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HTPL takes a good start in UK and India
As expected, Reema Kagti's directorial venture has taken a good start in UK.Aided by superb promotion and an excessive media drive, this Ritesh Sidhwani-Farhan Akhtar film has opened well as the overseas numbers start coming in.Says Tanuj Garg, Studio 18 (overseas distributors of…
'Black Friday' should now open avenues for 'Paanch'
While Anurag Kashyap must certainly be jubilant with an all around appreciation 'Black Friday' and his direction in particular has got, he would now also be looking at the release of his debut venture 'Paanch'.Produced by Tutu Sharma, the film has been ready for…
Short duration results in massive show count for Eklavya
Tomorrow's release 'Eklavya - The Royal Guard' boasts of just 100 minutes duration and that seems to have only worked in the favor of the producer, distributors and the exhibitors.With no biggie apart from 'Guru' running at multiplexes and 'Traffic Signal' and 'Black Friday'…
Box office analysis-February 15 , 2007
First weekend performance of latest release'Black Friday' released in the Friday gone by and didn't get a single 3 star rating anywhere, whether it was print, web or satellite media! But did that make Anurag Kashyap a sad man? Certainly not, since he is…
Oscar nomination for Black Friday?
Will 'Black Friday' be India's nomination for the OSCARS next year?Just 2 months into 2007 and we already have two strong candidates that are being vouched to be India's nomination for OSCARS - 'Guru' and now 'Black Friday'. While 'Guru' has garnered critical as…
'Parineeta' cinematographer for 'Eklavya'
Vidhu Vinod Chopra certainly believes in repeating the cast and crew of his films.Apart from roping in practically an entire cast of 'Parineeta' in 'Eklavya - The Royal Guard' [Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan], he has also sought the services of a…
Black Friday: A few stark details
In order to stick to authenticity in his forthcoming film Black Friday, director Anurag Kashyap and his team shot the important scene of the RDX bombs landing in India prior to the Mumbai blast in 1993 in the same village that the RDX actually landed…
Naseer, Anupam have a date on Wednesday
Stalwarts Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher and talented actors Jimmy Shergill and Rajpal Yadav are all set to star in a joint venture by Anjum Rizvi Film Co. & Friday Filmworks titled 'Wednesday'. The film is slated to go on floors in the first week…
Analysing Rituparna Sengupta
National Award winning actress and glamour queen of Bengal, Rituparna Sengupata has bagged two more of her prestigious project in Bollywood. She has signed a mega film opposite Punjab da puttar Sunny Deol in Ashwin Choudhery's 'Gurudakshina'.Rituparna has also signed a film with Kalpana…
Shoonya to premiere at Holland Film Festival
Yashraj's discovery Tulip Joshi's film 'Shoonya' after her critically acclaimed 'Mathrubhumi', will have its world premiere in Holland. The film will be premiered at the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam 2007 (Jan 24- Feb 4).The Rotterdam festival is considered unique and a treasured space…