Purab Kohli aims for skyNovember 10th, 2009 more imagesVJ-turned-actor Purab Kohli has won critical acclaim with films like My Brother Nikhil and most recently Rock On! But the actor harbours a desire to work in an out-and-out Bollywood masala flick and win over the masses. The actor said he would not like to be typecast as alternative cinema's muse as he is keen on big budget projects.
Are Indian women ready for beachwear?November 5th, 2009 more images
more imagesNEW DELHI - When Ritu Sen, 23, went on a holiday to the Andaman islands, she was the only Indian woman in a swimsuit while others on the beach either wore salwar kameez or saris. This was despite the many Indian designers who are launching chic beach and resort wear collections.
I want to work in a Bollywood masala film: Purab KohliNovember 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Veejay-turned-actor Purab Kohli, known for off-beat films like My Brother Nikhil and Rock On, says he desires to work in an out-and-out Bollywood masala film to reach out to masses. "I think every actor's desire is that his film is watched by maximum number of audiences.
Purab Kohli keen to work in Big budget filmsNovember 3rd, 2009 more imagesVJ-turned-actor Purab Kohli has won critical acclaim with films like 'My Brother Nikhil' and most recently 'Rock On!' but the actor harbors the desire to work in an out-and-out Bollywood masala flick and win over the masses. The actor said he would not like to be typecast as alternative cinema's muse as he is keen on big budget projects.
Minissha Lamba yearns for a beach vacationOctober 27th, 2009 more images
more imagesNEW DELHI - After sashaying down the ramp in beach wear for designer duo Hemant-Nandita at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW), Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba yearns for a beach vacation. Im dying to go on a vacation - some place where I can dive into the blue ocean water and sunbathe.
Dino Morea: Back to square one!October 1st, 2009 Dino Morea is again involved with his ex-girlfriend, Nandita Mahtani. After breaking up with Lara Dutta around 8 months ago, he has now gone back to dating Nandita.
Bollywood actors at Kolkata Fashion WeekSeptember 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bollywood actors Nandana Sen and Rituparna Sengupta sashayed down the ramp on the second day of the ongoing second edition of Kolkata Fashion Week. Designer Nandita Palchoudhuri showcased her weaver's work with the models setting the ramp on fire exhibiting a wide range of tangail, baluchari and dhakai sarees made by the craftsmen of West Bengal.
Shabana, Nandita team up again for 'Midnight's Children'August 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - After 11 years, Canada-based director Deepa Mehta is set to bring feisty actresses Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das together again for a screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie's award winning 1981 novel "Midnight's Children". The last time they came together in Mehta's 1998 "Fire" they created a stir as a lesbian couple.
Two Bollywood films to be premiered at Toronto film festJuly 31st, 2009 TORONTO - Yash Raj Films' "Dil Bole Hadippa" and Ashutosh Gowariker's "What's Your Rashee?" will have their world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) here in September, organisers have announced. The world's biggest audience-based film festival runs Sep 10-19.
'Uncomfortable truth' beats 'jungle adventure' on TVJuly 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Truth always prevails. And it certainly does on Indian television, as the ratings of two newly launched reality shows indicate.
Why every Imtiaz Ali film has been a love story?June 17th, 2009 Love seems to be the eternal subject for filmmaker Imtiaz Ali. Both his directorial ventures Socha Na Tha and Jab We Met were love stories and his upcoming next, Love Aaj Kal is a love story as well.
'Oye Lucky...' to be screened at New York film eventJune 4th, 2009 LONDON - Director Dibakar Banerjee's Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! has been selected for screening at an event in New York that celebrates Indian films. The event, starting Friday, is called The New India.
Movie Review : Raaz -The Mystery Continues (2009)May 3rd, 2009 Raaz -The Mystery Continues: Succeeds in spooking you
Rating: 3.5 out of 5*
Starring: Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman
Director: Mohit Suri
Yash (Adhyayan) and Nandita (Kangana) is a couple deeply in love. While Yash is heads a successful reality show on TV called Andhavishwas which exposes superstitious beliefs in India, Nandita is a successful model.
Movie Review : Firaaq (2009)May 3rd, 2009 Firaaq: Tugs at your heart strings
Rating: 3 out of 5*
Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Sanjay Suri, Deepti Naval, Shahana Goswami, Tisca Chopra and Paresh Rawal
Director: Nandita Das
The film takes place over a 24 hour period and a month after the infamous Godhra incident which were followed by a horrific communal carnage in the state of Gujarat. It peeks into multiple characters amongst such as Aarti (Deepti Naval), a housewife who is silently haunted by the image of a Muslim woman begging for sanctuary.
Huge celebrities turn out at Medi Spa launch May 3rd, 2009 The Media Spa launch on Tuesday April 7th late night in Bandra, Mumbai witnessed a huge celebrities turnout. We saw Karan Johar, Karishma Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Rani Mukerjee, Bobby Deol with wife Tanya Deol, Dino Morea, Malaika Arora Khan (a must for such events), Yash and Avanti Birla, Kunal Kapoor, Farah Kha, Chunkey Pandey with wife Bhavana Pandey, designer Nandita Mahtani, Leena Mogre, Manisha Koirala and in a rare appearance Neetu Singh.
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