Hindi cinestar Amitabh Bachchan finds Rajinikanth-starrer “Kochadaiiyan”, said to be the country’s first motion capture photo-realistic 3D animated movie directed by the southern matinee idol’s daughter Soundarya Ashwin, as a mark of women empowerment “at its best”. Big B launched the Hindi trailer of the forthcoming Tamil period drama here Sunday night, following which he […]
Neha Sharma, who started her career with southern films, has done a couple of Hindi movies but she still feels like an outsider in Bollywood and says “no one is your friend here”. She was seen in the films “Crook”, “Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum” and the recently released “Youngistaan”. “I don’t think I’ve found […]
Keeping in line with the box office decline, the latest three releases were near duds None of the three films – ‘Dishkiyaoon’, ‘O Teri’ and ‘Youngistan’ – that released last week left an impression at the marquee. Simply put, big producers making small films didn’t really work wonders. Of the three, ‘Youngistan’ took the number […]
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Lauding the number and nature of women-centric films in the country, Katrina Kaif however laments that there is no change in the remuneration for them in Bollywood ever since she joined the industry in 2003. “Since the time I entered the industry, the growth (of women-centric movies in Bollywood) has been phenomenal. […]
B and C-grade movies, which had disappeared a while ago, now make a grand comeback They might not evoke the respect that A-grade movies get, but one cannot take away credit from the imagination that’s used in the content and titles of B-grade films. hitlist takes a quick look at the B-grade film industry which […]
Be it off-screen or onscreen, Bollywood has an ugly belly that hides innumerable tales of racism and elitism, especially against outsiders Calling Nawazuddin Siddiqui an average actor, Rishi Kapoor recently had said, `You (Siddiqui) haven’t done it (running around trees) in your life; neither will you get a chance to do it. And you aren’t […]
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Actress Neha Dhupia has been roped in by brand Wills Lifestyle to tweet live from the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) autumn-winter (AW) 2014, starting Wednesday. This the second time that she has been roped in for this. The former Miss India will share behind the scenes action, pictures, ramp […]
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Popular Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan has lent her voice to the title track of the forthcoming romantic thriller TV series “Ek Hasina Thi”. Composed by Tapas and written by Manoj Yadav, the song is in the fusion space with a tinge of semi-classical Indian tunes. Sunidhi says the song has turned […]
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Filmmaker and actor Nagesh Kukunoor’s latest film “Lakshmi”, about human trafficking and child prostitution has garnered critics’ appreciation. He says he strives to give the audience a choice in films as repetition can bore the audience. Kukunoor is known for films as different as “Rockford”, “Iqbal”, “Dor” and “Mod”. “I have always […]
Chennai, March 25 (IANS) Vasanth Dayakar says his Telugu directorial debut “Tholi Prema Katha”, releasing in cinemas Friday, has been made thanks to funds contributed by around 25 of his friends. “Nearly 25 close friends pitched in to help me complete this film. I’m extremely thankful to them because had it not been for them, my […]