Hindi Cinema News
The latest Hindi film industry headlines, updates and announcements.
Sanjay Gupta takes over KURBANI
Feroz Khan's 1980 blockbuster Qurbani remake is reportedly going to be directed by Sanjay Gupta. Feroz Khan had grand plans of casting his son Fardeen and Saif Ali Khan in the roles originally played by himself and Vinod Khanna. This is one of his dreams to remake Qurbani, which
Jun 23, 2008
Bollywood helping its little brother
Marathi Cinema, the tiny neighbour of Bollywood is slowly making itself heard with films that stand true to its identity and flavour. The show man of Bollywood Subhash Ghai made a bold decision and gave a chance to film maker Umesh Kulkarni to make a film titled 'Valu'. The film
Jun 23, 2008
Sharukh "Sunshine" Khan is the name
Some could not believe their eyes, for some it was a pure magic and yet for some others it was a dream of a lifetime coming true. The huge turn out of his fans made up of people of Asian origin as well as whites is the one and only thing needed to show why Shah Rukh is called as
Jun 23, 2008
Mithun- The homeless old man
The photos that showed Amitabh Bachchan in a fully deglamourised role of a vagabond tired looking backpacker with snow white unkempt hair and beard and one leg covered in bandages immediately led to an attraction and raised the curiosity about the film 'Shoebite' directed by Sooj
Jun 23, 2008
Kahaani KING se KINNG tak ki!
Recently, Akshay Kumar revealed that he saw the phrase 'Sing Is King' at the back of a truck, which is where he got his inspiration for the film's title. "It went brilliantly with the theme of our film," he revealed. But how did the 'King' become 'Kinng'? Laughs the man behind Aa
Jun 21, 2008
Big Music clutch rights of Rajnikant's 'Kuselan'
Trying to bag the rights of the music of a film of superstar Rajnikant will be there in every big music company's plans for accelerating growth. Big Music has taken a major step in adding strength to its growth in south Indian film industries by grabbing the audio rights of Rajni
Jun 21, 2008
J Brandon Hill's career gains speed
J Brandon Hill is quite lucky as he got a small but well noticed role in the blockbuster laugh riot 'Bunty Aur Bubli'. The actor from U.S. went on get noticed more because of the peculiarity of the scenes in which he is seen in the film. In the film he plays the millionaire who g
Jun 21, 2008
Karan Johar- latest one to get blog bite
The Bollywod Blogging train is keeping on adding new compartments. After Amitabh Bachchan started his blog and created enough attention grabbing remarks and responses, the call of blogging has got stronger and started a sort of new age communication revolution among the film frat
Jun 21, 2008
"It's just not me" - Nikita Anand
This one has gone from being nice to naughty. Nikita Anand, who played a sweet bubbly college student in 'Dil, Dosti Etc', has decided to turn a new leaf. She's donning shades of grey in Partho Ghosh's next film 'Ek Second ' Jo Zindagi Badal De' with established actors like Manis
Jun 20, 2008
Randeep-Priyanka 'konnection'
There is this reddish-brown side of Hooda boy, seomthing which would also be seen in case of Priyanka Chopra in LOVE STORY 2050! Randeep Hooda first acquired a rough 'n tough look for 'D' when he played a role on the lines of gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Then, for his character as a
Jun 20, 2008
"Camera loves Shriya" - Ashok Amritraj
It is not often that a man of the stature of Ashok Amritraj goes out of his way to shower praises. But when it comes to Shriya Saran, the heroine of his forthcoming film 'The Other End of the Line', Amritraj is all praise for the girl who stars opposite Jesse Metcalfe (the famous
Jun 20, 2008
Final Schedule of 'Monopoly' completed
'Monopoly- The Game of Money' may hit the theatres soon as the makers have completed the film's final schedule of shooting on June 6. Now only one song that will feature vocalist Sukwinder Singh and a Bollywood actress remains to be canned. Sukwinder also has the responsibility o
Jun 20, 2008
'Marmayogi' to be launched in Mumbai
'Marmayogi', Kamal Haasan's next venture would be launched on July 13, exactly a month after the release of 'Dasavatharam'. Kamal Haasan seems to be eyeing the Hindi market and probably that is the reason the movie is going to be launched at the Grand Hotel in Mumbai. The master
Jun 20, 2008
Yash-Manjari's FALTU wins National Award
At the recently announced 54th National Awards, Planman Motion Pictures' "Faltu" produced by Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri won the "Best Film on Family Welfare" award. This Anjan Das directed movie is based on the novel ' Ranirghater Brittanto written by celebrated Bengal author- Syed
Jun 19, 2008
World premier for SIRF
UTV Movies delivers on its commitment to bring the latest movies to the television. UTV Movies, the Hindi movie channel from the UTV Network, is presenting the world premiere of the Kay Kay Menon, Manisha Koirala and Ranvir Shorey starrer 'Sirf ' Life Looks Greener on the Other S
Jun 19, 2008
Box office analysis-June 19 , 2008
First weekend performance of latest release It was expected that MERE BAAP PEHLE AAP would taken an opening in the middle range (around 50%) but it was a little lesser than that. Thankfully, it wasn't a shocking opening per se and decent collections over the weekend mean that thi
Jun 19, 2008
My daughter my guru Kamal Haasan
With the release of 'Dasavathar', the hard work put in by Kamal Haasan to do justice to all ten characters played by him is well known now. In an interview to the press recently, director K. S. Ravikumar talked about Kamal Haasan's homework in terms of careful preparation and pre
Jun 19, 2008'Love Story 2050' Merchandise launched
Bringing out different products that appeals to old and young alike based on the themes and nature of the films have lately caught the fancy of filmmakers. An Hollywood import, this way of creating hype, more publicity, attractiveness, and raising money is a tested method for mar
Jun 19, 2008