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| Riya becomes IPL's brand ambassador Riya Sen, who is the brand ambassador for IPL’s official website, will interact with cricketers and post her views on the website. |
| Image Makeover: New trend in Bollywood Why are Bollywood actresses busy going in for an ‘image makeover?’ TOI finds out |
| Jay takes Beyonce along for special gig Jay-Z had a special treat in store for fans at his recent New York concert - he brought out his new wife Beyonce Knowles to take part in a brief skit. |
| Delhi Belly Ranbir & Chitrangada have both walked out of Aamir’s black comedy set in Delhi |
| Angelina Jolie up for 'Best Villain' Angelina Jolie has been nominated in the category of 'Best Villain' at the 2008 'MTV Movie Awards'. |
| Katie fuels Broadway rumours Katie Holmes has fuelled rumours that she is heading to Broadway, after being spotted with her hubby Tom Cruise at a theatre in New York. |
| Juhi on a new high! Juhi Chawla is her usual congenial self as she talks to PT about IPL and her kids. |
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| Scoop: What India gets under the IAEA agreement It is paradoxical that even those members who are most crucial in the decision-making process, leave alone the public, are denied access to scrutinise the full text of the IAEA agreement while many in the international community, particularly those from the NSG countries, must be scanning it with a microscope! |
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| Canada: Jet Airways flight gets bomb threat Jet Airways Flight 225 to Chennai was grounded in Toronto on Monday after the police received a bomb threat. A report in Friday's National Post reveals that the police received an anonymous threat less than two hours before the Jet Airways Flight was scheduled to depart from the Pearson International Airport in Toronto.Though the investigators were aware that it might be a hoax threat, they decided to take no chances. Hence, the flight was grounded. |
| India crash to 1-5 defeat against Argentina Argentina handed India their second defeat with a 5-1 thrashing at Azlan Shah hockey on Friday. |
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| Bhoothnath In sum, Bhoothnath is more than a bit of a drag, despite the lead players trying hard to make it stick. The rest are just okay: Satish Shah makes white-bread sandwiches look yummy, Rajpal Yadav appears to be playing himself, a simpering Shah Rukh Khan looks like he's just bid Knight Riders players Brandon McCullum and Ricky Ponting goodbye, but it is Juhi Chawla whose performance ends up as the most laboured. |
| Jimmy In this day and age when debutants are well-groomed, trained in action, dance, and most importantly, dialogue, diction and acting, it's shocking that Mimoh Chakraborty looks so terribly unprepared. |
| Movie Review - Race Subtlety and restraint have never found a place in the movies of director duo Abbas-Mastan. Their latest thriller Race is so much crammed with unexpected twists and turns that after a while you naturally begin to expect the unexpected from the film. But, in a bid to shock the viewer, the director due might just have gone overboard a bit. Race keeps unraveling one surprise after another. |
| Movie Review - Black & White Let's make one thing absolute clear at the outset: this is not the usual Subhash Ghai film like Taal, Khalnayak or Ram Lakhan. 'Black & White' is film which is shorn of the usual Subhash Ghai colourful extravaganza. In fact, for the first time, Bollywood's showman dares to get real and make a film with a social conscience. Anil Kappor has put in a stellar performance and the restrain displayed by him in playing his character is quite amazing. |
| Movie Review - Superstar Director Rohit Jugraj is back with his next flick 'Superstar' starring Kunal Khemu in a double role. Though this may not be his best yet, Jugraj handles the subject quite well and manages to create a few touching moments and exercises a certain amount of restraint. The surprise package of the film is, undoubtedly, Kunal Khemu. He is definitely an actor with some mettle. |
| Movie Review - Mythya Actor-turned-director Rajat Kapoor has delivered a thought-provoking and commercially successful film indeed. Ranvir Shorey (VK) is a small-time actor struggling to make it big in Bollywood. His only fault is that his face resembles that of the reigning Don (a double role played by Ranvir). Wanting to have the best of both worlds, the rival gang headed by Naseeruddin Shah (Gawade) abducts VK. |
| Movie Review - Jodhaa Akbar One of the greatest motion pictures of our time, Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century epic romance with heavy doses of electrifying drama and wide canvas battle sequences. Possibly the most ambitious and gutsy Indian film in recent years, possibly decades, 'Jodhaa Akbar' begins to an era tread by few in the history of Indian cinema. |
| Movie Review - Sunday Director Rohit Shetty borrows liberally from the Vijay Anand old classic TEESRI MANZIL for his SUNDAY, inspired by the 2005 Telugu hit 'Anukokunda Oka Roju'. A murder takes place at the beginning of the movie and the case is cracked in an interesting and stylish manner. For a thriller to succeed the suspense element should be spread throughout the film; SUNDAY has that quality as it keeps you guessing! |
| Movie Review - RAMA RAMA KYA HAI DRAMA Film is definitely one of those films with a very large stat cast. Watch it for the sheer dedication with which the director has made his film! The plot is intensely anti-marriage. This movie is a sensible mix of comedy as well as serious events that make you sit glued to your seat. At the end of the film, at least you don't regret for making it to the theatre to watch this movie! |
| Movie Review - Halla Bol Rajkumar Santoshi is known for making films with a social undercurrent and Halla Bol is one such film. The movie raises its voice against rape, exploitation and illegal use of power and money. The movie also resembles the Jessica Lal murder case and its ugly dimensions. The story has been deftly handled and a lot of scenes are executed with confidence that they leave a strong impact on our minds. |
| Movie Review - STRANGERS Director Aanand Rais Stranger is loosely based on Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcocks Strangers On A Train. The movie can be termed as an engrossing thriller with a riveting climax. The movie opens with the arrest of one of the protagonists for murder and you are almost caught off-guard. The succeeding twists and turns are resolved in the final part of the film. |
| Movie Review - RETURN OF HANUMAN It's definitely an innovative effort at merging mythology with the contemporary world. The first half has many sequences that succeed in making an impression. The major reason why HANUMAN clicked was because Baby Hanuman was very cute and adorable. The Baby Hanuman of ROH is equally lovable. Sequences depicting his voracious appetite as also with his timid friend Minku are quite enjoyable. |
| Bhavana goes abroad with shooting One of the advantages of acting in non-Malayalam films is that you get to travel abroad a lot of times. |
| Simran as comedian's heroine!!! Simran is either very much impressed by the story of the film or she has become very much desperate to regain a foothold in the Tamil film industry. |
| Kavya going to Telugu soon!!! It's raining films in Kavya's case. Just when the Malayalam film industry thought that she had come to the end of her career, she went on to star in a Tamil film, which happened to be the remake of the Malayalam hit film 'CID Moosa'.
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| Return of the Moms!!! Bollywood is suddenly becoming more and more curious to bring back heroines from semi-retirement. These actresses get married, quit the industry and go away to raise a family. Most of them return after a few years, but until now, the industry was very unkind to them. Things are dramatically changing now. Things are slightly different in the case of Malaika Arora Khan. Even when she was very much in the industry, she had got married to one of Salman Khan's siblings and had a baby. The actress is so much into fitness that she doesn't even look like she has had a baby! |
| Kaveri impressed with Jayasurya's performance... After marriage and a kid, Kaveri has now returned to Malayalam, this time only as an actress. One of her future plans includes dubbing and releasing hit Telugu films in Malayalam. 'Kangaroo' is the name of the film in which she is playing the role of the second heroine. Prithviraj and Kavya Madhavan are the lead pair. Jayasurya is the second hero. |
| Mirchi spends 1 crore for 'Chocolate' Probably for the first time in the history of Malayalam cinema, the remake rights of a film is being sold for a massive Rs 1 Crore, which is more than half the budget of a typical Malayalam film. Mirchi Movies has created this record. The production company has bought the remake rights for all the Indian languages for a massive Rs 1 Crore. Officially, this is the first time that such a high amount is being paid for the remake rights of a Malayalam film. |
| 'Happy Days' becomes popular... The year 2007 has suddenly opened the doors of Malayalam theatres to dubbed films from Andhra Pradesh. Until now, only Tamil films had a big market in Kerala. In most cases, the distributors didn't bother to dub the film in Malayalam due to similarities in the languages. But, things are changing now. Quite a number of films from Telugu had become fabulous hits in Malayalam. Initially, this was attributed to the fact that the heroines in these films were from Kerala. A number of these films had Nayantara in the lead role. But these days, even films with no Malayali stars are becoming popular in Kerala. The first in the series was 'The Hero' with Allu Arjun in the lead. |
| Asin more interested in Mumbai? Now that Nayantara is back and more powerful that even before, it looks as if Asin is more interested in switching to greener pastures in Bollywood. The actress seems to have impressed Aamir Khan a bit too much because the actor had invited her for the premiere of his production, 'Taare Zameen Par'. At the function, she was the center of attention. As far as her career in Tamil goes, the actress will soon complete her 'Dasavathaaram' commitments. Her most recent release in Tamil was with Surya, named 'Vel'. Unfortunately, the film didnâ??t do as well as the pair's previous hit 'Ghajini' did. There were talks that she had accepted a film with none other that troublesome Simbu, but that remains to be confirmed. |
| Johnny Depp in Meera Nairâ??s new film!!! The superstar of 'Pirates of the Caribbean', Johnny Depp will be starring in the lead role in Meera Nair's new film 'Shantram'. Ironically, it is turning out to be both a blessing and curse for the film, if rumors are to be believed. Meera Nair is on cloud nine ever since Depp agreed to star in the film. But, for some unknown reason, the film's shooting has come to a grinding halt. This has started rumors that the film's lead actor was behind it. Rumors are on that he wasnâ??t that pleased with the pay package that he was being offered and had decided to not cooperate. |
| Jayachandran sings in Hindi Veteran Malayalee Playback singer P Jayachandran is singing for a Hindi film. |
| Senthil, back to Malayalam Senthil is now trying for a comeback to Mollywood with the new film ‘Apoorva. The movie which is directed by an 18 year old youth, Nithin Ramakrishnan will have this veteran star in a pivotal role. |
| Who banned Dileep? This Thursday was marked with frenzied drama in Mollywood circles. The story all started with a popular channel flashing news about the new ban on popular star Dileep, initiated by MACTA, The Malayalam Cine Technicians Association. |
| Renjith to debut in Tamil Scriptwriter-director Renjith is finally initiating steps to debut in Tamil with a new film which features Prithviraj in the lead. Karthika will appear as the heroine of this untitled movie. |
| Saiju Kurup renamed as Aniruddh Young actor Saiju Kurup is debuting into Kollywood with a movie directed by the veteran Bhagyaraj. |
| ‘Twenty Twenty’ for June 27 As per the latest reports, AMMAs maiden venture Twenty Twenty featuring all the important stars of Malayalam will grace the theatres by the 27th of May. |
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| Ghatothkach releasing this 23rd Ghatothkach is based on a character in Mayabazar. This is an animation film and is being made in seven different languages (English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali). The producer of this film is Suryadevara Vinod. |
| A Shakesphere for this week After the debacle of the recent movie, ‘De, Ingottu Nokkiye released for this Vishu, young star Jayasuriya is back with another comic entertainer. His new flick Shakesphere M A Malayalam’ is all set to grace the release stations, this week end. |
| Poor marketing harms ‘Swarnam’ ‘Swarnam’ seems to be one good movie that appeared in Mollywood after quite a long time. Even though it has got its share of flaws, the movie based on a strong script lines by S Suresh Babu definitely proves to be one of best from Mani and director Venugopan. |