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After Kamalinee Mukherjee, here's the latest Bengali beauty on the Tolly block. Newcomer Megha Burman is to star in debutant director Hari Yelleti's film Ankit, Pallavi and Friends opposite Nikhil of Happy Days fame. The film is a contemporary story of five friends' coming of age, there lives, loves and the professional journeys. Meghha Burman plays Pallavi, a modern, educated Hyderabadi, who knows what she wants from life. Much like her character, Meghha in real life too is a lady who...
He is Subhash Ghai's latest 'discovery'. Anurag Sinha has been keeping a low profile after the much- acclaimed Black and White. The actor says he likes it that way. He doesn't really like to talk about something before it is really out. "Even when Black and White was being made; we never really talked about it until it was on the verge of release," he adds. What's he up to now? "I am busy with my sports and also reading scripts. I'd rather be trekking and hiking than do wrong films," he...
If at all there was an award for diplomatically handling tricky questions, it ought to be awarded to actress Navya Nair. The lass, who is from God's own country, was recently in town to attend a film function at the Le Meridien, where she had to take questions from inquisitive mediapersons. And needless to say, there were questions on her marriage. One question hurled at her was whether she would marry a Tamilian. The actress replied, " I will definitely marry an Indian." When the question...
Newcomer Neil Nitin Mukesh's next film Freeze is a science fiction about a guy with a camera that has supernatural powers. And apart from taking photographs, the actor performed some breathtaking stunts too. Hesitant to talk about the film's USP, Neil said, "We've had movies about people who could see the future. But here the whole concept of the 'camera can't lie' has been used in an unexpected way." Besides learning to take photographs like a pro, Neil had to pretend he could see more...
By AFSANA AHMED Move aside Angelina Jolie and A Mighty Heart - the story of journalist Daniel Pearl, come in Apoorva Lakhia and Mission Istanbul. Giving media professionals around the world a much needed shot in the arm is this daring director who has always been fascinated by the bravado of journos. "They display unique courage whether they report truth or gossip," says Lakhia whose new film, the espionage thriller Mission Istanbul, has four characters playing journalists on the war...
PUNE: The Aashay Film Club has organised a two-day programme to pay a tribute to noted playwright and scriptwriter Vijay Tendulkar. The tribute will begin with 'Ankahi', a documentary on Tendulkar, directed by Santosh Aychith. The film gives an insight into the different facets of Tendulkar. Tendulkar, who passed away on May 19, was known for his plays like 'Ghasiram Kotwal' and 'Sakharam Binder' and also the screenplays he wrote for critically acclaimed films like 'Ardha Satya',...
By Bhavani Krishna Iyer I WENT on a wild goose chase for tickets for Kamal Haasan's latest film, Dasavatharam, which opened simultaneously in India and Malaysia on June 13. After several failed telephone bookings, I ended up in an hour-long queue at GSC One Utama - and still didn't get a ticket for the film. Finally, the cinema at PJ State Lotus had first-row seats left on a Sunday night. I didn't mind risking my neck for Kamal, although my family thought I was crazy. After such a hassle,...
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Latino pop singer Shakira is interested in dancing for a Bollywood film that her Indian choreographer-filmmaker friend will begin shooting this year, a newspaper reported on Monday. The Times of India said Shakira was so impressed while working with top Bollywood choreographer Farah Khan during rehearsals for last week's MTV awards that she expressed a desire to dance in the planned film. "Right now, it is just that we have agreed to work with each other," Khan was...
By Krittivas Mukherjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - A rare Bollywood sequel to a blockbuster comedy about a lovable thug opens on Friday, reviving the pranks of the gangster who must dodge barbs from independence icon Mahatma Gandhi this time to win his ladylove. One of the most-eagerly awaited films of the year, "Lage Raho Munnabhai" (Carry on Munnabhai), is the sequel to the 2003 superhit "Munnabhai MBBS," the story of a Mumbai mobster who pretends to be a doctor and for whom laughter is the...
