imtiaz and Anurag have a pact

Wednesday 24 October 2007

• Suchitra Sen recovering, to be discharged soon
• Rishi Kapoor plays himself in 'Hadd Behadd'
• Sanjay Gupta's 'Alibaug' set furnished from his bungalow
• I wear extra layers of clothes for promos: Ranbir
• Hollywood gears up for Sikh film festival

Tuesday 23 October 2007

• My role in 'Paradeshi' one of the best ever: Mohanlal
• Gladrags Mrs.India introduces new title
• Egyptian film festival comes to the capital
• Newest Kapoor stars pin their hopes on 'godfather' Bhansali
• Dutt undergoes medical check-up at Yerawada jail
• Birthday gift: Dharmendra takes Hema on a holiday abroad
• Mira Nair gets first priority: Amitabh
• Designer Sabyasachi to make directorial debut
• I want to make a Bhojpuri thriller: Anurag Kashyap
• 'No Smoking' - another dark film by Anurag Kashyap
• Raj Kanwar plans to bring Rekha, Shabana together

Monday 22 October 2007

• Dutt's reprieve over, heads for Yerewada Jail
• A Malayalam film on Gujarat riots
• Rahman's small screen debut - for a cause
• Karunanidhi launches film version of Russian classic 'Mother'
• Sanjay Dutt's reprieve over, heads back to jail
• Chiranjeevi's brother hands over revolver to police

Sunday 21 October 2007

• 'Speed', another disappointment from Vikram Bhatt
• From guns to music for Mizoram chief minister
• Jackie was shy of shooting steamy scenes for 'Lolita'

Saturday 20 October 2007

• Dutt gets breather, to receive court judgment Monday

Friday 19 October 2007

• Anupam Kher dons the garb of detective Bhatti
• Priyanka heads for carnival in Singapore
• Ravi Chopra to co-produce Deepa Mehta's first Punjabi film
• Amitabh is my guru, says Rekha
• Mammootty's 'Nazrani' tops the charts
• DK wants Mayawati to see film on Periyar
• 'Campus' songs rock Kerala

Thursday 18 October 2007

• Youth who married Chirnajeevi's daughter had kidnapping case
• Rights groups welcome ban on abusive Tamil director
• Talent show winner Aneek upset with judge's remarks
• Lack of sponsors delays cricket board website
• Rahul gets flabby for 'The Japanese Wife'
• Rituparno's solitary afternoon at the movies
• All the Sens are driving me 'insane': Madhavan
• Muslims safe in Gujarat, says film on Modi
• Acharya to release longer version of 'Loins Of Punjab'
• 'Krishna' leads Kannada film race
• 'Cheluvina Chiththara' music still enthrals listeners

Wednesday 17 October 2007

• Actor Chiranjeevi's daughter marries in 'filmi style'
• 'Happy Days' on Telugu screen
• Mani-Mahesh song is a mega Telugu hit
• Will Shabana-Naseer rekindle their magic again?

Tuesday 16 October 2007

• Indian Panorama of IFFI 2007 to have 21 feature films
• Mammootty overjoyed at his two films in Indian Panorama
• I'm not a jewellery person: Vidya Balan
• Randeep achieves 'oneness' with Raja Ravi Varma
• Ilayaraja's song makes 'Katrathu Thamizh' a hit
• 'Katrathu Thamizh' is fortnight's surprise winner
• I never had any problems with Ekta, says Nandini
• Bollywood stars sparkle puja celebrations in Kolkata
• No need to politicise 'Sarkar Raj': Varma
• Onirban's next film delves into human trafficking

Monday 15 October 2007

• Actress Suchitra Sen recovering
• S.D. Burman's widow passes away in Mumbai
• Mehra captures Chandni Chowk's Eid for 'Delhi 6'
• Priyanka in pain in Namibia
• Kunal Kapoor happy with first on-screen kiss
• Seven-film bouquet for Tamil fans on Diwali
• Lack of creative inputs turns Saif into producer

Sunday 14 October 2007

• Embarrassed Sonam, Ranbir say they are not big stars
• Bengal dances to Aneek's victory tune
• Nana teams up with Jha for second directorial effort
• It's my goodwill versus big money: Shah Rukh
• Bollywood sisters have a new avatar (Weekly Roundup)
• Diya brushed up acting skills at New York University
• Director Farhan's acting career looks up
• Bengal's Aneek Dhar wins 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'

Saturday 13 October 2007

• I'm too good-looking to be a politician: Shah Rukh
• Malayalam filmgoers cheer three superstar releases
• Keep films short to draw global audiences: Shah Rukh
• Reincarnation formula revived with 'Om Shanti Om'
• I did not sign Himesh under pressure: John Mathan
• Who says Rani and I are at loggerheads, asks Abhishek
• The bridge between literature and cinema
• Shammi Kapoor's son directs a Hindi film
• Where's part three of 'Hera Pheri'?

Friday 12 October 2007

• Mayawati government gets firm on Bachchan land scam
• I want to perform in India again: Geldof
• At last a 10-year-old dream comes true: A.R. Rahman
• 'Jodhaa-Akbar' is 80 percent my imagination: Gowariker
• Why Sharman lost 'Dhamaal' and 'Golmaal' sequel
• 'Caste-based discrimination still alive in India'
• I'd like Ash to continue working: Abhishek
• I want audiences on my own terms: Sriram Raghavan

Thursday 11 October 2007

• Suchitra Sen is cheerful, fever under control
• Case against Deols of dishonouring cheque withdrawn
• Amitabh Bachchan brings in a quiet birthday
• Ajay is a very good cook, says wife Kajol
• Ash was third choice for 'Pink Panther' role?
• No dearth of actresses for Shahid Kapur
• Rohan Sippy determined to cast Ash opposite John
• Nana Patekar's generosity reciprocated
• Mohanlal's 'Paradeshi' about Malayalis hit by partition

Wednesday 10 October 2007

• First look of 'Jodha-Akbar' out this weekend
• Sanjay Dutt's freedom may end Oct 20
• 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' is not a comedy: Bhushan Kumar
• Kirron Kher prefers social work to politics
• At 53, Rekha is still Bollywood's style diva
• Jagjit Singh is much better, says Gulzar
• Former Bengali film star in hospital

Tuesday 09 October 2007

• Jagjit Singh stable, no paralytic stroke
• Rituparno shoots Ganpati festival for short film
• Muzamil teams up with Nana for comedy
• Salman is a changed person now, say friends
• Sarkar probes prostitution in 'Laaga Chunari...'

Monday 08 October 2007

• Debutant Gautam gung-ho about 'Go'
• Harman Baweja plays cricketer in 'Victory'
• 'Munnabhai', 'Hera Pheri' brand war hots up
• Overworked Neha collapses on film sets
• I'm not insecure sharing screen space with Abhishek: Saif

Sunday 07 October 2007

• Bollywood probes sex trade yet again
• Shah Rukh plays double role in 'Om Shanti Om'
• Sudhir Mishra making film on street kid

Saturday 06 October 2007

• Aftab to star in a sequel to 'Masti'

Friday 05 October 2007

• Models should not starve for the perfect figure: Neha Dhupia
• Marriage hasn't affected my popularity: Jimmy
• Suniel to partner Lakhia in 'Mission Istanbul'
• Filmdom takes sudden interest in Raja Ravi Varma
• Harman and I learnt from each other: Priyanka
• Anupam Kher signs Ashok Amritraj's film
• Randeep moves on
• Goa asks for 'more' after human rights film fest

Thursday 04 October 2007

• French film fest to delight Delhi cine buffs
• J.P. Dutta celebrates quiet birthday
• Now Kailash Kher wants to act too!
• Rajpal Yadav is back in Rakesh Roshan's good books
• Ravi Chopra facing title dilemma for Govinda film
• Sanjay Gupta to put up cut-outs of 'Dus Kahaniyan' stars
• Abhishek and Viveik to work in film

Wednesday 03 October 2007

• Singer Daler Mehndi, brother charged with human trafficking
• Boman to play a Parsi in 'Little Zizou'
• Boney teams up with Satish Kaushik once more
• Ruslaan is accident-prone
• 'Yamadonga' tops Telugu films despite 'Chirutha'
• Bipasha may star in Kingsley's film on Taj
• Mano Murthy continues to cast spell on Kannada listeners
• Ajay to play emperor Ashoka in Santoshi film
• 'Cheluvina...' stays unchallenged at Kannada box office

Tuesday 02 October 2007

• Notice to Bachchan over poll campaign claim
• 'Lage Raho...' was a learning experience: Sanjay Dutt
• A quiet birthday for Asha Parekh
• Comedy 'Malaikottai' tops Tamil films
• Ilaiyaraja's song makes 'Thamizh MA' album a winner
• 'Ore Kadal': Ramadan ruler of Kerala box-office
• Divya Dutta's dialogue make-over
• Amitabh to observe poet-father's centenary
• 'Ore Kadal' song tops Malayalam charts
• Preity hunting for a child actor
• Adesh recording with Norah and Shakira

Monday 01 October 2007

• Tripura celebrates 101st birth anniversary of S.D. Burman
• Madhavan's alarming weight swings
• 'Oriya films losing identity'

Sunday 30 September 2007

• Bollywood lingo has small town stamp

Saturday 29 September 2007

• Darjeeling peaceful after flare up over 'Indian Idol' remarks
• Indian Oscars entry runs into legal trouble
• Remembering Chetan Anand and his 'Neecha Nagar'
• Young directors promote short films in northeast
• I have no competition with Rakhi: Mika
• Sanjay Bhansali turns music composer - officially!
• Dharmendra replaces Amitabh in 'Har Pal'
• Nana Patekar turns truck driver in 'Horn Ok'
• Aparna to cast Abhishek in her first Hindi film
• Dutt's life influenced by larger vision of India: PM

Friday 28 September 2007

• Siliguri erupts in anger over 'insult' to Indian Idol winner
• 'Saawariya' is the best birthday gift: Ranbir
• At 78, Lata is a living legend
• Lata touches a chord even at 78
• Sreesanth to act with Mammootty
• No eligible guys in our industry: Vidya Balan
• John and I can't be together constantly: Bipasha
• For Rani 'Laaga Chunri...' is like a Bengali film
• Omkar to make a film on 102-year-old guru
• Lilette Dubey plays Mira Nair

Thursday 27 September 2007

• 'Eklavya' nomination for Oscars opens Pandora's Box
• Kingsley to play Shah Jahan to Ash's Mumtaz Mahal
• Deepa signs Preity for 'Heaven on Earth'
• Bappi Lahiri, Anu Malik team up for first time

Wednesday 26 September 2007

• Shilpa Shetty stopped at airport, alleges harassment

Tuesday 18 September 2007

• Kashmiris nostalgic about good old movie days

Monday 17 September 2007

• Kabeer's next is my first realistic film: Bobby (Interview)

Wednesday 12 September 2007

• At 83, Dev Anand is still romancing with life (Interview)

Sunday 26 August 2007

• Play it again, Bollywood (Weekly Roundup)

Friday 10 August 2007

• Six decades of dynamic filmmaking in India

Wednesday 08 August 2007

• In the real hides the unreal: Buddhadb Dasgupta

Monday 06 August 2007

• I don't use personal experiences to play a role: Akshaye Khanna

Wednesday 01 August 2007

• Most Bollywood producers are illiterate: Sudhir Mishra

Thursday 26 July 2007

• Rani of Jhansi continues to inspire: Sushmita Sen

Wednesday 25 July 2007

• Floods sweep Assam's villages without a trace

Wednesday 18 July 2007

• Now I understand the games people play: Anupam Kher

Thursday 12 July 2007

• 'Halla Bol' based on Safdar Hashmi: Santoshi (Interview)

Tuesday 05 June 2007

• Ravi Chopra to pigment his father's black and white films
• I'd have loved a theatre career: Siddharth Basu

Friday 11 May 2007

• This is Hindi cinema's golden age: Paresh Rawal

Thursday 10 May 2007

• Meet Amitabh, Bollywood's Pied Piper

Monday 30 April 2007

• Ash will bring more bliss to family: Amitabh

Sunday 29 April 2007

• Is intimacy in Bollywood back in closet?

Saturday 28 April 2007

• Cannes: wake up call for India

Monday 23 April 2007

• I want to take optical illusions further: Shah Rukh

Sunday 22 April 2007

• Crucial summer ahead for big-ticket Bollywood

Sunday 15 April 2007

• Bollywood's angry young men down the years

Wednesday 11 April 2007

• I want to connect with kids: Urmila Matondkar

Saturday 07 April 2007

• After 'The Namesake', I seek a better deal: Irrfan Khan

Tuesday 03 April 2007

• Tusshar Kapoor in pursuit of versatility

Monday 26 March 2007

• Ratnam goes by film content, not genre

Sunday 25 March 2007

• NRI film directors score box office hits

Saturday 24 March 2007

• My next is a haunting, improbable love story: Aparna Sen

Thursday 22 March 2007

• It's amusing, it's light, but don't call my film funny: Meghna

Monday 19 March 2007

• 'I'm pleased with Hirani's Gandhigiri,' says Gandhi's grandson

Wednesday 14 February 2007

• How dare Farrukh Dhondy say I'm a fake: Shilpa Shetty

Sunday 04 February 2007

• Bollywood kicks-off 2007 in style

Monday 29 January 2007

• Now I want to do only good films: Kareena

Saturday 20 January 2007

• Outside View: One of India's most well known actors! Not quite, Ms Shetty

Tuesday 09 January 2007

• Bollywood lacks good scriptwriters: Vinod Khanna

Sunday 07 January 2007

• Bollywood season of 50 awards, 10 contenders begins
• 2006 - A scandalous Bollywood year

Monday 01 January 2007

• Hema Malini disappointed over 'Baabul' role

Sunday 31 December 2006

• Bollywood flicks to watch out for in 2007
• A disappointing show by Bollywood melody-makers

Saturday 30 December 2006

• Item numbers strike it rich in 2006
• 2006 Review: Bollywood couples who made news in 2006

Friday 29 December 2006

• 2006 Review: Good films rolled out in heartening splendour in 2006

Thursday 28 December 2006

• Anything physical is not necessarily unbecoming: Hrithik
• I don't mind being an object of fantasy: Dino

Monday 25 December 2006

• 2006 Review: For Bollywood, it was the year of RDB, Kangana

Sunday 24 December 2006

• 2006 Review: A year of dark horses in Tamil cinema

Friday 08 December 2006

• Rekha still dreams of meeting her prince charming

Sunday 03 December 2006

• Abhishek - a busy man in Bollywood

Monday 27 November 2006

• Rajkumar or Kasaravalli? IFFI catalogue not too sure(IFFI DIARY)
• I'm not conscious about my body: Bipasha

Friday 24 November 2006

• In this ruthless industry you are all alone: Kangana Ranaut

Sunday 19 November 2006

• Bollywood tunes itching to go global
• I'm no tantrum thrower: Shiney Ahuja

Thursday 16 November 2006

• I don't make best friends with my co-stars: Preity

Wednesday 15 November 2006

• Europe is immersed in Indian films: Amitabh

Monday 13 November 2006

• Director Priyadarshan on a roll

Sunday 12 November 2006

• Can Bollywood give a pan-India hit?

Saturday 04 November 2006

• Interview: I'm a girl rooted to Indian culture - Aishwarya Rai

Friday 06 October 2006

• Bollywood's bouncing beat is booming across Europe

Sunday 01 October 2006

• Is India ready for the Oscars?

Thursday 28 September 2006

• It is melody queen Lata Mangeshkar's birthday

Saturday 23 September 2006

• I want to be versatile, says Vidya Balan

Monday 18 September 2006

• 'Woh Lamhe', Bhatt's final farewell to Parveen Babi

Friday 15 September 2006

• I worked on my body language for 'Bas Ek Pal': Urmila

Thursday 14 September 2006

• Ajay didn't ask me to change 'Sholay' script: Varma

Sunday 10 September 2006

• Varma, a maverick fascinated by remakes

Sunday 03 September 2006

• Bollywood's bad boys rule the roost

Thursday 24 August 2006

• I don't aim to become a realistic actress, says Bipasha

Tuesday 22 August 2006

• Bobby does his most tense role in 'Shaka Laka...'
• I am inching my way to success: Ashmit Patel

Monday 21 August 2006

• Do mobile theatres spell curtains for Assamese cinema?

Sunday 20 August 2006

• Safety takes a back seat in Bollywood

Saturday 19 August 2006

• The cool side of me finally surfaces in 'Dhoom 2': Hrithik

Wednesday 16 August 2006

• After 'Omkara' and 'Yun...', Konkona dying to do theatre

Monday 14 August 2006

• Marriage has sobered me: Namrata Shirodkar

Monday 07 August 2006

• I'm not happy with films coming my way: Om Puri

Friday 04 August 2006

• Shah Rukh is biggest USP of 'Kabhi Alvida...': Karan Johar

Thursday 03 August 2006

• Aditya Chopra is my kind of director, says Katrina

Wednesday 02 August 2006

• Aftab adopts one film policy

Sunday 23 July 2006

• Shakespeare gets his due in Bollywood

Wednesday 19 July 2006

• Koena Mitra's take on life

Wednesday 12 July 2006

• India is a cinematic wonderland, says James Lipton

Tuesday 11 July 2006

• 'Aran' captures the soldier's life, says director Major Ravi

Sunday 02 July 2006

• Bollywood directors' day out this July

Tuesday 27 June 2006

• I had to attempt one love story: Vipul Shah

Friday 23 June 2006

• Interview: Prem and I shall marry by year-end: Rakshitha
• Interview: I cannot be with any man who is starry: Bipasha Basu

Monday 12 June 2006

• Interview: My world is an oasis of love: Rekha

Sunday 11 June 2006

• Indian cinema has to go beyond Bollywood: Vasu

Saturday 10 June 2006

• Questions and Answers: Amitabh Bachchan

Friday 09 June 2006

• Rani must get National Award for 'Black': Konkona

Thursday 01 June 2006

• Interview: I couldn't have asked for a better mentor: Shiney