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…

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,…

Ramu explains his take on the media in the write-up below:The media is a reporting agency. It reports news. News is what you hear for the first time and for it to catch your attention the media has to make the news sound as…

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.…

First weekend performance of latest releaseUGLY AUR PAGLI has turned out to be a film which not many have watched at theaters on it's release but would find some audience for itself on it's DVD arrival. Let us first talk about why the film…

Love has many takes.You watched our Pyaar Ke Side Effects. You watched Just Married. You watched Chameli, Shabd, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi. All of them explored relationships, gave a new spin to what love is allabout.But Ugly aur Pagli takes the bakery. It's…

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…

We have all heard of soft romantic comic love stories.Now get set for a love story with a punch, a thud and some serious arm twisting thrown in with zero bedside manners.Ugly aur Pagli.It is the story of Kabir, a carefree guy…

It was a phone call which came in one lazy Jakarta afternoon and it said 'Can you come down to Mumbai tomorrow and make a presentation to us?' and that sent my entire life upside down as it was the beginning of a dream. A…

While the soundtrack of Singh is Kinng is topping the charts the world over, little has been written about the lyricist who has penned these successful numbers - Mayur Puri. From the emerging breed of young and talented dialogue writers-lyricists, Mayur Puri's name strikes a…