It’s the moment any journalist would avoid. Interviewing the producer of a film while the Censors are watching it to give their certification. Arbaaz Khan sends me a text message to call him at an unusual timing. It was 4.30pm. An unexpected text puts me in frenzy. I call him at 4.38 for the interview and off he goes in a flash on the other end....

Tamil superstar Suriya could teach his Bollywood counterparts a thing or two about method acting. For a role that is a homage to Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker, not only has the young actor spent a major part of this year preparing for his role as a circus artiste, but Suriya now intends to put up a public show of his newly-acquired skills to prove...

The controversies surrounding Peepli Live cease to die even as the film continues to enjoy a dream run at the B.O. The latest jolt to the makers of the film has come from a villager Kunjilal Malviya who seems to want a share in the profits of the film as he feels that it’s based on his life story. Apparently, Kunjilal had predicted his death...

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...

Characters: Manoj Bajpayee: Shankar Sunar A goldsmith who is in love with a rich astrologer’s daughter Suvarnalata. Shankar is simple, friendly and caring. Sunar family – Shankar’s father – Bhaskar, an old man – who is seen and heard coughing – is so unwell that when he stops coughing for a bit the village panics...

Who says two actresses and co-stars cannot be friends? Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor may feel otherwise. But Sonam Kapoor had no choice but to get along with her co-star Ira Dubey during the shooting of Aisha…with Sonam’s papa Anil Kapoor’s blessing. Apparently, Sonam was often tempted to play the queen of the show on the sets, what...

While John Abraham doesn’t plead with his ladylove to end his life like Hrithik Roshan does in Guzaarish, there are enough outward resemblances between Guzaarish and John’s much- delayed Aashayein to make John press the panic button and ensure that his film about living life to the brim in the face of death, gets to the theatres before the...

Though Kareena Kapoor in We Are Family is Siddharth Malhotra’s cousin, getting her into the film was not easy. Says Siddharth, “Kareena’s grandmother Mrs Krishna Raj Kapoor and my grandfather actor Premnath are siblings. So I’ve known her from my childhood. We’ve practically grown up together. When I went to Karan Johar...

Prachi Desai is expectedly cheerful. Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai has clicked with the audience as well as critics while Prachi’s act too has been appreciated despite this Milan Luthria film being a gangster flick with men (Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Randeep Hooda) leading from the front. Her good run is continuing as now, after Rock On and Life...

Having born in a small village in Haryana, this dude did his schooling from Delhi Public School before moving to Australia for higher studies, and further on, he went to earn his Bachelors in Marketing & Human Resource Management. Well, we are indeed talking about Randeep Hooda! Having made his sparkling debut in Monsoon Wedding, Randeep went...