What are the best films of the decade? Nope, I’m not talking about the Lost in Translations or the Dirty Pretty Things. I mean the truly insane, fun, sit-with-your-buddies-and-laugh-like-hyenas type of movies. That’s right; the Catwomans, the Giglis, or well, ANY Ben Affleck movie. They can all move over because the Best Movie of the Decade has officially arrived and how. Jennifer’s body is so out of this world that it cannot be burdened...

Raja Sen in MumbaiIn the first half of Karan Johar's conversation with Raja Sen, the filmmaker spoke about stepping out of his comfort zone, and being more honest as a filmmaker.As the film-faffing continues, Johar discusses the problem of stars and image, the basic Bollywood screenwriting hurdle that should never change, and why he would never cast newcomers in his films.Read on:If having new people around you is so clearly broadening...

By Bollywood Hungama News Network, November 20, 2009 - 12:31 ISTShe has been the eternal 'Dhak Dhak' girl who ruled every human heart with her 'Ek Do Teen' number! She is none other than the eternal gorgeous Madhuri Dixit, who is now all set to play the role of the iconic (late Prime Minister) Indira Gandhi, in the biopic that is being made by the renowned director Krishna Shah. The two-part motion picture titled Mother: The Indira Gandhi...

Kurbaan Scores Big In Paid Previews - BOIKurbaan did fantastic business in paid preview across India on Thursday. The film collected 1.25 crore nett from 500 paid preview shows.This is the second biggest collection as far as paid previews goes after the 2 crore nett of Ghajini last year.Kurbaan Opens To An Average Response-BOIKurbaan has taken a below par opening on its first day. Although the opening is decent at certain multiplexes,...

Don 2: The chase begins again in Sep 2010In a brief conversation with Filmfare, Ritesh Sidhwani told us that the sequel to Excel Entertainment's superhit movie Don, directed by Farhan Akhtar and starring King Khan that was announced right after the movie is now ready to roll. The dates with Shah Rukh are all sorted and they are planning to begin shooting in Berlin in September.Katrina Kaif in Dostana 2Now that Abhijeet (Bobby Deol) and...

Easily my most awaited film considering its coming from directors of Race , Baazigar , Khiladi , Ajnabee , Humraaz and has Abhishek , Katrina :DL...

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Aamir Khan may be the most powerful man in Bollywood today giving successive hits as actor, producer and director but his eyes still gleam with unexpected animation as he sits down to do an interview. Here he is, candid and uncut Indu Mirani n 3 Idiots you play a guy from 20 to 24 years, while you are actually 44. How old are you in your head?I still imagine myself to be 18 or 22. The other...

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He has clashed with the press and has a reputation as a firebrand, sometimes, but Vivek Oberoi's aggression is the driving force that has landed him some great roles in films like Company, Shootout At Lokhandwala and Saathiya. The latest as a journalist in Rensil D' Silva's Kurbaan is no exception. He confesses about many things, sitting in Dharma Production office. His wrong choices, his trappings of stardom, his time with RGV, his time...

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Whats that with humans and our fascination with the end of world? Sometimes it looks to me as if before we learned how to live, we started dreaming about how we will die. What else explains the chapters of Armageddon in every religious book ever written? Call it judgment day, armageddon or whatvere, second coming of Jesus, 10th incarnation of Vishnu, or one giant cat kicking the earth like a ball of wool There are many theories. so pick...

NEW DELHI -- Roland Emmerich's disaster epic “2012” raked in the second-highest weekend opening for any Hollywood film in India collecting $4.16 million (191.5 million rupees), a whisker away from the 191.7 million rupees clocked by the highest opening for any Hollywood film, 2007's “Spiderman 3” according to figures from Sony Pictures Releasing India.“2012”'s opening is commendable when compared to latest Bollywood hit “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab...

RajeevMasand from Twitter: Abrar Alvi passes: Writer of 'Pyaasa' and 'Kaagaz Ke Phool', director of 'Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam' and close associate of Guru Dutt.SBAG was a fantastic film, RIP Mr. Al...

After protests by the Shiv Sena against its film posters, which show Kareena Kapoor's bare back, Kurbaan has run into fresh trouble. The Bombay High Court has issued a notice to the film's producers over one of its songsSource hereI guess its fast becoming a trend to hold film makers for ransom and get cheap publicity for these small groups. One big reason why no celebs are associating themselves with any credible cause. I had small discussion...

Set in an unknown post/apocalyptic era somewhere in France (presumably - they all speak French!), this 1991 film tracks the lives of the butcher Clapet (Jean-Claude Dreyfus), and a bevy of tenants who inhabit the rooms above his delicatessen. Clapet has a daughter, Julie (Marie-Laure Dougnac), who is almost blind and a sensitive cello player type. The tenement is populated by a buxom young woman (Karin Viard) who is Clapet’s mistress,...

LINKCHENNAI: Observing that Indian films did not lack the wherewithal to impress global audience, noted filmmaker Maniratnam today said it was only a matter of time before Indian cinema ''goes the global way'', and said he was ''very positive'' that Indian directors could achieve this. ''It is only a question of time before Indian cinema goes global in our own way.All we need is a group of directors who can make engaging contemporary cinema.I...

LINK Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s production Crooked is set to go on the floors from January 14 next year. However, the Abhishek Bachchan starrer has no lead actress as Aishwarya, who was supposed to do the film, opted out citing date problems. GS_googleAddAdSenseService("ca-pub-8048660860005691"); GS_googleEnableAllServices(); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-8048660860005691", "MM_ROS_468x60_Top"); GA_googleFetchAds();Her dates for...

Shabana to play Psycho-mom in Gurinder Chadhdha's next! (anyone recall BinduJi's Psycho-mummy from OSO?)In Gurinder Chadha's next Shabana Azmi plays a mother to an obese daughter who is seeing suitors for an arranged marriage. From what we hear, the movie is a dark comedy where the mother keeps killing all the suitors who reject the daughter and then doesn't even let the dead go to heaven till they find the right match for her daughter....

(An excerpt from the interview) After a pause, he adds, “Once, I was having dinner with Saif at his house when he showed me his picture with her. She was without make-up. She looked lovely. So we thought of shooting her without make-up. Kareena has beauty and incredible talent. If I were ever to make a black and white film I would choose her. She has high cheekbones and a Meryl Streep like pain and intensity on her face. She’s too good...

Every few months we read the news about Hrithik's Kites being delayed for few more months. A movie which was supposed to release in 2009 is now expected to release somewhere in summer of 2010 at the very earliest. many reasons have been quoted for this delay, HR's courtship of Barbra Mori, thats why he was more than happy to delay the shoot by month or so, then there were rumors about Kites not being able to find any HW distributor, even...

Raju Hirani and vidhu Vinod Chopra, in a short space of time and just 2 Munnabhai movies, formed a pair which is believed to be as critically acclaimed as commercially successful. Their 3rd venture together was supposed to be 3rd movie in the Munnabhai series, Munnabhai chale AmrikaTrailer Munnabhai 3But then Sanjay's court cases opened up again and he had to start frequenting the Indian jails. At that point of time it was decided that...

Last time it happened during premiere of Drona, when Amitabh decided to leave the past behind and start a new friendship with fellow actor. The actor at that time was Shahrukh Khan who attended the premiere of drona with his entire family.Now after having Blog-Wars with Aamir, Amitabh is all set to reunite with the prestigious Khan, aka Aamir Khan, at the premiere of his home production "Paa". Amitabh seems to not to be leaving any stone...

Depending upon which article you read, you can say that its either SRK who has dumped Farah, or its Farah who has dumped SRK for her next directorial venture, but the sound bites its creating, the news can not be overlooked as just another BW rumor.SRK dumps FarahFarah choses Akki over SRKSee it anyway, I see it as a blessing in disguise. Farah for me was never a director I wanted SRK to be associated with. MHN or OSO, both were pretty...

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh lists the top five production houses in Bollywood thus, in terms of their standing in the trade circuits and financial standings: UTV (owned by Ronnie Screwvala, Deven Khote and Zareena Mehta), Yash Chopra's Yash Raj Films (YRF), Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, Rakesh Roshan's Filmkraft Productions and Sanjay Leela Bhansali Films."Over the past few years, it has been more or less a toss-up between these five production houses in terms of number of movies released, number of hits registered, the annual...

Cast – Balraj Sahni, Faaroq Sheikh, Gita Siddharth, A.K HangalDirection – M.S. SathyuI went to a video store to purchase this film.Me: Do you have a DVD or VCD or Garam Hawa?Store Owner: What? Which film?Me: Garam Hawa starring Balraj SahniStore Owner: [leans forward to say something in my ears] Is it a XXX film?I was annoyed as well as embarrassed at the same time. I didn’t know how to react to that question. So I just left that shop with...

Singer – Siza RoyComposers – Jagjit Singh, Sudhir NarainAlbum – Arman-e-DilRead lyrics of the song from h...

I do not use the word "ghazab" lightly. When two Indian baseball prospects were lifted out of village life and thrown into baseball training camp, they visited the home of Barry Bonds and wrote in their blog - he has a refrigerator that turns into a TV - GHAZAB!! Similarly astonishing is how Ranbir managed to elevate his performance from film to film until he is at a point where you cannot imagine anyone else doing the role. In Ajab...

I do not use the word "ghazab" lightly. When two Indian baseball prospects were lifted out of village life and thrown into baseball training camp, they visited the home of Barry Bonds and wrote in their blog - he has a refrigerator that turns into a TV - GHAZAB!! Similarly astonishing is how Ranbir managed to elevate his performance from film to film until he is at a point where you cannot imagine anyone else doing the role. In Ajab...

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