New Delhi Urging filmmakers to play a “catalytic” role in presenting and propagating values such as patriotism and respect for women, President PranabMukherjee said cinema was a strong medium to influence the youth and that creating “meaningful and socially relevant” was vital. Mukherjee, in his address at the 61st National Film Awards ceremony held at […]
By Arpana It goes without saying that a well-made romantic film can make your day. “2 States” made mine! The movie came as a respite! Long, long ago, I remember my grandfather grumbling: “Today’s movies are meaningless, they only show ‘dhishum dhishum’.” A die-hard fan of Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Pardeep Kumar’s style of romance, […]
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Producer Sunil Bohra, who is awaiting the release of erotic thriller “Mastram”, a fictional biography of a porn writer popular in the country’s northern part, is on the lookout for the real life Mastram. The film is releasing May 9 across a thousand screens in India. But the question – […]
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Earlier this week, Feroz Abbas Khan’s bold and unapologetic film “Dekh Tamasha Dekh” on communal divide was stopped from being screened in the heart of Mumbai city, hours before the scheduled time. What baffled the disbelieving director was that it was a private screening. Talking of the incident, he said: “I […]
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A Bollywood actress was thrashed, molested and robbed by two people while she was heading home in Delhi, police said Saturday. The victim was looking for an auto-rickshaw in the Vishwas Nagar area of east Delhi Friday night to reach her home in Anand Vihar. She told police two people, […]
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Following the release and reactions to his directorial venture “Revolver Rani”, Sai Kabir has much to ponder over about the movie’s characters, plot, twists and turns, as also the “mistake” he made in the story’s narration. Kangana Ranaut plays a female goon in the movie, while Vir Das plays her toy-boy. […]
Mumbai, May 2 After scoring a whopping hit with the “Tu ne maari entriyaan” in “Gunday”, actor Ranveer Singh and choreographers Bosco-Caesar have reunited for the condom ad which is creating ripples across the nation. Apparently, Ranveer now plans to use Bosco-Caesar’s choreography for his film songs as much as possible, much in the same […]
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Superstar Rajinikanth’s wife Latha describes as “adventurous and exciting” her role as the southern matinee idol’s life partner and says her “greatest satisfaction” will come from making a difference to the lives of poor children. She first met the “The Boss” star when she was studying in Ethiraj College in Chennai […]
Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) Union minister and Congress leader K. Chiranjeevi had to face some embarrassing moments at a polling station here Wednesday as a voter raised an objection when he broke the queue. A voter stopped the actor-turned-politician and his family members when they tried to walk into the polling centre even as others […]