Aamir Khan is known to develop quite a close rapport with the directors whom he works with. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who directed the Aamir starrer Rang De Basanti got a first hand experience of the actorâs generous and courteous side recently.
The story goes that the First AD (Assistant Director) of Mehraâs forthcoming film Dilli 6 had to fly to the U.S. during the shooting stint currently underway in Jaipur. Needless to say Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was in a fix without his first AD and sought close friend Aamirâs help.
The actor was immediately ready to fly down and assist Mehra in his time of crisis but was stuck with the shooting of his Ghajini remake. However, he did the next best thing and sent wifey Kiran Rao to help and assist the Dilli 6 team.
Needless to say, Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra and the whole team of Dilli 6 are quite touched by this act on the part of the superstar.
For the record, Dilli 6 stars Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor in lead roles. Source: Indiafm.com News | 25 Jan 2008 | 3:12 pm
John Abraham, who starts shooting for Karan Johar's untitled production in two months, has discovered a mutual giggling society with the ace director. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:01 am
Bollywood personalities Preity Zinta, J.P. Dutta and television actor Rajiv Khandelwal, who have army connections, say the Republic Day is very special to them. Others, however, feel that after 60 years of independence the country should bring in some changes. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:02 am
The saga of the world famous Mumbai dabbawallas Friday hit the silver screens in Maharashtra as a full-length Marathi feature film 'Mumbaicha Dabbewala'. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:01 am
Seasoned actor Anupam Kher, who is making his home production 'Hawai Dada' in Madhya Pradesh, had an incredible experience on his way to the shooting destination. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 4:31 am
Strange things keep happening to the unconventional Ayesha Takia. Last year she was meant to play only one role in Anurag Kashyap's 'No Smoking'. She ended up playing two. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 4:30 am
Australia has become a hot shooting destination for Bollywood. At this moment two major units are making films there. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 3:30 am
All the Pongal releases, including the much-awaited Vikram starrer 'Bheema', disappoint big time. However, 'Bheema' tops the Tamil chart this fortnight . Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 3:00 am
Although the Pongal films have been a big let down, the albums are quite good. The audios reached the market just a few days before the release of the films and the delay will definitely affect the albums. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 3:00 am
Govinda isn't the only star to have been provoked by insolent fans. Veteran actor Anupam Kher has his own horror stories to tell and says such unfortunate incidents happen because people don't know where to draw the line. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Jan 2008 | 3:00 am
A mere glance into his CV is good enough to 'see' this man carve his way through not just the ad fraternity but films as well. His redefinition of 'style' into 'lifestyle' now has the whole world asking not just for more, but for the most! He is Prasoon Joshi, whose mere name itself spells creativity with a capital 'C'.
He joined McCann Ericcson and (r)evolutionized the world of advertisements. If that was not enough, he is also blessed with the gift of the pen, with which came out some of the lyrical milestones that Bollywood has ever witnessed, which includes many blockbusters like Fanaa, Hum Tum, Black, Rang De Basanti and the recent one being the masterpiece Taare Zameen Par.
Here's your chance to get up, close and personal with the man of all seasons and reasons, Prasoon himself, only on Bollywood Hungama on Jan 25 at 1600 hrs IST. Source: Indiafm.com News | 24 Jan 2008 | 5:08 pm
After months of speculation, the verdict is finally out. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan who had expressed a keen interest in acquiring a team in BCCIâs much awaited Indian Premier League (IPL), has emerged as one of the successful bidders thereby getting hold of the Kolkata team for a huge sum of $75.09 million (approx Rs.296 crores) . The actor along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Mehta are the proud owners of the Kolkata team.
Mukesh Ambani emerged as the highest bidder bagging the Mumbai team for an astronomical figure of $111.9 million (approx. Rs. 441 crores) while liquor baron Dr.Vijay Mallya was not far behind when he won the bid for Bangalore team for $111.6 million (approx. Rs.440 crore). However a surprising name among the winners of the bid was none other than Preity Zinta who along with beau Ness Wadia bagged the Mohali team for $76 million (approx Rs.300 crores).
One thingâs for certain with such big names from entertainment and business world now associated with this event; (apart from top cricketers) it will indeed be a spectacle when the season kicks of this April. Source: Indiafm.com News | 24 Jan 2008 | 4:51 pm
Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray celebrated his 82nd birthday yesterday (Jan 23). While the political leader received countless wishes and bouquets from family and friends, one particular special message continued to make news through most of the day for an altogether different reason.
Bollywood's very own 'Munnabhai', Sanjay Dutt, decided to send out his personal wishes to the senior most Thackeray through an advert in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna'. However, what caught everyone by surprise was the end of the message which signed off (in Marathi of course), 'From your well wishers Sanjay and Manyata Dutt'.
This came as quite a surprise to all as Sanju Baba has not been very comfortable speaking about his lady love in public but this message where Manyata has been referred to as Manyata Dutt surely had the news makers in a tizzy. So, are wedding bells around the corner or should we assume 'Samjho Ho hi Gaya'? Source: Indiafm.com News | 24 Jan 2008 | 4:50 pm
Over a decade ago, in the year 1996, a tall droopy-eyed actor made quite an impressive debut with Gulzar's Maachis. He followed it up with some decent flicks like Tere Mere Sapne and Daag-The Fire. What's more he even got to romance top actresses like Preity Zinta in Kya Kehna and Aishwarya Rai in Josh. Post that however, he did some forgettable flicks like Aamdani Athanni Kharcha Rupaiya, Bharat Bhagya Vidhata and the much delayed Sarhad Paar. We are talking about Chandrachur Singh, who after that phase seemed to have disappeared into kind of a self-imposed exile.
Now comes news that the actor is making a comeback into the big bad world of films with a film titled Maruti Mera Dost to be produced by his brother Abhimanyu Singh (Contiloe Films). The film in question is apparently a children's film and would also star child artiste Swini Khara (of Cheeni Kum fame).
The film which is expected to go on the floors in the second week of February will be directed by debutant Raju Manikya.
While the actor was missing from action, there were a lot of rumors doing rounds of him having quit Bollywood since he couldn't cope up with the stress levels etc. However, the actor denies any such talk and says that now is the right time to get back to action considering the scope for different films with the multiplex-culture.
Well, here's hoping Chandrachur 'Rocky' Singh does have a successful comeback to Bollywood. Source: Indiafm.com News | 24 Jan 2008 | 3:23 pm
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Tanishq, a leading jewelry brand, unveiled the exotic jewelry worn by Aishwarya in Jodhaa Akbar. The imperial dressing styles during the Mughal era has been recreated by Tanishq. Around four hundred kilograms of gold, emerald, pearls, ruby, tourmaline, jade stones have been churned out by two hundred craftsmen.
Aishwarya who plays 'Jodhabai' in the film is seen dressed in precious jewelry pieces which encompasses the 'sarpech' (feather pin), 'archer's ring', 'arsi' (mirror ring), 'bhor' (head jewel like in Indian tikka) and 'hansali' (choker). Alpana Parida, the head of marketing and merchandising at Tanishq, informed that the wedding set weighed around three and half kilograms and took a real toll on Ash when she had to wear it. Moreover, there was huge investment done by Tanishq as the jewelry in total weighed three-hundred kilograms and 13 and 8 ensembles were made for Ash and Hrithik respectively.
An immense research had been conducted in order to get the authentic designs of Jodhaa Akbar's jewelry. It was a real challenge for them to zero down on a specific kind of jewelry as it had to match with the style of 16th century Mughal Empire. Research in museums and archives, going through the private collections of various royalties and at the Chitrakala Parishad were conducted in order to get the genuine feel of the period, explained Parida.
The designs mostly used in Jodhaa Akbar are 'kundan' and 'meenakari'- inlay work common to Rajasthan. Interestingly, the three generations of craftsmen have worked on making the magnificent jewelry of Jodhaa Akbar. Tanishq, however, would not be selling any of the jewelry.
This is Tanishq's second venture into films, earlier they had made jewelry for the SRK starrer Paheli. Source: Indiafm.com News | 24 Jan 2008 | 3:22 pm
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Strange things keep happening to the unconventional Ayesha Takia. Last year, she was meant to play only one role in Anurag Kashyap's No Smoking. She ended up playing two roles. Ironically, this year, she plays a dubbing artiste in Rohit Shetty's Sunday and she will also be dubbing for a baby cheetah in Nikhil Advani's animation film.
"It's all so strange," Ayesha laughs, "when I decided to be part of Sunday, I just wanted to have fun after the serious Dor and even more serious No Smoking. And I did have loads of fun. But initially, we hadn't chosen a profession for my character. When Rohit suggested a dubbing artiste, I jumped at it. I don't think any heroine in our films has played a dubbing artiste."
Being a natural mimic, Ayesha worked hard on getting her voices right for the role. "I watched a lot of cartoons. But I found the voices very shrill and unnatural. I wanted to bring in a more natural tone to my voice. A professional dubbing artiste Vikas and the veteran sound recordist Rakesh Ranjan helped me with getting it right for my dubbing artistes' role."
Ayesha had great fun doing a number of voices in Sunday. But even more fun is her role as the baby cheetah in Nikhil Advani's animation film. "I get to speak for a cub named Yuvraj. Nikhil wanted me to dub in my natural voice. That was more fun than assuming an unnatural pitch. What added to the fun of this whole experience is that all of us who speak in Nikhil's animation film-Akshaye Khanna, Boman Irani, Govinda and me-sat together worked on our dialogues at rehearsals and then Nikhil designed the film on our voices." Source: Indiafm.com News | 24 Jan 2008 | 2:32 pm
In major relief for Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan, a Mumbai court Thursday allowed his plea that he be charged for possessing only one gram of cocaine, for which the maximum jail term is six months. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Jan 2008 | 2:02 pm
Saranya Bagyaraj, one of the upcoming Tamil actresses and daughter of veteran actor-director K. Bagyaraj, allegedly attempted suicide here on Monday night by consuming poison. According to the Metro police, she has been admitted to a private hospital and is under observation. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:28 pm
It is the title of a Tamil film directed by debutant Ravi, a onetime assistant of ace director Lingusamy. The film is produced by Kool Productions, the makers of recently released Pidichirukku. Shakthi (Thottal Poo Malarum fame) – Sandhya will play the lead roles. As Shakthi's debut film was bombed ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:21 pm
Washington (ANI): Supermodel Kate Moss has decided to take legal action against the tabloid report stating she was engaged in an orgy. Moss' rep revealed that the 33-year-old model is infuriated over "false and defamatory allegations in the newspaper relating to her 34th birthday celebrations. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:16 pm
It's been a busy 2007 for Eros International—the London AIM (Alternative Investment Market) has listed the Indian media and Entertainment Company. It released 30 films, of which ten were global launches and has included such hits as Om Shanti Om, Namastey London and Heyy Babyy. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:41 pm
Bollywood's Salman Khan told BBC Asian Network that he doesn't feel any pressure to compete with Bollywood A listers like Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan or Saif Ali Khan. Speaking on Love Bollywood to Raj & Pablo Salman said, “I don't compete with anybody. I don't compete with Shahrukh I don't compete ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:28 pm
Zeenat Aman used to be the talk of the town during her hay days in Bollywood. The actress opens up to us and talks about her past and present. She also says that at this moment family is her priority. She adds that she has forgiven the men who had ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:28 pm
Aftab has said yes to what he calls a very interesting funny and untried film. "It goes by the peculiar name of Aloo Chaat and I hope it turns out to be just as appetizing as the title suggests", laughs Aftab who has lately been lying low. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:18 pm
Subhash Ghai produced and directed Black N White is up for release and it's after a long time (ever since Apna Sapna Money Money) that a film coming from Mukta Arts has managed to create some curiosity. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:06 pm
Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar's next film Rock On has gone on floors on 7th January 2008.The entire schedule is being filmed in Mumbai. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:54 am
To improve the fitness and health of top Bollywood stars, world famous naturopath and Ayurveda Guru, Baba Ramdev is all set to hold a yoga and fitness camp in the Bollywood capital, Mumbai from the 4th to the 9th of February 2008. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:48 am
Aftab has said yes to what he calls a very interesting funny and untried film. "It goes by the peculiar name of Aloo Chaat and I hope it turns out to be just as appetizing as the title suggests", laughs Aftab who has lately been lying low.
"It's being produced by Maverick Productions who're currently into Dulha Mil Gaya. Robbie Grewal who has made Samay and Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar is directing the film. His two films so far haven't done well, But that's okay. Even Rakeysh Mehra and Ashutosh Gowariker started with Aks and Baazi before they came to Rang De Basanti and Lagaan."
Aftab was kicked by the subject. "What enticed me to do Aloo Chaat, besides the title, was the script. The minute I heard the subject I was hooked." Also, the temptation of pairing up with a top TV actress who makes her big-screen debut. "I haven't seen much of Amna Sharif's work on television. But she seems very talented and pretty. Aloo Chaat is her film launch. So, I guess I've a larger responsibility towards the project." Source: Indiafm.com News | 24 Jan 2008 | 9:46 am
Australia has become a hot-bed of Bollywood shootings. At this given moment there are two major units shooting in the country. While Siddharth Anand is busy shooting with Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone for Yash Raj Films, director Ajit Pal has been shooting major cricket scenes for his film Victory with his leading man Harman Baweja and real-life cricketers in a huge outdoor stadium in Sydney.
The schedule was completed on Wednesday (23 January). But Harman decided to stay back for two days. "Just to chill and to bring in my sister Rowena's birthday. She has come here to join me for her birthday," says Harman from Sydney.
Disaster struck when Harman dropped his phone and and broke the screen of his phone. "For the past week I've not been in touch with anyone from India since i couldn't make out any numbers. Now my sister has got me the software to restore the numbers."
The shooting of the cricket scenes has made Harman quite a seasoned cricket player. "Now I can anytime switch my profession from acting to cricket." Source: Indiafm.com News | 24 Jan 2008 | 7:36 am
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