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"Tarantino asked me lot of questions about Indian cinema" – Resul Pookutty
Mar 13th
Resul expresses a sense of disappointment about the experience of attending the Oscars for the second time. “I realized unless you’re nominated there’s no fun in attending the Oscars. This time I was just a spectator and to that extent I got to meet a lot of interesting people including the best-actress and best-director winners Sandra Bullock and Katheryn Bigelow who were absolutely charming.” Clearly the highlight of the evening for Resul was to meet Quentin Tarantino. “I am an absolute fan. And I had to tell him how I liked his Inglourious Basterds. When I spoke to him Quentin More >
"Shawn never allowed me to see myself in monitor after canning the shot" – Amruta Patki
Mar 12th
In this year’s release Chance Pe Dance, Shahid Kapoor’s character was shown as a struggler who doesn’t have enough money to decide about his next meal. Romanticizing the entire struggle around him, this character embraces it all before success comes falling in his lap. Now that was reel life. Cut to the real world and debutant Amruta Patki may well have a similar story to tell. Despite a beauty pageant background to her and a Miss India-Earth title in her kitty, Amruta isn’t willing to forget her humble middle class upbringing. For a girl who self confessedly had to take More >
Hollywood calling for Shah Rukh Khan; to do a film with Leonardo Di Caprio
Mar 12th
The big news Now this development really gets the antennas stand right up with all attention reserved for what next is really in the offing. Believe it or not but a major Hollywood-Bollywood collaboration is right up in the anvil and two of the bigger superstars from different ends of the world are all set to share screen space. The film in question is Xtrme City and the men in question – hold your breath – Shah Rukh Khan and Leonardo Di Caprio. Yes, even though all of this seemed like a dream till a few years back, it is More >
Life Goes On
Mar 10th
The drama explores the relations between a grief stricken father and his three daughters. Set in London, the time is now, the family of Indian origin- part of the UK Diaspora. With his wife’s sudden death, Sanjay is suddenly thrown into close proximity with his three daughters. The drama unfolds over five days from the day when Manju dies to day of the funeral. Haunted by memories, grappling with this devastating loss, missing the mediating influence of his wife, Sanjay finds himself assessing and carving out new relations with his three daughters. He is faced with a further crisis when More >
Nandita Das in Kolkata to shoot for Onir’s film Afia
Mar 9th
After winning multiple Filmfare awards for her directorial debut, it was a grand homecoming of sorts of Nandita Das in Kolkata which is not really her hometown. Nandita is an Oriya by parentage. But because of the number of films she has done in Bengali she’s often mistaken for a Bengali. So it was when she landed in Kolkata last Sunday. Armed ecstatically as she was with her 4 Filmfare awards for Firaaq, the city greeted her with open-armed ovation. “The last film I shot in Kolkata was Paddakhep (Footsteps) with Soumitra Chatterjee,” she says from the sets of Onir’s More >
Akon is coming to Mumbai on Monday
Mar 6th
Akon is coming to Mumbai on Monday to record a song for composers Vishal- Shekhar in Anubhav Sinha’s Ra.1. The controversial singer’s arrival is being kept under wraps. He’s expected to be whisked away from the airport straight for the recording. Akon will be recording on March 9 and 10 before he quietly slips out of India. But hang on. He’s expected to return to India in April for live concerts with Aadesh Shrivastav. Confirming Akon’s recording in Mumbai, Ra.1 director Anubhav Sinha says, “Akon will be here for the recording on the dates you’ve mentioned.” However, Anubhav very strongly More >
"Dev D was more out there… Road, Movie is more subtle" – Abhay Deol
Mar 4th
He broke every existing cliché, whether it was about playing safe with scripts or the stereotype about the good guy being the hero. He was part of the growing and exploring New Age Cinema. Abhay Deol, who always took the road less travelled, took off on a trip when he fancied one and never believed in being the follower, is hitting the screens shortly with his next film Road Movie. Chandni Dev at Bollywood Hungama finds out about this Journey undertaken by the rebellious Deol which is bound to traverse off the beaten track. You’ve been away for a while, More >
"70% of Indian population still watches movies outdoors" – Dev Benegal
Mar 3rd
10 years after his second directorial venture Split Wide Open, internationally acclaimed filmmaker Dev Benegal is ready with his next film Road, Movie. The film starring Abhay Deol, Tanishtha Chatterjee and Satish Kaushik in lead roles talks about the concept of showing movies on the go, a tradition still very prevalent in the interiors and heartlands of India. Says Dev, “Shocking as it may sound, 70% of the Indian population still watches movie outdoors. The first time I went to a small village on the outskirts of Maharashtra, nearly 3000 people had gathered to watch a film. The next time More >
"I became like a kid on sets after seeing Big B and Ben Kingsley" – Madhavan
Feb 28th
Madhavan or Maddy, as he is fondly known as, finished 2009 on a high with the biggest blockbuster 3 Idiots. He starts 2010 with another big film Teen Patti. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Hungama, Maddy talks about his experience working with two of cinema’s stalwarts, Mr. Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley. While doing so he also shares with us some fun moments the ‘kids’ and the rest of the crew had while on the sets. Read on to know more. You have Alibaug, Sunglass, Tanu Weds Manu and yet another film with Kangna and a few other Tamil More >
Brief overview on why Amendments to the Copyright Act has created such a stir
Feb 20th
While the Ministry of Human Resource & Development is working on the amendments to the Copyright Act 1957, several issues and concerns have been raised and discussed in print, media and on the Internet that is based on speculation and has created a cloud of uncertainty, anxiety and concern for people in the Media & Entertainment Industry and more particularly music companies and owners of copyright in music and films. Most concerning speculations that have spread in the industry are regarding amending the copyright laws to make them oriented selectively in line with certain (though not all) western jurisdictions and More >
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