The Aamir Khan starrer Rang De Basanti sure did create a lot of buzz when it released in 2006. The film, which achieved both critical and commercial acclaim, is now back in the news but this time for a completely different reason.
Apparently, a local country liquor brand named Rang De Basanti, faced protests in the state of Punjab by supporters of martyr Bhagat Singh, just two days after it was launched in the market. The supporters opposed the name as it's derived from a famous poem by legendary freedom fighters, Ram Prasad Bismil and Bhagat Singh.
The Punjab Government immediately stepped into action and Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal ordered immediate withdrawal of the spirit from the market.
Excise and Taxation commissioner of Punjab Mr. S .S. Brar also regretted the name given to the liquor brand and then company is now withdrawing nearly 4000 bottles of the brand from the market.
Surely, the name Rang De Basanti, for a liquor brand didn't go down in the right spirit with the local people of Punjab. Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 18 Jan 2008 | 1:20 pm
Robot, the never ever biggest make of Indian Cinema with Superstar Rajini, will ave a new title to satisfy the fans of Rajini as well as to get the full tax benefit of the government. Shankar revealed this in his recent television interview and accepted that the Rajinis ardent fans ... Source: Oneindia Entertainment RSS | Movies | Music updates | Indian entertainment news | | 18 Jan 2008 | 10:36 am
In the 1980s, the South film industry churned out a slew of socials/family sagas with Jeetendra heading the cast. The target audience was, of course, the families. Tulsi follows the same path, but lacks the punch to stay in your memory. Sure, a few portions do make you moist-eyed, but ... Source: Oneindia Entertainment RSS | Movies | Music updates | Indian entertainment news | | 18 Jan 2008 | 10:14 am
Nagesh Kukunoor is back to the genre he began his career with -- a light entertainer. In his new outing, Bombay To Bangkok, he goes a step further and incorporates every ingredient available on the shelf that constitutes atypical Hindi film. This one's not 'same-same, but different' from Kukunoor's earlier ... Source: Oneindia Entertainment RSS | Movies | Music updates | Indian entertainment news | | 18 Jan 2008 | 10:03 am
The two new films that Neil Nitin Mukesh has signed have peculiar titles. "One of them is called Fame while the other is tentatively titled Freeze. I guess audiences expect unusual titles from me after Johnny Gaddar and my next release Tera Kya Hoga Johnny", laughs Neil who turned 26 this week.
Forget the staid family-oriented good-boy image that Neil Mukesh has cultivated even after playing the roguish double-dealing Johnny Gaddar. On his 26th birthday on Jan 15 Neil Mukesh decided to really let his hair down. "Well on the night before my birthday, I was with my family. My brother who's ten years my junior, has his board exams coming up. So I've been keeping up late nights with him, trying to coach him overtime. So, the birthday eve was a quiet family affair."
But the next day Neil whooped it up with the babes. "Don't ask me where how and when. And I'll tell no lies. But I cast aside my good-boy image on my birthday night," Neil laughed wickedly.
He has also gifted himself some brand new roles. "There's Tigmanshu Dhulia's Fame about how the young today are ready and willing to take any road as long as it gets them money. It's about the shortcuts to a bulky bank balance taken by youngsters, again a moral fable like Johnny Gaddar. Maybe producers see me as the good boy gone to seed."
Another day another role. Neil Mukesh has also bagged his own super-hero flick, thereby creating an atmosphere of more comparisons with Hrithik Roshan. Neil demurs, "The film from Eros tentatively titled Freeze is going to be directed by debutant Jehangir Surti. It's about a man who sudden comes upon a supernatural power and how it changes his life. Lots of FX and yes, one more morality tale."
But the first one out will be Sudhir Mishra's Tera Kya Hoga Johnny. "It's an episodic look at the life of a street child named Johnny. I come into one of the episodes." Tell him it's bizarre that his first two films have 'Johnny' in their titles and he laughs. "Yeah it is rather uncanny. And when I was a child I'd often call myself Johnny for no apparent reason."
Turning pensive at a family on his birthday Neil sighs, âI already feel old. At 25, I felt young. At 26, I feel I've crossed the age where I could be a kid. Johnny is no longer Papa's kid." Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 18 Jan 2008 | 9:51 am
Possessing a beautiful face and a mesmerizing smile, Ayesha Takia is one such actress who is capable of winning over people with her acting performance as well as sweet talk. Another interesting thing about Ayesha is that the cutie has been able to win applauses from the audience both for ... Source: Oneindia Entertainment RSS | Movies | Music updates | Indian entertainment news | | 18 Jan 2008 | 9:44 am
One look at her and you are bound to be bedazzled and wonder if she really is a resident of Planet Earth, or whether she has lost her way to her planet 'Fairy Land'! She is to Bollywood what Snow White and Cinderella are to fairyland! She is not what any regular Bollywood heroine is made up of!
She is none other than the 'Cadbury-sweet' girl, Anjana Sukhani, the Gen-Next dream girl, who made an interesting debut with Humdum - The Game of Love. However, it was her oh-so-hot look in Salaam- e-Ishq which had even the much older Anil Kapoor fall for her charms! The vivacious girl is back with the latest offering Sunday, the most eagerly awaited film of this year!
Bollywood Hungama presents your chance-of-a-lifetime to have a heart-to-heart chat with her, today, Jan 18 at 1630 hrs IST. Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 18 Jan 2008 | 9:19 am
After watching the sharp and neat teaser trailer of Superstar Rajini's Sultan the Warrior at Inox, everyone says like this, "It is really an amazing and fantastic work of Soundarya, one of the prides of Rajinikanth!" Source: Oneindia Entertainment RSS | Movies | Music updates | Indian entertainment news | | 18 Jan 2008 | 9:02 am
Starry tantrums on the sets are common and recently Ajay Krish was a spoilsport of sorts on the sets of ‘Ardhangini". There was a sequence which demanded Ajay to fall into a trench full of water and mud, but he simply refused to shoot until a vanity van with an attached ... Source: Oneindia Entertainment RSS | Movies | Music updates | Indian entertainment news | | 18 Jan 2008 | 8:57 am
Bollywood director-actor Rajat Kapoor says his new movie is about finding one's identity. Drawn from mythology, it involves Lord Vishnu and Narad Muni, the divine narrator. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 18 Jan 2008 | 3:31 am
GenNext has come of age. Their fathers rocked the film industry in the 1980s and now Mithun Chakraborty's son Mimoh and Bappi Lahiri's son Bappa have teamed up for an item song in 'Jimmy'. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 18 Jan 2008 | 3:30 am
From an auteur -masala entertainer, John has decided to re-position his image to a more a fun-loving outdoor and sporty entertainer. After finishing a football flick with director Vivek Agnihotri, John goes into a film on mountain climbing to be directed by Soham Shah.
For Goal, John was trained by the best football choreographer in the world Andy Ansah.
Says John, "All the international Adidas ads have been done by Andy. To have got him for Goal was like a prized catch. I was working with people like Arshad, Boman and Bipasha whom I loveâ¦So it was fun."
John hopes to re-position his image as an actor. "I want to cultivate a sporty image after Goal. Hence, I'm also doing a mountain climbing film. I'm a trained footballer --I used to play 'A' position soccer-and I'm a certified mountain climber. I used to play a lot of sports before acting sucked me in. I'm a very outdoor person. And I want that image to come across in my roles. I want people to feel that if it's John, then it's something healthy and invigorating. Even No Smoking was a very sporty film." Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 17 Jan 2008 | 4:07 pm
Anu Menon, of Channel V's 'Lola Kutty' fame, is all set to step into Bollywood with Pritish Nandy Communication's Raat Gayi Baat Gayi. The film also stars Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia and Navneet Nishan. Anu plays Vinay Pathak's wife in the film
Rongita Nandy says that Anu suited the character very well. As a producer Rongita had many options to figure out which actor would pull off the interesting characters in the film. And the dynamic Anu Menon had immense potential to bring in energy, fun and magic to her character.
Excited about her first film, Anu confirms that it was the well-written script which made her sign the film. She also informed that she had been flooded with film offers in the past but they did not really interest her.
Raat Gayi Baat Gayi is directed by Saurabh Shukla and is expected to release later this year. Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 17 Jan 2008 | 2:30 pm
Govinda in a fit of anger slapped a mischief-monger on the sets of his upcoming film Money Hai To Honey Hai yesterday (16th Jan) late afternoon at Filmistan studios in Goregaon.
Apparently, the man in question was wandering around the sets and creating quite a nuisance by disturbing and even passing comments at the actors. When things reached an extreme, Govinda lost his cool and asked him who he was and why was he misbehaving?
The man replied that he was just an on-looker. Govinda asked him to leave immediately but when he refused, the actor lost his cool and gave him one tight slap and asked him to get out.
The incident suddenly was all over the news as a lot of media people were present for the press conference of the film. The actor however didn't regret what he did and felt that the nuisance-maker got what he deserved.
Money Hai To Honey Hai stars Govinda, Manoj Bajpai , Aftab Shivdasani, Hansikaa Motwani ,Celina Jaitley and is directed by choreographer turned director Ganesh Acharya. Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 17 Jan 2008 | 1:56 pm
Bollywood playback singer Shaan is all set to entertain the music lovers of Kolkata at a daylong music festival to be held here Sunday. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 17 Jan 2008 | 1:30 pm
Sunil Shetty, who has signed the star-son for Loot, thinks Mimoh dances like a dream. Mithun Chakraborty's son whose debut film Jimmy releases in February proved he had inherited his dancing skills from his father when he danced for 50 days for one song sequence in his debut film Jimmy.
The thought of refurbishing and pepping up Mimoh's debut film with a lavish item song came from the concerned father Mithun himself. When Mithun-da saw the finished product with his old friend Raj Sippy directs, he thought something else needed to be added to the product, hence the item song.
The shy newcomer describes the number 'Marhabba Yeh Rab MeraRooth Gaya', choreographed by Nadeem Khan, as the most exhilarating start any newcomer can hope for. "I don't know if I dance half as well as Anna Sir (Suniel) or my Dad thinks. But the number which we rehearsed and shot over a stretch of fifty days just made me feel so proud to be where I was and of my Dad's legacy that I'm carrying forward."
Shooting this baap of all item songs was a journey in time for Mithunda's baba. "The song was choreographed by Nadeem Khan who has done many of my father's songs and it was composed by Bappa Lahiri, Bappida's son. When I remember all the songs that Bappida and my dad teamed up to create history, I get goosebumps. In fact, my debut film's title Jimmy comes from a chartbuster composed by Bappida for dad."
Bappa and Mimoh are buddies. "And hopefully some of our dads' magic has rubbed off on both of us," says Mimoh hopefully as he waits nervously for D Day. And while Mimoh has one of Bollywood's abiding star as a guiding light at home. He gets to match strides with another dancing star in his two post-debut films. "Govindaji, whom I hero-worship along with my dad, is my co-star in my next two films Dharmesh Darshan's untitled film and Suneil Sir's Loot. And I've to dance with Govindaji in both! I guess more than my debut film I've reason to be nervous about what comes afterwards."
Incidentally, Mimoh's co-star in Dharmesh Darshan's film is Hansika Motwani who was supposed to make her debut with Mimoh two years ago. "I guess it's a small world, even if it's show-world," says Mimoh. Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:38 am
She is bubbly, vivacious and an extremely talented actress. Moreover her bright-n-mellifluous laughter is something that can outshine a thousand of halogen bulbs put together. She is none other than B-town's very own Ayesha Takia, the proud owner of a deadly combination of beauty and brains! Having proved her mettle with sensible films like Dor, Ayesha is ready for fun and games in her next film Sunday, directed by Rohit Shetty.
Gear up for a Live Chat with Ayesha today, Jan 17 at 1600 hrs IST. Rememberâ¦it's a Bollywood Hungama bonanza. So, just do not miss this Sunday special, not even for a Sunday! Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:01 am
Even before his career took off he did a voiceover in director Mrinal Sen's 'Bhuvan Shome' - a 1969 award-winning movie about the life of an uncompromising Bengali bureaucrat and his 'gradual change'. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 17 Jan 2008 | 7:02 am
Kunal Khemmu, who has a double role in the film 'Superstar', has to don different hairstyles for the two characters. While one has straight-gelled hair, the other is full of curls. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 17 Jan 2008 | 5:00 am
After trying hard to make a foothold in Bollywood with a lot of skin show in films like 'Red Swastik' and 'Raqeeb: Rivals in Love', Sherlyn Chopra has finally changed gears. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 17 Jan 2008 | 5:00 am
Bengali director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury's debut film 'Anuranan' was released nearly a year ago. To everyone's surprise, including the leading man Rahul Bose, the film is now being released in Hindi this Friday. Though the director seems pretty pleased with his regional film going national, the actor is intrigued. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 17 Jan 2008 | 5:00 am
The political woes of Govinda, Congress MP from the Mumbai North constituency, continue. His political rivals have started to prick him publicly with pins of sarcasm. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 17 Jan 2008 | 4:30 am
THe rumor zones are rampant with controversies about her sexual preferences. She is fueling these more with statement like this one. Source: Indiadaily.com - Bollywood | 2 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
In desperation he wanted to dance with a Brazilian hottie Brandra night dance club. The hottie is popularly known as Bruna. She looked at Salman top to bottom and said well I need a sexier man to dance with. Source: Indiadaily.com - Bollywood | 2 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
She is hungry for love. She is obsessed with sexual passions. She is Kangana Ranaut rteady to grab the man of her choice. He is fed up of short-term lovers that come and go on the fly. Source: Indiadaily.com - Bollywood | 22 Nov 2007 | 12:00 am
Jimmy Shergill got turned off in Anand Rais Stangers because of the seminude Sonali Kulkarni. He was eager to kiss Nanda Sen. Nandana was worried about how far Jimmy will go during the liplock. Source: Indiadaily.com - Bollywood | 22 Nov 2007 | 12:00 am
The rumor zone says Ash is pregnant. The Internet Gossip sites are now declaring that Aishwarya is expecting and its a baby boy. Source: Indiadaily.com - Bollywood | 18 Nov 2007 | 12:00 am
Deepal has a tough romantic life. She is eager to settle with Kranti provided she is allowed to expose and make a real career in Bollywood. Source: Indiadaily.com - Bollywood | 13 Nov 2007 | 12:00 am
A bunch of hotties in Goa plan to make a sensational history. They plan to go in a group and smooch the superstar in their arms. Source: Indiadaily.com - Bollywood | 11 Nov 2007 | 12:00 am
The Internet gossip zones are filled with rumors on Udita Goshwamy. The hottie turned Bollywood babe is making significant marks on people these days as she flirts in the parties. Source: Indiadaily.com - Bollywood | 10 Nov 2007 | 12:00 am
BritneyÂs love for paparazzi boss Adnan Ghalib, has made her agree to get herself convert to Islam, just to marry him. She has resorted to this either to remain in the limelight or else sheÂs been in so much trouble that sheÂs unable to think sanely. Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles |
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan is slated to play a pickpocket's victim in Ravi Chopra's Pocketmaar. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Rahul Bose says that he's glad that Bengalis across the country will get to see Anuranan as it'll help in expanding the scope of ethnic cinema Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Olga Tanon is a Merengue superstar, who has crossed international boundaries. She wanted to be a singer even though her family wanted her to become a nun. Her musical career got off to a brilliant star. She is a superstar on and off the stage. Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles |
Playing the Rajput consort of Mughal emperor Akbar in Jodhaa Akbar was no walk in the park for actress Aishwarya Rai. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Bollywood director-actor Rajat Kapoor says his new movie is about finding one's identity. Drawn from mythology, it involves Lord Vishnu and Narad Muni Source: NDTV Entertainment News |
Hollywood's independent filmmakers take a strike break starting when the Sundance Film Festival launches its annual showcase of movies made outside the big studios. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Gone are the days when an actress, if got married, was considered ineligible for further hogging the limelight. We have ample examples of our Âdaring ladies who reincarnated themselves on the silver screen. Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles |
The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios in a move likely to settle the 10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
The stunning CharlizeÂs dream may not have come true but now we all know what her dream was and what she wanted to do before becoming an actress. A back injury had shattered her dreams but led her to a larger destiny. Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles |
King Khan, Tendulkar or Dhoni... who will continue to rule the hearts in 2008? Astrologer Bejan Daruwala tells Rachana Dubey what the future has in store for our stars. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Tom Hanks is planning a movie about a US-born pop singer who became an idol from East Germany to Siberia after embracing communism and settling in Eas Source: NDTV Entertainment News |
Kunal Khemu, who has a double role in the film Superstar, dons two different hairstyles in the film which proved to be very tiresome for the actor. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Ben Affleck is preparing for his role as a Congressman for his upcoming movie State of Play by meeting people on Capitol Hill. He met Speaker N Source: NDTV Entertainment News |
Jodhaa (Aishwarya) has a sweet little secret - the ability to sing. This was discovered by none other than Ashutosh Gowariker, the director of the movie, Jodhaa Akbar. This hidden talent though could not be utilised in the movie. Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles |
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan unveiled his wax figure at Madame Tussauds on January 15. ActorÂs statue stands in a special Bollywood section, alongside those of three other great stars - Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles |
American Idol, a TV series in the USA, showcases the worst in US talent while ignoring the best. It promotes mediocre talent with the presence of judges who have nothing else to do but pass their so-called judgment on who is the worst. Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles |
Deepika Padukone has been nominated in the best actress category for her scintillating performance in the blockbuster Om Shanti Om. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Royal princess and Telugu prince have finally decided to get settled. The royal family has stamped its approval on their decision to wed. This is the second marriage for Siddharth, who was earlier married to his childhood sweetheart, Meghna. Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles |
GenNext has come of age. Their fathers rocked the film industry in the 1980s and now Mithun Chakraborty's son Mimoh and Bappi Lahiri's son Bappa have Source: NDTV Entertainment News |
Actress Demi Moore admits there is "enduring awkwardness" between her much younger husband Ashton Kutcher and ex-hubby Bruce Willis. Moor Source: NDTV Entertainment News |
Hollywood directors reached a new three-year pay deal with the main producer's organisation. It increased the pressure on the striking Writers Guild o Source: NDTV Entertainment News |
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Nagesh Kukkunoor goes down the comedy track for Bombay to Bangkok.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 17.
Big B to show the shattering effect of a petty crime on the victim.
Playing a Rajput queen in Jodhaa Akabar was no walk in the park for Ash.
Clay animation has found its way to Bollywood.
Irshad's lyrics for the film Jab We Met are still topping the charts.