These are the men who stay in the background, but it's their work which speaks - literally! Meet the men who wrote some memorable lyrics for the music albums that came in 2006.1. Sayeed Quadri [Wo Lamhe, Bas Ek Pal, Anwar]Sayeed Quadri has…

Ram Gopal Verma's 'Nishabd' was ready months back. In fact the PR machinery of the film had gone amok in plastering news about the film's lead heroine Jiah Khan all over the town. While all this was happening, there were no signs of the film…

I don't fear the Public, I am the Public'This is one of the catch-lines hogging attention in the newspaper advertisements of Mani Rathnam's 'Guru'. The main catchline ' Villager, Visionary, Winner'.Continues to be the mainstay'This has to be said that in its final stage of…

Smita Kudva, who trained under legendary filmmaker Satjayit Ray and assisted Ismail Merchant, is making her debut as a feature film director with 'Magic Loom Girl', the filming for which will commence early next year.Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, who composes music for the film,…

I first heard from Waheed a couple of months ago. It was a frail voice clear on the long distance call from UK. He had a story to tell. And maybe less time. For I could notice he was breathing heavily. Later I came to…

Just like any other year, even 2006 saw a number of first time directors trying to make their presence felt in the Bollywood film making scene. A super successful year only helped the cause as number of directors showed potential and promised an extended outing…

Stunning model Urvashi Sharma rocked when she appeared in the 'Something Something' music video with Mika. Shedding her inhibitions in front of camera, her no holds bar sensual acts made many a men go crazy about her.Now she goes in a completely opposite direction…

Vijay Krishna Acharya has suddenly emerged as one of the hottest names in writer circles today.After making a splash with 'Dhoom' for which he wrote dialogues and screenplay, he followed up the good work with 'Dhoom 2'. In the interim, he also wrote the…

Vishal Bharadwaj is busy winning awards-n-adulation all over the world for his rapturous adaptation of Shakepeare's Othello, 'Omkara'. But what is being ignored (slightly) in all this exaltation for Vishal the new age director is Vishal, the fascinating music composer.In fact his music score…

Is Sushmita Sen going the Parveen Babi Way? Well, that's the lead story of a popular gossip magazine for January. Sushmita has led a checkered life. Hoisted on the Miss World stage at age 19, a somewhat successful Hindi film career, a lucrative modeling career,…