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Will Barfi! be disqualified from the Oscar race?
The film might find passing the originality test of the Academy Awards jury next to impossible. Is there still any hope for it to win a trophy? Read on to find out…
Insiders say that when Mani Ratnam’s Nayagan starring Kamal Hassan was sent as India’s official entry to the Oscars in 1987, it was disqualified by the jury and did not make it to the nominations for Best Foreign Language Film Click here to read more2 Comments
Barfi!: The ultimate tribute to Mani Ratnam
Cineswami reviews Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra’s film and thinks it’s a lot like Mani Ratnam’s Thiruda Thiruda
Cineswami has been observing the near universal tide of acclaim for Anurag Basu’s Barfi! with quiet amusement. Yes, it’s a great film no doubt, but the entire mass of reviewers across the globe have missed one critical part of the film, illiterate as they are in cinema. Call it homage, call it tribute, or call it a rip-off, but Barfi! owes a lot to the south Indian master Mani Ratnam. Click here to read moreAmitabh Bachchan: ‘Shantaram’ was never put on floors
The superstar was supposed to star in the Hollywood film with Johnny Depp, but it got shelved and Big B says he has no clue about its revival
Two of Amitabh Bachchan‘s much-talked about films have not come out yet and shedding light on them at a Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 event, he says shooting for Shoebite is complete and that he has no clue about Shantaram. Click here to read moreFarah Khan: Showing ‘Joker’ in space was planned
The co-producer of Joker says it was UTV’s promotional strategy, and denies taking astronaut Sunita Williams’ name
Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan clarifies that makers of Joker planned to show the fantasy adventure on the space station as part of a promotional strategy and that it was never meant just for Indo-American astronaut Sunita Williams. Click here to read moreShirish Kunder’s ‘Joker’ is not in 3D
After all the brouhaha about the Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha-starrer being a 3D film, the new twist in the story is that the movie is now going be released in a 2D format
Produced by Studios-Disney UTV and directed by Shirish Kunder, Joker is not going to be a 3D film anymore. Until a few weeks ago the biggest USP of the movie was that it’s going to be released as a 3D flick. Click here to read moreRekha does Rajya Sabha, as Jaya Bachchan looks on
While everybody and his or her pet parakeet knows that Bhanurekha Ganesan, better known simply as Rekha or the Her to Him, is now a member of the Rajya Sabha, her actual swearing in ceremony was pretty darn interesting. Cineswami writes about it. Read on
As one would expect from the elegant actor, (except when she’s cavorting with Akshay Kumar in C movies) Rekha was clad in a lovely pale gold sari while taking oath in the Rajya Sabha. Click here to read moreSudhir Mishra gets his way, Chitrangda Singh is ‘Mehrunissa’
The Desi Boyz actor beats Vidya Balan and Katrina Kaif to bag the magnum opus
Finally, it’s official. Chitrangda Singh will play the title role of Mehrunissa in Sudhir Mishra’s magnum opus. She will be seen romancing Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor in this period film. Mehrunissa tells the story of an actor in the 1960s and the events in her life over the next 30-odd years. 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 more
