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Salman Khan's Bodyguard breaks SRK's overseas record

Salman Khan-starrer "Bodyguard" is on a record-breaking spree. After a stupendous opening in the domestic market, the film has surpassed the record of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "My Name Is Khan" by earning £ 194,000 on the first day of screening in Britain.

More trouble for film on Grover murder

Ram Gopal Varma’s forthcoming film Not A Love Story, based on the sensational Neeraj Grover murder case, has run into further legal trouble with a small-time film-maker accusing Varma of plagiarism.

Delhi Belly is a sensitive comedy: Aamir

Not everybody is happy with his expletive-ridden adult comedy Delhi Belly but actor-producer Aamir Khan says despite having cuss words, the film has a sensitive outlook.

 

Barfee shoot to continue in Darjeeling

Shattering popular myth that writer director Anurag Basu would be leaving Darjeeling on June 19 abandoning the ongoing shoot, talking to HT, Basu himself made it clear that he was not leaving on June 19 and that he would be leaving only after the scheduled shoot in Darjeeling is completed.

Ranbir taking lessons from speech and hearing impaired

While people are vying against each other just to catch a glimpse of Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, it is Ajoy Singh who has become a close mate of the actor. He is helping Kapoor with his role in Barfee. Amitava Banerjee reports.

Brand Bachchan

Individually they are duds at the box office but together they hardsell ‘the perfect family’, raking in over Rs150 crore each year in ads and movies. Here’s how the first family of films became the first family of endorsements. Robin Bansal and Aaron Rohan George report. Ad industry insiders speak | Ratings in ads | Current endorsments

I am not qualified enough to write a book: Amitabh Bachchan

He updates his blog everyday with tidbits from his life and also shares himself on Twitter and voice blog, but Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is not ready to pen his autobiography.

Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai leads IIFA nominations

Ajay Devgn's Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai is leading the nominations list of 12th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards with 12 nominations followed by Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg with 11.

Shah Rukh releases Ra.One's look during Indo-Pak match

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan today took the opportunity of India-Pakistan's clash in World Cup semi-finals to launch the first look of his superhero flick 'Ra.One'.

No Holi songs in Bollywood anymore?

There was a time when Holi provided not only an occasion for outstanding song situations in Bollywood films but also a pretext for great drama. But today, the festival of colours seems to have lost its knack for producing great numbers.

Irrfan Khan next Spiderman villain

When the rebooted version of the Spiderman movie franchise is released in 2012, it will feature a new super-villain, Proto-Goblin and that role may be played by Jaipur-born Indian actor Irrfan Khan, who has already emerged as the biggest star from India currently working in Hollywood.

King of Creeps

Ramsay knows the trick of surviving outside the mainstream. For years he has had to contend with Bollywood. And then Hollywood. He built the Ramsay identity with the help of taboos that major Indian studios had built around themselves — if only to confirm them, writes Paramita Ghosh.

We, the Peepli

Anusha Rizvi and Mahmood Farooqui go to the cinema with Shalini Singh to see the movie that's made them, well, famous.

Sholay completes 35 years

Ramesh Sippy's Sholay, the most successful cult Bollywood film, turned 35 today. The film, which was released on August 15, 1975, opened to lukewarm response but soon the word of mouth spread and the rest was history.

Robot comparable to Sholay: Rajnikant

Southern superstar Rajnikanth, who leaves audiences in awe with his implausible stunts and unique styles, says his forthcoming sci-fi movie Robot is the first Indian film of its type and that every aspect of it is comparable to cult Hindi movie Sholay.
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