1956 Audio Songs
All songs →Related News
More news →Hollywood blockbuster 300 premiers in New Delhi
Hollywood blockbuster '300', which has registered record collections in its opening weekend in USA, is coming to India tomorrow. Before that, select audience in New Delhi would be able to watch the film today itself in an exclusive premier that is taking place at PVR Plaza. The event is expected to be graced by top celebrities of the city, Page 3 regulars and select invitees. A film based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" concerns the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians. The film stars Gerard Butler, Vincent Regan, Lena Headey and David Wenham.
IT'S BREAKING NEWS team gets together in New Delhi
Anima Films's IT'S BREAKING NEWS is gearing up for a release. Prior to it's release, it's cast members Koel Purie and Swati Sen (FTII) would be addressing a press conference at New Delhi today. This Hindi feature film is produced by Shreyas Mhaskar and directed by Vishal Inamdar. The film also stars Vinay Apte, Harsh Chhaya, Atul Parchure and Virendra Saxena. Based on real "Sting Operation", the film explores two worlds. While there has been a world where news breaks all by itself and arrives on your door steps, there is also a world where news has to be created in order to have it break in front of millions of viewers. STING OPERATION is one such tool to facilitate that! Vidya [Koel Purie] is one such journalist who gets involved in a operation masterminded by her. An operation that depends a lot on glamour, sensationalism and controversies.
New title for Dhoom 2 is...
'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge' started it all as the acronym DDLJ became synonym for the movie. Yes, there was HAHK [Hum Aapke Hain Kaun] too before that but people still preferred to call it by the full title. This was followed by KKHH [Kuch Kuch Hota Hai] but using acronyms really became fashionable with RHTDM [Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein] and K3G [Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham] where the makers intentionally chose to publicize the film by their short forms. Since then there has been no looking back as one after another the use of acronyms became a norm, most recently being that of the biggest film of the year 'Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna' that is known more as KANK. But the cake is now taken by the sequel to 'Dhoom'! When everyone thought that the movie would be titled 'Dhoom -II', Yash Raj Films have kept it simple by simply calling the film 'D2'. On the lines of Hollywood blockbusters 'MI -I' and 'MI - II' that are known more by their short forms than 'Mission Impossible Part I and II', the makers of Dhoom too have kept it simple, hence paving the way for many more sequels to come. Did we hear D3 and D4 knocking the doors?
New Age Dons KBC figures are impressive
Kaun Banega Crorepati has opened with a big bang. Below is an update on the opening week's performance of KBC with SRK. Commenting on the opening numbers of KBC, Sameer Nair, CEO, STAR Entertainment India, said 'At the outset, we had set 3 objectives for ourselves for KBC with SRK: strategic to ensure that Star Plus continues to dominate viewers hearts & minds; tactical to gain clear leadership in the 9-10 pm weekday primetime band and commercial, to allow us to ensure that the cricket World Cup does not dent our revenues. We have conclusively met all our objectives and the following facts bear those out.' The key facts & Numbers on the success of KBC. KBC with SRK Week 1: key facts 1. KBC opened strong with a rating of 12.3 and did a 10.4 TVR and 9.2 TVR on Tue and Thursday respectively. 2. On Wednesday the show faced fragmentation because of India-WI prime time cricket. The show with a 7.2 TVR did better than cricket on Neo sports (2.24) and DD (4.16). 3. The KBC first episode reached 23.3 million. This was 5 million more than the reach of the launch episode of KBC-2. In a little more than an hour KBC reached more people than a India Australia Champions trophy match over 8 hours. 4. The show unlike other content on Hindi has performed well universally. The show has grown by 128 % among males from a 4 TVR to a 8.9 TVR average. This is higher than any programming including cricket. 5. Despite the CAS impact in Mumbai, Delhi and Calcutta. The show has done a 15+ TVR in Delhi, around 9 TVR in Mumbai and Kolkata. 6. The show has performed exceptionally well in markets such as Gujarat and MP 0.1 to 1m where the show has done a 20+ TVR. 7. There are 10 sponsors on KBC for the 52 episodes. 8. In addition, there are 6 brand associations in the show.
New British PM is a Shilpa Shetty supporter
Britain's new prime minister, James Gordon Brown, who recently took over from Tony Blair "has always had a special interest in India and has addressed our country as pulsating and dynamic," said Shilpa Shetty's spokesperson Dale Bhagwagar, in an interview last week. Bhagwagar was asked about the newly appointed British prime minister, in regard to the political stalwart's earlier comments and support to actress Shilpa Shetty. During a diplomatic visit to India, Brown responded to questions concerning perceived racism and bullying against Shetty on the British reality TV show 'Celebrity Big Brother' saying, "There is a lot of support for Shilpa. It is pretty clear we are getting the message across. Britain is a nation of tolerance and fairness." Condemning the incidents on the reality show, he later stressed, the racism debate showed that Britain wanted to be "defined by being a tolerant, fair and decent country." He was also said to have advised a vote for Shilpa at the height of the controversy. "Shilpa has received respect, love and affection of a lifetime from Britons. It is something all Indians would proudly remember for years to come," said Bhagwagar. "I am absolutely overwhelmed with the love and respect shown to me by the people in Britain. All I want to say is that I will never ever forget it and strive to come up to everyone's expectations," said Shilpa. The winner Shilpa was crowned the winner of the 'Celebrity Big Brother' (CBB) on 28 January, 2007 with 63% of the final vote, after an international racism controversy involving her and fellow contestants Jade Goody, Jo O'Meera and Danielle Lloyd. The first Indian celebrity on the show, she was reportedly paid Rs. 3.5 crore for her participation. She had said to presenter Davina McCall, "I just want every Indian to be extremely proud that I'm in here". During her time in the show, Shetty instructed fellow housemates Carole Malone and Ken Russell in meditation, flirted with Dirk Benedict and admitted to finding him "sexy", but tempers started to fray within a week as a clique formed in the Big Brother house disapproving of Shilpa's presence. Following a worldwide controversy that publicized her as a target of racist bullying within the house, Shetty won the contest after gaining a huge margin of the public vote and described the experience as "incredible and overwhelming". Post Celebrity Big Brother In February 2007, Shetty attended a reception at the House of Commons, by invitation of Member of Parliament Keith Vaz, to meet with then British prime minister Tony Blair. She was also invited to meet with Queen Elizabeth II at Marlborough House in London in March 2007. The large number of commercial offers that Shilpa received in UK after winning Celebrity Big Brother themselves became reason for controversy with an increasing number of accusations about her riding the 'racism' wave to commercial gain. On April 15, Richard Gere kissed her several times in a stage show to promote AIDS awareness, thus creating another controversy. Her first release after the reality show got a great opening. The movie, 'Metro' became the first Bollywood movie to premiere at Leicester Square. Danielle Lloyd was also invited by the actress to attend the premiere.
New Avatar of 'Mayoora'
It is nostalgic time for Puneet Rajkumar, his family and the huge fan following of his father Dr. Rajkumar. Puneet, the youngest son of the legendary actor, has signed a film titled 'Mayoora'. His father did a memorable film in the same title in 1975. Rajkumar's 'Mayoora' was a historical film, on the 'Mayoora' dynasty in Karnataka. It was one of the super hit movies in his illustrious career. The film starring Dr. Rajkumar, Manjula, Srinath and others is an ever green movie. Puneet, who born two years after the release of his father's 'Mayoora', plans to come out with another 'Mayoora' in altogether a different format. The new 'Mayoora' will be a social film, directed by Shoban of Telugu films. Shoban handles the story and the screenplay as well. Kanakapura Srinivas and Srikanth produce 'Mayoora' under the banner of Best Cinema. Sandhya and Shradda Arya are the two heroines in the film. R.P. Patnayak scores the music director and Satya Hegde handles the camera. The Muhurut of this film is taking place at 'ISKCON' temple in Rajajinagar Bangalore on Friday morning (Dec 14).