Films nominated at the Oscars can influence your travel plans, says online travel site lastminute.com. Brands and tourism companies are advised to keep an eye on the big screen, to cash in on ‘movie tourism’ – travel inspired by films – as films nominated at the Oscars could prompt people to plan their next trip. […]
Clash of the Titans: Salman’s Radhe to clash with Akshay’s Laxxmi Bomb and Fast and Furious 9
Clash of the Titans: Top big banners to clash at the box office. Salman Khans’s upcoming film Radhe will clash with Akshay Kumar’s Laxxmi Bomb and the next version of Fast and Furious. For the last several years, Salman Khan has been releasing his films on Eid, and this year also its not going to […]
Choreographer Ganesh Acharya accused of forcing woman to watch adult videos
Popular Bollywood choreographer Ganesh Acharya is back in the news again for sexual harassment. An assistant choreographer has filed a complaint at the Maharashtra Women’s Commission and at a local police station alleging that Ganesh Acharya demanded a commission on her income and forced her to watch pornographic videos. She claims that his behaviour worsened […]
Indian Make-Up Artists: Raising the Bar With Adept Use of Prosthetics
Filmmakers, especially directors have to make sure that their actors go into the skin of the character, and also look the part. That’s where makeup artists, Bollywood’s costume designers and other crew show their skills. Sometime back Nargis Fakhri had said that actresses in Bollywood only have to look good, and unlike Hollywood they’re not […]
Telugu Star Allu Arjun is waiting for the right film offer in Bollywood
Allu Arjun (son of producer Allu Aravind) is a big star in the Telugu film industry, but many of his films have also been dubbed in Hindi and his 2008 Telugu film Parugu was remade in Hindi as Heropanti. So like many other actors from South, even Allu Arjun is open to acting in Bollywood. […]
Superstar Rajinikanth struggling to connect with youth?
Superstar Rajinikanth has had more of a chequered box office record of late. Darbar, Kaala and Kabali may have done decent business but haven’t done much to further the Rajini cult among youth, who seem to connect more with the younger superstars. Rajinikanth has played characters much younger than his age in his last few […]
Meghna Ghai Puri takes Whistling Woods film School to new heights
Whistling Woods International (WWI), brainchild of filmmaker Subhash Ghai, was ranked among the top 10 film schools in the world by Hollywood Reporter in 2010. Meghna Ghai-Puri, daughter of Subhash Ghai, now manages Whistling Woods. Launched in 2006, Whistling Woods International (WWI) today trains thousands of students and is considered Asia’s largest film, TV, animation […]
Bollywood celebs wish Deepika Padukone with adorable birthday messages
Deepika Padukone has come a long way in her film career since her debut in ‘Om Shanti Om’ (2009) opposite Shah Rukh Khan (Padukone made her acting debut with the 2006 Kannada-language film “Aishwarya”) . She has given several impressive performances over the last few years and is now one of the leading ladies in […]
Switzerland is the favourite destination of celebrities too
For decades, Indian filmmakers have been coming to Switzerland to film various towns and villages (like Gstaad) as the backdrop to their elaborate dream sequences. And over the years, film fans have followed too. But it seems Switzerland is a favorite destination of celebrities as well, as many of them flock to this place during […]
Salman Khan: 10 Interesting Facts (& Trivia) That You Probably Didn’t Know
There’s nothing in Bollywood currently that makes as much news as Salman Khan does. Even if he sneezes, its in the news. But then he’s the hottest property in Bollywood as of now! Salman is the eldest son of writer Salim Khan, who as part of the famous Salim-Javed pair wrote several blockbusters for Bollywood, […]