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Take IFFI to Cannes scale: Ambika

The inauguration of the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) provided a platform for Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni to pitch for greater global recognition of the ev... »
Looking for answers: A very different love story

First blood

Fans of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series cannot wait to check out the big screen version »

‘Wheat’ opens 40th edition of IFFI

’Wheat’, the story of two warring Chinese dynasties set in 260 BC, opened the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) with veteran actress Waheeda Rehman being... »

Kamal Haasan launches TV serial ‘Abirami’

Television and film industry share a brotherly relationship and can co-exist, said actor Kamal Haasan.Television was considered a potential threat by film industry when it began to roll out... »
A scene from Pazhassi Raja.

The reel story

Three years ago an award-winning director stepped into their house, Syamakrishna Vihar, atop a hill in Pazhassi in North Kerala's Kannur district. This was not the first time it had happened... »
Rani Mukherjee

Small screen stint

Moving to the small screen from the big one indicates one thing: a drop in popularity ratings. At least that’s how it comes across for one-time Bollywood diva, Rani Mukherjee whose career gra... »

Reliance Big, Brad Pitt pact for sci-fi film ‘Dark Void’

Reliance Big Entertainment and Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B have entered into a pact with leading video gaming firm Capcom to make the sci-fi action game “Dark Void” into... »
HARD WAY It was a struggle before he got established in the Hindi film industry, recalls Johnny Lever Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

In good cheer

“It is said that a person who makes other people laugh has a lot of pain in his heart. On the contrary, I have thoroughly enjoyed being a comedian and don't nurse such thoughts,”... »

NTR dons a dual role

When a dynamic star hero and a dynamic director join hands to please a wide section of the audience, the combo is called Adurs. That's the title registered by producer Vallabhaneni Vamsy Moh... »
Bollywood stars Deepti Naval, Rajit Kapoor, Manisha Koirala and New York based actor Aasif Mandvi at the closing night red carpet of MIAAC film festival in Manhatten, New York on Sunday.

"Bombay Summer" rules NY film fest

“Bombay Summer”, which explores the fleeting and delicate friendship among three young people, won top three awards including best film and best director at the Mahindra Indo-American A... »
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with Amitabh Bachchan.

Big B is Aishwarya's timekeeper

Bollywood’s leading beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan believes that when it comes to managing time efficiently, nobody does it better than her father-in-law, megastar Amitabh Bachchan.The... »

My first break - GANESH VENKATARAMAN

How it happenedI was a software programmer in Mumbai, when I took part in Mr. India contest, and won it. I represented India at the Mr. World Contest in Istanbul, Turkey, and finished... »
Actors Soha Ali Khan and Emraan Hashmi promote their film

Rain, rain, go away

You could be forgiven for thinking that Tum Mile is a disaster film after watching the promos. Actually, it is… but not in genre. With a not-so-watertight script, Tum Mile is a natural calamity at... »

On a roll

Assassin’s creed

Hrithik's 'Kites' being re-formatted in Hollywood for Western audiences

Tough law to check film piracy planned

Movie about President Lula opens Brasilia film festival

Suniel Shetty’s “Red Alert” to premiere at Goa film festival

First and the finest

Doomsday sells as filmgoers spend 65 million dollars on ‘2012’

Not as Saif's sister in his films: Soha Ali Khan

Akshay Kumar

I don’t make it a hobby to help heroines: Akshay

He worked with them when they were new to the film industry and gave back-to-back hits but Akshay Kumar refuses to take credit for Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra’s success. The actor says... »
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and London-based businessman Raj Kundra pose for the media after their marriage in Khandala, Mumbai on Sunday. Photo: PTI

Shilpa Shetty ties the knot

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty is now a married woman. In one of the most awaited weddings in the tinsel town, the actor tied the knot with London-based businessman Raj Kundra in a lavish ceremony o... »
Vivacious: Vidya Balan

‘Paa’ is a special movie for me: Vidya Balan

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, who is playing Amitabh Bachchan’s mother in her forthcoming movie Paa, says that now she can proudly tell everyone that the 67-year-old megastar was her... »
Filmmaker and screenwriter Nagesh Kukunoor. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf

Return of the native

The ongoing International Children's Film Festival has turned Prasad's multiplex into a festive zone. School children, film-makers, jury members and the media move from one place to another... »

Challenge to make films

When Sri Lankan director Somaratne Dissanayake decided to follow his heart and make movies, the option was to chuck his cushy job in Australia and return to Sri Lanka, his birth place. &ldqu... »
Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh: It’s a wonder I’m still getting offers

Age is no bar for Amitabh Bachchan. From television to films to endorsements, he is doing everything and that keeps the 67-year-old megastar busier than his younger colleagues.“I do w... »
Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit to play Indira Gandhi

Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit is all set to essay the role of the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, in a two-part biopic by film-maker Krishna Shah. The Golden Globe-nominated Mr. Shah... »

Grill Mill - Sangavi

Why don’t we see you much on the screen anymore?Million dollar question! I have no answer for that. Is it because you’re looking to play only the lead? <... »
Director Chimbudevan taks about his movie

Spaghetti Eastern!

Cartoonist-humourist turned comedy writer-director Chimbudevan made quite an impact with his maiden mega-hit venture, Imsai Arasan 23-aam Pulikesi, and though his second film, Arai Enn 305-il Kadav... »

Signature Eastwood

Like good wine that gains in character as it ages, Clint Eastwood is a cinematic presence that just keeps getting better. His directorial ventures especially, tell great stories, right from his deb... »

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Elemental saga

“The industry is slowly moving from the escapist commercial fare”

Brad Pitt says no to direction

‘Paa’ is a role of a lifetime: Abhishek

Indian animation movies ready for world market

Cameron Diaz's 'The Box' 'among worst movies ever'

Amitabh, Aamir to discuss marketing strategies for 'Paa', '3 Idiots'