Movie News

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  "It was Konkona all the way for The President Is Coming" - Kunaal Roy Kapoor

  Come 28th November and debutant director Kunaal Roy Kapur would see the arrival of The President Is Coming, an English language film which is a Rohan Sippy production.

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  'Ghajini' will cross 'Singh Is Kinng'

  Aamir Khan's GHAJINI is expected to set a record of sorts. While the promotion of the film kick-started during Diwali, the Indian distributors, Studio 18, have decided to go that extra mile and ensure that the biggies rakes in big moolah when it opens during the Christmas week.

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  'Rock On' to open Indian film festival in Washington

  Bollywood director Abhishek Kapoor's recent hit "Rock On!!" will open the second annual Indian Visions Film Festival to be held in Washington DC.

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  Bihar to set up film city with Bollywood actors' help

  Bihar will seek the help of Bollywood actors and filmmakers hailing from the state to set up a film city on public-private partnership basis.

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  14th Kolkata Film Festival inaugurated

  Shorn of glamour, the 14th Kolkata Film Festival got off to a drab and colourless start here Monday.

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  Bollywood feels meltdown crunch, begins cost-cutting

  Director Pooja Bhatt has been asked by T-Series CEO Bhushan Kumar to reduce the budget of new film "Kajra Re" as production houses that signed on Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan for huge amounts are having second thoughts about the deals. Bollywood is beginning to feel the pinch of the global economic meltdown.

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  'Lamhaa' unit to leave Kashmir as mob stalls Bipasha's shoot

  Bollywood producer Bunty Walia, who had hoped to shoot his film "Lamhaa" in the Kashmir valley, has decided to pull out his crew from the region after a mob disrupted the shooting of a scene involving Bipasha Basu.

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  B.O. update: '007' leads, 'EMI' dull, 'EVAB' improves!

  The new releases, EMI and EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI, faced tough competition from the new James Bond movie QUANTUM OF SOLACE. EMI had a dull start everywhere; the opening was in approx. 15% - 20% at several places.

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  'Roadside Romeo' merchandise now available online

  Bedsheets, water bottles, tiffin boxes and a many items inspired by India's first ever three-dimensional (3D) mainstream animation film “Roadside Romeo” are now available online.

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  US film academy to restore Satyajit Ray's 'Shatranj Ke Khiladi'

  Satyajit Ray fans in India have a good news. The maestro's Hindi classic "Shatranj Ke Khiladi" (The Chess Players) would be restored by the United States Academy of Motion Pictures, while his controversial documentary "Sikkim" may be screened for the first time in India at the upcoming Kolkata Film Festival.

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  "The response I've got from U.K, U.S, Gulf & Aus is unbelievable" - Madhur Bhandarkar

  Fashion has made its statement - loud and clear, and so has Madhur Bhandarkar. It's a hit, and to celebrate the films success, UTV, Madhur Bhandarkar and his three glamorous actresses - Priyanka, Mugdha and Kangna are heading to Taj Lands End in Mumbai today.

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  Business Talk With Taran Adarsh: Braving the high prices!

  Before recording an interview with a leading director for my daily show on television, he made a very valid observation, which I endorse completely. When a producer sells his film to a global distributor today, the price is inclusive of India and Overseas theatrical and non-theatrical rights, Home Video, Satellite and Music rights, in most deals, unless specified otherwise.

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  'Lamha' will depict Kashmir's pain, says director Dholakia

  Bollywood filmmaker Rahul Dholakia, Wednesday said that his forthcoming movie "Lamha" would depict the pain and suffering of Kashmir even though it was essentially a love story.

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  Theatrical Trailer of 'Yuvraaj'

  Watch the trailer of Yuvraaj in this tantalizing promo!

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  'Luck By Chance' shifted ahead

  The Republic Day weekend next year [23rd January] had got crowded, what with Anil Kapoor's laughathon SHORTKUT, Mukesh Bhatt's eerie RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES and Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut LUCK BY CHANCE, a take on the Mumbai film industry, getting confirmed for that week.

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  Germany wooing Bollywood, offers subsidy for co-production

  In a recognition of the increasing popularity of Hindi movies and stars, a German delegation met Bollywood filmmakers here to persuade them to shoot movies in their country as well as go in for Indo-German co-productions.

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  Indian film fest in Abu Dhabi opens with 'Veer-Zaara'

  Acclaimed filmmaker Yash Chopra said Bollywood made "films from the heart" as his cross-border love story "Veer-Zaara" kicked off the Indian film fest here.

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  Dasvidaniya' - a bittersweet situational comedy (Preview)

  It has been a while since viewers got to see a good situational comedy. And expectations are high from talented actor Vinay Pathak's first production venture "Dasvidaniya", which releases Friday.

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  Video: First look promo of SRK's big offering!

  Check out SRK in Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)!

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  Ad filmmakers bring fresh ideas to Bollywood!

  Bollywood is bristling with fresh themes these days, thanks to a new breed of directors who are bringing with them innovative ideas from the ad world.

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  'Taare Zameen Par' gets standing ovation in Seattle

  Bollywood star Aamir Khan's belief that people across the globe react to some films in the same way was reaffirmed when his film got a standing ovation from the audience present at a special screening in Seattle.

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  Bollywood's Rajshri Productions chooses Coventry for new film

  Rajshri Productions will shoot their next Hindi film in Coventry. And it's a love story involving two students, a Japanese and an Indian.

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  Mirwaiz welcomes Bollywood to Kashmir, calls stars to lunch

  Senior Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq invited producer Bunty Walia, whose film "Lamhaa" is being shot in Kashmir, for tea to his residence and has now asked film stars Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu and Kunal Kapoor to dine with him.

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  'Ek Vivaah...Aisa Bhi' is not a sequel to 'Vivah': Director

  Debutant director Kaushik Ghatak says his "Ek Vivaah...Aisa Bhi" is not a take-off on Rajshri Productions' last hit "Vivah" and insists that the family drama is a completely fresh project.

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  'Fashion', 'Golmaal Returns' set box office on fire post Diwali

  Much-hyped and awaited movies “Fashion” and “Golmaal Returns” that released Wednesday, a day after Diwali, have set the cash registers ringing - with the latter even breaking some records.