Not mocking Aishwarya Rai in 'Lamhaa': filmmakers

A dialogue mentioning Aishwarya Rai in the promos of upcoming film "Lamhaa" has caught the attention of many.
Source: Entertainment News | 12 Jul 2010 | 8:13 am

Despicable Me tops weekend box office at US$ 60.1M

<i>Despicable Me</i> wasn't such a bad guy after all, it seems, opening at the top of the box office with an estimated US$ 60.1 million. 

Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 12 Jul 2010 | 7:46 am

Big B receives salt Ganesha from Poland

The Ash clouds that brought Europe to a standstill might have also affected Amitabh Bachchan's visit to Poland back then, when he was invited as a chief guest at the International Film Festival of Independent cinema. But as a result of that, the ambassador of Poland did get to visit Mr. Bachchan at his residence Pratiksha in Mumbai city. After many delays, the ambassador of Poland Piotr Klodkowski finally met Big B to gift him a specially crafted salt Ganesha. This Ganesha was to be gifted to Bachchan at the Wielcza Salt Mines that he was supposed to visit while in Poland. In return, Mr. Bachchan gifted three books to the ambassador, one of them was Madhushala which is an English translation of his father's poems, and was personally autographed as well.
Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 12 Jul 2010 | 7:44 am

'Laden' dropped from Tere Bin Laden in Pakistan

Don't they say better safe than sorry? The makers of the upcoming Tere Bin Laden starring the Pakistani Pop star Ali Zafar; have decided to drop the name Laden from the title of the film as a precautionary measure. Considering the kind of tensions surrounding Pakistan, the makers have given full freedom to the distributors to go ahead with the title Tere Bin in posters instead of Tere Bin Laden. The title itself is more tongue-in-cheek remark on the Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. The makers plan to release the film in the US to get a wider spectrum but they would do that only in the second phase as it would be realised in UK, India, Pakistan and Australia and other NRI markets first.
Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 12 Jul 2010 | 7:33 am

Kate Winslet to patch up with estranged husband?

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and director Sam Mendes are reportedly making efforts to save their troubled marriage. 

Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 12 Jul 2010 | 7:29 am

Prince Of Persia's action director works with Saif for Agent Vinod

Saif Ali Khan has been rigorously training in the most complex martial arts for his role as a spy in Sriram Raghavan's Agent Vinod. Saif's latest acquisition to amplify the scope of his action scenes will make our other action stars go green with envy. It would certainly disappoint Vivek Oberoi to hear that Saif has beaten Vivek into getting the Prince Of Persia action director Cedric Proust to do the stunts in Agent Vinod. Vivek's producers had planned to bring Proust for the sequel to Prince. Confirming this development Agent Vinod director Sriram Raghavan says, "Yes, Cedric Proust who has done many big Hollywood action films in Morocco did Saif's action scenes in Morocco and Afghanistan. We plan to hire another leading action director for Saif's action scenes in England and an Indian one for the stunts in Delhi. In this way we hope to economize on the budget for action scenes without compromising on the quality of the action." Raghavan says too much money is wasted in Hindi films unnecessarily blowing up cars and filming chase sequences. Says the director, "Let's face it. We don't have the budgets afforded to action scenes in the James Bond and Bourne films. But we can economize on the budget and still give the same calibre of stunts. For instance instead of a 9-minute car chase, we can shoot for the chase for just 4 minutes with the same impact." Stunts, says Raghavan, are grossly misused in our films. "We often splurge unnecessarily on action scenes. For example why do we need to go abroad to shoot action scenes when we have the location and infrastructure right here? In my Johnny Gaddaar, we needed to shoot an action sequence in a train. We thought of going abroad. Then we settled for India." Sriram wonders why recent Bollywood's action sequences are not spoken about when so much money is spent on them. "When we mention action why do we talk only about the train-robbery sequence in Sholay and the go down fight in Deewaar? We need to stop treating fight sequences with the flamboyance of item songs." In Agent Vinod, Saif will be doing the most rugged and realistic action. Explains Raghavan, "Saif plays a spy. His character needs to be trained for all kinds of crises. I want Saif to fight instinctively, not as though his moves have been pre-decided There will be a lot of the raw guttural bloody stuff."
Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 12 Jul 2010 | 7:25 am

TV divas to gossip and brawl on new reality show

A new all-women show, called <i>Meethi Chhoorii No 1</i> on Imagine TV, will have leading ladies from TV in a no holds barred chat revealing their perceptions of each other.