Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who came for the premiere of “The Japanese Wife” despite a fractured foot, believes director Aparna Sen is the true inheritor of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.“I have seen ‘The Japanese Wife’ twice. It’s such a wonderful film. I think that…

Aparna Sen, whose long-awaited film “The Japanese Wife” will soon be seen in the theatres, says she couldn’t trust anyone but old favourite Rahul Bose to play Snehamoy, the Sundarbans schoolteacher who falls in love with a woman he’s never met.“To play Snehamoy, I…

It's just out of the question about anyone supervening upon their statuses; Biggies of tinsel town Michael Crichton and Bollywood's B.R. Chopra lasting their breaths. A day before, we had B.R. Chopra, big time producer of Hindi film fraternity passing away. A versatile personality who…

Hyde Park Entertainment owned by the Hollywood film producer Ashok Amritraj has signed a collaboration deal worth $250 million with Imagenation Abu Dhabi from United Arab Emirates (UAE) to make 20 films over the span of next seven years.Till now Ashok Amritraj has produced…

Tata Enterprises' The Gateway Hotel has signed Rahul Bose to endorse thier plush Gateway gym. The print ad shows Rahul Bose in somber and elite look standing upright in the basement car park zone with a luggage trolley.The ad reads, "You are Rahul Bose.…

Kick-starting her first promotional tour for her new album 'Dard-e-Sherlyn', the 'outrageous' singer and actress Sherlyn Chopra made an appearance to a packed audience this week at Club Tantra discotheque at the esteemed Park Hotel in Kolkata.Sending the audiences in what her organisers termed…

Brandon Routh, who played Superman and Clark Kent in 'Superman Returns', will play a supernatural private investigator Dylan Dog in Ashok Amritraj's forthcoming film 'Dead Of Night' based on the best-selling Italian comic-book series Dylan Dog.Created by Tiziano Sclavi, the series was first published…

This may not really be a break up of the century but the fact remains that one of the most high profile 'Celebrity-PR' couple has broken up professionally.We are talking about Shilpa Shetty and her PR guide Dale Bhagwagar who were quite thick during…

Sagar Bellary, the Director who arrived in style with his path breaking satirical comedy "Bheja Fry" is now ready to enthrall his audiences once again with his latest film 'Kaccha Limboo' which is being produced by Sahara One Motion Pictures.Kaccha Limboo is almost at…

Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group is setting up a multi-million dollar fund for Amritraj's new Hyde Park Asia post.Acting as a bridge between the film industries of Asia and America, Hyde Park Asia will produce or co-produce three to four films per year,…