Archives for 12 September 2006

Celina’s nine yards of glory

12 September 2006 | Actress | No Comments

The gorgeous Celina Jaitley sure is a die-hard optimist, a fact that reflects in her attitude and approach to all aspects of life. …
Apart from Apna Sapna Money Money, Celina has two more films with Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts, one of which is scheduled to go on the floors this November. Till then, she's busy […]

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Bollywood stars thrill fans

12 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Maeesha and Shaguftah Patel had taken the GO bus from Hamilton and staked out their spots along the red carpet at Roy Thompson Hall since 10 a.m. but declared the three-hour wait was well worth it.
The cousins got a chance to see superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, as well as director Karan Johar, […]

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Bollywood is the inspiration for this Dutch deejay

12 September 2006 | Music | No Comments

In 1996, after chancing upon a vinyl of the Dev Anand-Zeenat Aman starrer Hare Rama Hare Krishna in a secondhand store in Amsterdam, DJ Edo Bouman was convinced that the groovy retro tunes of Bollywood would dominate the theme of his music. Ten years later, he's in Mumbai to release his first record, The Bombay […]

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Music Review : Zindagi Rocks

12 September 2006 | Music, Music Reviews | No Comments

Ex-Miss Universe-turned-Bollywood sensation Sushmita Sen zooms as a pop diva of Hindi screen with 'Zindaggi Rocks'. Prominent female director Tanuja Chandra who has been making women oriented films makes her most upbeat presentation by presenting Sushmita Sen in rock star attire. …
The remix version is snappy, frothy and zooms into senses as the gyrating hip-hop […]

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Merchants of Bollywood take UK by storm

12 September 2006 | Theatre | No Comments

Bollywood films do brisk business in Britain but now Bollywood is set to storm the stage as well. Merchants of Bollywood, a musical based on Bollywood music and dance is coming to Europe. It will premier in Zurich next week and will be launched in the UK over Diwali.
Merchants of Bollywood is based on the […]

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Gandhigiri earns Munnabhai tax-free tag

12 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments

Munnabhai couldn't have chosen a better time to meet the Mahatma. Lage Raho Munnabhai, which hit the screens around the same time as the centenary of Gandhiji's satyagraha, has been made tax-free by the Delhi government. …
The CWC was discussing how best to celebrate hundred years of the launch of satyagraha in South Africa. The […]

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‘My mother feels I still don’t work’ : Kailash Kher

12 September 2006 | Music | No Comments

From singing at railway stations to jamming with Eddie Vedder, Kailash Kher has come a long way. But his mother thinks he is still to get into real work…
still don't know who recommended my name in Bollywood. I was performing somewhere, and someone in the audience must have liked my voice. Within days, I got […]

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Aamir Khan’s HIGH JUMP to roll this September

12 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments

According to reports in a trade magazine, Aamir Khan's next film titled HIGH JUMP will be jointly produced with PVR. It is likely to roll in September and will be directed by painter-turned-director Amol Gupte.
It may be recalled that Aamir was looking for a naughty child to play the central character of a dyslexic kid. […]

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“Everyone said Aishwarya’s plastic”!

12 September 2006 | Actress | No Comments

Ace Bengali director Rituparno Ghosh has selected sex-bomb Bipasha Basu for playing Draupadi in his take on epic Mahabharat, which raised eyebrows of many in the film industry.
However the National award winner director, in no condition, is ready to admit that selection of Bipasha is just a stunt for gaining publicity.In a recent interview he […]

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Dil Diya Hai : Review

12 September 2006 | Movies, Movie Reviews | 1 Comment

It's courageous to take an unconventional plot, but it's imperative to do justice to it. Most of the times, an interesting concept runs out of gas due to inept and shoddy handling. Director Aaditya Datt's second outing Dil Diya Hai also boasts of a rarely-seen-earlier plot. But, thankfully, Datt handles the theme with competence, making […]

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Hrithik floored by Vidya Balan?

12 September 2006 | Actress | No Comments

The whole world is going gaga over Rajkumar Hirani's LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI. Enough has been written and spoken about LRMB and the Sanjay-Arshad chemistry. Vidya Balan's new avatar as a Radio Jockey and her acting prowess won her rave reviews and loads of accolades. Well her fanfare has only gotten bigger and her new fan […]

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‘Don’ Shahrukh Khan reaches two climaxes

12 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments

As we are inching towards October 2006, the well-orchestrated hype around ‘Don' is reaching heights while generating a mass hysteria in its target belt, that is India, South East Asia, UAE, UK, USA and other parts of the world. The last that we have heard from Shahrukh Khan about the movie will surely raise pulse […]

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