One struggles to remember that in the current generation, when was the last time when a top line director managed to work with four top actresses in his first four films? Though one may continue to ponder over the thought, the fact remains that young Siddharth Anand could well be the lone man standing for that record. He started off with Preity Zinta...

Ever since his comeback in Bollywood, Chunky Pandey seems to have become favourite with filmmaker Subhash Ghai. He got a major role in Apna Sapna Money Money (terrific), followed it up with Paying Guests (insignificant) and would now be seen again in Hello Darling. Though Javed Jaffrey is the man of the moment in this film about sexual harassment,...

The phrase “a rare talent” describes Kajol to a tee. In her case, it shows: there’s a zest and verve to her work that not only suits her, but clearly suits her fans as well. It’s a rare talent who finds herself at the zenith of her popularity at the age when Indian actresses have either vanquished in the oblivion or have stopped...

Film stars, when you meet them, can seem disarmingly ok. If you saw the grungily synonymous Arjun Rampal on the street, you would notice him but you might look the other way with a grimace. But once his face is magnified and projected on to a screen or the ramp, he becomes mesmeric and his identity multiplies. Recently, I met the anonymous Arjun I’d...

He stuck to his own, unaffected unperturbed by anyone’s opinion but his own. Some called him a slice of life director and other’s typecast his work as non commercial but Nagesh Kukunoor is still one of the few directors who believe in their work passionately and are not hesitant to take the road less travelled. Time and again he has extracted...

After reaching a dead-end with her career in Bollywood (her one and only hit was Pyar Ke Side Effects, not counting the cameo with Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor in Welcome) and with her purported global re-re-re-launch in Hissss showing no sign of release (the date has now gone from August to November) Mallika has signed on the dotted line for the Dhamaal...

Barely one Hindi and Telugu film old, Rana Daggubati is already one of the most talked-about new-age actors, hellbent on breaking the myth about South Indian heroes from Kamal Haasan and Rajnikanth to the latest Vikram, being no-nos in Bollywood. Rana for one, speaks fluent Hindi. And the single-ready-to-mingle image doesn’t hurt either. Then...

Besides impending motherhood, Kajol has just celebrated her birthday and her husband Ajay Devgn has just had a big success in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai. “Don’t you think I’ve trained him very well?” her voice sparkles with mischief pride and pleasure when told that she has a hand in Devgn’s makeover. “Seriously,...

First it was mom Sarika whose good offices were used to launch daughter Shruti Haasan’s career in Hindi cinema. Now, apparently dad Kamal Haasan has taken over the responsibility. Shruti’s Hindi launch Luck starred Imran Khan, a close family friend of Sarika (Sarika and her two daughters used to stay with Imran’s mom during her earlier...

Have you heard the rumours that Rani Mukherjee has turned into a recluse, that she sees no one anymore? That she is the new Rekha? Aastha Atray Banan set out to meet her on a rainy night and came away startled. Mumbai is full of bored jibes about Rani Mukherjee. She is over. She smells of failure. She is too short, too old to work in slick, new Bollywood....