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"The One Kilometer Walk.." - By Ram Gopal Varma
My father was a sound engineer in Annapurna Studios and due to that he had a pretty good access to the big guns there. I went to him and told him that I wanted to be film director and he thought I had cracked my…
1920 team goes all out to promote the film
Seems like Rajneesh Duggal, Adha Sharma and Vikram Bhatt are mighty excited (and confident) about their horror flick 1920. The trio is going all out to promote the film 24X7. Very recently, they were made a round up North to address a series of press…
Revealed - Ramu talks about the Biggest Flop of his life
Just felt like sharing this one personal experience of mine. It has nothing to do with films. So those of you who are not interested can get off right now.Sometime in 1994 I just returned from Chennai to Hyderabad in the morning and was…
Box office analysis(Part I)
First weekend performance of latest releaseA WEDNESDAY clearly 'hijacked' the fortunes of both HIJACK and TAHAAN even though it took a slow opening at the box office. However, number of pre-release screenings and paid previews helped in creating good enough buzz about the film…
"DHOOM was a small stopgap film; my heart lay in making KIDNAP" - Sanjay Gadhvi
With the promos of the forthcoming Kidnap doing the rounds aggressively on television, the film is in the news for being the most keenly anticipated one on Eid this year.That Kidnap is Sanjay Dutt's first release of 2008 and Imran Khan's second outing after…
Indian Cinema: Globalised Challenges Ahead
Indian cinema particularly, Bollywood and its others regional fellows are engaging in a bid that push themselves at the forefront of global cinema circles. They participate in many International film festivals even before they are screened for the domestic audience. However, it has become a…
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…
"I am fascinated to see how people run down my films" - Ramu
Someone sent me a printout of a review of Sarkar Raj on a website titled 'Sarkar Raj: Get Him While He's Down Cause He's Gonna Come Back with a Magnum and then You Gotta Ask Yourself: 'Do I feel Lucky?' Well, Do Ya PUNK'. I…
After BHOOTHNATH Vivek-Juhi return with KAL KISNE DEKHA
Film Director Vivek Sharma, who had earlier directed Bhoothnath, celebrated his birthday on the sets of his next film 'Kal Kisne Dekha' being shot at Raghuleela Mall in Vashi here on 27th August, 2008. The film stars debutante actors but also has cameos from renowned…
After MUMBAI MERI JAAN, RUSLAAN is another film on Mumbai train blasts
'RUSLAAN', the film revolving around train blasts in Mumbai on July 11th 2006 , has completed its shoot with the last schedule at Hazi Ali Shrine on August 20, 2008. Team has shot a song sequence at Hazi Ali. Song 'Maula Mere Maula' is sung…