The girl who created waves among the adolescents of South India is celebrating her birthday today. Introduced in the film 'Ullathai Allithaa' by director Sundar C. to the Tamil film world, she became a star overnight playing a youthful girl in love. It was a…

Filmmaker Vinta Nanda is all set to direct two new projects titled 'Magic' and 'Tinsel Town'. A year ago, her directorial debut 'White Noise' starring Rahul Bose and Koel Purie received rave reviews and critical acclaim. However the commercial success quotient somehow eluded her.Vinta,…

It is a long and painful journey for the actor. He has undergone the agony of being shuttled between courts for nearly 14 years. He has also spent almost 18 months in the jail. Sanjay Dutt, one of the leading stars of Bollywood, has been…

Once the famous Oscar winning director Satyajit Roy had made the "Shatranj Ke Khiladi" with Amjad Khan and Sayeed Jafrey, where they had to learn chess game by heart. But it was only for the film but in reality Bollywood has its own Shatranj Ke…

In order to stick to authenticity in his forthcoming film Black Friday, director Anurag Kashyap and his team shot the important scene of the RDX bombs landing in India prior to the Mumbai blast in 1993 in the same village that the RDX actually landed…

'Black Friday' the much awaited film which is scheduled to release on February 9th has real life journalists like Naresh Fernandez (presently editor of Timeout Magazine) who covered the 1993 blasts which took place in Mumbai as reel journalists.'We wanted the scenes to look…

Black Friday'.. Recreating Mumbai of the early 90's was one of the most difficult and significant aspect of the film. One had to keep a lot of things in mind like there should be no usage of cell phones or visibility of them in the…

Smita Kudva, who trained under legendary filmmaker Satjayit Ray and assisted Ismail Merchant, is making her debut as a feature film director with 'Magic Loom Girl', the filming for which will commence early next year.Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, who composes music for the film,…

Destiny's child Sanjay Dutt has got a brief reprieve from a Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Acts Court today as it extended his bail till January 18th, 2007. As is well known Sanjay had been found guilty under Arms Act for possession of an AK 56…

Anurag Kashyap has reasons to smile. His most distinguished work till date, 'Black Friday', is finally gearing up for release coming January.Also an accomplished script and dialogue writer, Anurag hasn't enjoyed similar success so far when it comes to films directed by him. He…