The sleeper hit Band Baaja Baaraat is completing 100 days in theatres. And in style! While most new releases are falling by the wayside, this film starring newcomer Ranvir is winning accolades at award ceremonies and at the ticket window. Impeccably casting Anushka Sharma with Ranvir has worked for the film’s reclusive producer, Aditya Chopra. …
Reruns have become the order of the day in north India, particularly places like Faridabad, Kanpur, Jaipur, Indore and Thane. Some of the films that have already been shown on TV and are still being screened on the big screens include blockbusters like Dabangg, Ghajini, Three Idiots and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Some films …
Tanu Weds Manu is a hit in Punjab and above average across India. It’s likely to cross lifetime business of Rs 40 crore after taxes. Which is quite good for all involved – producers, distributors, and actors Kangna Ranaut and Madhavan. Though the story has shades of Jab We Met, it does hold on it’s …
The movie isn’t a patch on Slumdog Millionaire or any of Boyle’s previous films. It’s 93 minutes of torture, really. So what comes unstuck here? Several things. 1. The film makes for a 10-minute short film to be exhibited at film festivals and competitions. Not a full-length film. 2. The film isn’t entertaining after the …
Many senior actors abhor the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ awards, particularly when they are still happy acting out their real-life fantasies in reel life. Some find it embarassing. Some absent from it, the moment they hear that they are nominated. And others, don’t want to show their fallen faces and remain locked up at home. So what …
Aamir Khan set the trend by not attending any of the award ceremonies being trumpeted about by such luminaries as Filmfare, Screen, Stardust and so on. Today, every other entity wants to award filmstars, be it a publication, a film guild, a fan group, an NGO, a gutkha company or a TV channel. The result: …
Both the films released recently are not doing great. Blame it on the waning stars of Akshay Kumar for Patiala House, but what’s wrong with Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji? However, Patiala House might still be profitable to its makers – Yash Raj Films – because of its low price of Rs 30 crore. The …
2010 could well be called the year of Indian journalists in Bollywood. Two journalists did the industry proud even though they didn’t belong to any filmi khandaan. I am talking about Anusha Rizvi and her successful film Peepli [Live] and Subhash Kapoor’s Phas Gaya Re Obama. Both films were rooted in the rural hinterland, but …
The other day, I saw Phas Gaya Re Obama on TV, and was quite impressed. It’s an engaging drama about thieves stung by recession and how they realise the NRI they have kidnapped for ransom is of no good. What follows is a series of entertaining situations in which the NRI goes one up on …
Leander Paes is getting the heebie-jeebies with his debut role in Rajdhani Express. Aamir Khan going underground to guard his new hairstyle for his upcoming film to be directed by Reema Kagti of ‘Honeymoon Travels’ fame. Manisha Koirala is breaking up with her Nepalese businessman husband because she cannot keep herself from her innumerable exes. …
Tron Legacy pioneers a parallel digital universe of what goes on inside computer circuitry. It’s a novel concept where the protagonist gets sucked into it completely. His vision is to create a world of a perfect universe. But his partner has other plans. The result: He is trapped by his partner in the choppy waters …
