Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will put up a special performance with some of his co-stars at the 14th Zee Cine awards to be held here Feb 8, and he is very excited about it.
SRK was on mini world tour when he conceptualised the idea.
Here’s yet another innovation for film marketing. Iconic Hindi movie “Sholay”, which released in 3D recently, will now entertain users of social networking platform Facebook with specially designed stickers that ‘friends’ can send to each other.
The stickers, which will be launched jointly by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment and Sholay Media Entertainment over the weekend, will have on them the likeness of popular characters of the film — Jai, Veeru, Thakur, Gabbar, Radha and Basanti.
Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit says playing Begum Para, the new femme fatale in Abhishek Chaubey’s ‘Dedh Ishqiya’, was challenging but fun.
“It was a challenging role because I could not go overboard with the character or underplay it. The more complex a character, the more taut a performance needs to be. Playing Begum Para was like a tightrope walk. It had to be just right and I had to constantly keep that in mind,” Madhuri told PTI.
The 46-year-old actress, however, did not find it difficult to master the nuances or the Urdu diction of her character.
Suffering from a respiratory tract infection, veteran actress Suchitra Sen’s health turned critical today, doctors attending to her said.
Stating that the medical condition of the 82-year-old actress, admitted to a super-speciality hospital since December 23, is fluctuating. According to the doctors, her condition worsened last night.
She was stated to be in a stable condition over the last few days but her old-age has complicated the matter and the doctors are being cautious due to diabetes.
Indian films earning crores should not be seen as a measure of their success as the amount should be much more in a country with a billion plus population, feels Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan.
“It is still the tip of the iceberg. Let’s make a little calculation. It is a country of a billion plus… The average ticket in India is about Rs 100. One crore people watch a film, it is a failure… At least five to six crore will have to watch the film to make it a success and more to make it a superhit,” he said during a session at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here.
Actress Malaika Arora Khan, whose popular dance numbers like ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’, ‘Munni Badnam Hui’ have raised the bar for her contemporaries to match her style, finds the item girl tag “derogatory and silly”.
I don’t like the term ‘item girl’… Why not look at it (item song) as a special song?…A song that is creating a hype and entertainment. I find it derogatory and silly,” Malaika told PTI in an interview.
Unlike in the past, currently mainstream actresses like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra,
Bollywood’s new entrant Daisy Shah, who is debuting with Salman Khan-starrer “Jai Ho”, says she was asked to tone up a bit before starting work on the movie.
“I was asked to tone down my body before staring for the film. I was not asked to lose weight as such, but I was asked to tone a bit. I was not plump, but I was always on the healthier side and toning up your body brings a huge difference in your appearance,” Daisy, also a choreographer, told IANS.
Actor Aamir Khan Wednesday revealed he might not have been a superstar if it weren`t for the advice `do what your heart says` by his great grand uncle, Muslim scholar and nationalist Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
During his opening address at the 2014 Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) here, Aamir recalled the leader had instilled confidence in Aamir`s uncle, producer Nasir Hussain, to join the film industry, in the wake of family protests.
This had spurred Hussain and Aamir`s father, producer Tahir Hussain, to join showbiz.
Bollywood`s new entrant Daisy Shah, who is debuting with Salman Khan-starrer ‘Jai Ho’, says she was asked to tone up a bit before starting work on the movie.
“I was asked to tone down my body before staring for the film. I was not asked to lose weight as such, but I was asked to tone a bit. I was not plump, but I was always on the healthier side and toning up your body brings a huge difference in your appearance,” Daisy, also a choreographer said.
Speculations are rife that Jennifer Lawrence might star in Shekhar Kapur`s upcoming Bollywood film `Paani`.
The `American Hustle` star, who has received rave reviews for her mass popularity and acting prowess, might be cast opposite Sushant Singh Rajput, Universal Pictures reported.
`Paani` is expected to be an expensive film with a budget of over Rs. 150 crore, and the producers believe that a name like Lawrence`s will help in making the film popular worldwide.
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Actress Kangana Ranaut is a “fashion queen” and “overconfident” in real life unlike her role in the forthcoming movie “Queen”, says its director Vikas Bahl.
“Kangana is overconfident in real life. She is a fashion queen and her approach towards her life is absolutely different (from her character in the movie),” Bahl told IANS.
The actress essays the role of Rani, a shy Punjabi woman in “Queen”.
Bahl said: “She has played her part really well, but in real life she is nowhere close to Rani. Kangana has contributed a lot to this film.”
Actor Sanjay Dutt’s wife Manyata, who has been diagnosed with a tumour in the liver and a suspected heart ailment, was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday .
She was admitted to Global hospital in suburban Mumbai .
Earlier Dr Ajay Chaughule, a senior heart and cardio thoracic surgeon and heart and lung transplant surgeon at Global Hospital, had said that she needs to undergo some tests, after which it can be decided whether a surgery is required.
The Etawah district administration in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday banned the entry of mediapersons and camera crews into the Saifai Mahotsav and telecast of the event where film stars Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit are to perform.
Officials said this was done as performances of these stars were under a contractual obligation and could not be telecast on television channels.
Earlier, Madhuri, Salman, Soha Ali Khan, Alia Bhatt and other Bollywood stars reached the native village of the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in a chartered plane.
Actor Ranveer Singh who has been linked with his ‘Ram Leela’ co-star Deepika Padukone for a while, kept parrying questions on his rumoured affair with the actress during an interaction with media here on his film ‘Gunday’ and asked them to focus on the upcoming release.
Deepika, who turned 28 on January 5 apparently spend her birthday with Ranveer and the couple was spotted together in New York.
Last evening, when Ranveer turned up for the press conference of ‘Gunday’, the media kept asking questions about Deepika and their reported outing together.
Bollywood actor Boman Irani, against whom a complaint has been lodged in connection with the Rs 425-crore QNet scam, today claimed he and his son have done nothing wrong.
QNet, a multi-level marketing company, had allegedly duped people and a complaint has been filed against the 54-year-old actor and his son in connection with the scam.
Actor Sanjay Dutt’s wife Manyata, who has been diagnosed with a tumour in the liver and a suspected heart ailment, was admitted to a hospital here today.
She was admitted to Global hospital in suburban Mumbai this morning.
Earlier Dr Ajay Chaughule, a senior heart and cardio thoracic surgeon and heart and lung transplant surgeon at Global Hospital, had said that she needs to undergo some tests, after which it can be decided whether a surgery is required.
It seems the friendship between John Abraham and producer Firoz Nadiadwala is going from strength to strength as the latter has roped in John for “Hera Pheri 3”.
After “Welcome Back”, this is the second film in which John has replaced Akshay Kumar.
John’s romantic lead would be model-turned-actress Sakshi Chowdhary.
Though the girl from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, is being kept strictly under wraps by the producer as he wishes to unveil his debutante elaborately, one got to know of the newcomer after Firoz was overheard raving about Sakshi whom he had seen in a South Indian film.
Controversial model Poonam Pandey, who recently made her Bollywood debut with bold film “Nasha”, has vowed never to perform at a New Year’s Eve celebration after her nightmarish experience in Bangalore while performing at a posh club.
“Never again! Never will I perform at a New Year’s Eve celebration. It’s much too dangerous,” said Poonam.
She describes the incident as her most serious confrontation with male aggression.”I agreed to perform in Bangalore because the money was too tempting. They offered me a bomb. How was I to know what the evening had in store for me?”
Bollywood star Aamir Khan, who is the great grand nephew of Muslim scholar and nationalist Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Wednesday said it’s his dream to make a film on the life of the great leader.
“I hope that someday I can use my capabilities, and through the art form that I practice, to make a film on Maulana Azad. It’s a dream to bring his life to a larger populace of India,” he said at the inauguration of Apeejay Kolkata Literary Fest 2014.
The actor wished he had met the freedom fighter and read excerpts from one of Azad’s interviews in 1946.
Actress Madhuri Dixit has reportedly send a special invitation to Sridevi and her other former co-stars for the premiere of her upcoming movie ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ tomorrow.
Madhuri has apparently invited Sridevi, Boney Kapoor and her other co-stars for the premiere of the movie, which marks her return to the big screen in a lead role after a gap of seven years.
Bollywood superhero Hrithik Roshan has rubbished reports that the box office collection of his latest movie `Krrish 3` have been inflated, adding that “derogatory manipulations need to stop”.
Hrithik took to his official page on social networking website Facebook Tuesday night to clear his stand on the rumours.
“Some from the industry and certain sections of the media are hellbent on putting me, my father (Rakesh Roshan) and `Krrish 3` down. I have maintained my silence until now but these derogatory manipulations need to stop,” the 39-year-old posted.
Actor Ranveer Singh who has been linked with his `Ram-Leela` co-star Deepika Padukone for a while, kept parrying questions on his rumoured affair with the actress during an interaction with media here on his film `Gunday` and asked them to focus on the upcoming release.
Deepika, who turned 28 on January 5 apparently spend her birthday with Ranveer and the couple was spotted together in New York.
Last evening, when Ranveer turned up for the press conference of `Gunday`, the media kept asking questions about Deepika and their reported outing together.
Director Ali Abbas Zafar says the forthcoming film `Gunday`, produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF), was the last narration that the late filmmaker Yash Chopra heard.
Zafar shared how special the film is, at a press conference here in the presence of the movie`s stars – Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor.
The fifth season of reality show ‘India`s Got Talent’ will showcase acrobatics, aquatics, circus and even fire acts besides the usual talent displays and filmmaker Karan Johar says that it won`t affect the minds of children of impressionable age as it will come with a disclaimer.
Showing such acts on prime time can impact children in a negative way, but Karan, one of the judges on the show, believes that there are even more detrimental things beamed on TV, which come without any disclaimer.
Time was when Bollywood films revolving round ‘pardesi’ heroes, heroines or families ruled the roost. But such subjects have been elbowed out by desi movies with desi heroes of late, but industry experts say the trend will return.
If you remember, in the 1970s Manoj Kumar’s “Purab Aur Pachhim” portrayed the dilemma of NRIs and it turned out to be a blockbuster.
Thereafter, in the 1990s, both viewers at home and Indians living abroad related to the NRI theme and characters shown in several Hindi films.