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Vidya's take on Oscar Red Carpet Fashion
updated February 28, 2012Our guest editor, Vidya Balan gives her verdict on what worked and what didn't at this year's Oscars red carpet......
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Anil Ambani walks Oscar Red Carpet
updated February 27, 2012Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani walked the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater here Sunday, where three films produced by DreamWorks Studios, his co-v...
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Shilpa Shukla's 'BA Pass' nominated for NY film festival
updated April 30, 2013Debutant director Ajay Bahl, says, "It's a great moment for us. Our film has been nominated in four categories -- best director, best film, best actor and best screenplay." The ...
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A short film by Varun Bajaj is to be screened at Cannes film festival
updated April 30, 2013A still from Bar Stools After all, Indian cinema is celebrating its completion of a century. However, there are short films too from the country that will be showcased at the h...
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Indian Box Office - 2013 vs 2012 - First 2 Months Comparison of Hindi Films
updated March 9, 2013Hindi Film Industry have not seen major hits in 2013, but box office business is up 50% compared with the same period last year. This jump may be due to the jump in no of releas...
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Yash Raj Films Launches Y-Films With LOVE KA THE END
updated March 21, 2011Continuing its trend of defining and breaking new genres, Yash Raj Films, launches a youth films studio – Y-Films. A dynamic, vibrant start-up at the intersection of film...
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Never felt that urge to be part of films: Nikhil Chinapa
updated April 26, 2013Nikhil Chinapa was last seen in Bejoy Nambiar's Shaitan. And it's been more than two years since. However, the self-confessed music evangelist is yet to make his next move in Bo...
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Jalebis named in honour of Sridevi's hit films!
updated April 27, 2013Industrialist Subrato Roy recently threw a party in honour of Sridevi to felicitate her for the Padma Shri award she received. At the event, everything was thematically designed...
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Mahie Gill: Beyond offbeat films, I want comedy, romance....
updated February 25, 2012MUMBAI: Mahie Gill, who started her Bollywood career with Anurag Kashyap's "Dev D," a modern-day take on Devdas, says it's not a conscious decision to star in offbeat films. In ...
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Mukesh Bhatt's roadmap for Vishesh Films at Murder 3 First Look Launch
updated January 8, 2013Bhatt family is all lined up for young faces to take over in 2013. Mukesh Bhatt has led Vishesh Films for past 27 years. He has one daughter named Sakshi and a son Vishesh....
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Kareena watches Sharon Stone films to prepare for her next film
updated April 19, 2013After she wraps up her upcoming film with Prakash Jha, Kareena Kapoor will start work in her next that also stars Emraan Hashmi. Incidentally, for her journalist role that is a...
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Stop blaming films for all of society's ills: Farah Khan
updated May 3, 2013Insider's view: Farah Khan Filmmaker and choreographer Even as we celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema today, we have yet to stop blaming the industry for the ills that plague ...
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Adopt Films Acquires U.S. Rights to Competition Title 'Sister'
updated February 16, 2012BERLIN: Jeff Lipsky's Adopt Films has snapped up domestic distribution rights to writer-director Ursula Meier's well-received Sister (L'Enfant d'en haut), set in and around...
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France Takes Berets off to 'The Artist' After Oscar Win
updated February 27, 2012PARIS - France was one big Oscar party on Monday morning when the country woke up to the good news that their own had been crowned victorious at Sunday's night's ceremony. As Th...
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'The Artist' Triumphs in France's Cesars Ahead Of Oscar Weekend
updated February 25, 2012PARIS - With Cesar glory just hours behind them, the artists of The Artist boarded a plane Saturday for the final leg of their awards season coup. The silent crowd-pleaser won s...
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Jackky Bhagnani signs two more films
updated March 10, 2011Jackky Bhagnani is ready with his next release F.A.L.T.U which features him as the main lead. The film, which is directed by choreographer turned director Remo and is being prod...
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NFDC Digitises Classic Films
updated February 25, 2012The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has picked a few classic films like Kundan Shah's Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) and Ketan Mehta's Mirch Masala (1987) among many oth...
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'Films and marketing plans should be conceived together'
updated February 28, 2012MUMBAI: Innovative marketing is must for a film's success, feels Mahesh Bhatt who launched the music of his next project "Blood Money" on a yacht out at sea, saying by doing so ...
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Sandeepa Dhar signs Two Major Films
updated April 18, 2013Sandeepa Dhar, who featured in Dabangg 2, will now be seen in Deepak Tijori's next untitled directorial venture. Buzz is that she has also bagged a role in Sajid Nadiadwala's f...
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Three films of Nawazuddin Siddiqui selected for Cannes
updated April 27, 2013He has the distinction of being the only actor whose three films have been selected for the prestigious film festival. They have been selected for the main festival circuit and ...
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Cricket World Cup Affect On Films
updated March 10, 2011The Cricket World Cup affect on films is not as much as feared by the industry and trade. When India plays a match the collections come in 20% lower than they should going by pr...
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Yash Raj Films to distribute Jodi Breakers in overseas
updated February 2, 2012Makers of Jodi Breakers are ecstatic. This unassuming film has been picked up by none less than Yash Raj Films for distribution in overseas market, hence opening wider avenues f...
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IIFA And TIFF Showcase Legendary RAJ KAPOOR Films
updated April 13, 2011Mumbai, 6th April 2011: Sharing the same passion for cinematic excellence, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) today anno...
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YRF New Youth Studio Y-Films Announces 3 Movies And 7 New Stars
updated April 2, 2011Yash Raj Film’s new youth films studio, Y-Films, launched with a bang in a young & fun event in line with the audience its catering to. Themed like an 18 year oldâ€...
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Shashank Ghosh directs first TVC of IPL-4 for Raju Hirani's Canvas Films
updated March 7, 2011The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 has not yet finished and already the promos have started of another cricketing extravaganza namely DLF IPL- Season 4. The IPL this year is schedul...
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Sacha Baron Cohen Tweets Photo With Oscar Tickets and Gun: 'VICTORY!'
updated February 25, 2012General Aladeen is officially headed to the Oscars. After sparring with the Academy over whether or not his latest film character should be allowed on the red carpet, Sacha Bar...
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Billy Crystal's Oscar-Night Sammy Davis Jr. Impersonation Draws "Blackface" Criticisms
updated February 28, 2012During Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, Billy Crystal revisited one of his oldest bits as he put himself into the Best Picture nominees via some clever cutting, CGI, and occasi...
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OSCAR FORECAST: The Screenplay Races
updated February 17, 2012This is my assessment of the Oscar landscape for the 2012 adapted screenplay and best original screenplay Oscars. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1. Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim R...
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Academy Mails Final Oscar Ballots
updated February 2, 2012The final Oscar ballots of 2012 are officially in the mail. The Academy announced on Wednesday, Feb. 1 that ballots had been mailed to all 5,783 voting members for completion. ...
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Funrahi FORECAST: A Look at the Oscar Landscape With Just 2 Weeks to Go
updated February 13, 2012What follows is my assessment of the Oscar landscape with just three weeks remaining until the 84th Academy Awards. (21 of 24 categories are addressed below; the three shorts ca...