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MADHUR donates National Award prize money for a noble cause
Her Excellency, Honorable President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil confers realistic film director, Madhur Bhandarkar with National Award for The Best Film Director of the year 2007, for his film Traffic Signal. The award was conferred in Delhi on 2nd September, 2008. The prize money…
"The single most instinctive evil is discrimination" - Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose is a man with a mission. The actor, who is passionate about cinema is equally passionate about issues concerning women, children and society. Rahul's mission is to erase discrimination and bring a stop any kind of differentiation and prejudices that only weaken the…
Eros and Star TV deal to target TV Sector in India
Eros International, the leading integrated studio within the Indian media & entertainment sector, announced that it has signed multi-film content licensing deal with Rupert Murdoch owned Star TV, one of the leading entertainment channels in India on 1st of September. The deal encompasses a selection…
FIRAAQ to be screened at Telluride Film Festival
A Percept Picture Company production and Nandita Das's directorial debut film 'FIRAAQ' is all set for it's another achievement and that too well before its release. Firaaq will be screened at the Telluride Film Festival. Telluride is arguably the most prestigious film festival in North…
SRK may go looking for treasure
According a buzz in Bollywood, Ace Cinematographer/Director Santosh Sivan is in plans with Shah Rukh Khan to do an out and out fantasy film centered on a man's quest to find a long lost treasure.If the movie gets to the floors soon, it will…
Naseeruddin Shah busy with flicks on Terrorism
Actor-director of Bollywood Naseeruddin Shah seems to be busy with flicks on Terrorism one is international and the other is on domestic terror plot.The international film on terrorism, Shoot at Sight is produced by Jagmohan Mundhra was released on 22nd August, and the Hindi…
Premier of flicks by Newage filmmakers on B4U
B4U Network with authentic Bollwood quotient is constantly striving to innovate and bring unusual and original content to its viewers. Both the movie and music channels have got a complete makeover infused with new programming, packaging and an array of new shows keeping the central…
'Om Shanti Om' reached a final round in the Olympics
There is one more achievement for India other than one gold and two bronze medals in the recently concluded Beijing Olympics.Any guesses?It has got nothing to do with sports and is related to music.The Israeli gymnastic team comprising of Katarina Pisetsky, Veronika…
Box office analysis-August 28 , 2008
First weekend performance of latest releaseIn the Friday gone by, three distinct films had released - PHOONK (horror), MAAN GAYE MUGHALL-E-AZAM (comedy) and MUMBAI MERI JAAN (social). As pointed out in this very column last week, PHOONK was always the front runner and credit…
From PHOONK to RAAZ - The most expensive horror movie ever made
The bumper opening of Phoonk has taken everyone by surprise! 2008 is a special year for horror as a genre, as not only have the people started lapping up horror movies, but it is one of the few years where many talented directors are exploring…