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Madhur Bhandarkar gets reprieve in copyright violation matter
He was accused of copying the plot of Fashion from a book
A Delhi court Wednesday rejected author Seema Seth’s plea to lodge a case against Madhur Bhandarkar for copying the plot of his film Fashion from her book El Dorado – which released three months before the film did. Click here to read moreClick to Comment
Aamir Khan’s biography ‘I’ll Do It My Way’ released
But it is not the actor-filmmaker’s personal biography, says author Christina Daniels
Actor-filmmaker and Satyamev Jayate host Aamir Khan‘s much-talked about biography I’ll Do It My Way finally released on June 24. It is authored by Bangalore-based writer, photographer and film critic Christina Daniels and brought into the market by Om Publishers. Click here to read moreROWDY RATHORE: All you need to know about the movie
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Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha star in Rowdy Rathore, releasing June 1. The film is the remake of Telugu flick Vikramarkudu that starred Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty. The Hindi version is helmed by Wanted director Prabhu Deva (spelt as Prabhu Dheva in the credits) and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala. Read on to know more about Rowdy Rathore. Click here to read moreMadhur Bhandarkar sued for plagiarising ‘Fashion’!
Just when the ‘realistic’ filmmaker had begun to think that his worries were behind him, a complaint has been registered against him for allegedly ‘stealing’ the ‘plot and idea’ of his movie Fashion
It seems that Madhur Bhadarkar’s tryst with controversies doesn’t seem to be ending any time soon. Just recently the apex court stayed proceedings against Bhandarkar and issued a notice to Preetti Jain, who had filed a rape case against the filmmaker about eight years ago. Click here to read moreDoes Prabhu Deva have more fans than Akshay Kumar?
At Rowdy Rathore’s trailer launch, the film’s director received more ceetees from screaming fans than the leading actor. Hope Akshay didn’t mind not being the centre of attention that night!
Instead of launching the first trailer of Rowdy Rathore in an upmarket banquet of a plush five-star hotel amid select people, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and UTV Motion Pictures settled for a maidan (playground) in the heartland of Mumbai, throwing open the event for residents from the highly populated neighbourhood. Click here to read moreIleana D’Cruz signs two more Bollywood films!
Southern babe Ileana D’Cruz is making her foray into Bollywood slow and steady. After Anurag Basu’s Barfee, she has signed two more Hindi films
Ileana D’Cruz is making friends in B-town. She is debuting in Bollywood in Anurag Basu’s Barfee as a narrator. Click here to read moreHollywood stars lie about Bollywood, fuelled by Indians
Tom Cruise watches Hindi films, and Robert Pattinson claims that he loves DDLJ. Really?
The Indian media rolled over, wagged their tails and panted in ecstasy when the august Hollywood personage that is Tom Cruise said that he’d act in a Bollywood film, sort of. “I love watching Hindi movies. There are many Hindi movies that come out every year but I do watch a few of them. If offered a Bollywood film I would never say no. I would love to do it,” were Cruise’s exact words. He was speaking at the world premiere of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in Mumbai. Now, there is no point calling Cruise a liar. He’s in front of a huge crowd of fans (many of them who were paid Rs 400 each to show up and cheer, but that’s another story) and he’s never going to say, “a pox on your piddly little industry. Me and Bollywood? Never!” in front of Indian fans and more importantly millions of Indians watching him on television, thanks to the potentially large box office for his films. Of course he would never say no, but there would be qualifiers. If say, for example, Mahesh Bhatt were to offer him Jism 2 opposite pornstar Sunny Leone, would Cruise say yes? Jism 2 is very much a Bollywood film and Bhatt is a Bollywood pillar or at least an outhouse – take your pick. If the hypothetical offer were to be made, it would have to be through the proper channels with agents etc being involved. Then there would be the question of remuneration. Cruise’s average fee for a single film is usually more than the entire budget of a big budget Bollywood film. Click here to read moreKareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal shoot for ‘Heroine’: First pictures!
Exclusive pictures from the first day’s shoot of Madhur Bhandarkar’s much delayed film Heroine
Director Madhur Bhandarkar’s much talked about film Heroine went on the floors on Saturday, November 26. Actor Kareena Kapoor, who plays a Bollywood superstar in the film, shot for a scene where she was required to pose for pictures for photographer Dabboo Ratnani. Kareena looked sexy in a black number for the picture. She later had two changes – one, a grey dress and the other a pink one. RA.One actor Arjun Rampal, who also plays a superstar in Heroine, joined her for a few pictures. Madhur Bhandarkar was calling the shots even as UTV Motion Pictures big shots Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur looked on. Kareena did not hide her excitement about being a part of Heroine, and said she was destined to do the film. She had been approached for the film first, but due to date issues, the film had gone to Aishwarya Rai. But after Aishwarya became pregnant, she opted out and Kareena stepped in to save her director, albeit with some conditions like ‘no kissing’. Heroine also stars Randeep Hooda and Shahana Goswami in important roles. Click here to read more
