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Learning from the Idiots
Ramanujam Sridhar
3 Idiots as a marketing phenomenon..
Aamir Khan is no idiot. Well, that certainly seems like a `no brainer’ but let me clarify based on my own experiences. Nearly two decades ago (although it seems like just yesterday), I used to be the head of the Southern operations of a [...]
Filmi Fundas
By Anju Musafir
Posted On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 03:23:08 AM
The film 3 idiots has enjoyed a phenomenal box-office success. Everyone considers it a fun film with a message. But beyond being an entertainer with a depiction of some of the ills of the education system, it needs to be viewed a bit [...]
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Priyanka’s on a winning spree
Deepa Karmalkar
Posted: Friday , Sep 11, 2009 at 0856 hrs
Mumbai:
She’s lifted every trophy in sight this year and backed it up with the box-office success of ‘Dostana’ and ‘Kaminey’. By essaying 12 roles in ‘What’s Your Raashee?’, she’s poised to make it to the Guinness Book of World Records. Priyanka [...]
A ‘bad’ release date can’t pull down a good movie
Christmas was considered a bad time for release until Bhaagam Bhag changed it all
After Team India lost to Sri Lanka in the semi-finals of the 1996 cricket World Cup, Ian Chappell commented, “If only India had played to their strengths…”. What he meant was that right [...]
Top brass actors have their hands full with films
MUMBAI: While corporates seem to have tightened their purse strings as far as movie acquisitions are concerned, for the film production sector recession does seem like a word from the past. The fact of the matter is that top brass acting talent in the Hindi film industry [...]
The National Awards: A reflection!
It is a proud moment for Tamil cinema, one of its biggest talents has got another feather in his hat, not that he needed any to prove his credentials. The National Film Awards announced a couple of days back has given us enough reasons to rejoice and as usual has opened [...]
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Complete list of winners
Taare Zameen Par, Chak De India in race for national awards
Animesh Singh , New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI)
Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par, Chak De India starring Shah Rukh Khan and Jab We Met featuring Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor are among the films in the race for national film awards for [...]
Masala action man mixes it up with Hollywood
By Paul Willis
For CNN
LONDON, England (CNN) — Bollywood leading man Akshay Kumar plays a character who basks in the glamorous shadow cast by American stars like Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards in his latest movie.
In reality, Kumar has no need for such humility. One of the biggest names [...]
Salman Khan learns Bhojpuri
Prithwish Ganguly / DNA
Mumbai: From loverboy to macho man, he’s played them all with urban finesse. But can you imagine Salman Khan playing a rustic farmer from the interiors of Uttar Pradesh? Well, even the Bandra boy realises that it’ll take more than his killer charisma for the audience to find him [...]
Script is the new hero
Insiya Amir30 August 2009, 01:17am IST
Oscar-winning director Frank Capra was often praised for the ‘Capra touch’. Once, when a writer gave him a movie script, Capra opened it to find
only blank sheets. “Try adding the Capra touch to that,” quipped the writer.
It will be a long time before any Bollywood [...]
Big film sale is on but no one is buying
29 Aug 2009, 0342 hrs IST, Nandini Raghavendra, ET Bureau
Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone’s love story — Love Aaj Kal (LAK) was feted by both critics and the box office, leading to expectations at
Saif’s production house (his first film as producer) to reap the same [...]
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US race row raises questions over Bollywood spin
By Shail Kumar Singh (AFP)
MUMBAI — In India’s highly competitive Bollywood movie industry, any publicity is good publicity as studios battle to secure maximum exposure for their upcoming films.
Dozens of public relations firms have sprung up in recent years to promote movies and boost stars’ profiles by [...]
Lagaan among 100 Greatest Albums of All Time
Malvika Nanda
Ashutosh Gowariker’s historic epic Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India (2001) may have missed the Oscar but its music has made it to Amazon.com’s 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time. It’s the only Bollywood film soundtrack to have made to the list that features [...]
Women In Film
Amrita Shah
When one thinks of the quintessential Hindi film heroine it is invariably someone of statuesque proportions and a certain melancholic beauty such as Meena Kumari, Nutan, Madhubala, Rekha and Rakhee or someone with lissome grace and vivaciousness such as Waheeda Rehman or Madhuri Dixit. These were women who brought a dramatic [...]
Creating fun at the expense of others is fine as long as it is done within strict limits so as ...
"Ohhhhh, so offensive behavior is cool if done by a known face whose name is Khan at a certain award ...
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offensive behavior is so not cool, when it is faceless & behind a made up name. decency by any ...
Manoj sorry but I really don't understand the purpose of such articles, when the fact remains that ...
Ihab, Overseas distributer shares are around 45% only.
You can look at detailed numbers in the following link.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/special_features/103.html
Aamir Khan = 17.25/38.33 ...
Doga, Ghajini's Worldwide Distributor's share is 78 crores, not 73.5 crores. Ghajini's Overseas DS is 18, not 13.5.
Same with 3 ...
( Excerpt from HUsain inteerview)
Q: Could you talk about how your exposure and love for Hindu iconography and culture began.
A: ...
nicley written.
especially point related to khujraos, ajanta and alora.
Foolish people do not see difference between apsara's and Goddess ...
"""The goons who drove Husain out have shamed India. But if he accepts citizenship of a totalitarian state, then Husain ...