My father was a sound engineer in Annapurna Studios and due to that he had a pretty good access to the big guns there. I went to him and told him that I wanted to be film director and he thought I had cracked my…

'Sujatha' Rangarajan, a magnificent writer in the Tamil language showed his fascination for modernity with many of his works. The element of human life that is changing ever so rapidly thanks to technological advancements has been a subject of intense fascination for him.The late…

Times now there are plenty of changes happen across the 'woods' that determine a new trend that incorporate a converging attitude to bring together commercial and reality cinema.It is evident from recent releases in several leading 'woods' altogether. Apart from getting accolades in foreign…

It seems that three times National Award winning director Madhur Bhandarkar is furious with Censor Board.The director admits that there are steamy scenes between leading man Arjan Bajwa and Priyanka Chopra in the film Fashion, and all of them were shot aesthetically. But Censor…

Shyam Benegal's film to be screened at the upcoming film festival on Oct 25th & 26th.The prestigious London Film Festival is all geared up to extend a warm welcome to veteran film-maker Shyam Benegal's latest offering - Welcome to Sajjanpur. Presented by UTV SpotBoy…

Just felt like sharing this one personal experience of mine. It has nothing to do with films. So those of you who are not interested can get off right now.Sometime in 1994 I just returned from Chennai to Hyderabad in the morning and was…

Over four days in Goa at the Marriott Resort Film Bazaar presents an international co-production market for feature films and documentaries, a Screenwriters' Lab with renowned international guest mentors, a Business Conclave on industry trends and concerns held in association with Screen International, and many…

After ruling the box office with films like Jodhaa Abkar (Hindi/Tamil/Telugu Version), Race (Hindi/Tamil/Telugu Version) and Aamir, UTV Motion Pictures is all set to create the same magic in the Tamil & Telugu film market, where presently it has a slate of 5 films under…

Actor Randeep Hooda never got hurt doing stunts for his action films 'D' and 'Risk'. But while shooting for his forthcoming romantic film 'Ru-Ba-Ru', for a scene, where he had to save his love interest Shahana Goswami in typical filmi style, he skid and slipped…

The film script was written in 2001 and took seven years to see the light of day. Several directors and actors including Pankaj Kapur, Konkona Sensharma and Saif Ali Khan (actors) and Rajit Kapur (director) were associated and still the film didn't find a producer.…