Prasoon Joshi pens special poem for 26/11

November 8th, 2009 more images more imagesMUMBAI - Lyricist and screenwriter Prasoon Joshi has a new job these days. He's busy helping the government conceptualise how the Commonwealth Game 2010 would be presented before the international audience.

October 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tamil film "Kanchivaram" won the best feature film award at the 55th National Film Awards 2007, while Adoor Gopalakrishnan got the best director award for Malayalam film "Naalu Pennungal" at a glittering ceremony here Wednesday evening. Prakash Raj got the best actor for his performance in "Kanchivaram" and Uma Shri was given best actress award for her role in "Gulabi Talkies" in Kannada.

October 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - It was an evening for daughters and fathers with young actress Sonam Kapoor accepting the award on behalf of dad Anil Kapoor and veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra stepping up to receive the prize for his son Aditya at the 55th National Award ceremony Wednesday. Filmmaker Aditya Chopra's Chak De! India was named the best film in overall entertainment for 2007, while actor-producer Anil Kapoor was given the special jury award for his film "Gandhi, My Father".

October 8th, 2009 Director Joshi is hit by the sequel-making wave. He is working on the sequel of Dileep starrer Lion as well as that of Runway.

October 3rd, 2009 Director Naganath M Joshi is busy with his film, Jala. Produced by Narasimha M Joshi under the banner of BN Joshi’s Cine Creations, the film stars Chethan, Deepu, Spoorvi, etc.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Known for his experiments, Bollywood star Aamir Khan will now be seen in an animated avatar for the first time in a television commercial for Coca Cola. Conceptualized by adman-turned-lyricist Prasoon Joshi along with Ashish Chakravarty, the ad has been shot by Abhijit Choudhary for the Coca-Cola Open Happiness communication initiative.

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Director Priyadarshan's off-beat Tamil film "Kanjeevaram" has won the best feature film award at the 55th National Film Awards 2007, while southern actor Prakash Raj has been adjudged best actor for his performance in the same film, it was announced here Monday. Renowned Malayalam film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan is best director for "Naalu Pennungal" while Kannada actress Uma Shri is best actress for "Gulabi Talkies".

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Feroz Abbas Khan, Shankar Mahadevan and Bhawna Talwar, among the recipients of the 55th National Film Awards for 2007, are feeling ecstatic as well as humbled at the recognition that they have got for their contribution to Indian cinema. Shankar Mahadevan won the prestigious award for best playback singer for singing the song "Maa" from "Taare Zameen Par" for which Prasoon Joshi bagged the best lyricist award.

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.

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Filmmaker Priyadarshan's offbeat Tamil film "Kanjeevaram" has scored big at the 55th National Film Awards 2007, winning best feature film and best actor for Prakash Raj, while renowned Malayalam director has been adjudged best director for "Naalu Pennungal", it was announced here Monday. Kannada actress Uma Shri is best actress for "Gulabi Talkies"; Aamir Khan's directorial debut "Taare Zameen Par" gets best family welfare award.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Singer Chris Brown has recorded a song for R&B singer and his former girlfriend Rihanna to show his remorse for having attacked her. The Take You Down star was recently sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to stay away from Rihanna after pleading guilty to assaulting her, reported imdb.com.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna has written a song for ex-husband Guy Ritchie, triggering speculation that the couple may get back together. The singer, who divorced the British film director earlier this year after almost eight years of marriage, wrote down a song about a couple who loved, fought and loved again, raising speculation that they are set to reconcile, reported contactmusic.com.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Actor and singer Billy Bob Thornton wants to create awareness about venereal disease through a song. Contactmusic.com reports that the Oscar winning actor, who is the leader of the band The Boxmasters, thinks there aren't enough songs about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases and he wants to write one.

June 13th, 2009 MACAU - Bollywood's acclaimed film lyricist Prasoon Joshi, whose heart-warming work in "Taare Zameen Par" won many awards, said he writes songs only for himself and not to generate business. "My song-writing is something I do only for myself.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Having lived in India for 30 years, Delhi-based German author Roswitha Joshi believes it is a land of contrasts and powerful stories. As she pens her next novel, she says these tales inevitably feed her writing.