Archives for August 2006
Lights, camera, action
30 August 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
With filmmakers allocating whopping budgets for high-charged sequences, it’s happy days for the real action heroes.
You have seen desi Superman (Hrithik Roshan) scaling heights, flying distances within a flash of a second and performing never-seen-before stunts in Krrish. The much-hyped Dhoom II and Don, too, promise the audience high-charged action in the near future. Indeed, […]
Bollywood calling, Rajkot residents entranced
30 August 2006 | Movies, Actors, Actress | No Comments
For once, the focus of arclights is on Rajkot as Bollywood comes calling to the city. With a star cast of heavyweights like Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, one would think the film, Apne, would generate enough interest among the residents. Not quite so. Instead, the news has been met with a mute response. […]
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In Mongolia, Amitabh Bachchan means Hindi cinema
30 August 2006 | Movies, Actors | No Comments
Mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan is the response at the mention of the words Hindi cinema in Mongolia. It is as if, Bachchan means Hindi cinema. While Bollywood is spreading its wings across Asia and elsewhere, Mongolia is one place where it is on the wane. …
Bollywood means badly dubbed movies on Russian television channels for […]
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Shahrukh Khan - New Don is more stylish and cruel!
30 August 2006 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment
It is same basic story but Producer Ritesh Sidhwani and Director Farhan Akhtar have made the film contemporary, infused more reality into the plot and packaged it more as a slick Hollywood style thriller that will appeal to Generation Y rather than a traditional low tech Bollywood Dhisum and Aah! fare.
Don’t be taken in by […]
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Zimbabwe: Ziff in Full Swing
30 August 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
THE ninth edition of the Zimbabwe International Film Festival is now in full swing with scores of film lovers thronging several theatre venues in and outside Harare. Screenings are taking place at the Libertie Cinema Complex in Avondale (Elite 100 and Vistarama), Zimbabwe-Germany Society, Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton while film lovers in Bulawayo […]
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King Khan vs Big B
30 August 2006 | Movies, Actors | No Comments
The music launch of DON witnessed the cast and crew of the film turn up in full force, in front of a packed house in a suburban mall in Mumbai. The King Khan was the show stealer, yet again.
Q: Which were the dialogues from the original, you loved mouthing?
SRK: All of them. Although, […]
Lights On - A dicussion with Om Puri
30 August 2006 | Actors | No Comments
At ‘Lights On’, a forum organized by Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai on Aug. 22, he interacted with the audience, following the premiere of his new film, ‘The Hangman’. The ball was set rolling with director K.Hariharan recalling the days he spent with the veteran actor at the Film Institute, Pune. …
Om Puri said that when he […]
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Kurkure Girl Has Moved On
30 August 2006 | Actress | No Comments
Kurkure Girl Juhi Chawla may be over forty but she continues to exude a rare positive youthful energy. A Miss India turned actress, she gained humungous popularity with her second film ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ opposite Aamir Khan. She went on to be a part of several blockbusters after that like ‘Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar […]
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Bachchan to play genie in children’s film
30 August 2006 | Actors | No Comments
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan will play a genie in his first children’s film along the lines of the Arabian Nights fantasies, a newspaper said on Wednesday. The film, tentatively named ‘Alladin and the Mystery of the Lamp’, will go into production next year. “Right now, I am scouting for international talent to do the special […]
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Anything Anil asks me to do, I’ll do blindly: Akshaye Khanna
30 August 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
After completing the hush-hush ‘Mahatma Versus Gandhi’ for actor-turned-producer Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna has been signed for another film by his senior.
‘Anil is producing and acting whereas I’ll be just co-starring with him. We are starting by year-end. It’s a fantastic script. It’s going to be directed by a south Indian director. I’m so looking […]
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Veteran Bollywood director Mukherjee dies at 83
29 August 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Bollywood filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee, who stood apart with his touching stories about India’s teeming middle class, has died of kidney failure, hospital authorities said on Monday.
Mukherjee, 83, who started his career in 1948 as an assistant director, made over 40 Hindi films and was regarded as a trendsetting Bollywood director.
He was ailing for some weeks […]
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‘I could have done without Mela’ : Dharmesh Darshan
29 August 2006 | Movies | No Comments
He was 20 when he began directing films. At 21, he had his biggest hit, Raja Hindustani. Filmmaker Dharmesh Darshan is still raring to go. Priyanka Jain got him to talk about his latest effort, Aap Ki Khatir, and his interesting career. ….
I have done a lot of intense romantic films and felt I was […]
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