Movie News

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  Vikram Bhatt: the new factory

  Now to another Bhatt -- Vikram Bhatt! Like Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt, Vikram too is making a series of medium-budget films and lo and behold, Vikram plans to release as many as six films between March 2009 and March 2010...

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  'Raaz 3' is on, but...

  Now that RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES has worked at the box-office, Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt and director Mohit Suri have decided to continue making the RAAZ movies. The grapevine is abuzz with the news that the makers are deciding on casting newcomers in the third instalment.

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  'Victory' should have been reviewed by cricket lovers: Director

  Miffed with critics for panning his "Victory", director Ajitpal Mangat alleges that his film was badly treated by reviewers as they disliked cricket and the lead actor Hurman S. Baweja.

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  Bevy of beauties at 'Billu' premiere in South Africa

  Priyadarshan's comedy "Billu", which features a large number of top-notch Bollywood actresses, saw bevy of Indian origin beauties from 25 countries at its premiere here.

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  "SRK is planning a premiere for barber's associations" - Priyadarshan

  It's final. Billu Barber will now be called Billu. And the director Priyadarshan seems resigned to the title's fate. "I'm in Chennai. Mr. Producer Shah Rukh tells me all the posters hoarding with credits will blacken out the word 'Barber'."

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  'Billu' is not similar to Rajnikant's 'Kuselan': Writer

  The buzz is that Shah Rukh Khan's "Billu Barber", now renamed "Billu", is inspired by Malayalam hit "Katha Parayumbol" (2007), which was later made in Tamil as "Kuselan" (2008). But the film's writer denies any similarity between the movies.

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  Katrina's role in 'Rajneeti' not based on Sonia Gandhi: Director

  Film director Prakash Jha Tuesday denied that the role played by Katrina Kaif in his "Rajneeti" was based on Congress president Sonia Gandhi's political career.

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  'Dev D' strikes gold at box office

  After creating a buzz among audiences with its grunge soundtrack and promos, Anurag Kashyap's "Dev D", a modern take on "Devdas", struck gold at the box office by raking in Rs.95 million at the opening weekend.

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  Nominations for Pan Bahar Max Stardust Awards 2009

  Nominations for Pan Bahar Max Stardust Awards 2009

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  "Chand Bhai is very much on" - Nikhil Advani

  After the debacle of Chandni Chowk To China, everyone has come down really hard on director Nikhil Advani. The fact that Nikhil's earlier film Salaam-e-Ishq was a big dud didn't help his cause either.

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  SRK drops 'Barber' from the title of his forthcoming film Billu Barber

  These days it's become a trend of sorts for films to face some opposition or the other at the time of release. The latest to face such rough weather is the SRK - Irrfan Khan starrer Billu Barber.

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  Supriyo Sen's 'Wagah' wins award at Berlin film fest

  Indian filmmaker Supriyo Sen's 10-minute short film "Wagah" has won the sixth Berlin Today Award at a parallel initiative held at the ongoing 59th Berlin International Film Festival.

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  Even women are reacting positively to 'Dev D': Anurag Kashyap

  Anurag Kashyap's "Dev D" opened to positive reviews and the director can finally afford a smile after back-to-back flops in "No Smoking" and "Hanuman Returns".

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  Indian origin director creates a bit of Bollywood in Austria

  Indian origin Sandeep Kumar is being feted for bringing a bit of Bollywood into the lives of movie buffs in Austria.

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  Controversies will only help promote 'Rang Rasiya': Ketan Mehta

  His "Mangal Pandey - The Rising" courted controversy and now Ketan Mehta's forthcoming "Rang Rasiya", a tribute to 19th century painter Raja Ravi Varma, is in the news for the wrong reasons.

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  'Slumdog Millionaire' wins seven BAFTA awards

  British filmmaker Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire", a rags-to-riches tale of an improbable winner of game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", has picked up seven honours at the British Film Academy Awards (Bafta) 2009.

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  After 'Chandni Chowk', Nepal enacts tougher film laws

  Nepal, a major market for Hindi films, has now come up with tougher regulations for foreign films, close on the heels of banning Bollywood comedy "Chandni Chowk to China" for wrongly saying India was the birthplace of the Buddha.

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  After thrillers, Mohit Suri wants to make romantic comedy

  After the success of his thriller "Raaz - The Mystery Continues", director Mohit Suri is keen to make a romantic drama and says his first candyfloss film will release before "Raaz" part three.

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  Priyadarshan to make a horror flick titled Grrr…

  Leading entertainment conglomerate Percept Picture Company (PPC) became the first studio to launch an organized, dedicated division for making movies belonging to the horror genre. Aptly called PPC Horrotainment, the studio will make small and medium budget films and plans to release 10 films in this genre.

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  Kaminey will not have abusive language

  "Just because the film's name is Kaminey, it doesn't mean that there would be 'gaali-galauj' in it. You can't help people from speculating though, can you? I don't know where these reports started getting generated.

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  'Luck By Chance', 'Victory' have poor show at box office (Box office review)

  Zoya Akhtar's first film "Luck By Chance" may have got rave reviews, but it has failed to set the cash registers ringing at the box office. Cricket-based film "Victory" by debutant director Ajitpal Mangat too fell flat.

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  Entire cast of UTV's Hook Ya Crook asked to take drastic pay cut; except Dhoni

  David Dhawan's Hook Ya Crook which features John Abraham, Genelia D'Souza, Aditya Panscholi and Kay Kay Menon along with a handful of big-name test cricketers including Dhoni has finally gone on the floors.

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  Business Talk With Taran Adarsh: Surprised, shocked, saddened!

  Everyone's surprised and shocked! Everyone's surprised because LUCK BY CHANCE was supposed to prove yet another jewel in the crown of Excel [Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's production outfit], after ROCK ON!!, but the film failed to take off.

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  'Roadside Romeo' nominated for Visual Effects Society Award

  Yashraj Films' animation film “Roadside Romeo” has bagged a nomination at the Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards.

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  Exclusive Promo Preview: Aa Dekhen Zara

  Now this one's an exclusive! We happened to check out the teaser promo of Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bipasha Basu starrer Aa Dekhen Zara...and must say...it looks first rate.