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Diya Mirza's petulance with Bollywood
"Bollywood appreciates only successful films of actors, but not their talents" says actress Diya Mirza who is quite discomfited on this factor with Hindi Film industry. Despites possessing good potentials and of course, the enchanting looks, Diya Mirza hasn't witnessed success in any flicks of…
Big B's B-day in Hospital
Bollywood Ka Shehanshah Amitabh Bachchan turning 66 today has been hospitalized at Nanavathi Hospital, here in Mumbai following abdominal pain. According to the closest sources, Amitabh had severe stomach pain since last night. As soon he was rushed to the hospital, the police officials rounded…
UTV Spotboy- making B-Town innovative
Film Production Company UTV Spotboy with its panache in going for films with unconventional stories and emerging victorious has turned into a flag bearer of offbeat subjects who can be completely trusted for delivering something refreshing.Continuing its agenda of encouraging new talents the new…
Box office analysis-October 09 , 2008
First weekend performance of latest releaseThe week gone by has shocked the industry. It was good till it lasted as Bollywood saw 7 back to back successes - SINGH IS KINNG, BACHNA AE HASEENO, PHOONK, ROCK ON, A WEDNESDAY, 1920 and WELCOME TO SAJJANPUR.…
"Amitabhji told me- Dont go by the words of others" - Vivek Sharma
BHOOTHNATH fame director Vivek Sharma is on cloud nine these days. Post the film's release Vivek is experiencing a new high in his life. Though BHOOTHNATH may not have, in real sense, given a super hit tag to the debutant director, but the film has…
Huge demand results in shift of theaters for A WEDNESDAY
Now this is clearly unprecedented. Never before can one remember an instance of a film's print being transported from one venue to another due to heavy demand amongst audience. However, this has indeed happened in case of A WEDNESDAY which saw such a huge turnaround…
Newbie Anant Narayan opposite Deepika in a film?
Officially, he may not even be a film old in B-town, but the media speculation and conjecture surrounding this Bollywood newcomer is already that of an established star. No prizes for guessing this one ' we're talking of entertainment journalist turned Bollywood actor Anant Narayan…
Box office analysis-August 28 , 2008
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…
Celluloid: Celebrity, Charity and Crime, but Cinema?
Celluloid blamed for much extravaganza and pampers presence in our society. And some time crime also related with certain themes, as recently Contract by RGV is blamed for bomb blasts at Ahmedabad. Are these just coincidence or reality?Turning back to history of Indian cinema…
Box office analysis-July 24 , 2008
First weekend performance of latest releaseSometimes all one needs to make a film a box office success is good music, very good publicity, beautiful actors and some attractive locations. Of course the content does the final talking in most of the cases but there…