Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will continue to serve the remainder of his sentence at a Pune jail, after Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao rejected a plea for pardon, official sources said here on Thursday. The governor rejected the plea by retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju in March 2013, which came in the form of […]
An humble and honest cinematic multilingual gem “Court” — a courtroom drama that brings alive injustices of India’s legal system — has been chosen to represent the country at the 88th Academy Awards. Director Chaitanya Tamhane is elated at the “surprise”, while a jury member resigned from the panel over differences with the chairman. “Court”, […]
He has wooed audiences the world over with his portrayal of Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in the hit British period TV drama series “Downton Abbey”. And now actor Hugh Bonneville is essaying Lord Mounbatten — the last Viceroy of British India — for Gurinder Chadha’s forthcoming film “Vicerory’s House”, currently being shot in the […]
Indian director Pan NalinÂ’s film “Angry Indian Goddesses”, a story about a group of Indian girls in Goa gone wild, has been voted as the first runner-up at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) which concluded here on Sunday. A huge cheer went up when TIFF creative directive Cameron Bailey announced the name of […]
Film: “Pawn Sacrifice”; Cast: Toby Maguire, Live Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lily Rabe, Robin Weigert; Director: Edward Zwick; Rating: *** Based on the true story of American chess legend, Robert James Fischer who was known as “Bobby Fischer”, the film “Pawn Sacrifice” triumphs both as a character study and as a window into history. […]
Cricketer Suresh Raina’s soothing melodious voice will keep you mesmerized as his song “Tu Mili Sab Mila” is just amazing. This much-awaited song, from the high-octane crime drama ‘Meeruthiya Gangsters’ has been unveiled and his confident voice definitely shines through. The music of this romantic song has been composed by Siddhant Madhav and the […]
In today’s era, people don’t look for perfection in a movie but superstars like Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, veteran actor-writer Kader Khan has said, adding a lot of good movies “suffer” due to that on the box office. “Today, people don’t look for elegance and the perfection in any movie, all they care […]
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has distributed helmets to officials of the Mumbai Traffic Police at an event here. “… whenever I go abroad, I form an opinion about that country only after I experience the traffic there. And when I see the traffic is working well and in the right way, I feel a certain sense […]
The Austrian capital city is set to welcome a 73-member crew of filmmaker Karan Johar’s upcoming production “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, hoping to emerge as the next big draw for Bollywood shoots. “It looks like Dharma Productions is visiting us from Oct 14-25 with a 73-member […]
If there’s one factor that Hollywood can pick from Bollywood films, it has to be their “jubilant” nature, says Lesley Ann Warren, an Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award winning international actress. In an interaction with IANS at Anaheim here, she spoke fondly of what she loves about Indian cinema, particularly Bollywood. “I have […]