Archive for the ‘News & Gossip’

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    Serpent, Bikini Killer…the dangerous Charles Shobhraj
    Michael Jackson did not sing his famous song “Dangerous” keeping Charles Shobhraj in his mind but dangerous word has become synonymous with the name of Charles Shobhraj. Charles Shobhraj has been one of the most infamous international criminal since 1970s. As per news a film is going to be made on the life of Charles Shobhraj and Sanjay Dutt has to...
    by Rk at May 7th, 2008 at 06:05 am
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    India in Cannes
    It’s Cannes time again. And it is time for some of our filmmakers to go and screen their films in the “market”, on space and time bought against hefty sums, outside the festival’s official sections, and then come back and claim through their PR companies – and the ‘anything goes’ media is only too happy to reproduce these claims – that their films have...
    by Runumi G at May 6th, 2008 at 02:05 pm
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    Don can easily be caught at his blog now !
    Don ka Intzaar to 11 mulkon kee police kar rahee hai par Don ko pakadna mushkil hee nahin namumkin bhee hai Amitabh Bachchan , the owner of baritone, had won the hearts of the audiences when he had delivered above mentioned dialogue in old Don, using pauses at most appropriate places to make it more impressive . And this is not about his screen persona Don in the film,...
    by Rk at April 18th, 2008 at 06:04 am
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    Arbaaz, Malaika = Kabhi Split Kabhi Union
    April 16 2008, News comes Malaika Arora Khan and husband Arbaaz Khan are reportedly heading for a divorce. The news came as a surprise to many, who considered their 10-year marriage to be quite solid. The couple has a son, Arhaan. Reasons for the split are not know yet. ———————————— ————————————- The...
    by Rk at April 18th, 2008 at 02:04 am
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    Movies in the New Age- The India Today Conclave ‘08
    There has been discussions here before on Movies, their marketing and challenges we face in dealing with piracy – i say ‘we’ here for convenience sake (devlish-eheh). India Today organised a conclave with different entrepreneurs and main speakers Aamir Khan, Shekhar Kapur (moderator) and Ashok Amritraj recently (i believe they do it ever year) and aamirkhan.org...
    by DPac at April 12th, 2008 at 07:04 pm
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    Gup-shup
    Its not everyday that a bunch of filmmakers I like, get together and converse on the medium. For such occasions I always had to depend on film festivals or even take a trip back in time during those glory days of DD. Most such occasion are fruitful when the moderator/interviewer is as well versed or at least someone who can hold his/her own amongst such august company. Imagine,...
    by DPac at April 11th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
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    Rab Ne Bana Dee Jodi <=> Man Pasand/My Fair Lady/Pygmalion ?
    There are speculations that Aditya Chopra’s third directorial venture Rab ne bana dee jodi (RNBDJ) may have inspirations from My Fair Lady (MFL), the 1964 musical film. Classic film MFL, was based on the musical My Fair Lady, which itself had roots in the play, Pygmalion, written by George Bernard Shaw. Basu Chaterjee had also adapted the play of Bernard Shaw in...
    by Rk at April 11th, 2008 at 08:04 am
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    Please Finch my Button.
    Say we’re playing word association, and say one of us says “David Fincher.” The odds are 10 to 9 in favor of the other person going “FIGHT CLUB!” That’s the reputation of the guy and the movie that made him immortal in our minds (in my mind at least). So, why wouldn’t I be curious when I hear that the auteur and the actor are...
    by wb at April 3rd, 2008 at 07:04 pm
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    2008
    The following are, in no particular order, a few hopefully good super hero movies that I anticipate will make my/our mainstream movie watching experience worth its buck! HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY Guillermo del Toro returns, with the dark horse of this year’s comic-book movie, bolder bigger and better than its 2004 predecessor, to give the other superheroes a run...
    by wb at April 1st, 2008 at 02:04 am
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    Life, a full circle for Dith Pran
    Theres no way I can remotely hope to recount the effect of watching “The Killing Fields”, no amount of words can effectively portray the heart wrenching effect the movie had on me and millions who saw it. Regardless of ‘when’ you watch it, it still resonates within you, the emotional aspect of the story as much as the craft of narrating this true...
    by DPac at March 30th, 2008 at 08:03 am
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    French Film Festival in Australia
    This Friday evening, I climbed onto the plane to Paris. The take off was so bad that to take off my mind from the uneasy sensation in my stomach and head, I picked up the Air-france magazine. I was turning pages looking at pictures, cursing the pilot and the weather when I stumbled upon advertisements of these two interesting film festivals. Unfortunately the first one...
    by Neeraja at March 23rd, 2008 at 06:03 pm
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    Race is shit funny!! And so bad, its a must watch!!!
    SPOILER ALERT!! When was the last time you saw something so bad that it was funny? If its been quite sometime, then it’s time to waste your money on a supershit called Race where six superstars walk in and out of the frame, all in style. The most interesting aspect of the film is the story, the plot. Forget about characters and their motives. It’s all about how they...
    by Phoenixnu at March 21st, 2008 at 06:03 pm
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    Humanizing the Gods
    iView Author: KP Email: Witheld Humanizing the Gods
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 5th, 2008 at 06:03 pm
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    MAMI FILM FESTIVAL 2008
    Its time of the year for the International Film Festival of Mumbai popularly known as Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) Fest. The opening ceremony will be held on the eve of 6th March, whose entry is by invitation only. The movie screenings will start from 7th of March. The people who want to register can pay 500rs for the pass and should not forget to bring a passport...
    by Manjeet Singh at March 5th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
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    Filmfare Awards : Jai Bolo Beimaan Ki
    So the results are out.. and there are no shakes in terms of surprises, making the results less exciting than ever… The black beauty is also loosing out its charm with every passing year.. Filmfare is now reduced to one of the awards and not THE award of the industry.. Interestingly Yash and Aditya Chopra are confered with the Power award (seems they could not...
    by Pavan Jha at February 24th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
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    Kishoreda
    Last year Suparn Verma had published an interview of Kishore Kumar by Pritish Nandy. So that prompted us to have a discussion on his life and a film should be made on him. In fact, we went as far as who should play Kishore Kumar, if a film does get made on him… And now, it seems like Percept Pictures Company must have read that discussion, as they are planning to...
    by Honhaar Goonda at February 20th, 2008 at 01:02 pm
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    Room 999
    Here’s something interesting that I wanted to share with you guys: From the site Room 999 “Is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?” This question was answered by a.o. Jean Luc Godard, Michelangelo Antonioni, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Steven Spielberg, in Wim Wenders’ 1982 film Room 666, which he made during the Cannes Film...
    by PSji at February 11th, 2008 at 08:02 am
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    The Proverbial Break has landed.
    iView Author: MADHAV MATHUR (Singapore) E-mail: WITHHELD Title – The Proverbial Break has landed I am a stranger in my own life. Things around me are not the same. I believe I am experiencing what the elders call, euphoria.Most of you must be thinking something along the lines of “who the hell is this guy?” My name is Madhav. I live and work in Singapore....
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 25th, 2008 at 01:01 pm
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    World Cinema coming home to us
    Seems times are changing at last – for the better, and fast. After all these years of scouring the film festivals and pirated DVD shops (unless we have deep pockets to splurge on the highly-priced original DVDs of foreign films), it seems 2008 is bringing some happy tidings for us, the lovers of world cinema (that is, anything that comes from outside the country...
    by Runumi G at January 25th, 2008 at 01:01 am
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    Rs 1 crore prize money in Osian’s Cinefan
    This surely marks a high in the Indian film festival circuit! According to an announcemnt today, Osian’s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema will give away over Rs 1 Crore (approx. USD 250, 000) in Prize Money for its Competition Sections and Lifetime Achievement Awards. The festival will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in New Delhi from 10-20 July, with its Mumbai...
    by Runumi G at January 16th, 2008 at 06:01 am
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    Oscar’s – Care and Not Care
    Hi Folks, The next round of Oscar Foreign Film categories were announced and of course Eklavya did not make it: Here is the list that did make it to Phase 2: The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Austria, “The Counterfeiters,” Stefan Ruzowitzky, director Brazil, “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,” Cao      Hamburger, director Canada,...
    by Vivek Kumar at January 15th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
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    SOMETHING GOOD ON TV
    SOMETHING GOOD ON TV 1. If you want to show your expensive glazed bathroom tiles without inviting anybody at your home; just get a dead cockroach in your bathroom & contact INDIA TV or any Indian news channel – I am sure that Mr. Sharma will cover your dead cockroach as “BREAKING NEWS”. 2. If you have capability to get tears without glycerin; just...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at January 10th, 2008 at 03:01 am
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    Ten most underrated songs of the year
    We all know the hit numbers and the shit numbers. But with so many music channels and fm stations playing music all the time, the hit numbers starts hammering after a point. The only reason why i could never enjoy chal chaiyaa chaiyya (dil Se) and kajrare kajrare ( Bunty aur Babli). Overplay always does this for me. It kills the song. This year it was bahut-zyada-dard-e-disco...
    by Phoenixnu at December 27th, 2007 at 08:12 am
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    The man called Amole Gupte…
    ….Finally met him. Its been more than a year that i have been hearing and reading about him in every possible film magazine and newspapers, without even knowing how he looks like. Who, who is this Amole ? With every new(s) update on Taare Zameen Par, i would struggle more with all the why,how,who, when,where ? Would wonder if Amole have ever read/heard the lines…bol...
    by Phoenixnu at December 19th, 2007 at 08:12 am
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    Shah Rukh Khan, mere Bhai!!!!
    Being the only child, never had the pleasure of growing up with brother or a sister, so had to do with cousins and imaginary brothers. Always wondered how cool it would be to have an elder brother, about 5-6 years older than you, and you following and rooting for him in his adolescent age, where he moves from one aspect of his life to other. Tried to find that in my cousin...
    by OM at December 11th, 2007 at 01:12 pm
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    KHOYA KHOYA PRINT
    Methinks I have to start a coconut breaking session each time I venture out into the snow/rain/sleet and thus dangerous roads for a hat-kay movie. It happened with No Smoking and it has happened yet again. Rahu Kalam emo? ‘Iron Leg’ anukunta. The Gults will get that but you get the gist right? So I finish a rushed edit with Amina and offer her Pakistan-say-visiting ...
    by Krsn Kavita Kasturi at December 9th, 2007 at 01:12 pm
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    Aamir Khan : : Rang De Black to bring Taare on Zameen !
    Aamir Khan’s new film Tare Zameen Par is going to be released in few days. Sanjay Leela Bhansali?s Black was released in January or February 2005. Which means more than 30 months have been passed since then and while making his directorial debut film TZP, Aamir Khan got realisation that Black was an insensitive film. He writes on his blog , ["My big exception towards...
    by Rk at December 7th, 2007 at 06:12 am
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    The Making of OSO : PART – LY (For the sake of Humour of SRK & FK)
    iView Author: SUDHIR NAIR (Mumbai, India) Email : withheld The Making of OSO : PART – LY Recently I had a conversation with a Fly who happened to eavesdrop on Farah and Shahrukh during the initial stage of OSO. Here goes the transcript: Farah and Shah Rukh discussing their next project FK: SRK man we have to do something big for our next movie. it has to be bigger...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at December 6th, 2007 at 05:12 am
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    Grace Under Fire–Reviews,Results And Responses
    Between OM SHANTI OM(OSO),SAAWARIYA and NO SMOKING(NS) so much heat has been generated , one feels as if these are also a culprit in adding to Global Warming! This is not about films OM SHANTI OM(OSO), SAAWARIYA & NO SMOKING(NS) per se..This is not about their reviews either..This is about makers of these films..And that too more specifically about the makers of...
    by krysh at November 20th, 2007 at 07:11 am
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    The “Business” case for non stars!!
    Hi Folks, When I had completed my debut script and started to call on the production houses (actually two), got a favorable response right away based on the concept, and then the script (cause I am confident of that part). However, when talk of the actors came up, one of them suggested names like Priyanka, Hrithik, Abhay….now I don’t want to sound full of...
    by Vivek Kumar at November 16th, 2007 at 02:11 pm
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