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Amitabh Bachchan and Leonardo DiCaprio open 66th Cannes Film Festival: Watch video
Big B and the Titanic dude set the ball of the Cannes film festival rolling
The 66th Cannes International Film Festival opened with French actor Audrey Tautou inviting The Great Gatsby actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Amitabh Bachchan to come on stage, as the crowd greeted the superstars with a great round of applause. Click here to read more3 Comments
Amitabh Bachchan: It’s the proudest moment for me to be acknowledged at Cannes
The Bollywood legend addressed the gathering at the Cannes Film Festival in Hindi to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema
It was a “historic moment” for Amitabh Bachchan to be invited to open the 66th Cannes International Film Festival with his The Great Gatsby co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. Big B made the experience more special by addressing the audience in his mother tongue Hindi. Click here to read moreCannes Film Festival 2013: Amitabh Bachchan, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire pose for the cameras before The Great Gatsby premiere
The Indian legend shared the stage with his Hollywood co-stars at the 66th edition of Cannes
Amitabh Bachchan posed for the shutterbugs at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival photocall this evening, just before the screening of The Great Gatsby, the opening night film in which the Indian actor stars in a cameo. Click here to read moreBombay Talkies gets a thumbs up from Bollywood!
The film, helmed by Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee, releases on May 3 in India
Actor Konkana Sen Sharma couldn’t stop her tears when she watched Bombay Talkies, while for Riteish Deshmukh it was a “wonderful cinematic experience”. The film gets the thumbs up from the film fraternity who feel that it is a must watch. Click here to read moreZohra Segal turns 101 today: Wish the veteran actor a happy birthday!
The legendary Zohra Segal is more than a century old now, keeping pace with Indian cinema as it celebrates 100 years of its existence
Zohra Segal was born on April 27, 1912 in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, as Zohra Begum Mumtaz-Ullah Khanon. The acclaimed actor-dancer turns 101 today. The thespian celebrates her birthday even as Indian cinema itself is in its centenary year. Click here to read moreKaran Johar: As an industry, we have stopped belonging to each other!
The Hindi film industry has become disciplined and structured, says KJo, but feels that love and compassion that used to bind people together in olden days have disappeared
Not new to the industry, Karan Johar is the son of late producer Yash Johar, the man behind films like Dostana, Agneepath and Hum and founder of Dharma Productions, one of the most prolific filmmaking banners in Bollywood. Click here to read moreRajinikanth’s Kochadaiyaan to be unveiled in Cannes
The Superstar’s most awaited project will be released in the prestigious film festival
The trailer of the Rajinikanth-Deepika Padukone starrer Tamil period-drama Kochadaiyaan will be unveiled at the forthcoming Cannes International Film Festival to be held between May 15 and May 26 Click here to read moreAnurag Kashyap: A film like ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ is new in Indian cinema
The maverick director chats about his latest film, Gangs of Wasseypur, before its UK premiere at the London Indian Film Festival 2012. The film made a splash at the Cannes International Film Festival, but will it work on a larger scale?
He’s the vanguard of indie films in India. From being a fantastic scriptwriter to becoming a depressed filmmaker because his Black Friday was banned for years, Anurag Kashyap has grown to be the face of Indian cinema that stands out from the usual candyfloss, masala entertainers. He makes films that are hard-hitting and realistic and supports people who want to experiment with cinema – be it Imtiaz Ali and Rockstar, or Tigmanshu Dhulia for Paan Singh Tomar. Anurag’s latest film – a two-part, six-hour marathon called Gangs of Wasseypur – was a hot favourite at Cannes 2012 and will be the first screening at the London Indian Film Festival tonight (June 20). The maverick director spoke to BollywoodLife on the phone from London….. Click here to read more
