Movie News

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  'Kismat Konnection' rakes in Rs.270 mn in three days

  The Shahid Kapur-Vidya Balan starrer "Kismat Konnection" seems to have connected with the audience as it had a encouraging opening collection all over.

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  Bhatts making Indian version of 'The Omen'

  Filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt says that his next film "Raaz - The Mystery Continues" is not a sequel to 2005 hit starring Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea but is inspired by Hollywood suspense-horror "The Omen".

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  Bollywood feels inflation heat, but takes it in stride

  Bollywood, India's Rs.96 billion ($ 2.3 billion) film industry, has taken a beating due to rising prices. "The rise in petrol and diesel prices affects the industry. The making of a film involves lot of travelling and with the increased fuel price the budget shoots up. As a result the cost of production goes up," filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani told IANS.

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  Mukesh Khanna plans an animation series on 'Shaktimaan'

  TV actor Mukesh Khanna is planning an animation series on his small screen superhero serial "Shaktimaan" and says it'll make the character immortal.

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  Curtain comes down on 10th Osian's Cinefan

  Over 200 feature and short-fiction films from around 40 countries proved to be a visual treat at the 10th edition here of the Osian's Cinefan Film Fest of Asian and Arab cinema.

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  Google to showcase Bengali classics, movies

  Be it Tagore's Nobel-winning “Gitanjali” or Satyajit Ray's masterpiece “Pather Panchali” - it will just be a click away for netizens on world's premier online search engine Google.

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  The Making Of 'Money Hai Toh Honey Hai'

  Watch the exclusive behind the scene shots of Ganesh Acharya's 'Money Hain To Honey Hain' starring Govinda, Esha Deol etc.

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  SRK versus Akki this Diwali!

  Get ready for fireworks this Diwali. With Salman's YUVRAAJ not arriving in the festive week and SRK's BILLO BARBER getting confirmed for Diwali, it seemed like a cakewalk for BILLO BARBER, since no other biggie was scheduled for release on October 24. But there's tough competition now.

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  In a first, 'Antaheen' brings together Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen

  In a clear casting coup, Bengali actresses Sharmila Tagore and Aparna Sen are finally coming together for Annirudh Roy-Chowdhary's second directorial venture "Antaheen".

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  "Jaane Tu...' hits box-office, rakes in Rs.150 mn first week!

  Romantic flick "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na" has broken the dry spell at the box-office, grossing nearly Rs.150 million in the first week of its release.

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  'Hijack' inspired by 'Die hard', says new director

  Adman turned filmmaker Kunal Shivdasani, who is debuting as a director with action thriller "Hijack", admits that his film is inspired by the famous Hollywood flick "Die Hard".

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  Innumerable slaps and slurpy kisses for Ranvir Shorey on the same Friday!

  It's a strange place to be in. Ranvir Shorey has two releases on the same Friday, August 1. While in Ugly Aur Pagli he gets endlessly slapped by Mallika Sherawat, in Good Luck which opens the same day, Ranvir runs around smooching the whole world quite democratically.

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  A typhoon called 'J.T.Y.J.N.' - business talk with Taran Adarsh

  It's a JAANE TU… YA JAANE NA wave [typhoon is a better word, actually] across the nation. Like I've always maintained, in such a scenario, the remaining films are bound to get eclipsed.

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  Reliance Big Entertainment to fund 100 Indian movies

  Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE), the movie production arm of Reliance ADAG, is spreading its wings further.

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  Indian film festival opens in Germany

  An entertaining documentary about a village and its problems with a wild bull opened Germany's only annual festival of Indian cinema Wednesday in the southern city of Stuttgart.

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  Lakhia moves on to comedy with 'Generation X'

  After two back-to-back action films, "Shootout At Lokhandwala" and "Mission Istanbul", director Apoorva Lakhia's next project "Generation X" combines the thrills with some comedy too.

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  Abbas Tyrewala's next film an adult comedy

  Bollywood scriptwriter Abbas Tyrewala, who has created waves with his directorial debut "Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na", a romantic comedy, is now racking his brains for his next movie, which he says wil be a "naughty adult comedy".

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  'Jaane Tu...' garners $1.3m at overseas box-office

  Already declared a superhit in India, Abbas Tyrewala's directorial debut "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na" is also raking in the riches in the overseas market, too.

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  Diwali: Salman exits, SRK enters!

  The Diwali week [October 24] may witness changes! Initially, Subhash Ghai's YUVRAAJ and Ashtavinayak's GOLMAAL RETURNS were expected to arrive on that date, but according to trustworthy sources, YUVRAAJ won't make it in Diwali. Now's here's the new development: SRK's BILLU BARBER is confirmed for the Diwali week.

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  Will 'Kismat Konnection', 'Contract' be lucky for box-office?

  After last week's releases, which include "Mehbooba" and "Mukhbiir", proved to be damp squibs at the box office, Bollywood trade circles have now set their eyes on "Kismat Konnection" and "Contract" that are releasing Friday.

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  A different Devdas and Paro in Sudhir Mishra's version!

  It's an incarnation of the classic love-torn couple Devdas and Paro as never seen before - fighting each other as political adversaries in Sudhir Mishra's version of "Devdas" that goes on the floor in August.

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  Four films, different genres; all fall flat at box-office!

  A romantic musical, a comedy, a thriller and a mystery adventure - four Hindi films catering to different tastes were released Friday but none of them could capture the movie-goers' attention and failed to get a decent opening in the theatres.

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  Mallika, Irrfan Khan to star in Naagin - The Snake Woman

  For the first time in the history of Indian cinema, a Hollywood director will soon embark on a Bollywood film. Jennifer Lynch, daughter of four time Oscar nominee and two times Cannes Film Festival winner, David Lynch, is all set to shoot Hindi language Bollywood film.

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  Bollywood Business Talk with Taran Adarsh

  It was meant to be a clash of the titans, but the battle royale tilted more in favor of one film from Day 1 itself -- JAANE TU… YA JAANE NA. The headlines screamed, 'Harman versus Imran'. The soothsayers predicted a big start for LOVE STORY 2050.

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  'Jaane Tu...' is steady, will continue to rake in the moolah

  Aamir Khan's "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na" has worked wonders at the box-office by registering 100 percent collections in the six days after its release Friday.