Amitabh Bachchan, who counts “3 Idiots” and “Kaminey” as amongst his favourite films of last year, Friday inaugurated voting for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) 2010 awards.“It has always been my desire that the talent that we have in our country and the…

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was presented the Global Entertainment and Media Personality award at the FICCI Frames 2010 Excellence Awards here Thursday.“Thank you so much to FICCI for bestowing this award on me, and the job that you guys are doing is absolutely…

Composer A.R. Rahman plans to be out of India for the longest period for a series of world concerts and says he is not thinking about any other work for the next few months.“It’s a very tough schedule for me this year. I’ll be…

Fox Star Studios, a joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox and Star, has announced it will co-produce “Dum Maaro Dum”, director Rohan Sippy and actor Abhishek Bachchan’s third movie together.“We are committed to working with the best talent in the business and are delighted…

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan Tuesday urged Indian filmmakers “to learn from Hollywood” and offered a three-point prescription which could help the globalization of Bollywood movies.Speaking at the inaugural session of ‘FICCI FRAMES-2010′, Shah Rukh said that Indian filmmakers must learn screenplay writing techniques, visual…

This is their first trip to India but members of BBC Sound System, a band from Senegal, have seen many Bollywood films, love the sound of tabla and say Raj Kapoor is famous back home.“My father was an African and the first film that…

Ram Gopal Varma’s Phoonk 2 special contest for 'Phoonk 2' challenging one and all to watch the film launches on the official website www.phoonk2.in is on.The sequel to the blockbuster hit film ‘Phoonk’. Where writer Milind Gadagkar makes his debut as a helmer, 'Phoonk…

The Indian Film Festival 2010 has commenced in Australia and New Zealand. Interestingly the festival is giving special honours to Rani Mukherji by organizing a ‘Rani Mukherji Retrospective’. Being tagged as ‘Queen of Bollywood’, the event is screening Rani’s films including ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’,…

Actress-anchor Mandira Bedi’s waist is shrinking by the day and she is looking her fittest ever, but she says she is now ready to “experience the joys of motherhood”.“Koshish jaari hai (attempts are on),” Mandira, who tied the knot with filmmaker Raj Kaushal in…

John Abraham is a huge football fan and is all set to watch the FIFA World Cup 2010 live in South Africa. And the actor would be rooting for Spaniards.“I am going to South Africa to watch the FIFA World Cup,” John told reporters…