Cinema / Showbiz

I like playing characters not similar to me: Kareena

New Delhi, Her ”closer-to-life” portrayal in Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Jab We Met’ may have catapulted her as among the top actresses in Bollywood today but for Kareena Kapoor there is nothing more challenging and exciting than playing a character in contrast to her real persona.
‘’Characters which are not similar to the way you [...]

‘Sikandar’, ‘Samaantar’ nominated at German Filmfest

New Delhi, Madhavan and Sanjay Suri-starrer ‘Sikandar’ and Amol Palekar-directed ‘Samaantar’, the soon-to-be-released ventures by Big Pictures, have been nominated at Bollywood & Beyond Film Festival to be held in Stuttgart, Germany from July 14 to 19.
While ‘Sikandar’ has been selected as a part of the official competition and would compete [...]

Animation workshop in city

Mumbai, ”Animation is not about learning software, it is about storytelling”, Big Animation CEO Ashish Kulkarni said here today.
Speaking at the ”Careers in Animation Film-making” workshop, held by Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International (WWI), Mr Kulkarni said ”While one could make four 90 minute feature films in a year, it takes about five years [...]

Director sends legal notice to producer Vasu Bhagnani

Mumbai, Vivek Sharma, Director of ‘Kal Kisne Dekha’, which is going to hit the screens on June 12, has sent a legal notice to its producer Vasu Bhagnani for copyright infringement.
Mr Sharma in a statement here said ”the script of ‘Kal Kisne Dekha’ is the intellectual property of Shyam Goel, Sudhanshu Dubey and mine. [...]

Anurag Kashyap to anchor series on movie icons

Mumbai, Bollywood writer and director Anurag Kashyap will step in front of the camera as an anchor for ”True Stories” series that will explore real life inspirations behind popular movie icons including James Bond, Al Capone and Indiana Jones.
The Fox History and Entertainment production will combine trivia and information on the stories behind [...]

Amol Gupte inaugurates first international film festival in Kolhapur

Kolhapur, The first ever five-day international film festival was inaugurated by ‘Taare Zameen Par’ famed story and script writer Amol Gupte here tonight.
The inaugural function, which was held in Keshavrao Bhosale Natyagrah, was organised by Baburao Painter Film Society, Kolhapur, along with the Federation of Film Society of India, National Film Museum, [...]

‘Thanks Maa’ receives overwhelming response at Cannes Film Festival

Kolkata, Breaking all geographical boundaries, ‘Thanks Maa’, a film dealing with the problems of abandoned children, struck a chord among audience at the 62nd Cannes film festival.
”We made the film to bring to the fore the issue of abandonment of babies. I am happy that the film was well received at the Cannes [...]

Jayam Ravi welcomes you

4 June 2009. Jayam Ravi is waiting for this day with all anxiety and
happiness as he will marry his lady love Aarthi with the blessings of
elders in both families. The couple will throw a grand reception at
Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar Centre on 7 June.

Says Ravi, ‘My family has always given me everything whatever I
wanted. In [...]

Rajesh Khanna to get IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award

Mumbai, India’s legendary actor Rajesh Khanna will be felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 10th IDEA IIFA Awards to be held at Macau during June 11-13.
The actor, touted as Bollywood’s first superstar, ruled the Indian screen from the 60s’, well into the 70s’ with his trademark histrionics that included his twinkling naughty eyes, [...]

‘Virgin Mobile 24×7 Rockathon’ completes 100 hours

Bangalore,’Virgin Mobile 24×7 Rockathon,’ a live music festival that attracted huge crowds, has completed 100 hours of continuous live music performance here today.
Over the last five days, Virgin Mobile, in collaboration with Planet M, rocked the tech hub at the latter’s flagship store. Close to 50 rock bands from across the country, gave power packed [...]