Archives for 30 January 2007

O.P. Nayyar: Last of the Moguls

30 January 2007 | Music | No Comments

The man who redefined the Indian music and the man who became numero uno on his own without seeking audio help from Lata Mangeshkar, at the time when she was the melody queen, must have had something in him to be positioned at the apex of the music industry. He was the original Punjabi, who […]

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Ash, Abhishek and the many link-ups

30 January 2007 | Actors, Actress | No Comments

So, it's official now. Aishwarya Rai is the 'would be' Bachchan bahu and the "good girl" that Amitabh Bachchan had said he was looking for son Abhishek.
Aishwarya accompanied Abhishek and his family on a visit to the Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi. Not just that, at the music launch of Guru, right in the presence […]

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Shetty offered sitcom

30 January 2007 | Actress | No Comments

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty has been offered the chance to star in a new TV comedy about an Indian call centre. The show has been written by British comedy star Sanjeev Bhaskar.
After watching Shetty's antics in reality show Celebrity Big Brother, he is desperate to write her a role. Bhaskar - the star of The […]

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Scene Stealer : Mithun Chakraborty

30 January 2007 | Actors | 1 Comment

Why is everyone raving about Mithunda? You've certainly caught everyone by the collar in Guru?
I've been getting a lot of applause, both from the media as well as the public. It feels great, but I give full credit to Mani Ratnam who's an actor's director.
Your character, Manik Dasgupta, was obviously inspired by Ramnath Goenka, the […]

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The language of love

30 January 2007 | Movies | No Comments

For her next feature film, Aparna Sen is getting "a Japanese girl" to play Rahul Bose's love interest. The Japanese Wife — or Japani Bouma in Bengali — will be an English film with some Bengali dialogues. "It is based on a story by author Kunal Basu. The Bengali dialogues will be subtitled in English […]

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