Archives for 17 November 2006

Brett Lee to sing with Asha Bhosle

17 November 2006 | Music | No Comments

Australian bowling sensation is soon to become an Indian singing sensation. Confused? Aussie fast bowler Brett Lee will be soon heard singing in an album with none other than the versatile Asha Bhosle for her album which has music by Shamir Tandon.
Brett Lee who is a popular country rock singer in Australia is open to […]

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Notice to Katrina Kaif, Rishi Kapoor

17 November 2006 | Actors | No Comments

Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti's dargah committee has decided to issue notice to actress Katrina Kaif for wearing a knee-length skirt inside the dargah premises.
Filming a sequence for "Namaste London", which featured Kaif wearing a knee-length skirt inside Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti's dargah in Ajmer, over 140 km from here, had created uproar among 'khadims' (servers) and the […]

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Bond obsession sweeps Bollywood

17 November 2006 | Movies | No Comments

The publicity of the latest 007 movie Casino Royale, is an occasion to examine India's unique obsession with James Bond. In the 70s and 80s, 007 films shared a close bond with B-Grade Bollywood movies. Whether it was Mahendra Sandhu playing Agent Vinod or Mithun Chakraborty as Gunmaster G9 or Jeetendra as Bond 303, they […]

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Indian Film Festival in Brazil

17 November 2006 | Film Festivals | No Comments

Dhoom 2, which was shot in Brazil has made the tourism authorities sit up and take notice of Bollywood. In order to attract tourists from India, Brazil will be hosting its first ever Indian Film Festival. It is being jointly organised by Academia Internacional de Cinema and Indian Trade Promotion Organisation in Sau Paulo.
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Emraan Hashmi’s wedding date is set

17 November 2006 | Actors | 1 Comment

The proverbial 'serial kisser' of Bollywood will exchange nuptial vows with his fiancée next month. Time is drawing close to strike off yet another name from the list of Bollywood's eligible bachelors. Emraan Hashmi is all set to tie the knot with his long-time girlfriend Parveen Shahani in December. The two had got engaged in […]

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Anu – Himesh saga: The latest!

17 November 2006 | Music | No Comments

Director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, who worked with Himesh Reshammiya in two back-to-back films [DIL MAANGE MORE and AKSAR], has moved on to his arch rival Anu Malik for the musical score of his new film ANAMIKA, filmed in Rajasthan and featuring Dino Morea [in an all-new look], Minisha Lamba, Koena Mitra, Aarti Chhabria and Gulshan […]

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Little sister, big moves

17 November 2006 | Actress | No Comments

Post-Omkara, Konkona Sen Sharma is now part of yet another Bollywood biggie. In a Yash Raj film, to be directed by Pradeep Parineeta Sarkar, she plays younger sister to Rani Mukherjee. Jaya Bachchan and Anupam Kher will be their parents; the men in their lives are Abhishek Bachchan (for Rani) and Kunal Kapoor (for Konkona). […]

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John-Amisha in Deepa Mehta’s next

17 November 2006 | Movies | No Comments

After the critical acclaim received for 'Water', Deepa Mehta is riding high on the success wave. The movie 'Water' is the official entry to the Oscars from Canada.
Deepa Mehta is planning her next project "The Exclusion". She plans to repeat her favourite John Abraham and this time Amisha Patel will be paired opposite John. The […]

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