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Bachchan watches Bhoothnath with audience

What will you do when you are watching a movie sitting next to the person who's on the screen as well?

Salman the teacher leaves students awed

Speaking at Subhash Ghai's film school, Sallu won hearts.

Smoke free screen? Not acceptable.

Freedom of expression can't be snatched away.

Mimoh 25 times better than me: Mithun

In a free wheeling chat Mithun talks about films, failure and son Mimoh's career prospects.

Liv Tyler heads for splitsville

A rocker's child and a rocker's wife, Liv heads for a pre-destined fate.

Aditya Chopra launches Anushka opp SRK

Anushka Sharma is a 19-yr old model from Bangalore who stars in Aditya's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

BIG Music announces Ticket To Stardom world tour

Consolidating its position as the country's most innovative music creation, aggregation and distribution company, BIG Music has announced Ticket To Stardom...

Singing with Bhoothnath

Armaan Malik and his friends eagerly await the release of Bhoothnath in which he's sung Mere buddy, a duet with Amitabh Bachchan

Tracing the history of Hindi film music from 1931

Anu Malik's only score this year is the one song that he composes for the undistinguished Undertrial as co-composer with Shamir Tandon.

Pandit Bhajan and Abhay Sopori honoured

The prestigious Dogri Sanstha of Jammu honoured the santoor legend and composer Pandit Bhajan Sopori and his son, young santoor maestro and composer Abhay Rustum Sopori for their contribution to Dogri music and language.

Anamika

Anu Malik returns with a full score after almost 18 months. Nowhere near his best...

A bands stand

They are madcaps - all six of them. Our chat is conducted amidst roars, chortles and guffaws in chorus.

Raag Harmony

He uses music to explore cultures and build bridges across them. Najam Sheraz, the man behind the original of the cult Murder song Bheege honth tere...

Paanchvi Pass, IPL run neck and neck

Shah Rukh Khan had declared that Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai will get higher ratings than IPL and the opening episodes of the show nearly proved him right.

Cannes on UTV World Movies

UTV World Movies, the first-of-its-kind channel in India is bringing the Cannes Film Festival live this May. Dilshad Master, COO talks about it and more

NDTV Imagine to launch regional channels next year

NDTV Imagine, the entertainment arm of Prannoy Roy-led NDTV group, which is best known for its news channels, is planning to launch regional language channels next year.

Annu Kapoor to host Junoon...

Annu Kapoor who is best known as the Antakshari host is all set to anchor another musical show Junoon Kuchhh Kar Dikhaane Ka...

Lets Talk gets big

Let's Talk, a celeb chat show hosted by Tarana and aired on Zoom has had almost all the top stars from Salman to Shahid on it.

Size zero doesnt exist

Yasmin who minimised Kareena Kapoor is now a judge on Channel [V]'s Get Gorgeous

High Hopes

Debutante Sonal Sehgal talks of her equation with John Abraham

No laughing matter

Comedy serials are fast becoming a rarity. "Where is the support?" ask the actors

Reeling in a Record

For 654 weeks, this man has watched DDLJ twice every day. From the projector room of Maratha Mandir

No Alternative

He passed out of FTII alongside Naseeruddin Shah and Benjamin Gilani, 36 years ago.

The art of grace

On World Dance Day, the Lasya festival showcases classical dances of India

Finding genuine talent is Indian animations biggest challenge

If all goes well, Maya Entertainment Ltd. may plan an IPO in the next two-three years. Ronald D'Mello...

DI-easing post-production

For over a century, filmmaking process has been constantly evolving. Today every aspect of film production is becoming more and more influenced by digital technology.

WINDOWS 2008

Amitabh Bachchan recently launched his own blog. Whose lives and opinions do our bloggers want a taste of next?

Tashan-ful

On how he styled 'tashan' for each character

I listen to bhajans in the morning on my i-pod

All the latest in Hindi and English music. I also like listening to romantic songs and bhajans in the morning.

Sivaji Ganesans popular film now a TV serial

After the successful movie, Kanna Moochi Enada, actress Radhika and her Radan Media Works set sight on bringing a popular mythological theme...

9XM may launch vernacular music channels

When INX network launched its flagship music channel 9XM last October, little did they know that they will be planning more music channels soon enough.

Phalke Academy awards to Bansal, Luqman Bohra

Two veteran film distributors-exhibitors of Rajasthan, OP Bansal and Luqman Hussain Bohra, were honoured with the Phalke Academy Awards at the 139th Dadasaheb Phalke Anniversary celebrations on April 30 in Mumbai.

Bharatmata theatre will screen Marathi films even after redevelopment: Govt

The State government has clarified that Bharatmata theatre in Lalbaug will be redeveloped and will continue to screen Marathi films even after its redevelopment.

Kaalpurush

Sumanto (Rahul Bose) lives in a spacious apartment in an ancient mansion in Kolkata with wife Supriya (Sameera Reddy) and two adorable kids.

We are all dreamers

Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Kaalpurush was premiered in Kolkata recently. Made in 2005, it won the Golden Lotus for the Best Film of the Year in 2006...

Mariahs another road-trip flick

Seven years after making what is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever, Mariah Carey is back with another road-trip flick.

Tribeca film looks into story of Che Guevara image

It is said to be the most reproduced photo in the world. But just who is Ernesto Che Guevara and what has the photo of him...

Man shares spotlight with romantic comedy

Tagging along behind Iron Man in the superhero saga's march to the box-office altar this weekend will be a little counter-programming flower girl, Made Of Honor

Iron Man flying into theaters

The first big release of the lucrative summer moviegoing season will actually come out in the final four hours of the spring.

Tom Cruise tells Oprah “Im happily married”

The actor returned to the Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday and talked about his love for Katie Holmes...

Latest Hollywood script deals

The story centers on a boy who has the ability to travel to a magical land, but after coming home and telling his parents about his fantastic adventures, they have him committed.

In Cannes, in person... Dev Anand

Dev Anand will represent India this year in Cannes with his film Guide being screened in the festival's Classics section

13th European Union Film Festival held in Kolkata

To sing about love in a post-hurricane flood of sprats, to sing about love when your love is insane and you have just fired off all the rounds in a revolver towards that person.

Angela Bassett makes rounds for last ER shift

ER is adding star power for its final season. Angela Bassett will join the cast of the medical drama as a regular in the fall...

Final spell of Monopoly

The film will be shot at various locations in Mumbai and Goa when director Nileish Malhotra will be picturising three songs and the climax of the film during this month-long schedule.

Freshly minted from NY

The willowy teenager made her presence felt in Hope & a Little Sugar, is a Bharatnatyam dancer in the US.

Truth Triumphs

Manoj Bajpai, Hrishitaa Bhatt and Vijay Raaz ponder over the unusual subject of their film Jugaad (getting work done through trickery) and its making

HAUNTING TALES

Bhoothnath will have Amitabh Bachchan playing a ghost for the first time. With a scruffy, unkempt look, he plays a friendly spirit who finds a friend in his own grandchild!

Anamika (Hindi)

If a classic were retold so shoddily, the storyteller ought to be banned for ever.

Pranali-The Tradition (Hindi)

Pranali (Nargis as an adult) is a beautiful village girl who is initiated during teenage into the Devdasi tradition by a lusty head-priest.

The Forbidden Kingdom(English)

To begin with, the casting coup of Kung-Fu super stars Chan and Li coming together for the first time in this film is a good premise no doubt.

Iron Man(English)

The film comes from the house of Marvel Comics who have already given international cinema, two very successful movie franchises in Spider-Man and X Men.

Small screen, big action

Television, the mode of entertainment for millions in India, had always received second billing to films but no longer.

Clash of the titles

Saahil Chadha's and Kunal Kohli's films are locked in controversy thanks to their similar-sounding titles

Creativity and commerce co-exist

Consider the staggering statistics: Indian media and Entertainment industry according to a CII A T Kearney report is projected to grow...