Bollywood borrows southern spice for ‘Kambakkht Ishq’, ‘Short Kut’
The Hindi film industry is infamous for lifting Hollywood movies, but it has often been inspired by cinema content from southern India as well. With forthcoming movies like ‘Kambakkht Ishq’, ‘Short Kut – The Con Is On’ and ‘Wanted’, Bollywood seems to be on a spree of remaking films made down south.
Releasing Friday, Akshay [...]
Racist attacks in Australia a shame, says Aamir Khan
New Delhi: Bollywood star Aamir Khan has called the attacks on Indians in Australia ‘a shame’, a couple of days after megastar Amitabh Bachchan turned down the offer of an honorary degree from an Australian university in the wake of the attacks.
‘(It is) most disturbing to hear about racist attacks on Indians living in [...]
Double roles back in vogue in tinsel town
New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan did it in ‘Don’ and then in ‘Om Shanti Om’. Now Shahid Kapur and Akshay Kumar are also set to play twin avatars in their forthcoming films – the trend of double roles seems to be catching on in Bollywood again.
While Shahid plays two different roles in Vishal Bharadwaj’s [...]
‘Happy New Year’ is very modern: Farah Khan
After paying tributes to the 70’s and 80’s of Bollywood in ‘Om Shanti Om’ and ‘Main Hoon Naa’, director Farah Khan has set her next film ‘Happy New Year’ in a "modern and contemporary" world.
"Happy New Year is not like my older films. It is a very modern film, very contemporary," Farah said when [...]
Bollywood strike casts a long shadow in New York
New York: A seven-week-old strike by Bollywood film producers that has brought India’s multibillion-dollar film industry to a halt has also cast a long shadow on small ethnic movie theatres in the US.
The Eagle Theatre, a little cinema hall in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York, is shut tight, its steel burglar gate pulled [...]
Mugdha does the juggling act
Actress Mugdha Godse is not only shuttling between cities but is also juggling genres for her upcoming films – Jail is a gritty dramatic affair, while All The Best is a full-on laugh riot with an ample dose of gloss thrown in. And the youngster says she is enjoying the best of both worlds.
"What [...]
I want to direct a film: Oscar winner Resul Pookutty
New Delhi: Oscar winning sound engineer Resul Pokutty says his ultimate dream is to direct a film and if possible he would like to work with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
‘I want to direct a film. Any film student ultimately wishes to direct a film and I have a great ambition to make one as [...]
Karan Johar slapped with $150,000 lawsuit
Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions has been slapped with a $150,000 lawsuit in Philadelphia for allegedly failing to pay hundreds of local actors and vendors for a movie filmed in the state last autumn.
According to reports, the lawsuit cites breach of contract by Dharma Productions and its partner Swish Films of Melbourne for [...]
