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I want to be known as good actress, not a sex symbol: Tanushree »

Source: New Kerala
With her bold portrayals in Aditya Dutt’s ‘Aashiq Banaya Aapne’ and Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘Chocolate’, Tanushree Dutta would seem to the average cinegoer the natural successor to Bipasha Basu and Mallika Sherawat.
However, for the former Miss Universe, a tryst with Bollywood is more about making a mark as an actress rather than being just […]

The dressing up of Aishwarya Rai »

Courtesy: Apunkachoice
The ethnic and exotic costumes of Rekha in ‘Umrao Jaan’, are remembered even today, 24 years after the film’s release. So designing the costumes in the film’s remake will be quite a Herculean task.
It helps if the person who will don the costumes in the remake of the film is one of the beautiful […]

Dharmendra-Sunny team up for ‘DHARAM-VEER’ »

Courtesy: EROS

Bollywood seems to be perennially starved of original ideas. How else can one explain the re-makes of several old hits or even xeroxing them with contemporary stars? After SHOLAY, DON, AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY etc, the latest whisper is that Manmohan Desai’s DHARAM-VEER which starred Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Zeenat Aman and Neetu Singh, will be revisited. […]

When mothers are more successful than daughters »

Courtesy: SAWF
The ever-beautiful Dimple Kapadia is a typical Indian mother. Supporting the options chosen by her daughters Twinkle Khanna-Kumar and Rinke Khanna, she says that success is not linked with Bollywood alone. Women can achieve phenomenal success in any field they choose! She is the star of a new film Pyar Mein Twist ? wherein […]

Himanshu Malik hopes Rain hits Jackpot »

Courtesy: IANS
Life can be incredibly tough for an outsider who comes to tinsel town with hopes of making it big in Bollywood. It’s been especially hard for Himanshu Malik, a Delhi boy who got noticed in “Tum Bin”.
He was cast in Govind Menon’s “Khwahish” where he indulged in those 16 (or 17) smooches with Mallika […]

Abhishek to pay tribute to Mehmood »

Courtesy: Apunkachoice
Bollywood leading man Abhishek Bachchan , will pay tribute to one of Indian film’s comic legends in an upcoming movie called Bluffmaster , a news report said on Friday.
The new film will open with Bachchan dancing to the theme song from “Sabse Bada Rupiah” (Money is Power), a 1976 blockbuster starring the late […]

Indian government to review Bollywood smoking ban »

Courtesy: CBC
An Indian court asked the federal government on Friday to respond to a petition from a Bollywood filmmaker challenging a smoking ban on the screen.

Indian leading filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt (Photo ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)

In May, the Indian government issued an ordinance banning smoking from all new Indian movies and television broadcasts, beginning […]

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara is as good as it gets »

Courtesy: Rediff
An old man stands at the feet of the vast sea. A loving daughter searches for answers in the magnanimity of its waves. A story unfolds through the confines of a cosy house.
The empty dining table waits to serve its inhabitants. A tall ladder that has seen various ups and downs. Open windows, […]