The 37th International Film Festival of India, IFFI Goa 2006 rolls out the red carpet, as the State of Goa gears up to celebrate the movies in the true spirit of world class entertainment from Nov 23-Dec 3.This year, the event synergizes global participation,…

First weekend performance of latest releaseThough trade seems to be a trifle surprised while looking at the sustained run of 'Vivah' since the day it has released, readers may remember that we had mentioned in the last week's box office column about the film…

Vidhu Vinod Chopra is emerging as one of the most powerful and creatively fertile Bollywood Producer and director. His last production 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' has not only emerged at the biggest hit of 2006, it has caused a mass movement of Gandhigiri that has reached…

Pradeep Sarkar may have parted ways with his mentor Vinod Chopra but he seems to be networking fast-n-furious in his new camp'The Chopra Camp'.Oops'It's the other Chopra'.Yash Chopra.It is being said in the trade circles that Sarkar has roped in the triumvirate of Bachchans (Amitabh,…

First weekend performance of latest releasePoor hype, zero buzz and below average promotion through satellite medium were three big reasons that led to the downfall of 'Umrao Jaan' from the very first show of its release. In spite of an additional grace period coming…

With 'Don' and 'Jaan-E-Mann' occupying theatres across the country and 'Umrao Jaan' coming this Friday, there are no new films to hit the marquee.Last week's movies'Don' had registered a good opening weekend and one looked forward to an all important first week to…

Flurry of releases was never so heavy even if one tries to remember as far as possible!While last few weeks have consistently seen 4+ Hindi films releasing every Friday, 6th October may as well create a record with number of confirmed releases ballooning with…

From the past'Pyaar Ke Side Effects' took a 50% industry standard fall and cashed in another 2 crore to its last week's 4 crore total. At 6 crores, its now an above average runner for PNC and brings Saket Chaudhary to the same league…

Vidhu Vinod Chopra has now a super-successful hat trick in the form of 'Munnabhai MBBS', 'Parineeta' and 'Lage Raho Munnabhai'. Now is the time for him to come up with a blockbuster himself and that seems just a little distance away in the form of…

Believe it or not but Anees Bazmee, director of last year's biggest hit 'No Entry', is yet to watch 'Lage Raho Munnabhai', the biggest superhit and second highest grosser [so far] after 'Krrish' of 2006.Currently busy in wrapping up the schedule of 'Welcome', a…