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60th National Awards reflect resurgence of Bollywood
Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Parineeti Chopra took home the coveted award this year
It happens only in India. Surely, a film chosen as the best in the country should be the one sent to compete at the Oscars. But no, Barfi!, rather than Paan Singh Tomar, was sent and duly failed to secure a nomination. Click here to read more2 Comments
AR Rahman says he has no plans to direct a film
The Oscar winner quashed rumours that he has written a script and plans to direct a movie by early next year
There were reports that AR Rahman, the Oscar-Grammy winning music composer, would soon wield the megaphone for a movie and he was busy with script works. Click here to read moreLife of Pi voted best error-free Oscar nominated movie
According to a survey, Ang Lee’s movie has just one editing error compared to the others nominated for the Oscars
Filmmaker Ang Lee’s Life of Pi would be a clear winner for the best picture at the Academy Awards this year if the prize giving was based on the least amount of movie errors Click here to read moreLaadli Media Awards 2013: Gauri Shinde, Bhanu Athaiya honoured
The English Vinglish director and the Oscar-winning costume designer won at the fourth Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity
Filmmaker Gauri Shinde received the Laadli award for the Best Mainline Hindi Film for her directorial debut English Vinglish, while Oscar-winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya got honoured for lifetime achievement. Shinde says she will keep making films that showcase emotions which both men and women can relate to. Click here to read moreStardust Awards 2013: Anushka Sharma, Rakhi Sawant, Mugdha Godse indulge in a cleavage show
These Bollywood babes were spotted at their stylish best at the Stardust Awards 2013
Decent number of stars turned up at the Stardust Awards 2013. But what came as a pleasant surprise to us is the amount of cleavage show that took place on the red carpet. From Anushka Sharma to Rakhi Sawant, most of these chicks went ballistic with their choices. Click here to read moreOscar-winner Bhanu Athaiya to be honoured with Laadli Lifetime Achievement Award
English Vinglish director Gauri Shinde will also be awarded at the event on February 5
Oscar-winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya will receive the lifetime achievement honour at the Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity. Athaiya, who had won an Oscar for Best Costume Design for British filmmaker Richard Attenborough’s 1982 film Gandhi Click here to read moreRevealing Bombay Jayashri
Cineswami tells us more about the Oscar-nominated singer of Pi’s lullaby from Life of Pi
Samir Sarkar is a happy man these days. Samir Sarkar who? You may well ask. He is the Indian line producer of Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. While on a location scout in Pondicherry, Sarkar, a native of the former French colony, gently suggested Bombay Jayashri’s name as a possible singer for the Pi’s lullaby track in the film. Click here to read moreAR Rahman live in concert in Chennai on December 29!
It’s going to be a treat for Rahman fans this weekend, as the Oscar and Grammy Award-winner will perform live at the Salute to the Motherland concert at the YMCA Grounds in Chennai
AR Rahman will be performing to a packed stadium of 25,000 people this Saturday, December 30, in Chennai. Click here to read more
