Archives for 7 September 2006

Zinta happy to be paired with Abhishek in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

7 September 2006 | Actress | No Comments

She discarded the bubbly tag long ago and now, after a mature performance in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Preity Zinta wants everyone else to do that too. …
My bad luck is that I have got stuck with that image. There is a lot more to me, in my performances and personality on celluloid than that […]

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Abhishek Bachchan-Karishma together?

7 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Abhishek Bachchan signed up for Rakeysh Mehra's auto-biographical film ‘ Delhi – 6'. Abhishek will play the protagonist. Om Puri, Atul Kulkarni and Divya Dutta also have been roped in for plying important roles in the film. However who will play the female lead, hasn't been fixed yet. “A hunt is on for the leading […]

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Real-life Indian bandit to play herself in new Bollywood movie

7 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments

Another Bollywood movie on the life of an Indian woman bandit is ready to hit silver screens across India _ but this one is being billed as a gritty true story, not the flashy fantasy of past outlaw films, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
Outlaw and suspected murderer Seema Parihar will share her life story with audiences […]

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Meera to quit Lollywood

7 September 2006 | Actress | No Comments

Pakistan's controversial actress Meera has announced that she will quit Pakistani movies and will concentrate on Bollywood ones.
She adds that Bollywood movies are more interesting and worth acting than the movies in her country. She is afraid that Lollywood (Pakistan) will never be able to make movies like 'Devdas' and 'Khule Aasman Ke Neeche'. At […]

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Vikram Bhatt SPEEDing up!

7 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments

Director Vikram Bhatt talks about his forthcoming film SPEED, which has a colossal star cast comprising of Urmila Matondkar, Zayed Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Sanjay Suri, Amrita Arora, Sophie Chaudhary and Ashish Chaudhary. Apparently it is said to be inspired by the Hollywood film CELLULAR. “SPEED is an action thriller. There’s a twist every two-three minutes […]

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What worries Abhishek Bachchan?

7 September 2006 | Actors | No Comments

Abhishek Bachchan is feeling threatened these days by a phone, of all things, and for a good reason too.
Applause! Applause! You've got plenty of that for KANK… I feel elated. It's wonderful to be part of such a great film, especially because it has been directed by Karan Johar. Not many actors can boast about […]

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I feel underutilised as an actor says Sanjay Suri

7 September 2006 | Actors | No Comments

Sanjay Suri is Nikhil again in director Onir’s second film, Bas Ek Pal. Suri plays an “aggressive, intense, passionate guy, one who always thinks from the heart. He’s an orphan, a self-made man who’s used to making his own decisions though not always right.”
The film is about five individuals — Juhi Chawla, Urmila Matondkar, […]

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Rahul Bose to direct again

7 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Ever wondered why Rahul Bose hasn't directed a film after the much-lauded debut "Everybody Says I'm Fine"? "That's because I've been working hard as an actor. In fact, I've four releases lined up for this year," he replies. But now Rahul is all set to direct his second film. "It will again be in English, […]

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Czech-Nepalese dancer takes Bollywood to Prague

7 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments

As posters in Prague announce a Hindi film festival in October, Czech-Nepalese artist Sangita Shresthova's effort to take Bollywood to Hungary waltzes into its third successful year.
"The background of Bollywood dances is very interesting," Shresthova told reporters during a visit to Nepal to make a documentary film. "Many actresses in the 1950s and 1960s had […]

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‘Lage Raho…’ a good mix of humour and Gandhism

7 September 2006 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments

It's all a chemical 'locha' (aberration). Munnabhai meets Mahatma Gandhi and they get along like a house on fire. The prophetic leader from the past has a blast as he tells Munna (Sanjay Dutt) how to deal with an avaricious builder (Boman Irani) and other problems in life. …
Munna and Circuit, arguably cinema's most adorable […]

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Finally, last act in Water row

7 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments

Deepa Mehta's controversial film Water has been in the news ever since work began on it. Finally, the third installment in filmmaker Deepa Mehta's element trilogy after Fire and Earth, has finally found a distributor for its release in India.
Willing to beat the odds and brave the much anticipated resistance is filmmaker B R […]

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Courts ‘NO’ to ban on ‘OMKARA’

7 September 2006 | Uncategorized, Movies | No Comments

A sessions court of Mumbai has refused to ban the Hindi film 'Omkara' on the charge that its dialogues were vulgar and in bad taste. The court asked the filmmaker and director to file an affidavit by September 14 when the matter would be heard next. Hearing the petition, the court observed that it was […]

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