Tarun Mansukhani goes to ThailandOctober 7th, 2009 Tarun Mansukhani the director of Dostana was recently invited by the Government of Thailand to be a part of an entertainment expo that was organized by them. The event was held to improve the working relationships between the two countries.
John misses hairy Abhishek!September 12th, 2009 The Dostana sequel is much-talked about and everyone is waiting for it to get made. Recently, the Dostana team, John Abraham and Tarun Mansukhani were in the US for the New York Film Festival, where Tarun interviewed John for the US news channel, AVS.
Southern films bag top honours at 55th National Awards (Second Lead)September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Southern cinema scored big at the 55th National Awards Monday with the Tamil film "Kanchivaram" adjudged best feature film and Prakash Raj best actor for his performance in it, while Adoor Gopalakrishnan bagged best director for the Malayalam film "Naalu Pennungal" and Uma Shri best actress for "Gulabi Talkies" in Kannada. This is Gopalakrishnan's ninth National Award -- his film also wins best editing award for B.
My loyalty to Karan can't be bought: Tarun MansukhaniAugust 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Director Tarun Mansukhani made his debut with the hit "Dostana" under Karan Johar's banner and he has no plans to shift to any other production house despite being flooded by offers. He says his loyalty to Dharma Productions is "too strong" to be bought.
Pritish Nandy Communications wins award in BangkokJuly 23rd, 2009 Pritish Nandy Communications, India’s first ISO 9001-2000 certified motion picture Company, recently acknowledged as a Superbrand, received two awards in Bangkok from the Institute of Economic Studies at the Indo-Thai Economic Co-operation seminar at the Grand Sukhumvit on June 8, 2009. The awards were given away Korn Dabbaransi, former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, who applauded PNC for its contribution in the film making and wellness space.
Director Priyadarshan wins Best Director Award for KanchivaramJuly 23rd, 2009 Department of Information and Publicity and Navadharshan Film Society, Pondicherry usually hosts Film Festival of Indian Panorama. The best films selected by the Directorate of Film Festival, New Delhi will be screened for the occasion.
Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline catches Bollywood filmmakers' eyeJuly 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - Even before her first film "Aladin" releases this Diwali, debutant actress Jacqueline Fernandez has caught the fancy of prominent directors like Siddharth Anand and Tarun Mansukhani, who are seriously considering signing the former Miss Sri Lanka for their future projects. "Yes, Jacqueline indeed has great potential, something that I could make out the moment I saw a couple of songs that she has done in the film.
I'm proud I brought homosexuality out of closet: Tarun MansukhaniJune 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Talk about gays and their acceptability problems are no longer hush-hush with 'Queer Pride' rallies becoming an annual event in many Indian cities. And one-film old writer-director Tarun Mansukhani takes pride in bringing homosexuality out of the closet in films with his commercial hit "Dostana".
I'm heterosexual but feeling 'gay' today: Abhishek BachchanJune 13th, 2009 MACAU - Abhishek Bachchan felt "very gay" as accepted the best comic actor for his performance in "Dostana" at the Idea International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards. He dedicated the award to wife Aishwarya Rai and Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh.
Playing myself is tough: John AbrahamJune 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood hunk John Abraham is playing himself in "Fillum City" and says it is tougher than doing other roles. "I'm playing John Abraham.
John Abraham Plays John Abraham In His New Film,June 9th, 2009 In his new film Fillum City directed by debutant Deven Khote John Abraham plays himself. “I’m playing John Abraham.
Sonam Kapoor shines at L'Oreal partyMay 11th, 2009 L'Oreal brand ambassador Sonam Kapoor who is part of the L'Oreal Paris Dream team was the main attraction at the party hosted by the International cosmetic brand at Olive, Bandra on Sunday May 10th. While the party began at around late noon that is almost an hour later than the scheduled time, it went on to rock till evening time.
SRK-Kajol-Ranis Kootchie Kootchie Hota Hain is almost ready May 4th, 2009 The much awaited animated version of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai titled Kootchie Kootchie Hota Hain is almost ready and is being scheduled to release soon to commemorate 10 years of the film. This mega budget animated venture is a joint production between Karan Johar’s banner Dharma Productions along with Los Angeles-based Prana Studios and the Mumbai based 3D Animation Studios.
Karan Johar's latest : Ranbir and Deepika, Shahid and Priyanka - Yes, John and Bipasha - NoMay 3rd, 2009 By Joginder Tuteja
It was one casting coup waiting to happen but that hasn't been the case to be. For the 'Vote Aapke Haath Mein Hai' campaign produced by Karan Johar for Dharma Productions, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif were the chosen ones (amongst a dozen odd other youth icons) to participate in a specially created video.
Tarun Manshkhani (director of Dostana) celebrates his b'dayMay 3rd, 2009 Tarun Manshukhani (director of Dostana) celebrated his birthday yesterday. All his close friends were there to wish him on the occasion.