While the whole world has shifted its base to the West coast for the World Cup, some one from the West has finally landed in India. It's none other than, one of the most awaited movies for 2007, UTV and Mira Nair's 'The Namesake' that…

First weekend performance of latest releaseOne thing that continued to puzzle me over the last few weeks was a lackluster promotion and hype building around HAT TRICK. After all it came from one of the biggest film making house of the country, UTV, had…

Viju Shah, who had just one release each in the last three years, ASAMBHAV [2004], SHIKHAR [2005] and YUN HOTA TO KYA HOTA [2006] would be starting the year 2007 with SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM.Though the film has music by Himesh Reshammiya, Viju has been…

First weekend performance of latest releasePretty uneventful - this is how one would summarize the weekend gone by for Bollywood. Even as there were 4 films released last Friday, neither trade nor aam junta were excited about any of them. Whether it was noir…

Famous for its pioneering initiatives, UTV Motion Pictures shall recreate the numero uno magic by being the first Indian company to have two Hollywood mainline film releases, Mira Nair's 'The Namesake' that opened in US on March 9 with rave reviews with its Pandora's box…

Even before the first show of NISHABD had commenced, it was crystal clear that the film won't take anything more than an average start. This was even mentioned in last week's column and it was a known fact that regardless of the actual credentials of…

Baiscope Entertainment celebrates its first anniversary with IndieFocus - a film festival of eclectic independent cinema from across the globe with a panel of eminent directors like Anurag Kashyap and Oscar winning directors from abroad.The film festival will be held from 16th march to…

Just a few more days to go and World Cup Cricket 2007 would be in its full frenzy.While there are at least 3 cricket theme based films being readied for the World Cup release, HAT TRICK, SAY SALAAM INDIA and MEERABAI NOT OUT, there…

Small screen diva Shveta Salve never ceases to mesmerise us and once again she made her mark when she recently was awarded the ' Face of the year' award at the Matha Sanman Awards 2007 ( Maharashtra Times Awards). Shveta is currently busy with Left…

The Australian Spice Girls, the GIRL BAND, comprising of four sensational singers Renee Bargh, Renee Armstrong, Jessica Smith and Patrice Tipoki arrived from Sydney in Mumbai on the 22nd February.They were here to participate in the recording and filming of an absolutely exclusive song…