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With the exit of Disney UTV’s head honcho, Ronnie Screwvala,  Siddharth Roy Kapur had taken over the functioning of the studio as the Managing Director. However, if sources are to be believed, there is a strong buzz that Kapur is busy working on a venture with Screwvala, and the duo will also be joined by […]

For music afficionados, Moloy Ghosh is the man who uses special technology that restores old LPs (long play) and records dating as far back as the twenties, that were otherwise lost in time By Farida Khanzada When the going gets tough, the tough get going. This is exactly what Moloy Ghosh, who worked as a […]

Theatre actor, Geetanjali Kulkarni on getting under the skin of her characters — from a cross-dressing Shakespearean heroine in Piya Behrupiya, to an Indian elephant who travelled to Vienna As if through a microscope, Mumbai-based theatre actor Geetanjali Kulkarni is scrutinising a character in her mind’s eye. She analyses the psychology, lingers over the body […]

To prepare for his role, Tom Hanks made several visits to the Walt Disney Family Museum at San Francisco’s Presidio and interviewed some of Disney’s relatives, including his daughter Diane Disney Miller. Saving Mr. Banks Director: John Lee Hancock Producer: Walt Disney Films and BBC films Cast: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, […]

Distributed under the banner of Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt’s Vishesh Films, Ya Rab, directed by Hasnain Hyderadwala had a tough time getting the film passed by the Censor board because of the content of the film. The film is based on Islam, and shows the battle between two factions, one that propounds harmony and tolerance, […]

Director Rohit Shetty also plans to produce a Marathi film.

Salman Khan, Varun Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh will be seen lending a helping hand to the common man on the show By Ankita R. Kanabar Colors is set to launch a new show called Mission Sapne, which will go on air from March or April onwards. The show produced by Sobo Films will showcase celebrities leveraging […]

Satyajit Ray’s Nayak to be re-screened at Berlin festival after four decades Nearly 47 years after it was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, late film-maker Satyajit Ray’s Nayak (The Hero) will be screened again at the same festival, on February 11. The 1966-film, which received the National Award for the Best Feature film […]

The effervescent and talented Parineeti Chopra confesses to being a bundle of nerves as her fourth film Hasee Toh Phasee hits the marquee.

The success of the film, which is tipped to win the Oscars this year, has also put the spotlight on special effects industry in UK Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron won the top prize at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for the movie Gravity as the outer space drama gathers momentum, alongside American Hustle and […]

Ride Along cruises to a second win at U.S. box-office Ride Along, a buddy cop comedy starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, raced to the top of the weekend box-office charts for the second week in a row, collecting $21.2 million in ticket sales. The Afghanistan war tale Lone Survivor took the No. 2 spot […]

The first look of Jackky Bhagnani- Neha Sharma starrer Youngistaan was launched last week at PVR ECX in Mumbai. Bhagnani, accompanied by his on-screen girlfriend Neha Sharma, was welcomed on stage with well dressed bodyguards armed with heavy guns following him. Talking about the film and the unique marketing strategy adopted by the producers, Sony […]

Jain Jalsa Host: Chef Gautam Mehrishi Monday-Wednesday-Friday, Zee Khana Khazana, 12 pm Jain Jalsa on Zee Khana Khazana is an indicator of the direction food trends are taking — by moving out from regional and cultural gastronomic explorations to cuisines influenced by spiritual disciplines. And Jain cuisine followed by Jain practitioners is one of the […]

This one has the perfect combination, with Dharma Productions, composers Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani, lyricists, Amitabh Bhattacharya and Kumaar and two young guns – Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra – in the lead. The grand package does present some decent foot-tapping tracks, it is the romantic numbers that surprise and how! The album opens […]

Soham is one of the upcoming stars of Bengali cinema. He is determined to reach his goal, to the top, at his own pace By  Shoma A. Chatterji You started your acting career as a child star. How does it feel that today you have become the hero in Bengali cinema? It feels quite strange […]

The best thing about rom-coms, besides their humourous take on love may be the equal scope for performance they provide to actors and actresses Come February and can thoughts of all things romantic be far behind? While several political parties across India may not have warmed up to the idea of a certain Valentine’s Day […]

Quentin Tarantino sues Gawker over links to leaked movie script Oscar-winning film-maker Quentin Tarantino filed a lawsuit against media outlet Gawker for copyright infringement in a U.S. district court in Los Angeles recently, after the website published links to download the script for his latest movie, entitled The Hateful Eight. Gawker editor John Cook denied […]

Actors like Kamal Haasan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal, cinematographer Santosh Sivan and theatre personalities bag the awards in the art department In keeping with the tradition, the names of the Padma recipients, India’s highest civilian awards, were announced on the occasion of Republic Day. This year, the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has given consent […]

Portraying Kangana Ranaut as a plain girl was difficult, according to Vikas Behl, the director of Queen For director Vikas Behl making the beautiful Kangana Ranaut look like an ordinary and simple girl was the most challenging part while shooting Queen. In fact the brief to the stylist was to make Kangana look like someone […]

By Ankita R. Kanabar The Sidharth Malhotra-Parineeti Chopra-starrer, Hasee Toh Phasee is a quirky yet emotional love tale with a lot of crazy scenes. For one scene Malhotra gets hiccups, but getting it right was actually a task for the actor. “I get hiccups while driving the car and the other character with me in […]

Flautist sisters Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee talk about the masculine connotation on the instrument and the advantages of performing as a team The sound of the flute always conveys the effect of a serene atmosphere. A traditional instrument, which can be traced back to the Mahabharata era — where a young Krishna woos gopis with […]

The actress is excited about being a part of Sunil Grover’s Mad In India  By Ankita R. Kanabar Dolly Ahluwalia, of Vicky Donor fame, will now be seen on the small screen in Sunil Grover’s comedy show, Mad In India on Star Plus. The costume designer turned actress is visibly excited about this television stint. […]

Director: Steve McQueen Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor,Benedit Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, Lupita Nyong’o, Brad Pitt Never one to shy away from human privation, be it in Hunger or Shame, McQueen offers here in one horrific scene the brutality of slavery and the helplessness of blacks against their white masters. Solomon (Ejiofor) has been […]