First weekend performance of latest releaseOne thing that continued to puzzle me over the last few weeks was a lackluster promotion and hype building around HAT TRICK. After all it came from one of the biggest film making house of the country, UTV, had…

Famous for its pioneering initiatives, UTV Motion Pictures shall recreate the numero uno magic by being the first Indian company to have two Hollywood mainline film releases, Mira Nair's 'The Namesake' that opened in US on March 9 with rave reviews with its Pandora's box…

Even before the first show of NISHABD had commenced, it was crystal clear that the film won't take anything more than an average start. This was even mentioned in last week's column and it was a known fact that regardless of the actual credentials of…

Baiscope Entertainment celebrates its first anniversary with IndieFocus - a film festival of eclectic independent cinema from across the globe with a panel of eminent directors like Anurag Kashyap and Oscar winning directors from abroad.The film festival will be held from 16th march to…

"Nana (Patekar) and Bobby (Deol) are really bonding well on the sets", says Sangeeth Sivan, "now that's really helping the progress of my film."Speaking from Chandigarh, Sangeeth Sivan who has two comic hits KYA KOOL HAIN HUM and APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY under his…

Tomorrow's release 'Eklavya - The Royal Guard' boasts of just 100 minutes duration and that seems to have only worked in the favor of the producer, distributors and the exhibitors.With no biggie apart from 'Guru' running at multiplexes and 'Traffic Signal' and 'Black Friday'…

First weekend performance of latest release'Black Friday' released in the Friday gone by and didn't get a single 3 star rating anywhere, whether it was print, web or satellite media! But did that make Anurag Kashyap a sad man? Certainly not, since he is…

Amid the huge youthful ensemble cast of the eagerly awaited romantic comedy, Honeymoon Travels.., the veteran Shabana Azmi stands out as the only senior actor who seems to be having as much fun as the youngsters!"It's a special film because my kids [Farhan Akhtar…

National Award winning actress and glamour queen of Bengal, Rituparna Sengupata has bagged two more of her prestigious project in Bollywood. She has signed a mega film opposite Punjab da puttar Sunny Deol in Ashwin Choudhery's 'Gurudakshina'.Rituparna has also signed a film with Kalpana…

Horse Shoe Pictures', 'Red' directed by Vikram Bhatt starring Aftab Shivdasani, Celina Jaitley, Amrita Arora and Sushant Singh in the lead role, is set to hit theatres on 23rd February 2007. The movie is, a romantic thriller with a suspense element.Aftab plays 'Neel Oberoi'…