Movie News

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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.

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  New fiction combines crime, sports in IPL age

  The timing of the release of Rajiv Rajendra's second Crim-Cric novel The League is perfect considering it falls bang in the middle of the Indian Premier League, on which, it is loosely based.

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  Gulaab Gang not easy film to make: Anubhav Sinha

  Anubhav Sinha’s Gulaab Gang features Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla. Anubhav Sinha has dismissed reports that his upcoming Madhuri Dixit-Juhi Chawla starrer Gulaab Gang is based on the life of Sampat Pal.

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  Rahasya shooting begins, Tisca Chopra excited

  Actress Tisca Chopra, who has featured in movies like Taare Zameen Par, Firaaq, and Mirch, is excited to start shooting for Rahasya.

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  Shekhar Kapur wants more films like Bombay Talkies

  Anthology film Bombay Talkies, a tribute to 100 years of Indian cinema, has appealed to Shekhar Kapur so much that the internationally acclaimed filmmaker says that Bollywood should produce more such films.

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  Barjatyas appeal to the youth now!

  Established banner Rajshri Productions, known best for super-hit family dramas such as Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999) is now set to connect with the youth with a detective film.

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  Gippi will make its own mark: Divya Dutta

  Dharma Productions Gippi and Saif Ali Khan's production Go Goa Gone are hitting the screens together May 10, but actress Divya Dutta, who plays a mother to a teenage girl in Gippi, is not worried. She says her movie has its niche audience.

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  'Bollywood is big'

  Polly Morgan, a Hollywood cinematographer critically acclaimed for her films Inception (2010), Hairspray (2007), V for Vendetta (2005) and Head In The Clouds (2004), among others, is currently in the city shooting two music videos for the Emraan Hashmi-Vidya Balan starrer, Ghanchakkar

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  Dibakar Banerjee all for anthologies

  Director Dibakar Banerjee wonders why a lot of filmmakers aren’t attempting anthologies (a collection of short stories) like Bombay Talkies. He feels that the concept is beneficial for filmmakers as well as for audiences.

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  Aashiqui 2: Franchise couldn't knock off remake

  If there were assumptions that Mukesh Bhatt's Aashiqui 2 would die unnoticed at the boxoffice due to the popular Hollywood franchise Iron Man 3, then trade analysts and exhibitors give a suprisingly different news on the business of the films.

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  Writer accuses Anurag Kashyap of lifting his story for Bombay Talkies

  Anurag Kashyap's short film which comprises one segment in the upcoming compilation Bombay Talkies has run into trouble. Writer Nishant G. Ranjan claims that Kashyap's upcoming short film is based on his work.

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  Aashiqui 2 mints over Rs. 24 crore in 4 days

  Despite starring relative newcomers, Aashiqui 2 has grossed a massive figure in its opening weekend. The Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer has earned over Rs 24 crore already.

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  Charulata, Vertigo part of Cannes Classics

  Satyajit Ray’s Charulata will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival this year. It will be one of the 20 movies to be presented as part of Cannes Classics, a section established in 2004 to celebrate old masterpieces that have been digitally restored.

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  Bollywood Movies: Starring newbies!

  Fresh talent is finding preference over star power in Bollywood now, or so it seems, with A-league filmmakers casting new faces over established stars.

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  Bombay Talkies impresses film fraternity

  Indian Cinema's centenary symbolic film Bombay Talkies has garnered rave reviews even before its release. And the praise comes from none other than the Bollywood celebs, who've been gushing about the film.

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  Chupke Chupke to be remade

  A new film has been added to the list of the many yesteryear movies that are currently being remade in Bollywood. Producer Vishwaas Paandya of White Stripes Entertainment has now bought the rights to remake the Dharmendra-Amitabh Bachchan starrer, Chupke Chupke (1975).

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  I’d love to cast Priyanka Chopra in my film: Lara Dutta

  Lara Dutta rubbishes rumours about rivalry with beauty queen contemporary Priyanka Chopra. Read On..

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  Censor Board: Running amok with scissors?

  It could be a fight sequence in any 80s potboiler: Jackie Shroff and Aditya Pancholi punch and kick each other with the requisite dhishum-dhishum. Yet, the Censor Board found it objectionable enough to cut it.

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  Karan guns for part two!

  Filmmaker Karan Johar, who, along with four other directors, has collaborated to make Bombay Talkies - a movie celebrating 100 years of cinema - has now suggested that they make it into a franchise.

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  Khoon Bhari Maang to get a sequel?

  Rakesh Roshan, who is presently focussing all his energy on his upcoming film, Krrish 3, is already planning ahead. After the release of the superhero flick - which sees son Hrithik Roshan reprise his lead role - he's toying with the idea of a sequel to Khoon Bhari Maang (KBM, 1988).