Not many film makers get a chance to dabble with a multistarrer in their first ever film, but Manish Jha did the improbable when he came up with his female multistarrer 'Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye'.Starring Raveena Tandon, Sushmita Sen, Divya Dutta, Dia…

The power of satellite media was destined to make its presence felt one fine day!'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' tried to do that a few years back but then it was way ahead of its time when just a couple of private news channels…

It's a common sight to have release plans of Bollywood films going for a toss in the last moment. But rarely does one find a Hollywood movie faring the same way while getting released in India!This is what's happening to Ron Howard's film, 'The…

There will be sheer 'Magik' at the 59th Cannes feature film festival, which will be held in south France between May 17 and 28, '06. As the visitors scout around for lucrative investment opportunities and creative projects and plan to tap into the much-talked about…

This is the first time in the history of Indian music that seventy five leading musicians from across the country have sung ten songs in four languages, with a voice over by Amitabh Bachchan. "This is indeed a collector's item" and the credit goes to…

Are back to back releases turning out to be a bad timing for upcoming actress Payal Rohatgi?Just when coming Friday sees the release of her first biggie '36 China Town', the news of her long delayed sleaze flick 'Men Not Allowed' comes at the…

First weekend performance of latest releaseIt was always expected that inspite of boasting of terrific promos and superhit music, the opening of 'Gangster' would still range around 50% since movies like these generally gain from word of mouth. This is what exactly happened and…

Mughal-e-Azam hit Pakistan theatres on April 22 morning 11am, thus becoming the first Indian feature film to be released in Pakistan after 41 years. The historic film beats Akbar Khan's film Taj Mahal by three days to hit the Pakistani theatres.Akbar Asif, son of…

Tamil director Shankar has been one of the finest film makers in India who have emerged from the South.The man shot into limelight with his Tamil films dubbed in Hindi like 'Humse Hai Muqabla' [Prabhu Deva, Nagma], 'Hindustani' [Kamal Hassan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar],…

For the ultimate curtain raiser to The Mistress Of Spices, including the storyline and an insightful backgrounder on it, which especially highlights the Magical Realism used in the forthcoming Ash starrer from Gurinder Chaddha, read on! Also, info on the cast and technical crew, in…