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Karachi Film Festival to screen Woh Lamhe 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Kara Film Festival
in Karachi
next month will feature Mukesh Bhatt’s movie Who Lamhe.
Directed by Mohit Suri, the film stars Shiney Ahuja, Kangna Ranaut and Shaad Randhawa.
Over the screen
ing of the film at the prestigious festival, Mukesh said: “This will be my first film to be screened at this festival and I am glad [...]
Customs officials quiz Aishwarya Rai 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Bollywood actress Aishwarya
Rai was today questioned by the Customsofficials
here in connection with a parcel containing 23000 Euros (around Rs 14 lakh) sent to her from the Netherlands.
To avoid the media, which had gathered outside the New Customs House in south Mumbai, the actress was questioned at the domestic airport, sources in Customs [...]
Tight Security to be deployed at IFFI venues 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Goa government today said it will deploy around 1,000 policemen to take care of the security at the venues of the International Film Festival of India 2006.
Goa Chief Secretary J P Singh told reporters here that “both the IFFI venues — Kala Academy and Inox Multiplex — would be manned by strong security force.” “We [...]
Amitabh summoned by Goa court in tobacco case 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Bollywood superstar Amitabh
Bachchan has been summoned by a court here on November 29 in connection with a case filed by a NGO about an alleged violation of anti- tobacco laws.
A judicial magistrate’s court issued the summons yesterday to Bachchan and four others in the case filed by National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), the [...]
Kota varsity to start course based on "Lage raho Munnabhai' 0000-00-00 00:00:00 A six-month certificate course
based on the Gandhian philosophy, as shown in Bollywood hit ‘Lage raho Munnabhai
’, would be started at the Vardhman Mahaveer Open University in Kota from January next year.
Besides preaching Gandhian ideas and philosophy, students will be imparted practical training in holding non-violent protests, sit-ins and rallies at special camps, varsity
Vice-Chancellor [...]
Sanchita will sing Neha Dhupia's item number 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Sanchita Bhattacharya, the 13-year old winner of TV show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs”, has belted out a sensuous item song to be picturised on actress Neha Dhupia in Rajat Kapur’s forthcoming film “Mithya”.
According to producers Planman Motion Pictures, “Sanchita was the perfect candidate since she’s fresh, eager and vibrant. Her youth doesn’t [...]
Umrao Jaan Should not have been made : Shahryar 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Shahryar, the doyen of Urdu shayari who wrote the lyrics for Muzaffar Ali-directed “Umrao Jaan
” in 1981, says there cannot be any comparion between the classic which stars Rekha and the much-hyped remake with Aishwarya Rai currently playing in cinema halls.
Shahryar, who has been described by Khushwant Singh as the best Urdu poet, told PTI [...]
Zoheb Hassan to visit India 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Zoheb Hassan
, brother of late Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan, will visitIndia
to revive his connections with the music world, his mother said today.
“Zoheb would soon be going to India for reviving his connections in the music world,” Hassan’s mother, Muniza Basir said.
“I am glad that he has gone back to music as music [...]
Spanish movie "Volver' to kick off IFFI 0000-00-00 00:00:00 A festive mood has enveloped Goa ahead of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which kicks off Thursday with the screening of “Volver
”, a feted Spanish
film by director Pedro Almod�var that was among entries competing for the Palme d’Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
IFFI 2006 is divided into the competition (feature films [...] Read more:movie
Congress ridicules on Yash Bharti Award for Abhishek 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Congress
in Uttar Pradesh today flayed the Mulayam Singh Yadav government’s conferring the Yash Bharti
award to Bollywood star Abhishek
Bachchan saying this was aimed at roping in the actor for campaigning in coming assembly elections.
Dismissing the award as “Bachchan Bharti” award, Congress spokesman Akhilesh Pratap Singh said the honour “did not have any [...] Read more:Award
Film Bazaar at IFFI 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Claiming that its `Film Bazaar
’ at International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 2006, would be different from the earlier ones, the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) today said it would have a special buyer-seller lounge.
It would also have space for independent filmmakers and location lounge, CII officicials said.
“At location lounge, the states with strong film [...]
No relief to Yash Raj Films in copyright case 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Claiming that its `Film Bazaar’ at International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 2006, would be different from the earlier ones, the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) today said it would have a special buyer-seller lounge.
It would also have space for independent filmmakers and location lounge, CII officicials said.
“At location lounge, the states with strong film [...] Read more:relief
, Films
, copyright
RGV's Samba springs to defence of "Sholay' 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Ram Gopal Varma’s “Sholay
” has been in the eye of the storm from the beginning with many upset with him for remaking the cult film, but new Samba
Sushant Singh says it is silly to pass judgment without seeing it.
“You can’t stop anyone from anything. Why should you not remake a film? Everyone’s doing it [...] Read more:defence
Aishwarya given a clean chit 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Bollywood glamour girl Aishwarya
Rai was Monday questioned and given a clean chit by sleuths of the customs department in connection with the recovery of euros 23,000 (Rs.3.7 million) from a mystery parcel sent to her from The Netherlands last week.
Accompanied by her lawyer Girish Kulkarni, Hindi film industry’s highest paid actress was quizzed for [...]
Jiah Khan set for Bollywood entry 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Director Ram Gopal Varma’s latest protege Jiah Khan
, set to woo audiences with “Nishabd”, is being touted as his best discovery since Urmila Matondkar.
Jiah is completely smitten by co-star Amitabh Bachchan.
“I had never imagined something like this. Working with the legendary Amitabh Bachchan is too big even for dreams. Working with him and being complimented [...]
Karan Johar to make animation film 0000-00-00 00:00:00 After a probing treatise on marriage, director Karan
Johar is all set to go into an unexplored territory - to make an animation film.
Says the director who is on lecture tours: “It’s my production house’s first animation film, and I’m naturally very excited about going into a new territory. It’s going to be based on [...] Read more:Karan Johar
Jodha-Akbar Movie in trouble again 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Bollywood director Ashutosh Gowarikar’s epic “Jodha-Akbar
” faces more problems as an animal rights group has filed a police complaint and a public suit against the film unit here, alleging cruelty against animals.
“We filed a complaint Nov 18 in Amber police station as there have been cases of cruelty on animals during the shooting of the [...]
Aishwarya want to know who sent cash parcel 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Bollywood star Aishwarya
Rai has said she too is eager to know who sent a parcel containing Euros 23,000 (around Rs 13 lakh) to her, why and from where.
“Like all of you, I am also eager to know who sent this parcel, from where and why it was sent?” she said while talking to reporters [...]
Censorship and festivals don't go together, say filmmakers 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The issue of censorship rules for films festivals
has raised its head once again here ahead of the 11-day International Film Festival of India (IFFI) beginning here Thursday, with documentary filmmakers
opposed to the current policy.
“IFFI 2006 has the precise rules the Bombay high court stuck down for the National Film Awards in June, especially [...] Read more:Censorship
, together
Bipasha Basu to launch own website 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Bipasha Basu has found herself a new source of excitement - a website
of her own with regular updates on her life.
Bipasha, who is as excited as she was when she signed her first film, says: “It will be maintained entirely by me. And it will have regular, almost daily updates of my life… my [...] Read more:Bipasha
, Bipasha Basu
Government policy on film piracy soon 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Centre will soon frame a range of policies on film piracy
, taxation, export and conduct of film festivals, a senior government official said today.
“The information and broadcasting ministry has formed five core groups which will submit their reports within a month. Thereafter, the government will give shape to policies on key issues facing the [...] Read more:Government
Talent hunt for new Mahabharat 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Film producer Bobby Bedi-promoted Kaleidoscope Entertainment is planning a mega television series on the ‘Mahabharat’, which will be preceded by a four-month talent hunt to select actors for the 4,000-year-old epic’s latest small screen depiction.
“The project will go on for three and half years and cost Rs 300-400 crore,” Beddy told PTI.
Bedi made a special [...] Read more:Talent
, Talent hunt
Lok adalat sends reminders to Hema Malani, private secy 0000-00-00 00:00:00 A Lok Adalat in Kota has sent reminders to Bollywood actress Hema Malini and her personal secretary in connection with her alleged failure to perform at a Dussehra mela in 1997 despite receiving an advance payment.
On a petition filed by former Kota Municipal Corporation councillor Suresh Gurjar on October 18, Lok Adalat’s district and session [...]
Naseeruddin Shah's son injured on railway tracks 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Filmstar Naseeruddin Shah’s son Imad (20) was found lying injured
on railwaytracks
here today, police said.
Imad was found on the tracks near Lower Parel station at 8.50 am with injuries to his forehead and was rushed to government-run Nair Hospital immediately, police said.
“We suspect that he might have fallen off a local train,” a [...]
Union Minority Affairs ministry seeks details on Katrina issue 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The union MinorityAffairs
Ministry has sought details
from the Ajmer Dargah committee regarding the show cause notices served to Bollywood star Katrina
Kaif and others for filming a scene for a movie allegedly without permission.
Katrina had worn a short skirt during the shoot of the film “Namaste London” on November 11, drawing the ire [...] Read more:Union
, issue
Bollywood stars to perform at IFFI 0000-00-00 00:00:00 A galaxy of Bollywood stars
including Salman Khan, Esha Deol, Ritesh Deshmukh as well as dancing sensation Prabhudeva will perform
at the glittering opening ceremony of the 37th International Film Festival of India to be held in Goa tomorrow.
“We have representation from all sections of India’s film industry. For example from the South, we have [...] Read more:Bollywood stars
Three Bachchans together in Bhairavi 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The three Bachchans - Amitabh, Jaya and Abhishek - will be seen together
not in Pradeep Sarkar’s new film, as the rumour mills suggest, but in a Rakeysh Mehra venture called “Bhairavi
”, says the Big B.
Rumours have a way of gathering momentum if unchecked. The cast of Yashraj Films’ untitled film now being directed by [...] Read more:Three
Jamaica eyes Bollywood, IT for investment 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The next Bollywood blockbuster might be heading for this West Indies island, or a call centre executive sitting in Montego Bay just might answer the next time you call your bank.
India is the new buzzword for Jamaica. And, riding on the success of the high profile visit of the Jamaica Tourism Board’s brand ambassador, cricket [...] Read more:investment
Colourful parade marks opening of IFFI 0000-00-00 00:00:00 A colourful parade of 30-odd floats along a road running adjacent to the Mandovi river marked the opening of the International Film Festival of India here today.
The parade began at 2.30 pm beneath Mandovi bridge and culminated at Campal ground, next to IFFI’s inaugural venue, after covering almost five kilometres along Dayanand Bandodkar Marg, named [...] Read more:Colourful
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