Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who is backing “Citylights”, a remake of “Metro Manila”, says Hansal Mehta’s directorial venture should not be described as festival movie because it has all the elements of a commercial cinema. ” ‘Citylights’ is not a festival film. It’s an Indian film, it has an Indian story, it has […]
New Delhi Veteran lyricist Gulzar received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema, recently. The 79-year-old was overwhelmed and thanked a string of “gurus” and musical geniuses of the past and current generation for contributing to his success story. Gulzar […]
New Delhi Urging filmmakers to play a “catalytic” role in presenting and propagating values such as patriotism and respect for women, President PranabMukherjee said cinema was a strong medium to influence the youth and that creating “meaningful and socially relevant” was vital. Mukherjee, in his address at the 61st National Film Awards ceremony held at […]
By Arpana It goes without saying that a well-made romantic film can make your day. “2 States” made mine! The movie came as a respite! Long, long ago, I remember my grandfather grumbling: “Today’s movies are meaningless, they only show ‘dhishum dhishum’.” A die-hard fan of Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Pardeep Kumar’s style of romance, […]
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Earlier this week, Feroz Abbas Khan’s bold and unapologetic film “Dekh Tamasha Dekh” on communal divide was stopped from being screened in the heart of Mumbai city, hours before the scheduled time. What baffled the disbelieving director was that it was a private screening. Talking of the incident, he said: “I […]
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A Bollywood actress was thrashed, molested and robbed by two people while she was heading home in Delhi, police said Saturday. The victim was looking for an auto-rickshaw in the Vishwas Nagar area of east Delhi Friday night to reach her home in Anand Vihar. She told police two people, […]
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Following the release and reactions to his directorial venture “Revolver Rani”, Sai Kabir has much to ponder over about the movie’s characters, plot, twists and turns, as also the “mistake” he made in the story’s narration. Kangana Ranaut plays a female goon in the movie, while Vir Das plays her toy-boy. […]
Mumbai, May 2 After scoring a whopping hit with the “Tu ne maari entriyaan” in “Gunday”, actor Ranveer Singh and choreographers Bosco-Caesar have reunited for the condom ad which is creating ripples across the nation. Apparently, Ranveer now plans to use Bosco-Caesar’s choreography for his film songs as much as possible, much in the same […]
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Superstar Rajinikanth’s wife Latha describes as “adventurous and exciting” her role as the southern matinee idol’s life partner and says her “greatest satisfaction” will come from making a difference to the lives of poor children. She first met the “The Boss” star when she was studying in Ethiraj College in Chennai […]