Archive for September 19th, 2007

1) Saawariya
Shail Hada

2) Jab Se Tere Naina
Shaan
3) Masha-Allah
Kunal Ganjawala, Shrey Ghoshal
4) Thode Badmash
Shreya Ghoshal
5) Yoon Shabnami
Parthiv Gohil

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Verdict: Four on five
Om Shanti Om
Music directors: Vishal-Shekhar
Music label: T-Series
When we speak of tradition, we often think of it as an indistinguishable lump of past, which has nothing to do with the present or future. But come to think of it one realises how important any tradition is in shaping the sensibilities of the [...]

Domestic B.O.: Disaster strikes!
The makers of NANHE JAISALMER and AGGAR may’ve thought, there’re no major releases on September 14, let’s lock the date and start booking movieplexes. But a rival film may not necessarily blow your film to smithereens, as has been proved yet again.
The date [September 14] coincided with the commencement of the [...]

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“I am really excited about the gay neighbours,” says Eva.
Eva Longoria is desperate to be friends with the new gay couple on Desperate Housewives.The actress is ‘really excited’ Tuc Watkins and Kevin Rahm — who will play Wisteria Lane’s first gay couple, Bob and Lee — have signed up for the new series and wants [...]

She will be seen in commercials for a premium brand of paint.
Gauri Khan has just bagged her first brand endorsement. Wife of advertisement-regular Shah Rukh Khan, she will be seen in commercials for a premium brand of paint.
Gauri, who has always maintained a low profile, is known for designing costumes for Shah Rukh in [...]

Akshay Kumar, will be a part of this one, and paired opposite him is the lovely Katrina Kaif.
Vipul Shah has decided to essay the role of Mr Producer, while handing over the directorial baton to Anees Bazmee for a motion picture, funnily titled Singh The King. “It’s an action comedy,” says Vipul.
Anees Bazmee will [...]

‘Making Om Shanti Om was easier than Main Hoon Na’ – Farah Khan
By Businessofcinema.com Team
19 September 2007, 08:32 PM
2004 witnessed the hit pairing of producer-director Farah Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, who delivered their maiden hit, Main Hoon Na. And now with their second film, Om Shanti Om, Farah takes pride in [...]

Entertainment tax on films to be reduced
By Businessofcinema.com Team
20 September 2007, 02:04 AM
MUMBAI: With a view to boost the Indian film industry, the Center has asked various Indian State governments to reduce the entertainment tax on films.
At the 26th conference of State and UT Ministers of Information and Cinematography – SIMCON XXVI, the information [...]

Yuvraj was already fuming with 5 sixes he was hit by mascarenes(in england) and flintoff just took off the cap.If anyone of you missed it (heck i can watch it many times) take a look it already has more than 300,000 views.See how yuvraj and flintoff have a verbal brawl before the fateful over(flintoff is [...]

source Glamsham
18.09.07 The UK Box Office has never seen anything like this before; a Shah Rukh Khan film being swept away by an Akshay Kumar starrer. “Chak De India” has still to break the $1m barrier in the UK while “Heyy Babyy” is nearing $1.5m. In it’s 7th week of release, “Chak De India”’s collections [...]

Show of emotion is not aggression: Dravid
Bobilli Vijay Kumar
Rahul Dravid is as inscrutable as they come. Quiet, reserved and extremely passionate about his cricket, he has managed to hide his real personality. In an exclusive interview, a week before he gave up captaincy, Bobilli Vijay Kumar unravels Dravid, the real person, and breaks a few [...]

Bollywood & PETA petition to save elephants
By Businessofcinema.com Team
19 September 2007, 06:43 PM
MUMBAI: Following an 18-month campaign by PETA, the city of Mumbai has announced that elephants will no longer be allowed in the city. The campaign featured advertisements against elephants in captivity starring actors Rahul Khanna and Celina [...]

Interrogating film buffs
Filmy is calling those who never miss first day first shows. Nirmalya Deb writes about a new television show that will offer more choice in the prime-time slot

Scores 45 runs in 9 balls, Six sixes in one over.

Cricket thread- Shame on selecters for dropping Sehwag
With two consecutive blistering knock, Sehwag has given a resounding slap to the selectors for dropping him from the ODIs. Instead of encouraging him as he comes back to form and drop him.
The ultimate [...]

They’re India’s own ‘Brangelina’
Superstars are proud of Indian film industry; just don’t use the term Bollywood around them
August 25, 2007
Prithi Yelaja
Staff Reporter
With a newlywed glow enhancing their megawatt movie star status, Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan are playfully affectionate, finishing each other’s sentences as they hold court in a hotel suite.
It’s the very room where I [...]

‘Abhishek didn’t play truant’
Actor Abhishek Bachcan was recently accused of ‘unprofessional conduct’ whilst he was shooting for a commercial for a radio-station of which he is the brand ambassador. Reportedly, Abhishek reached three hours late on the sets, played truant at the rehearsals and frequently disrupted his shooting to visit wife Aishwarya Rai, who [...]

Abhishek is flying high
Is it his rugged look, his DYOT (Do-Your-Own-Thing) super-cool attitude or the fact that he’s a self-confessed “jeans-kind-of-guy” that makes Abhishek Bachchan the perfect brand ambassador for Flying Machine jeans?
Maybe, it’s a bit of it all. Flying Machine — India’s very own indigenous brand of jeans — is back, re-launched in [...]