Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Bollywood News

Bollywood News

Big B comes to Jaya's defence

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 02:15 AM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Supporting his wife Jaya Bachchan in a controversy resulting from her desire to speak in Hindi - after which she was criticised by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) - Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has said her remarks were not deliberate.

Rituparno Ghosh merges theatre and cinema in 'The Last Lear'

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 10:16 PM CDT

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Director Rituparno Ghosh's 'The Last Lear' is shot in theatrical style and stars Amitabh Bachchan as a whimsical Shakespearean actor who is drawn into the world of movies.

My name was never Roshan: Shiney Ahuja

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 09:36 PM CDT

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja of 'Gangster' fame has denied that his name was ever Roshan Ahuja and that he changed it to Shiney for his foray into filmdom.

Debutant director shoots entire film on Thai isle

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 09:16 PM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Many Bollywood filmmakers head to idyllic islands to shoot song sequences, but debutant director Yugander V.V. chose to shoot an entire feature film on a small island in Thailand. He says the tiny place had all the elements he needed for his movie 'The Goodbye Trip'.

Shilpa admits she doesn't really play violin in 'The Man'

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 08:40 PM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) There were reports that Shilpa Shetty actually learnt to play the violin for Sunny Deol's 'The Man', but the actress admits that she couldn't go beyond holding the musical instrument properly.

Proud to be a Dilliwala

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:45 PM CDT

Hours after Raj Thackeray took offence to Jaya Bachchan saying 'Hum UP ke hain, hum to Hindi hi bolenge,' at the music launch of Drona, Shiv Sena supreme Bal Thackeray has directed his ire at Shah Rukh Khan.

Dada's secret life

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:45 PM CDT

Why does Sourav Ganguly bat left handed when he is right handed? What really happened between him and Greg Chappell and what's his ultimate relaxation fix... these are just a few of the things that Sourav reveals to filmmaker Mitali Ghosal in The Warrior Prince.

Gandhis' time out

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:45 PM CDT

Rock onjust keeps on rocking. It's the latest film that was screened specially for the Gandhi family. In what has become a trend of sorts, Bollywoodwalas have started organising a special screening for India's most powerful family - Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka and Robert Vadra. The last one was Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om. And now Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi invited them to watch the latest craze of the nation - Rock On

Small is the new big

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:45 PM CDT

This week the Gandhis watched Rock On!! and last week chief minister Sheila Dikshit and her cabinet members watched A Wednesday, underlining the new trend in Bollywood. Small films are the big hits.

Tapan Sinha retrospective to celebrate Dada Saheb Phalke award

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:16 PM CDT

Kolkata, Sep 9 (IANS) Cine Central, one of the largest film societies of India, will organise a retrospective of veteran filmmaker Tapan Sinha's films here this month to celebrate the Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Lifetime Achievement Award given to him by the government.

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