Now a hunt for the ‘Perfect Bride’ begins on TV

September 25th, 2009 Film: "What's Your Raashee?"; Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Hurman Baweja; Director: Ashutsoh Gowariker; Rating: *** A Gujarati downmarket wannabe bride dragged out of her traditional habitat into tight skirts tops and a 7-star hotel by her parents to meet the eligible bachelor from Chicago. The girl's longing to go West leaps out at you even when the guy politely rejects her.

September 21st, 2009 Newbie Swara Bhaskar begins her career on a serious note with a serious film ‘Niyati’. The film is based in Bihar and marks the insensitive culture of the place.

September 16th, 2009 Yash Raj Films is delighted to announce that it will distribute Ajay Devgan films’ All the Best- Fun Begins… in the International market. Having teamed up with only the best in the business and distributing some landmark films through its Worldwide Distribution network, YRF continues its quest for quality entertainment by hand picking nothing but the best movies from prestigious banners.

September 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - Yash Raj Films has bagged the international distribution rights for Ajay Devgan Films' movie "All The Best - Fun Begins". Releasing Oct 16, director Rohit Shetty's comedy promises audiences a perfect blend of action, and comedy with a strong dose of fun, said a press release from Yash Raj Films.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - British pop star Lady GaGa has revealed that she hates talent hunt shows on TV. The "Poker Face" singer has slammed shows that thrust new artistes straight into the limelight, claiming they should spend time nurturing their talent, reports contactmusic.com.

September 9th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - After months of will he, won't he, Nicolas Cage, who was tipped as the villain in Michel Gondry's "Green Hornet", has officially declined to play the negative character. Imdb.com reports a source saying that "the actor and the studio were not able to come to terms on a deal." It seems that time was the main constraint for Cage, who has accepted to do director Roger Donaldson's thriller "Drive Angry and The Hungry Rabbit Jumps" and is also juggling producing and exec producing on a number of other projects.

September 7th, 2009 As it is said that ‘Marriages are made in heaven…’, thus Star Plus and Meditech bring a unique reality show called ‘The Perfect Bride’ which will see the five eligible bachelors looking out for a perfect match with their mummies. The show starts on 12 September.

August 12th, 2009 Siva, Teja, Venu and Kishore are playing the heroes, while Amruthavalli and Shruti are playing the heroines in ‘Bangla’ (Amavasya Ardharatri 12 gantalu) under the direction of Srinivas Tarunavalli. Kasi Venkatesh produces the film, under the banner of C Creations.

August 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - India's first televised 'swayamvar' concluded here late Sunday with item girl Rakhi Sawant choosing Toronto-based Elesh Parujanwala as her life partner in a unique reality TV show. In NDTV Imagine's "Rakhi ka Swayamvar", Rakhi made the final choice from the three finalists -- from the original list of 16 contestants in 26 episodes.

July 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor endorsed a jewellery brand here on Monday. Top models sashayed down the ramp dressed as the bride and the groom, at a fashion show organized to mark the occasion.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - "Batman Begins" star Christian Bale has once again lost a lot of weight to play a drug addict ex-boxer in his new film. Dailymail.co.uk reports that Bale is playing Dicky Eklund, the famous boxer turned cocaine addict in director David O.

July 1st, 2009 Well the casting of Love Aaj Kal has very interesting tales to it. We are not taking about the infamous casting couch… ouch! Casting as in literal casting! A unit hand revealed, “The San Fransico schedule was beginning bang on time but still nobody had been cast as Saif’s love interest.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Item girl Rakhi Sawant had promised to be her real self on "Rakhi Ka Swayamvar" but she seems to be trying too hard to break her outspoken image by projecting herself as a subtle, demure and a perfect bride-to-be on the reality show. "Rakhi Ka Swayamvar" went on air Monday and Rakhi's low tone of voice and graceful mannerisms on the pioneer episode was a complete contrast to how the audience knows the item girl.

June 12th, 2009 Film: "Bride Wars"; Cast: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway; Director: Gary Winick; Rating: * Even before this unfunny comedy got released in India this week, a Bollywood producer had acquired the rights to remake "Bride Wars" in Hindi. Why would any sane filmmaker want to model his vision on a film that has no content and low intelligence? The two main characters are two girls played by Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway who have grown up together and are now warring because their weddings fall on the same day and at the same venue.

June 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - She doesn't harbour any dreams of a perfect wedding but actress Anne Hathaway says she wants to be a mom. "You know, I don't really care about getting married...I think it'll be really cool if it happened.