Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who feels it's a waste of time and energy to wrangle with the Indian censor board for certification of adult films, says it's important that in a scenario when the censor body is chaired by a "senile" and "intellectually incapable" person such…

Actor-director Nandita Das doesn't like the arbitrary process of the Censor Board, but prefers the rating system for films. "Censorship is a very dangerous tool because five-six people decide what two billion Indians should watch. It is possible that something you don't like, I like,…

Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was on Sunday honoured with Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian award, by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.The 93-year-old cine icon was bestowed with the honour at his residence here just two days after his birthday.His close friend Udaya…

Renowned music director Ravindra Jain, an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet, died following prolonged illness at a private hospital here on Friday, an aide said.He breathed his last at Lilavati Hospital in Bandra around 4.15 pm on Friday. He was 71.Jain had been suffering…

Having delivered one of the biggest hits in Hindi cinema with "PK", award-winning filmmaker Rakumar Hirani isn't too bothered about box office numbers."A film shouldn't be judged by the box office numbers anyway. Several films doing well at the box office are forgotten the…

Working with Shyam Benegal is almost every serious actor’s wish and when actress Minissha Lamba got a chance to do so, she says, she could be “nothing but perfect”. She terms their film “Well Done Abba” an “educative trip”.“Much before beginning to shoot for…

Industrialist Anil Ambani, who feels movies speak a language that transcends borders, said that Reliance Entertainment will hopefully act as a game changer and help the best in the business to realise their hopes.“Movies speak a language that transcends borders and boundaries. At Reliance…

First weekend performance of latest releaseThe week gone by has shocked the industry. It was good till it lasted as Bollywood saw 7 back to back successes - SINGH IS KINNG, BACHNA AE HASEENO, PHOONK, ROCK ON, A WEDNESDAY, 1920 and WELCOME TO SAJJANPUR.…

Shyam Benegal's Chamki is in the news. Everyone knows that Chamki was supposed to be produced by Sanjay Gupta. But due to date problems and artistes not being comfortable for this off beat subject, Chamki had to be put on the back burner and White…

Some time back there was news about the veteran director Shyam Benegal planning a movie titled as 'Chamki'.Then nothing more was heard about the project and Mr.Benegal went on to do the now successful film 'Welcome to Sajjanpur'.Now as the movie of Shreyas…