Friday, September 12, 2008

Bollywood News

Bollywood News

Big B excels as Shakespearean actor in 'The Last Lear'

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 08:59 PM CDT

Film: 'The Last Lear'; Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Shefali Shah, Divya Dutta: Screenplay writer & Director: Rituparno Ghosh; Rating: *** 1/2

'Mama Mia' is all about power of music

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 08:41 PM CDT

Film: 'Mama Mia'; Cast: Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan; Director: Phyllida Lloyd; Rating: ***

Never too late

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:05 PM CDT

The release of Chandni Chowk to China has been postponed to next year, but if all goes well, Akshay Kumar will have one more release in 2008. Shabnam Kapoor's Purab Ki Laila Paschim Ka Chhaila, which has been left unfinished for almost 10 years now, could finally see the light of day.

Under fire

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:05 PM CDT

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss's campaign to get Shah Rukh Khan to give up smoking received a shot in the arm when the Bollywood superstar was spotted smoking on the premises of Khalsa College, Amritsar.

The most eligible actor

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:05 PM CDT

The actor's last big screen role was of a married man in Bachna Ae Haseeno, but he's 'very much single', assures Kunal Kapoor. The dishy actor, who hit big time with Rang De Basanti, is one of the few holdouts in an industry where actors are either married or taken.

1920

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:05 PM CDT

Back in 1920, a Hindu boy and an Anglo-Indian girl fall in love, get married and move into an ancient house. The house is set for demolition and a hotel is slated to come up on the plot.

THE LAST LEAR

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:05 PM CDT

The controversial film, based on a play by Bengali actor Utpal Dutt, tells the story of veteran thespian Harish Mishra (Amitabh Bachchan), who has left the stage to retreat to his Kolkata flat. He's cajoled out of retirement by hotshot film director, Siddharth (Arjun Rampal), who wants him to star in a movie about an old clown in a dying circus.

Friends again

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:05 PM CDT

As the Bachchans were besieged in Maharashtra, help came from an unexpected quarter. Friend-turned-foe Sonia Gandhi stepped in to offer full support to the family, which faced a violent backlash for an 'off-the-cuff' remark made by Jaya Bachchan.

Sonali Bendre defends Jaya Bachchan

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:08 PM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Bollywood actor Sonali Bendre, a close friend of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, Thursday came in defence of actor-MP Jaya Bachchan saying her alleged 'anti-Marathi' remarks were 'misinterpreted'.

Shah Rukh's smoking: All smoke, no fire?

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:03 AM CDT

Chandigarh/Amritsar, Sep 11 (IANS) Denying reports that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was found smoking on the campus of a Sikh institution in Amritsar, the Punjab government Thursday said it knew nothing about the matter and had not complained about it to the union health ministry.

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