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  'Heroes' - Sameer Karnik pins hopes on patriotism now

  After two box office debacles - "Kyun! Ho Gaya Na..." and "Nanhe Jaisalmer" - director Sameer Karnik returns with "Heroes". Releasing Friday, the multi-starrer is based loosely on the cult classic "The Motorcycles Diaries".

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  Fashion to arrive with 700 prints

  Fashion is turning out to be the biggest film ever, for Madhur Bhandarkar. Not just, it is the costliest; it is now also seeing the biggest release ever of the National Award winning filmmaker.

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  Priyanka's look in 'Fashion' goes through five phases

  Priyanka Chopra's look in filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's much-awaited "Fashion" goes through five subtle but distinct phases, tracing her journey from Chandigarh to a top model in Mumbai.

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  Rajeev Khandelwal prepares for the first Indian equestrian film

  Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar have nothing to fear. If their film has Shah Rukh playing the title role in My Name Is Khan, in Pritish Nandy Communications' Khan, the title role is played by a horse.

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  'EMI' opts out of Diwali race!

  Suneil Shetty and Ekta Kapoor's joint venture EMI was slated for release this Diwali, on Wednesday, October 29 along side GOLMAAL RETURNS and FASHION.

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  Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter says that he has changed the novel completely

  Screenplay writer Simon Beaufoy says that though he took the basic core of Vikas Swaroop's novel Q & A, he had to completely re-write the original material for the film Slumdog Millionaire.

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  Business Talk With Taran Adarsh: Salman power comes to rescue!

  How do you analyze if a film is 'hot' or 'cold' prior to its release. Simple, if people talk about a film incessantly, if most calls and SMSes centre around the film or its protagonist, if people stare at a film's posters/hoardings outside a multiplex, samajh lo, the film has caught the attention of the aam junta

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  'Karzzz' release coincides with Simi Garewal's birthday

  Urmila Matondkar says her latest movie "Karzzz", a remake of the 1980s hit of the same name, will be released Friday to coincide with the birthday of Simi Garewal who played the ferociously ambitious and villainous Kamini in the original.

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  'Fashion' earns Rs.85 mn from in-film advertising!

  His forthcoming film "Fashion" has got an 'A' certificate that may limit his audience size, but director-producer Madhur Bhandarkar has some reason to smile - of the Rs.220 million investment in the movie, it has already earned as much as Rs.85 million (Rs.8.5 crores) from in-film advertisement alone.

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  Big hope by the four 'Saviours'!

  With a number of exciting films slated for release in the forthcoming weeks, the industry is hoping that good fortune knocks on its doors again.

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  "Fashion has been hyped so much that the expectations are high" - Arjan Bajwa

  Arjan Bajwa, the lead hero of Fashion, was in for a surprise on his recent visit to Delhi. Though he was aware that there is a widespread awareness and curiosity built up around his upcoming film, he didn't have a clue that quite a few politicians too were eagerly awaiting it's release.

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  'Golmaal' series will continue!

  Director Rohit Shetty waits with bated breath for the response to GOLMAAL RETURNS. "It's bigger, it's better, it's much more entertaining than GOLMAAL," he says of his new film.

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  Censor Board objects to 'intimate scenes', 'Fashion' gets 'A' certificate

  Award-winning director Madhur Bhandarkar is upset that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has given his next film "Fashion" an "adults-only" certificate.

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  Movies on Sikhs at this Toronto film fest!

  A line-up of movies about the Sikh community is what the ongoing sixth global Spinning Wheel Film Festival (SWFF) has on offer, bringing together members of the Punjabi diaspora in large numbers at the Isabel Bader Theatre here.

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  Check out Akshay and Kareena shooting for Kambakth Ishq in Venice

  The very statement that 'Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor are being paired together' brings all the makings of a Bollywood blockbuster in one's mind!

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  Bollywood stays complacent despite liquidity crunch

  Could the current global market meltdown, directly or indirectly, affect Bollywood's finances and the production of its hugely mounted movies? This is a question not many in the film industry are asking at present because they are confident the worldwide liquidity crunch will have no direct impact on them.

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  "Sorry Bhai is confirmed for 28th November" - Onir

  August-September 2008 has been the best time for Bollywood when it comes to a string of successful films that it has witnessed week after week.

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  Chak De India invited for the Tokyo International Film Festival

  The Chak De India team continues on its victorious march! After having swept India, UK and the US, Shah Rukh Khan and his team have now set their eyes on winning over Japan.

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  Deepa Mehta, Akshay to produce `Komagata Maru'

  Bollywood star Akshay Kumar and Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta will jointly produce a new India-centric film "Komagata Maru", in which the actor will play the lead role.

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  "Fashion" to premiere at New York's South Asian film fest

  "Fashion", Madhur Bhandarkar's film set in the glamorous but ruthless world of haute couture, is slated for its world premiere Oct 24 during the week-long 5th South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) here.

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  Business Talk with Taran Adarsh: How the mighty fell!

  It's with a heavy heart that I begin to put my thoughts for this business piece. There's a tinge of sadness since the two biggies, KIDNAP and DRONA, have sunk at the box-office.

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  "Sanju and I fight the unrest in Lamha" - Vipin Sharma

  While there have been speculations around Irrfan Khan being signed for Tigmanshu Dhulia directed Paan Singh Tomar, here comes the confirmation from one of the principal protagonists of the film.

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  Samir Karnik denies the postponement of Heroes

  All eyes are on Diwali week. Right now, GOLMAAL RETURNS, FASHION and EMI are confirmed for October 29. There's talk that Eros might shift Samir Karnik's biggie HEROES from October 24 to October 29, but Samir denies it outright.

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  Promos of 'Paathshaala' and 'Kajraare' to be launched with 'Karzzzz'

  Expect a plethora of new promos with keenly anticipated films. With all eyes on Himesh Reshammiya's second release KARZZZZ, a number of film-makers are keen on launching the promos of their films in that week.

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  Special screening of 'Gandhi' at Abu Dhabi film fest

  A special screening of Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning movie "Gandhi" will be held at the Middle Eastern International Film Festival (MEIFF) 2008 in Abu Dhabi Saturday.