Archive for April, 2008

My film has more FX than ‘Krrish’: Harry Baweja

Producer-director Harry Baweja proclaimed his forthcoming “Love Story 2050″, will be more popular than “Krrish” as he has hired technicians involved with films like “Lord Of The Rings”.
Love Story 2050
Thirty years ago, Hollywood got us Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone doing ‘Terminator’ and ‘Rocky’. It was all about letting the machismo hang out. Today, the concept of the actioner and the action hero has changed.
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Nandita Das to get the French Order of Arts and Literature

Nandita Das will be awarded for her contribution to cinema by the prestigious Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres at Paris.Nandita Das

She has also been given an open choice to choose any French personality for felicitation.

Nandita is on the cloud nine.She told that she was taken by surprise on receiving the letter last week and further added that, to her, Paris is very similar to Kolkata in terms of both being the cultural nerve-centres of their respective countries.

Nandita is second Bollywood star after Shah Rukh Khan who has been honoured with this award this year. It was at the beginning of the year that Shah Rukh Khan was conferred with the award.


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‘Chak De India’, ‘Guru’, ‘Jab We Met’ lead IIFA nominations

Three mega Bollywood hits Chak De India , Guru and Jab We Met are leading in the nominations for the prestigious IIFA awards to be held in Bangkok in June this year.These three movies already won several awards in home.
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Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to celebrate wedding anniversary in Miami

Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be in Miami for their first wedding anniversary next week.
“It just happened,” says Amitabh Bachchan.

“Abhishek is shooting in Miami for ‘Dostana’ on their marriage anniversary. And Aishwarya is going to be with him,” Amitabh Bachchan said.
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Robot is a total Rajni-Shankar styled entertainer: Aishwarya Rai

These days, Aishwarya Rai has been turning down movies for more than just lack of time.Now she refused Karan Johar’s comedy “Dostana” because the quirky situations mentioned in the script wouldn’t have worked.
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I’m excited about ‘Bhootnath’, ‘Alladdin’: Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, who chanted “Mere paas aao” in the 1979 hit “Mr Natwarlal” for children, believes it is time to reconnect with his young fans.

After featuring in two adult romances “Nishabd” and “Cheeni Kum”, Amitabh is all set to woo his little fans with “Bhootnath” and “Alladdin”.

In “Jhoom Barabar Jhoom” where his Jack Sparrow get-up was enthused by Johnny Depp’s act in “Pirates Of The Caribbean”, the kids loved Amitabh.
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Miss India 2008 Parvathy Omanakuttan keen on Bollywood

Kerala beauty Parvathy Omanakuttan, who won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008, says she want to try her luck in Bollywood.

“Why not? I have grown up in Mumbai and am a movie buff. If I get a good chance, good money, good co-stars, I would go for it,” the 20-year-old Parvathy told on phone from Mumbai. She won the Femina contest Saturday in Mumbai.

“I was just seven when I saw Sushmita (Sen) and Aishwarya (Rai) winning the pageant. I decided then that one day I would also be like them,” said the dusky long-legged beauty.
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For Harman’s sake, Priyanka to return to Mumbai

Current Bollywood zest Priyanka Chopra is all set to be there at the music release of “Love Story 2050″, actor Harman Baweja’s debut film, and has already set aside time for it.

Though Priyanka will be shooting in Miami for Tarun Mansukhani’s “Dostana”, she is taking a break from her busy schedule to visit Mumbai May 10 for the music release.

Rarely, if ever, has a co-star gone so much out of her way for any such event.

The shooting is almost through. The last two days when Harman’s flamboyant introduction was shot has just been finished. And Harman’s long-awaited debut film will hit the theatres on July 4.
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I don’t want to be called hot: Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif’s sizzling number “Sexy lady” in “Race” and now in item song of the sporty film “Blue” have given her a sensuous image, but she’s uncomfortable with it.
“I want to retain the image of the girl next door. I don’t want the hot image. Even in ‘Sexy lady’ I’m fully clothed. I’m still the girl next door. It’s not the conventionally sexy kind of song,” Katrina said.

In “Race”, she’s pitched for the sensuous sweepstakes against Bipasha Basu and Sameera Reddy,that has erased her the homely image.

But she says: “I don’t think so. Everything in ‘Race’ looks larger-than-life, very fulsome, urgent and exaggerated. The actors are styled accordingly. I haven’t done anything like it. Everyone’s talking about it. I guess that’s a good sign.”
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Very few can perform like Kajol: Ajay Devgan

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan says about his talented wife,Kajol whom he has cast in his directorial debut “U, Me Aur Hum” that she is a director’s delights.

“Very few actresses can perform like her. Doesn’t every director want to work with Kajol?” Ajay told IANS.

“Working with her is wonderfull . When a writer writes his book, he uses words to express himself and when a director makes a film, actors like her help convey the message rightly,” added Ajay Devgan, who was in the capital Saturday to promote his upcoming film.
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