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The stage was all set for a hat-trick of Eid blockbusters from Sallu-bhai through a literal overdose of sponsored content across all media – TV, FM, Print & Outdoor. And hum sabka bhaijaan (as the refrain goes in the title song) didn’t...

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Aarakshan Review : All smoke and no fire

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In an early scene from the film involving Deepak (Saif Ali Khan) & Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), director Prakash Jha can be seen lurking around unobtrusively in the background, a la Subhash Ghai. He needn’t have gone that far to stress...

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Of two Bbuddahs and a pretentious “auteur”

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The joke that began with that in your face first look unveiled during the IPL, progressed through with promos that promised Amitabh Bachchan’s return as THE angry young man and culminated with a damp squib of a film, was completely on...

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X-Men: First Class – ‘Can Do Better’

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XMen First Class Internet discussions of the latest in the X-Men series have spawned a meme that summarises this particular installment of the franchise. Those of you who’ve seen the trailer might even recognise this dialogue between Professor...

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Julian Schnabel’s Miral: A Glowing Preview

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I believe that truly groundbreaking, momentous inventions are most often misunderstood. Just a few days ago, Arianna Huffington re-tweeted this quote “If at first an idea isn’t absurd, there is no hope for it.” History is littered...

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Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Announces Closing Night Film: Edward Burns’ Newlyweds

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, announced today it will close its 10th edition with the world premiere of Edward...

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Daniel Radcliffe Officially Lands Role as Poet Allen Ginsberg

Things are rolling along well for Daniel Radcliffe’s post-Harry Potter movie career. The Woman in Black opens on Feb. 3. And now, the actor...

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Aarakshan Review : All smoke and no fire

In an early scene from the film involving Deepak (Saif Ali Khan) & Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), director Prakash Jha can be seen lurking around...

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‘Radiostars’ Wins Grand Prize at Alpe D’Huez Comedy Festival

A jury of Gallic talent led by actor Gilles Lellouche tuned into Radiostars on Saturday, giving Romain Levy’s film the grand prize at the 15th annual Alpe d’Huez comedy festival on Saturday night in the ski resort town. The public event, open to all cinephiles on skis, highlights new French comedies before they open in [...]

Ranbir Kapoor to play Kishore Kumar

Ranbir Kapoor’s heart-rending performance in Rockstar has managed to convince Kishore Kumar’s family that Kapoor is the right choice to portray the legendary singer-actor on the big screen. The official biopic of Kishore Da, as he is fondly known, has been on hold since quite some time now due to date problems and a no-objection [...]

Mike Leigh Named Berlin Festival Jury President

Acclaimed British film director Mike Leigh will be the Jury President for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, which runs Feb. 9-19, 2012. Leigh, who has collected a Palme d’Or in Cannes, a Golden Lion in Venice and seven Oscar nominations in his 40-year film making career, will oversee the international jury that hands out [...]

Box Office Report: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ Overperforms on Thanksgiving

Martin Scorsese’s critically acclaimed Hugo raced up the box office chart to No. 3 on Thursday behind The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and The Muppets. All rated PG, Hugo and Muppets opened Wednesday alongside Sony’s Arthur Christmas. Because Hugo is playing older than a regular family film, Paramount only opened the film on [...]

Eric Bana and Danny Huston to Play Leads in Indie ‘Elvis & Nixon’

Here’s one more film to watch crawl towards the screen in the coming months, thanks to the American Film Market. Elvis & Nixon is an indie based on the real-life meeting between the crooner and the President, and will mark the feature directing debut of actor Cary Elwes, who co-wrote with Joey Sagal and Hanala [...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger Set to Star in ‘Black Sands’

The two guys who directed the real Navy SEALs movie Act of Valor, Scott Waugh and Mike McCoy, have been validated by Relativity’s decision to buy and release that picture. The duo will next get to make Black Sands, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie sounds like a dark action thriller, and features a lone man [...]

Warner Bros. Wants Steven Spielberg to Direct Epic ‘Gods and Kings’

When a story opens with ‘could Steven Spielberg direct X?’ the answer is almost certainly going to be ‘no.’ Naturally a lot of projects land on or near the desk of one of the biggest directors in the world, and naturally he doesn’t have time for 90% of even the ones he would be tempted [...]

Michelle Williams to Receive Best Actress Honor at 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards

The 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, will honor two-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams with its 2011 Hollywood Actress Award. Williams is being recognized for her portrayal of screen legend Marilyn Monroe in Simon Curtis’ My Week With Marilyn (which will have its world premiere at the [...]

The dude in the black shirt, the dudette in yellow boots and the ShoMan from Pakistan

Shah Rukh’s Don 2 converted to 3D

Farhan Akhtar is probably the first and the only Bollywood filmmaker to change the format of his movie a few months before it releases. Don 2, the sequel to the producer-director-actor-singer’s 2006-hit Don, is now in the process of becoming a 3D venture. He admits it was friend and his film’s hero-cum-villain Shah Rukh Khan [...]

Aarakshan Review : All smoke and no fire

Harry Potter franchise crosses $7 bn mark

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 has had a record breaking run in the first week – the eight and the last instalment of the boy wizard story has already earned $640.2 million and with that, the franchise has crossed the $7 billion mark worldwide. The film earned $214.9 million at the US [...]

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