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'Masaan' about India's transition, not peddling poverty: Neeraj Ghaywan
Set in modern-day Varanasi, Neeraj Ghaywan's directorial debut "Masaan", which wowed Cannes critics, steers clear of cliches associated with the holy Indian city. Ghaywan maintains the film, which released Friday, is about India in transition and doesn't peddle poverty as Twitter trolls suggest."I am…
Aamir brother Faisal's comeback film ready for release
Superstar Aamir Khan's brother Faisal is gearing up to make his comeback into films with "Chinar-Daastaan-E-Ishq", which he said is completed and ready for release as soon as they find distributors.My film 'Chinar-Daastaan-E-Ishq' will release soon. The film is completely ready and the release…
METRO leads with 14 Screen nominations
The New Year, new beginnings also means rewarding the achievers of the year gone by.2008's first film awards brings a cheers for Life in a Metro directed by the maverick Anurag Basu and helps bring in the New Year to celebrate the year with…
First weekend performance of latest release
In last week's column, there were three things clearly mentioned regarding the fate of NAMASTEY LONDON at the box office.a) The film would open well on Friday (though not excellent which means 80% above) and then take a dip in the evening shows when…
Box office analysis-March 23 , 2007
First weekend performance of latest releaseOne thing that continued to puzzle me over the last few weeks was a lackluster promotion and hype building around HAT TRICK. After all it came from one of the biggest film making house of the country, UTV, had…
Box office analysis-March 22 , 2007
First weekend performance of latest releaseOne thing that continued to puzzle me over the last few weeks was a lackluster promotion and hype building around HAT TRICK. After all it came from one of the biggest film making house of the country, UTV, had…
Viju Shah back with SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM
Viju Shah, who had just one release each in the last three years, ASAMBHAV [2004], SHIKHAR [2005] and YUN HOTA TO KYA HOTA [2006] would be starting the year 2007 with SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM.Though the film has music by Himesh Reshammiya, Viju has been…
Box office analysis-March 15 , 2007
First weekend performance of latest releasePretty uneventful - this is how one would summarize the weekend gone by for Bollywood. Even as there were 4 films released last Friday, neither trade nor aam junta were excited about any of them. Whether it was noir…
Box office analysis-March 09 , 2007
Even before the first show of NISHABD had commenced, it was crystal clear that the film won't take anything more than an average start. This was even mentioned in last week's column and it was a known fact that regardless of the actual credentials of…
SARHAD PAAR promotion begins....yet again
For the umpteenth time in last 3 years, the promotion of Sanjay Dutt's long-in-the-making SARHAD PAAR has kick started again.A film by Nimbus Motion Pictures, SARHAD PAAR has been facing troubles all through its shoot and post production. Now things seem to be sorting…