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Box office analysis-August 14 , 2008
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.…
'Sarkar Raj' gets rare honour
So what if his films are presently not able to hit the intended targets, there is always a reason for Ram Gopal Varma to get contented with.His film 'Sarkar Raj' has been selected to be kept in the archives of the prestigious Academy of…
Box office analysis-July 31 , 2008
First weekend performance of latest releaseBoth MISSION ISTANBUL and MONEY HAI TOH HONEY HAI have failed at the box office. And such dull were the two movies till their release dates that hardly anyone is surprised/disappointed/bothered about the underperformance of the two films except…
'Shoebite' in Jeopardy
The photographs of Amitabh Bachchan walking through a long road as an old backpacker with flowing white hair looking tired and exhausted came up in the media sometime back.These photos from the location of the film 'Shoebite' gave us expectations of a great realistic…
Box office analysis-July 17 , 2008
First weekend performance of latest releaseThere weren't any expectations whatsoever from MEHBOOBA. Since the film's subject (a love triangle), treatment and music is the kind that worked only a decade back and has precious little to offer for the urban centers which are loving…
Celina talks about her first ever item number in C KKOMPANY
BALAJI MOTION PICTURES LTD.'S new venture, C KKOMPANY is all set to tickle the funny bones of the audience. Ekta Kapoor's forthcoming film is going to be a multi-starrer film. Apart from the main cast of Tusshar Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, and…
Box office analysis-July 10 , 2008
First weekend performance of latest releaseThe unthinkable has happened. Till about a year back, there was no news around the progress of JAANE TU YA JAANE NAA which had begun close to two years back. The film was stuck and while Aamir Khan got…
'CONTRACT is in the genre of a Rambo kind of film' - Ram Gopal Varma
Trust Ramu to keep people entertained. While his films have entertained audience for more than a decade, his interviews too have always carried the required spice. Now he is having a great time reacting to dozens of comments that he is receiving in response to…
'Zayed taking on Nikiten Dheer is highlight of MISSION ISTANBUL'
For the climactic battle in Apoorva Lakhia's Mission Istaanbul, the reed-thin Zayed Khan put on 11 kg and weighed 75 kg for the first time in his life. All because he had to take on the movie's bad man Nikitin Dheer, who is 6 feet…
"MISSION ISTANBUL is very different from my previous films" - Apoorva Lakhia
'Mission is very different from my previous movies. I realized Istanbul's old-World charm characterized by cobbled streets, cafes and medieval architecture would be an ideal backdrop for the film, which is full of intrigue,' quips Approva Lakhia, who made five trips to the city to…