Percept Limited had filed a suit against UTV before the Delhi High Court, for permanent injunction against the shooting and release of the film titled Shoebite alleging that the screenplay and script of Shoebite infringed the copyright of Percept in the screenplay and script Johnny…

First weekend performance of latest releaseCHAMKU - Bas naam hi kaafi hai - to ensure that the film doesn't even get recognized at the box office, let alone take a fall! The film has failed, and how. The writing was clear on the wall…

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…

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…

It is a known fact that the slick 'n scandalous "Dard-e-Sherlyn" video is Sherlyn Chopra's 'tribute' to the original Dream Girl, Hema Malini's hit number "Dard" from 'Dus Numbri'.But in a recent interview in Delhi, Hema Malini has hit at Sherlyn with stinging sarcasm…

Bengali beauty Rituparna Sengupta has a lot going for her in Kolkata, like her many critically acclaimed films. One of them is 'Swarger Nichey Manush' which was nominated for the Osian Film Festival in the best film category.The ravishing girl recently went to Delhi…

First weekend performance of latest releaseYASH RAJ FILMS finally have a success in their hands. After four back to back flops (LAAGA CHUNARI MEIN DAAG, AAJA NACHLE, TASHAN, THODA PYAAR THODA MAGIC) which boasted of big names like Rani Mukherjee, Abhishek Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit,…

First weekend performance of latest releaseThere was a mention in this column last week about RACE and WELCOME being the only two films which were under threat of their opening week record (35 crores) to be broken by the release of SINGH IS KINNG.…

Politics is not meant for everyone. Only the very tough and the determined can survive here. So also is Bollywood.Actors can be politicians but a politician as an actor is a rare breed. But, here is one actor who is not shying away from…

Mahuaa Media Pvt. Ltd. (MMPL) launched MAHUAA TV - India's first dedicated Bhojpuri General Category Channel amongst much fanfare in the capital today. Present on the occasion were Bhojpuri superstars like Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kissan, Shweta Tiwari, Dinesh Yadav, to extend their support to MAHUAA…