Punjabi film takes hard look at female foeticide

September 22nd, 2009 Actress Meghna Naidu, who made her debut in Kollywood with K.S. Ravikumar’s ‘Saravana’, is all set to enter wedlock with her boyfriend Gushal Punjabi.

August 14th, 2009 Album: "Dil Bole Hadippa"; Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty; Lyricist: Jaideep Sahni; Singers: Mika Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, KK, Rana Mazumder, Shreya Ghosal, Sonu Nigam, Alisha Chinoy, Hard Kaur and Joshilay; Ratings: *** Those who like Punjabi music are in for a treat with Yashraj Film' latest offering "Dil Bole Hadippa" that has Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukerji in lead roles. Composed by Pritam Chakraborty, the album has five pacy and foot-tapping numbers soaked in Punjabi flavour.

August 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The mystery of the Punjabi girl in Imtiaz Ali's "Love Aaj Kal", who gets royally wooed and won by the sardar Saif Ali Khan, has been solved - she is a Brazilian model Giselle Monteiro who couldn't speak Hindi or dance to save her life. "She is actually a Brazilian girl named Giselle Monteiro.

August 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Bollywood's newest trend to go in for turbaned and bearded heroes is to the liking of Sikh religious leaders, who feel it is helping popularise the look and preventing young Sikhs from getting their hair cut. Even the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex Sikh body, is happy at the portrayal even though some of the films have run into small controversies with the community.

July 25th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actress Jessica Biel spends five hours a day exercising. Biel, who is dating singer Justin Timberlake, works hard to maintain her svelte figure because she feels under pressure to look good for movie roles, reported contactmusic.com.

July 25th, 2009 Film: "Perfect Mismatch"; Cast: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Anubhav Anand, Nandana Sen; Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad; Rating: *1/2 "Perfect Mismatch" ought to be called one of the most misguiding film titles in a long time. The entire plotline seems like a big scam.

July 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - Was that the late rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley doing the jig in the promotional track of "Love Aaj Kal"? But why was he wearing a pagri? Take a closer look -- it's our very own Saif Ali Khan. For his home production "Love Aaj Kal", Saif has appeared in one of the getups of Rock-n-Roll legend Elvis Presley.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Denmark-based award winning hip-hop group Outlandish is to perform in India. Formed in 1997 by Isam Bachiri (of Moroccan descent), Waqas Ali Qadri (of Pakistani descent) and Lenny Martinez (of Cuban and Honduran descent), the trio have delivered hits like Aicha, Walou, Look into my eyes and Rock all day.

June 26th, 2009 Film: "Terminator Salvation"; Cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anton Yelchin; Director: MCG; Rating: *** The fourth instalment of "Terminator" series has hit the screens but without Arnold Schwarzenegger - though he makes a blink-or-miss appearance towards the end of the movie. Set in the future, the film is about man fighting with machines to save the world from the grip of an enemy called Skynet, which is trying to wipe out every trace of humankind from earth.

June 26th, 2009 Album: "Love Aaj Kal"; Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty; Lyricist: Irshad Kamil; Singers: , Sunidhi Chauhan, KK, Neeraj Shridhar, Mohit Chauhan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan; Rating: *** After the hit score of "Jab We Met", director Imtiaz Ali has collaborated with Pritam yet again for the music of Saif Ali Khan's production debut "Love Aaj Kal". Pritam has left no stone unturned in creating soulful melodies.

June 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - After playing a rustic villain in "Omkara", Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is now playing a Sikh in his forthcoming film Love Aaj Kal and took Punjabi classes to get the right accent for the role. Saif plays a Punjabi in 'Love Aaj Kal'.

May 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Jimmy Shergill, who impressed critics with his performance in "A Wednesday", has delivered two back-to-back Punjabi blockbusters. But the actor says Bollywood is where his heart is and he has films with Karan Johar and Shoojit Sircar lined up.

May 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Akshay Kumar popularised the turbaned Sikh look in last year's blockbuster 'Singh Is Kinng' and now Ranbir Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan will don turbans for their upcoming movies - a trend welcomed by the Punjabi film industry. While Ranbir sports a turban for Shimit Amin's 'Rocket Singh', Saif will be seen in the 'Sikh look' in his home production 'Love Aaj Kal', which also stars Deepika Padukone.

May 11th, 2009 Just days back we had claimed that Jimmy Shergill is all set to deliver his second back to back blockbuster in Punjabi cinema with the release of his film Munde U.K. De. Our prediction has come true and the film has taken and an outstanding opening not just in Punjab but in the overseas centers as well.

May 3rd, 2009 Big Pictures and Punj-aab Movies International's latest film, Mera Pind - My Home is all set to beat records. The film opened to packed houses in Punjab and grossed INR 57, 95, 533 in the opening weekend alone.