Playing Madhubala biggest challenge for me: Kangana
Mumbai, Kangana Ranaut is set to play the legendary Madhubala in a film titled "Once Upon A Time", but she says looking as beautiful as the late actress is a challenge.
Congress will not put up candidate against Sanjay Dutt
New Delhi, The Congress party Saturday said it would not field a candidate against Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt if he contested from Lucknow.
"If Sanjay Dutt contests from Lucknow, we will not put up a candidate against him," Digvijay Singh, Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, told reporters here in response to a question.
Rishi, Russian dancer come together after 'Mera Naam Joker'
Mumbai, Rishi Kapoor played the role of a young Raj Kapoor in "Mera Naam Joker" way back in 1970 and Russian artist Kseniya Ryabinkina was one of the leading ladies in the film. The two are now set to come together after nearly 40 years in a movie titled "Chintu Ji".
A comedy partially based on Rishi's life, "Chintu Ji" is being made by debutant Ranjit Kapoor. And the film's name is derived from Rishi's nickname - Chintu.
Shilpa Shetty buys house in London
London, Apart from wanting to visit her dying foe-turned-friend Jade Goody, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty's concealed reasons for a recent London visit are out. The starlet went to Britain to buy a house.
Shilpa has recently bought a home in Weybridge in Surrey, southeast of London, and is excited about getting married and having kids and bringing them up in the new house, the Daily Mail online reported.
Shift to South Africa could make IPL bigger: Preity Zinta
Mumbai, Preity Zinta, who co-owns Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab, says the Twenty20 tournament moving to South Africa is like "asking an actor to perform in a theatre where nobody knows him", but the Bollywood star also hopes the shift helps in making the event bigger.
"The option was to either have it outside India or not at all. No one is happy to shift from home ground. That thrill of playing across our own country at domestic tournaments is gone. Going to various cities with the matches is a high," Preity told IANS in an interview.
Aishwarya declines to be immortalised as Barbie
New Delhi, Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai has declined to be immortalised as a Barbie doll, due to her professional commitments.
It was earlier reported that representatives of the 35-year-old actress were in negotiations with Barbie's manufacturer Mattel, who planned to give the iconic doll a Bollywood face. But the deal did not take off.
Akshay's '8X10' release hit by squabble between producers
New Delhi, The release of "8X10 Tasveer", an Akshay Kumar-starrer supernatural thriller, is in trouble over a financial clash between the movie's co-producers, Percept Picture Company and T-Series.
On March 4, 2009, the co-producers signed an agreement according to which T-Series would walk out of the film and take back the money (50 percent of the total agreed cost it had put in the film), if the money was paid by Percept on time through post-dated cheques, said a statement by T-Series.Working with Akshay in '8x10' was terrific: Nagesh Kukunoor
New Delhi, Nagesh Kukunoor is all praise for Akshay Kumar, who plays the main lead in his first action flick "8x10 Tasveer", describing him as a "no nonsense actor" who would come to the sets on time and do his work without any fuss.
According to Kukunoor, 41, Akshay was an obvious choice for the role of Jai, who has the ability to peek into people's past.
Mahie decides to go glam after 'Dev D', 'Gulaal'
Mumbai, Actress Mahie Gill, who impressed audiences with her mature performance in "Dev D" and "Gulaal", said she will be seen in glamorous roles in her forthcoming films.
"As an actor I want to do all kinds of roles and work in different genre of films. 'Dev D' was a fantastic appearance while 'Gulaal' did see me in a semi-glam avtar as I played a mistress-cum-mujra dancer who was a huge fan of Tabu. However, none of the films had me running around the trees," said Mahie.
Emraan Hashmi fractures finger on birthday
Mumbai, Actor Emraan Hashmi, who celebrated his birthday shooting for his upcoming film "Tum Mile", said he fractured his finger on the big day and received a long, touching SMS from uncle Mahesh Bhatt.
"For this birthday, I got a long touching SMS from Bhatt Saab. And a fractured finger."
Indian film industry should change its attitude: Kamal Haasan
Chennai, Multilingual film actor Kamal Haasan Thursday slammed the critics who say that Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" showed India in a bad light.
"I am tired of hearing allegations about 'Slumdog Millionaire' showing India in a bad light instead of rejoicing over the achievement of A.R. Rahman and Resul Pookutty," Haasan said at the audio launch Wednesday of "Pasanga" a children's film being by Sasi Kumar.
Actress Asin's missing aide traced in Andhra Pradesh
Chennai, An aide of actress Asin who had been missing for the past 10 days has been traced to Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. He has reportedly admitted to blackmailing the actress, the police said Thursday.
N. Muthu Kumar, Asin's assistant for the past four years, went missing last week. His mother S. Vadivu told police that he had been kidnapped at the movie star's behest.
Yash Raj Films denies shutting down music label
New Delhi, Entertainment conglomerate Yash Raj Films (YRF) is not shutting down its music label and overseas distribution network.
YRF vice president (marketing and communications) Rafiq Gangjee said: "It is unfortunate that there are unfounded rumours going around for sometime that the Yash Raj Films' music division and our international operations are shutting down. There is absolutely no truth in either of these.
'Heaven On Earth' about hundreds of migrant wives: Deepa Mehta
Mumbai, Deepa Mehta had a problem on her hands when a woman, on whose life her "Heaven on Earth" is partly based, demanded that she be given more prominence in the film's publicity. The filmmaker finally succeeded in telling her that it was not just her story, but that of hundreds of NRI wives.
Amandeep Kaur, a woman from Punjab who became a victim of spousal abuse after getting married to a man settled in Toronto, demanded that she get more visibility just months ahead of the movie's release.
Freida Pinto to star in Israeli film
London, Freida Pinto is going places, literally. After bagging a role in a Woody Allen film, the "Slumdog Millionaire" star has now joined the cast of Israeli filmmaker Julian Schnabel's "Miral".
The 24-year-old shot to international fame after the success of Danny Boyle's multiple Oscar-winning drama.
Bollywood stars as icing on IPL cake get S Africans excited
Johannesburg, Cricket fans here are not the only ones excited because the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament will be played in South Africa this year. Fans of Bollywood and Tamil film stars are thrilled too, as they know their idols will descend across the country with one team or the other.
Following the announcement here Tuesday by BCCI Commissioner Lalit Modi that the IPL T20 tournament would be hosted in South Africa from April 18, there was as much excitement among Bollywood fans as there was among cricket enthusiasts.
Getting sharks to act in 'Blue' was not easy: Director
New Delhi, Even if directing three Bollywood macho men, two sizzling beauties and one Australian pop diva didn't seem a tough bet for debut director Anthony D'Souza, wielding the megaphone for 40 sharks for an underwater action sequence for "Blue" surely gave him jitters.
"The scariest part of 'Blue' was in fact the sharks. Getting them to act in my film was not easy," D'Souza told IANS in an e-mail interview.
My parents were against me getting into films: Aamir Khan
Mumbai, Despite hailing from a film background, noted Bollywood actor-director Aamir Khan's parents were against his entering the filmdom.
"My parents looked after us very well... we had a fairly sheltered life. I mean my parents were really against me getting into films. I come from a film family. My father and uncle were both filmmakers. And I faced hell at home. It was like there's no way you're getting into films," Aamir Khan told CNN's special edition "Talk Asia" to be aired Wednesday 6 p.m.
Bollywood film festival opens in Poland
Warsaw, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is already a household name in Poland. Now fans eagerly await another star Aamir Khan's directorial debut "Taare Zameen Par" during a seven-day festival of Hindi films that opened here Monday and will travel to 12 Polish towns.
The festival, Experience the Real Taste of India, is being organised by the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IPCCI) along with Epelpol Entertainment.
