Slumdog star Dev Patel in a Hindi film?
July 20, 2009
British-Indian actor Dev Patel, who starred in Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire, could in all probability star in the Hindi remake of Tamil movie Nadodigal.
Addressing reporters Nadodigal director Samuthirakkani said that talks with Dev are underway.
“We are hopeful of signing him up for the lead role in the yet-to-be named Hindi remake of Nadodigal. The Read more
KAMBAKKHT ISHQ forgets its Hollywood cast
July 11, 2009
Before the release of the film KAMBAKKHT ISHQ, much ink was spilled about the Hollywood cast that the film has. Stories about Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brandon Routh sounded as if it we had scored a one above the Hollywood films.
But, soon after the release of the film, the audiences were rubbishing this no-brainer. Though the film managed Read more
‘Kambakkht Ishq’ grosses Rs.1 bn in first week
July 11, 2009
Despite mixed reviews for its weak storyline, Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor starrer romantic comedy ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ has grossed Rs.100 crore (Rs.1 billion) at the box office in its first week.
Distributed worldwide by Eros with around 2,000 prints worldwide, ‘Kambakkht…’ hit more than 1,400 screens in India and about Read more
Review: ‘Angels and Demons’
May 17, 2009
This sequel to “The Da Vinci Code” keeps the dour tone as Tom Hanks steps in to thwart a plot against the Vatican from a secret society bent on revenge.
Here we go again. The last time a literary escapade by Dan Brown made it to the screen, the result was a big bore and big box office hit. “The Da Vinci Code” was exactly the kind of book that, in a saner world, would not have been adapted for the screen in the first place, and not because of its supposed heresies, either. Virtually all of its clues were based on verbal or visual diagrams, most of them abstruse – not exactly the stuff of cinema. It was a bit like trying to make an action-packed summer movie with the board game Scrabble Read more
Review: ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’
May 2, 2009
Matthew McConaughey’s latest romantic comedy hauls out all the clichés and dumb dialogue for a predictable end.
Just in case you can’t get enough of the romantic comedy oeuvre of Matthew McConaughey, Mark Waters’s “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” is here to remind you that, yes, some films of his are even worse than “Failure to Launch,” “Surfer, Dude,” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” It’s not McConaughey’s fault, exactly. He’s an OK actor and he’s amiable enough. In the Golden Age of Hollywood he probably would have had a high old time performing in swashbucklers or war movies or westerns. The famed glamour photographer Read more
Screening of Oscar titled movies in city
May 1, 2009
All of this year’s Oscar awarded movies are hitting at the screens from today in the city, as the Alamgir Kabir Film Centre organises a film festival to host the movies at its auditorium in the Science Laboratory Road. The screening will be held at 6:00pm.
The organisers will screen today, the biggest blockbuster of Hollywood-Bollywood combination, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, (120 minutes, 2008) directed by Danny Boyle that took to the red carpets of Oscar. The film bagging Read more
Vin Diesel Q&A
April 6, 2009
This week sees the release of Fast & Furious, the fourth film in the Furious franchise, which sees the orignal cast of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster return to their roles.
When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker).
But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him.
And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
Why did you decide to return to this franchise?
Probably because of the good response I got to the cameo I did in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, as it proved to me that the audience had embraced my character and was hungry for more. So, essentially I returned to pay homage Read more
Gulal Review
March 24, 2009
Movie Review: Gulaal; Star cast: Kay Kay Menon, introducing Raj Singh Chaudhary, Jesse Randhawa, Deepak Dobriyal, Aditya Srivastava, Ayesha Mohan, Piyush Mishra and Abhimanyu Singh; Director: Anurag Kashyap; Rating: **** – Anurag Kashyap’s best film by far.
Set in the fictional Rajpur town of modern-day Rajasthan, Gulaal is entangled with stories of student politics, a covertly taking shape local rebellion for an independent Rajputana stare and love taking it forward. The meek, Dileep Singh (Raj Singh Chaudhary), is an idealistic man who gets caught in the whirlpool of student politics and much more, as he gets sucked into the Read more
Influential Movies: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
February 2, 2009
Recent years have brought film lovers some truly wonderful cinema from shameless crowd pleasers to serious masterpieces, big budget, high action movies to ground breaking animation.
This handful of movies set a standard that changed the different genres, as well as influencing movies that have followed them.
FemaleFirst takes a look at some of the those films starting with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
For die hard fans of martial arts movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a great big fat I told you so to those who thought that this genre of film was an outdated and dying breed.
For those who were not familiar with Asian cinema 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was directed by Ang Lee, was a beautiful and majestic revelation that put Asian cinema well and truly in the world stage.
Despite Ang Lee not showing any evidence of being able to Read more
A look at Mithun Chakraborty’s character in CC2C
January 16, 2009
By Bollywood Hungama News Network
While Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone are going all out to promote their latest flick Chandni Chowk To China, let’s not forget that the film has yet another veteran actor in an important role. Yes Ladies and Gentleman…we are talking about none other than Mithun Chakraborty.
While Mithun has been seen here and there in the promos of the film, not much is known about his character. We quizzed director Nikhil Advani about Mithun da’s role in the film. “Mithun da has a very important role in the film. He plays Akshay’s foster parent. Akshay calls him Read more