Archives for 8 September 2006
“Guru” is a challenge.” Abhishek Bachchan
8 September 2006 | Actors | No Comments
"Actors always bring a lot of themselves into their characters. At the end of the day the character is being performed by the actor and the character must therefore have elements of the actor. It's very important for me to identify with the character I play. Otherwise, I can't play him convincingly," said Abhishek, who […]
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Bandra brothers tattoo Sush for film
8 September 2006 | Actress | No Comments
Four brothers, who run the Al’s Tattoo and Body Piercing Studio in Bandra, have added their art to Zindagi Rocks, a film directed by Tanuja Chandra. Al, Olly, Arun and Aj started Al’s the studio around four-and-a-half years ago, initially operating as a nail bar. …
In Zindagi Rocks, the brothers have made a temporary tattoo […]
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I am not Aishwarya Rai : Sneha Ulhal
8 September 2006 | Actress | No Comments
One film old Sneha Ullal’s days of comparison with Aishwarya Rai’s looks seem to be over. And the 19-year-old dutifully gets irked at the very mention of the resemblance with the Ice Maiden. “She (Aishwarya) is beautiful but I want to have my own identity now,” she says. Let us see what her next release, […]
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Ashmit prefers to be seen than heard
8 September 2006 | Actors | No Comments
When Murder created mayhem at the box office a couple of years ago, Ashmit Patel remained the only actor not to gain any great mileage out of it. Mallika Sherawat and Emraan Hashmi hogged the spotlight.
With Dil Diya Hai (releasing today), Patel is optimistic of getting his due. Ask him why he’s not to be […]
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Bollywood meets Hollywood like never before!
8 September 2006 | Actors, Actress | No Comments
Actors and artists from the world’s two largest film-producing industries have begun to collaborate more and more. Irrfan Khan is slated to act with none other than Angelina Jolie in a film on the American journalist Daniel Pearl who was slain by terrorists in Pakistan. One another front, Chunkey Pandey will play a small but […]
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Sushmita turns snake charmer!
8 September 2006 | Uncategorized, Actress | No Comments
Beauty queen turned actress, Sushmita Sen, doesn't just dazzle audiences, she charms snakes too. When a snake slithered onto a movie set scaring crew members, Sen didn't flinch - instead she bowed before it and chanted Hindu hymns to calm the reptile.
Filmmaker Tanuja Chandra told a newspaper that as they spotted the snake, which lay […]
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Bollywood Sets Love Story in Tiger Reserve
8 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments
An intriguing love triangle set in the world's largest tiger reserve is being turned into a Bollywood film, in a rare celluloid adaptation of a best-selling Indian novel.
"The Hungry Tide" will be set in the United States, Cambodia and the Sunderbans mangrove forest along India's east coast, famous for its tigers and crocodiles and crisscrossed […]
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‘I was the star attraction’
8 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
While Upen Patel has already taken a plunge in Bollywood, model Muzammil Ibrahim is following suit soon.
There is going to be some serious shortage of guy candy on the ramp now. While Upen Patel has already taken a plunge in Bollywood, model Muzammil Ibrahim is following suit soon. "I have signed Mahesh Bhatt's next […]
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Will Jiah be Ramu’s new Basanti?
8 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Luck seems to be at her doorstep. Bollywood’s newbie Jiah Khan is becoming Ram Gopal Varma ’s blue-eyed girl.
This 18-year-old London-born girl always dreamt of making it to tinsel town. The lady luck smiled on her when Ramu paired her opposite Amitabh Bachchan in her debut Bollywood movie Nishabd. After romancing Bachchan in her […]
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Carry on, Munna Bhai!
8 September 2006 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
`Lage Raho Munna Bhai' works at several levels. It is a humdinger of an entertainer, which connects to our minds and hearts at the same time. …
Like all really good movies, Lage Raho… works at several levels. It's a successful sequel of a first successful movie. It is a story which gives us several memorable, […]
A CLONED BLUNDER : Jaane Hoga Kya
8 September 2006 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
"Human cloning" - An alien concept in the heartland of Indian tinsel town but innovative and prominent feature in hi-profile Hollywood style sci-fi thriller, shows its first glow in the low profile Bollywood thriller 'Jaane Hoga Kya'.
In an aura of experimental cinema, it's adventurous to explore untamed territory but do the viewers or the media […]
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In Don will Kareena Kapoor sizzle or fizzle?
8 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Comparisons may be odious but if you are acting in a remake of Don, a film that acquired a cult status, they are also inevitable.
Kareena Kapoor, 25, whose performance in Vishal Bhardwaj’s recent Omkara drew critical acclaim, makes a cameo appearance in the Farhan Akhtar remake, slated for a release this Diwali. In the film […]
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