Recently, veteran south Indian music director “maestro” Ilaiyaraaja recorded with a symphony orchestra in London for an upcoming Tamil film Neethane En Pon Vasantham (NTEPV). The producers of the movie have released the highlights of what Ilaiyaraaja recorded with a 108-piece live symphony orchestra in London. It is the opening piece of a song from the film. Following the successful Kolaveri Di formula of viral-marketing, Tamil producers now periodically releases “first-looks” of under-production films. Recently popular stars Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth had ...
Hollywood has always been besotted with vampire flicks - from Nosferatu and Christopher Lee's Hammer horror Dracula classics to Francis Ford Coppola's period masterpiece Bram Stoker's Dracula and the ultra-slick Blade series - but it's the Hindi films that's opened the crypt of curiosity. In the reckoning is Shantanu Dhar's horror novel The Company Red that will soon be made into a slick flick by Bollywood director Satish Kaushik who got interested in making a movie out of the book two years ago when Shantanu was still writing it. "It's a brand new idea, very original and workable in ...
Born in Dilli Credit for bringing Delhi in our films goes to filmmakers and writers from that city, who have made careers in B-Town. Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra (Delhi 6, Rang De Basanti) is a Delhi boy who went on to make films set in the city. Mehra says, "I am a Delhi boy and all my stories are somehow influenced by events from my youth. Rang De Basanti was set in Delhi and so was Delhi 6, which is actually a post code of a certain area in the state. My next, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, is also set in ...
A well-established choreographer and actor in the southern film industry and a successful director in Bollywood, the 39-year-old likes both the places and says that it's the team that is more important than anything else."South or here, anywhere it is ok until the team is good. The team must be good. We can even do a Spanish film as long as the team is good," he said.He hit the bull's eye in Bollywood with Salman Khan-Ayesha Takia starrer Hindi movie Wanted. Now he is coming out with Rowdy Rathore, which has Akshay kumar and Sonakshi Sinha as the lead pair.It ...
Melanie Kannokada of ‘Love, Lies and Seetha' says her love for dance and acting is immense Like all Indian children who for their strong academic background take to academics, Melanie Kannokada also took a strong leaning towards academics. A perfect concoction of a nerd? But after she became an Engineer and joined a corporate firm, she felt there are other options which she can look into. Her passions ran parallel just as much as she loved physics, math and chemistry she also loved martial arts, jazz dance and the stage. “And I tried everything and was pretty good at it. ...
He has a number of critically acclaimed films under his belt. And the year 2012 has been exceptionally good for actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui who has been part of movies like "Paan Singh Tomar" and "Kaahani" that not only fared well at the box office, but also managed to propel him into the spotlight. And the good run does not end here. The actor is currently gearing up for his maiden visit to Cannes as three of his films, "Gangs of Wasseypur 1 and 2" and "Miss Lovely" will be showcased at the festival. "I'm really excited as ...
STORY – ‘Breaking News’ is nothing but Arjun (Ajay Rao) youngster in the television channel ‘Sakala’ to get scoop news to stay ahead with the rival channels. This is what his boss wants by hook or crook. When the Loka Ayuktha Somasekhar (Ananthnag) release the copies of his findings on Du Companies and other details on the de-notification that does not become news for the channel when everyone is telecasting the same. To get a scoop or ...
Glossy Trauma - I, acrylic on canvas by Tushar Potdar People from villages find the specious attractions of the city as irresistible as the call of a siren. Yet, as CIMA Gallery’s exhibition, Punch Sena: Art from Navi Mumbai (till June 30), proves, there is every possibility of those who fall for the lure of a city seeing through its glitzy façade. As their blinkers come off, the underbelly of the city lies exposed. ...
Cannes: On the silver sands at Cannes the cream of India's movie industry was celebrating in high style. The bash during the 2006 film festival was a bold declaration by the new kings of Bollywood. Ajay Devgn and Vivek Oberoi, two of India's movie idols, took centre stage with Gurinder Chadha, director of Bend It Like Beckham. They were toasting Omkara, a Bollywood version of Othello and one of the most expensive Indian movies ever made. Hosting the lavish event was Kishore Lulla, whose Eros International had just bought the overseas distribution rights to Omkara. As the cream of ...
A biographical film on deceased South African captain Hansie Cronje is released in India. This was revealed by his brother, Franz Cronje. Speaking exclusively over his phone, he says, “We finally have a release of the Hansie (Cronje) movie in India. It has now been 10 years since Hansie’s death on 1 June 2002. I produced a feature film and a 5 hour documentary about Hansie in 2008 and we have finally been able to release this movie and the documentary on DVD in India through one of the leading Indian newspaper”. “The DVD is now available in ...
