Neeraj Ghaywan’s indie project Masaan, which centres on a group of people in Varanasi, has bagged two awards at the prestigious 68th Cannes International Film Festival and the emerging Indian director is “ecstatic”. The film, which follows the stories of four people from a small town and how they fit into the moralities, won the…
He is the perfect family guy on the small tube. From playing a loving husband in Kasamh Se to a doting father in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Ram Kapoor has carved a niche for himself on TV. But, the actor never hesitates to experiment with his roles on the 70mm. And, his upcoming film Kuch…
Separated by just a month, two films set in Bengal and about Bengalis are on offer from Bollywood. As April began, Dibakar Banerjee brought a Bengali sleuth and colonial Calcutta to national attention in Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! Tomorrow arrives Shoojit Sircar’s Piku, the story of a hypochondriac father and his long suffering daughter. Set several…
Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra were hiding their relationship all along but now it’s out in the open. The couple got married to each other in a low key ceremony. Oops! Heartbroken? Well, the duo tied the knot in their latest advertisement for Coca Cola. Fans don’t be upset, Sidharth andd Alia are…
National Award winning actor Rajkummar Rao, who plays Vidya Balan’s on-screen husband in Hamari Adhuri Kahani, is the “ex-factor” in the romance between Vidya and Emraan Hashmi, says the film’s director Mohit Suri. “Rajkummar Rao is one of the most exciting talents in the industry today. He plays Vidya’s husband in the film. He is…
Actress Sonam Kapoor, who will play the role of flight attendant Neerja Bhanot, who was gunned down by terrorists in 1986, shared her look from the film on Twitter. The 29-year-old actress, who chopped her tresses for her role, called the biopic her ‘most special film’. Neerja was Pan Am chief purser who was killed…
Veteran actress Shashikala and Vidya Balan were today named for Maharashtra Government’s awards in the memory of late Raj Kapoor. While Shashikala will be given the Raj Kapoor Life Time contribution award, Balan will receive the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution award, Cultural affairs minister Vinod Tawde told reporters at Mantralaya, Mumbai. The V Shantaram Life…
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is shooting for the ‘leftover shots’ from the Bejoy Nambiar-directed upcoming drama Wazir and considers them as an ‘integral part of the film’. “Work continues over Wazir, those last minute leftover shots that should form an integral part of the film, the joy of being in the company of familiar faces…
Mr perfectionist Aamir Khan is known for delivering hard-hitting, unique and cinema par excellence product. The viewers eagerly await his films and hope that this actor makes more than one film a year. The latest buzz around his upcoming venture ‘Dangal’ is that the hunt for two girls, who would play Aamir’s on-screen daughters is…
It was something of a feat for Shoojit Sircar to bring Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan together in his film “Piku” but the director says he was initially unsure how the two stars would react to each other’s presence. “Piku“, also starring Deepika Padukone in the titular role, is about her relationship with her father…
