Movie News

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  Gandhi’s quote to be featured in Satyagraha?

  Filmmaker Prakash Jha’s upcoming political drama Satyagraha, is likely to have a quote from Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography as its prologue.

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  India at Cannes: 67 yrs young friendship

  Several big names from Indian cinema have been associated with the festival. But the fact is that only one film so far has won the prestigious Palm D'Or. Chetan Anand's Neecha Nagar won it in 1946. Read on for all there's to know about India story at Cannes.

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  Balaji Telefilms under fire!

  A chartered accountant who worked at Balaji Telefilms from 2009 to 2012 has lodged a complaint with Mumbai police, alleging that actor Jeetendra, his wife Shobha Kapoor and other staffers at Balaji harassed him.

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  Cannes 2013: face of the jury

  As both stars and movie goers wait for the much celebrated annual Cannes Film Festival, let's get to know the final decision makers -- The Cannes 2013 jury.

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  Shah Rukh Khan’s new look for Chennai Express

  The official Facebook fanclub page of the upcoming Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika Padukone starrer, Chennai Express, recently released a picture of SRK from the film’s sets.

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  Cannes collective 2013: The Indian indie

  The Indian indie gets a boost at Cannes 2013 this year with the selection of Ritesh Batra's Dabba (The Lunchbox) in International Critics' Week and Amit Kumar's Monsoon Shootout in Midnight Screenings.

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  Go Goa Gone, Gippi have a slow start at box office

  Despite receiving rave reviews from the critics, both Bollywood releases this week - Gippi and Go Goa Gone - have got an average opening. The films have earned Rs. 75 lakh and Rs. 3.75 crore, respectively, on the opening day at the box office.

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  Zanjeer remake gets extra shot for Sanjay Dutt

  Although it may seem to actor Sanjay Dutt that certain sections of the film industry have turned their backs on him, the fact remains that his friends are staunchly loyal to him. This is proven by the fact the final shots of the Zanjeer remake are being changed to accommodate the actor's date of surrendering before the court.

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  Tusshar Kapoor to produce commercial films

  After doing over 30 films in 12 years as an actor, Tusshar Kapoor wants to get into production business. He says he isn't thinking about direction right now.

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  Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate stuck in the pesticide web

  Satyamev Jayate or Haaratay is the question of the hour. Aamir Khan faces heat for permitting alleged false claims to be aired on his show by a pesticide biggie.

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  Where is Bollywood’s 100 crore club?

  Having rolled out nine Rs 100 crore earners last year, Bollywood seems to have entered a comfort zone, say experts, as the only movie to have entered the coveted club so far is the multi-starrer Race 2, and that too by a narrow margin.

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  Hindi films don’t show progressive women: Simi Garewal

  Representation of women in Indian cinema has been a hot subject of debate after the Delhi gang rape incident last year, and yesteryear actor and chat show anchor Simi Garewal feels Bollywood continues to perpetuate customs that should have been buried long ago.

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  Bollywood is cleaner; Censor scissors southern films more

  Contrary to popular perception, Bollywood is not the bad boy of Indian cinema. Tamil and Telgu cinema are worse than Bollywood when it comes to violence and showing women in bad light in celluloid.

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  A love story that reflects reality!

  The team of the upcoming film, I Don't Luv U, is kicked about the film, which is making news for its unusual title.

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  Benares recreated!

  The first media event of upcoming film, Raanjhanaa, is sure to give its guests a feel of Benares. The makers have created an entire set resembling Benares at Film City in Goregaon, where the event is scheduled to take place on May 10.

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  Arshad Warsi: 'Only Aamir can pull off films with cuss words''

  Arshad Warsi has created a niche for himself in the industry by playing rustic, off-beat characters. However, he says that he misses out on using situational cuss words in his dialogues. The actor candidly admits that not everyone can make a mass film with slangs and swear words.

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  The Reluctant Fundamentalist not about 9/11: Mira Nair

  Indian-American director Mira Nair says her latest film The Reluctant Fundamentalist is not about 9/11 but a coming-of-age story of a young man struggling to find his identity in America post the terror attacks.

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  I'll stick to reality in my films: Gippi director

  Debutant director Sonam Nair, whose first film is Gippi, says she will always make films that are close to life and its realities. Slated for release Friday, her Gippi is the story of a teenage girl and how she handles crucial changes in her life.

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  Saif Ali Khan's Go Goa Gone to spread No drugs message

  Go Goa Gone features Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and Anand Tiwari in the lead. Director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, who are looking forward to the release of the first zombie film Go Goa Gone, are promoting Say no to drugs message through it.

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  Shootout At Wadala makers apologise for movie dialogue

  A day after the producer of Hindi film 'Shootout at Wadala', Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures, apologised to Bhartiya Valmiki Dharm Samaaj for a dialogue that the outfit had taken serious objection to, it was the turn of director Sanjay Gupta to render a written apology.

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  Sanjay Dutt's scene scrapped from Ghanchakkar

  Sanjay Dutt was supposed to make a special appearance in Ghanchakkar, but now director Raj Kumar Gupta has decided to drop the scene because he feels they can't shoot it now.

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  Nikhil Advani can't wait to watch Go Goa Gone

  Filmmaker Nikhil Advani is excited about the release of Bollywood's first zombie comedy Go Goa Gone and says he can't wait to watch the film.

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  India plans to relax Bollywoody censorship

  India's all-powerful censor board is planning a lighter approach to Bollywood after decades chopping tens of thousands of film scenes, from onscreen kisses to violent endings.

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  Zanjeer remake shoot continues despite SC stay on promotion, release

  Nothing seems to be going right for the upcoming Apoorva Lakhia-directed remake, Zanjeer. First, the writers of the original 1973 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer — Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar — demanded remuneration. Their logic is that the present film is based on their story, the rights to which belong to them.

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  Bombay Talkies earns Rs. 5.05 crore in opening weekend

  Bombay Talkies, the much celebrated movie by Ashi Dua, that claimed to celebrates 100 years of cinema has earned a total of Rs. 5.05 crore in the opening weekend.