A year after his
Academy Awards dream went up in smoke, Eddie Murphy has not
just one consolation prize, but three Razzie Awards as worst
actor, supporting actor and supporting actress for the comedy
"norbit." Source: Zee News : Entertainment | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
A single number changed the course of contemporary fusion music in India in 2000, which till then was dominated by popular music formats from the West and Bollywood. Source: Zee News : Entertainment | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
Hollywood stars will parade
across the red carpet for Sunday`s Academy Awards after weeks
of debate over whether a writers` strike that had derailed
other award shows would be settled in time for the Oscars. Source: Zee News : Entertainment | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
Actress Sushmita Sen, who dons the director`s hat for an upcoming film about Rani Laxmi Bai, says it was destiny which made her a filmmaker. Source: Zee News : Entertainment | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
Britney Spears was reunited briefly with her sons Saturday, spending about three hours with the two little boys nearly two months after the troubled pop star last saw them. Source: Zee News : Entertainment | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
A petition was filed on Saturday in a
local court seeking a directive to the Madhya Pradesh
government to lift the suspension on screening of the Ashutosh
Gowariker directed film `Jodhaa-Akbar`. Source: Zee News : Entertainment | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
Bollywood beckons for Shagun Sarabhai, a 20-year-old Mumbai homeopathy student who was crowned Miss India Worldwide at a gala banquet here in the early hours of Sunday morning. Source: Zee News : Entertainment | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
While the 80th Academy Awards for Merit has the global entertainment industry electrified, it has yet again bypassed India, the world's largest producers of films. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:33 pm
Film: 'The Nanny Diaries'; Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys, Donna Murphy, Chris Evans, Nicholas Reese Art, Judith Roberts, Nathan Corddry, Brande Roderick; Director: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman; Ratings: ** and 1/2 Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:30 pm
The Rajput community in Madhya Pradesh is divided over the screening of director Ashutosh Gowariker's magnum opus 'Jodhaa Akbar'. While protests by one section led to the screening being stopped in the state, another group has now said it has no problems with the film being shown. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:32 am
A single number changed the course of contemporary fusion music in India in 2000, which till then was dominated by popular music formats from the West and Bollywood. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:30 am
Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta wants to adapt the story of an ordinary man going on a rampage in a city after being pushed to the brink. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:01 am
The war of nerves between model-turned-actor Upen Patel and first-time director Ashwin Dheer is hotting up. The director reportedly cold-shouldered the actor at the music launch of his comedy '123', leaving many gaping in surprise. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
Celebrities make good game show hosts. After Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, it is filmmaker Karan Johar's turn to host a game show, but on screen for a new Balaji production. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
Bollywood singer Krishna Kumar, fondly called KK by his friends and fans, not only excels in singing but enjoys making his own music too and says, 'Composing is an extension of my being, skills and knowledge'. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
Best Actor
Shahrukh Khan - Chak De India
Best Actress
Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met
Best Film
Taare Zameen Par
Best Director
Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par
Critics' Award For Best Actor
Darsheel Safary - Taare Zameen Par
Critics' Award For Best Actress
Tabu - Cheeni Kum
Critics' Award For Best Film
Shimit Amin - Chak De India
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Irrfan Khan - Life in a... Metro
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Konkana Sen Sharma - Life in a... Metro
Best Lyrics
Prasoon Joshi - (Maa - Taare Zameen Par)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan - (Jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghosal - (Barso Re - Guru)
Best Music
A. R. Rahman - Guru
Best Story
Amol Gupte - Taare Zameen Par
Best Screenplay
Anurag Basu - Life in a... Metro
Best Dialogue
Imtiaz Ali - Jab We Met
R. D. Burman Award
Monty Sharma (Saawariya)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Rishi Kapoor
Power Awards
Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra
Best Debut (Male)
Ranbir Kapoor - Saawariya
Best Debut (Female)
Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om
Best Special Effects
Red Chillies Entertainment - Om Shanti Om
Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award
Deepika Padukone
Best Background Score
A. R. Rahman - Guru
Best Editing
Amitabh Shukla - Chak De India
Best Choreography
Saroj Khan (Barso Re Megha Re - Guru)
Best Action
Rob Miller - Chak De India
Best Art Direction
Samir Chanda - Guru
Best Sound
Leslie Fernandes - Johnny Gaddaar
Best Cinematography
Sudhip Chatterjee
Best Costumes
Sujata Sharma - Gandhi My Father Source: Indiafm.com Features | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:17 pm
Superstar Aamir Khan Saturday night won the Filmfare Best Director Award for 'Taare Zameen Par', which was also adjudged the best film, while Shah Rukh Khan ('Chak De! India') and Kareena Kapoor ('Jab We Met') won the awards for the Best Leading Actors in the male and female categories respectively. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 23 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
Faridkot and Aas bagged a chance to compete for the title of 'India's best Hindi band' with their victory at the Delhi regional finals of RC Live, Radio City 91.1 FM's nationwide talent hunt. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 23 Feb 2008 | 2:32 pm
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MAMI (Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image), the most awaited film festival is back and how! The weeklong festival is in its tenth edition and getting started from March 6 and is being presented by Reliance Big Entertainment. This time, MAMI will screen 140 films from 45 countries in three theatres in the city - Adlabs Wadala (4 screens), Metro Adlabs (2 screens) and Cinemax Versova (1 screen).
This year, the newly instituted 'Global Lifetime Achievement Award' will be awarded to Carlos Saura, the internationally renowned Spanish director for his contribution to the world of cinema. MAMI is introducing a new initiative called 'Dimensions Mumbai', a short film competition, for youth below 25 from Mumbai on the theme "Metropolis of Mumbai". Under this programme, digital films of 5 minutes durations depicting various aspects of life in Mumbai are being invited. The best entry would be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1, 50,000. The last date of submission of entries is March 1st 2008. This competition was initiated by Jaya Bachchan, one of the trustees of MAMI.
The Awards function will be held on March 13 on the closing night of the festival. Living legend Dev Anand will preside over the closing ceremony as the chief guest and will present the MAMI Awards. The best Indian films selected by a special five member's international jury will also be announced on the closing night. A three-member's FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury will also announce its results on the Closing Night.
Highlights of the festival include the screening of Polish master Andrzej Wajda's latest film Katyn, nominated for an Oscar in the foreign film category. Besides that, in the closing gala night the Japanese film The Mourning Forest will be screened, a film that won the Grand Prix at the 60th edition of Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
The USP of this festival is the MAMI Awards for outstanding contribution to the Indian film industry which will be presented to subsequent:
Dharmendra (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Rishi Kapoor (Award for Significant Contribution to Cinema over 25 years to an Actor-Director)
Gulzar (Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Film Music as Lyrics Writer)
Hitendra Ghosh (Kodak Award for Technical Excellence). Source: Indiafm.com News | 23 Feb 2008 | 1:47 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Actress Sushmita Sen, who dons the director's hat for an upcoming film about Rani Laxmi Bai, says it was destiny which made her a filmmaker.
The woes for Ashutosh Gowarikar's magnum opus Jodhaa Akbar seem to be unending. Now it's the turn of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh (MP), who have suspended the screening of the film. MP's Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the film has been suspended since they fear a law and order problem in the state.
If that wasn't enough, some theatres in Punjab and Bihar have also banned the film from being screened and a low-intensity blast was reported outside a Mumbai theatre, which was screening the film.
Meanwhile, the UTV sent out a press release stating, "We have today moved to the Madhya Pradesh (MP) High Court to lift the suspension on the screening of Jodhaa Akbar and we will take the matter to the Supreme Court if need be. The entire film industry, including producers, distributors and exhibitors are up in arms against this order of the State Government. The censor board has passed Jodhaa Akbar without any cuts and the onus is now on the respective authorities to ensure the film is screened across the country without disruption. We will fight this till the end."
The decision of the court will decide the fate of the film in MP. Source: Indiafm.com News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:21 pm
Anurag Kashyap, who is all set to direct his tentatively titled film Dev.D, has finally zeroed down on the actors to play the roles of Chandramukhi and Paro. Both of these roles are being played by two newcomers Kalki and Mahi, respectively.
This film which is a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra's novel, 'Devdas', is being produced by UTV Spotboy and is being written and directed by Anurag himself.
Dev.D is very much unlike the original, wherein the main lead Abhay Deol is a hypocrite who drowns himself in self-pity and is a man who cannot stand up for himself.
The film is scheduled to go on floors next week, and will be shot in London, Punjab and Delhi. Anurag is said to be leaving for London in three days and the rest of the crew is supposed to join him after that. It's going to be a start-finish affair, as the film is expected to be to getting completed by April. Source: Indiafm.com News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
