Bollywood back in Kashmir

September 17th, 2009 CAST: Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Suri MUSIC: Amit Trivedi A Kashmiri Pandit woman has to go back to Kashmir after 20 years and confront her past. A past of losing trust, and faith in humanity.

August 21st, 2009 By Abhijit Mhamunkar Sikandar: An engrossing fare Rating: 3 out of 5 * Starring: R. Madhavan, Sanjay Suri, Parzaan Dastur, Ayesha Kapoor, Ketaki Thatte and introducing Arunoday Singh Director: Piyush Jha Parents less Sikandar (Parzaan) is a 14 year old boy who stays with his uncle and aunt in Kashmir.

August 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Versatile actor R. Madhavan, who has mega projects like "Teen Patti" with Amitabh Bachchan and "3 Idiots" with Aamir Khan in his kitty, says he doesn't see any actor as his competitor since there is no one in his league.

August 19th, 2009 By Subhash K Jha Piyush Jha has come home. Ten years ago he made a spoof film Chalo America about the compulsive and rampant NRI-ship among young Indians.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After making comedies like "Chalo America" and "The King of Bollywood", director Piysush Jha returns with suspense-thriller "Sikandar". Releasing Friday, the film is about the tensions in Kashmir seen through children's eyes.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sparkling rivers, regal Chinar trees, flowering meadows and snowcapped peaks - the beauty of Kashmir had been depicted in several hit Hindi movies like "Aarzoo", "Kashmir Ki Kali" and "Betaab" until insurgency hit the valley. After a long hiatus, filmmakers are once again going there and Piyush Jha's "Sikandar" is the latest to capture the state's picturesque landscape.

August 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shahid Kapoor says it a challenge to work with Vishal Bharadwaj but at the same time he admits that the director brings out the best in an actor. "Vishal is a very dangerous director.

August 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Cast and crew of Bollywood film 'Yeh Mera India' that highlights various problems of the Indian society, promoted their film in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Co-Producer and Director of the film N.

July 30th, 2009 After a sabbatical that spanned for more than 3 years, Akshay Kapoor is all set to be seen on the big screen with two movie releasing back-to-back in the coming months. The light eyed boy will be first seen in Anjum Rizvi’s ‘Fast Forward’ in August- a movie based purely on dance, also starring Vinod Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Bhavna Pani, Rehan Khan, Sabina Sheema and others.

July 28th, 2009 Nobody's perfect, eh? Think about it again. What's a perfect package in Bollywood? Someone who is handsome and stylish is muscular, can act well, and dance well too? Well, maybe only Hrithik Roshan falls under that category.

July 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - At Germany's only annual festival celebrating Bollywood cinema in Stuttgart the highest honour went to Santosh Sivan's Hindi film "Tahaan", but the cinematographer-filmmaker was unaware of it. The festival titled Bollywood and Beyond concluded July 19 and "Tahaan", about the adventures of a little boy and his pet donkey in Kashmir, won The German Star Of India award.

July 24th, 2009 LONDON - Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has termed Pakistan as the 'biggest collateral damage' of the US-led Afghan war, and said the Pakistan Army is fighting against its own countrymen. Talking to journalists at a Meet-the-Press event here, Khan said governance in Pakistan has collapsed completely and foreign investment has suffered a severe set back due to the 'war on terror'.

July 23rd, 2009 Hollywood’s big studio Warner Bros made their Bollywood entry early this year with the super duper flop Chandni Chowk To China starring Akshay Kumar. But it seems the film’s tanking hasn’t deterred their plans to continue their Bollywood journey.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Filmmaker Piyush Jha insists that his "Sikandar" is not just another film set in Kashmir. He says the movie tries to present the situation in the trouble-torn Valley through the eyes of children living there.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who worked with Sylvester Stallone in 'Kambakkhat Ishq', said that he had expected the Rambo star to be "reserved" but found the opposite. Kumar's latest film 'Kambakkhat Ishq', where he plays a Hollywood stunt also features 'Superman' star Brandon Routh and Denise Richards.