Archives for 16 September 2006
Bollywood stars to promote Cape Town as a tourist hotspot
16 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Bollywood stars Ajay Devgan , Esha Deol , Shamita Shetty and Ritesh Deshmukh will popularise Cape Town as an international tourist hot spot with 'Tourism South Africa' roping in Indian actors for their campaign.
The Indian actors, currently in South Africa for the shooting of Bollywood film Cash , will be promoting the tourism potential of […]
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KJo to judge Miss World 2007
16 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Karan Johar will be the first Indian filmmaker to be on the judges' panel at the Miss World beauty pageant to be held in Poland at the end of this month. On September 30, Karan Johar will be in Warsaw, Poland to serve as one of the judges at the 56th Miss World contest.
"I'm flattered […]
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Is Randeep Hooda more finicky than Aamir Khan?
16 September 2006 | Actors | No Comments
Ram Gopal Varma's discovery Randeep Hooda, who made his debut with D, seems to be more finicky than Aamir Khan in choosing roles. Films he has turned down include Rang De Basanti, but Randeep has no regrets. "I love the film's energy and verve. But I want to do a real Bhagat Singh film unlike […]
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Munnabhai makes dadagiri passé
16 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments
The film Munnabhai MBBS was not only remade in almost every South Indian language, it has also registered itself as perhaps the first Bollywood film to be remade in Hollywood. The film was a rare milestone is recent mainstream cinema - an intelligent and accessible comedy that had something for everybody.
The phenomenon called Munnabhai and […]
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Bas Ek Pal - Moments of Reckoning
16 September 2006 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
Love is not merely a four letter word. Lust. Jealousy. Needs. And then that strange undefined feeling, that makes you cling to even the last vestiges of hopes. Onir's 'Bas Ek Pal' attempts to unlock the multi layered dimensions of human relationships in an urban setting based on what is perceived as 'love'. …
Rahul introduces […]
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“Bombay Dreams” is all about romance and raga beats
16 September 2006 | Theatre | No Comments
While most Americans are clueless about "Bollywood," film-savvy Seattleites are generally more enlightened about India's thriving Hindi-language film industry, and specifically the lavish, colorful musicals it produces by the hundreds every year. Purists may bristle at the word "Bollywood" (a slang combination of Bombay — India's most populated city, officially renamed Mumbai in 1995 — […]
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Veteran Indian actor Amol Palekar directs movie tackling homosexuality
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Indian actor-turned-director Amol Palekar says his new film "Quest" focusses on a taboo topic in India - homosexuality. Palekar's film opens with a wife learning her husband is in a homosexual relationship, he told the Mumbai Mirror newspaper in an interview published Monday.
Palekar said he wanted to raise the issue to force India to confront […]
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Veteran Indian actor Amol Palekar directs movie tackling homosexuality
16 September 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Indian actor-turned-director Amol Palekar says his new film "Quest" focusses on a taboo topic in India - homosexuality. Palekar's film opens with a wife learning her husband is in a homosexual relationship, he told the Mumbai Mirror newspaper in an interview published Monday.
Palekar said he wanted to raise the issue to force India to confront […]
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Katrina plays lead in Devi Choudharani
16 September 2006 | Actress | No Comments
Bankim Chandra's classic Devi Choudharani will be transformed in celluloid now. Time and again filmmakers have attempted to make films on the novel. Satyajit Ray wanted to make the film with Suchitra Sen but it didn't happen. Later Dinen Gupta made the film with her. Gulzar also wished to make the film with Hema Malini […]
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Pyar ke Side Effects : Review
16 September 2006 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
Once in while, a film makes you smile. Not because of what it strives to be. But for it sheer sassiness and temerity. Going into the new-age movie mantra of urban relationships, PYAAR KE SIDE EFFECTS comes up with a winsome twosome, who loves some, lose some… and emerge out of the battle of the […]
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Bollywood’s favorite villain, Amrish Puri’s last film to hit screens
16 September 2006 | Actors | No Comments
Nearly 20 months after the death of actor Amrish Puri, Bollywood's favorite villain, his last film is ready for release in Indian theaters, a newspaper report said Tuesday. Puri plays a jail superintendent in "Kachchi Sadak," or "Rough Road," shot against the backdrop of an 18th century fort in the desert town of Jodhpur in […]
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Hospital Bollywood movie premiere
16 September 2006 | Movies | No Comments
A glitzy premiere of a Bollywood film is being staged in Wrexham after the opening scenes were filmed in the town's hospital. Wrexham Maelor Hospital became one of the main locations of Bhavishya (The Future) after it was written by one of its eye consultants.
Nikhil Kaushik, 56, also directed and edited the film with most […]
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