The world mourned the death of Nelson Mandela (first black President of South Africa), including several of our Bollywood stars who shared their condolences. Amitabh Bachchan, SRK, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, Mahesh Bhatt, Sonu Nigam, Shekher kapur, Manoj Bajpayee, Arshad Warsi, Anupam Kher, Madhur Bhandarkar and many others voiced their grief over Mandela’s demise. Mr […]
Bollywood Shoots at Kolkata Sites Bombed During World War II
Bollywood Shoots at Kolkata sites, including a Hotel, that were bombed During World War II (on the night of the 20th December, 1942). Not many are aware that Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) was bombed during the second world war. The rapid progress made by the Japanese through South-East Asia in early 1942 was finally halted on […]
Top 10 Remakes of Classic Bollywood Films
Making films is a business at the end of the day, and although filmmakers may want their films to be original, there are occasions when it makes business sense for the production houses to just churn out remakes. When it comes to remakes, Bollywood looks in all directions — Hollywood, down south, and now even […]
Bollywood in Finland, the Land of Thousand Lakes is Modern Yet Remote
Finland is a beautiful country, located in the Nordic Region, where more than half of the land is preserved forest that has over 2,00,000 lakes. Unfortunately, Indian filmmakers have not been able to bring that beauty on the big screen, because of lack of incentives offered by the Finnish government to international filmmakers. That in […]
Crappy Formula That Churns Out Hit Bollywood Films
The Indian film industry is the largest film industry in the world, which means it should ideally be making some really good movies each year, shouldn’t it? But I’m sure you agree that most of them are not, and you also probably know that most Bollywood hits are based on some formula. While the greatest […]
V-Day Special: Billion Dollar ‘Love Industry’ Wants You to Fall in Love
Valentines Day: The entire shopping industry wants you to fall in love these days, after all its a multi-billion dollar industry only in the US. Read more to know why the ‘Love Industry’ wants you to fall in love. Have you seen advertisements lately where love products make promises to make your bond stronger? Hoardings, […]
CBFC Strict on Content Demeaning Women & Children
Considering the recent spate of crimes that have been happening against women & reports involving trafficking of children, CBFC has been extra cautious when reviewing movies that had content/dialogues that demean women & children. Filmmakers have to be doubly cautious now while portraying women and children in poor light. Following increase in the cases of […]
Kochi-Muziris Biennale: International Contemporary Art Exhibition Puts India in the Global Map
Its common to see large contemporary art exhibitions held in places like Venice, Istanbul and Berlin. However, even India now has a reason to smile because of the resounding cultural success of its international contemporary art festival – the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (the word ‘Biennale’ means its held every two years), which was held in Fort […]
Bollywood Inspired by World Cinema, But Opts for Legal Remakes Now
Imitation is the best form of flattery, and most producers in India think that giving a ‘desi version’ of a hit Hollywood movie (they go after other foreign movies as well nowadays) to the audience is the recipe for success; although history has shown us otherwise. Rarely, has a a desi version of a Hollywood […]
Happy New Year: Movie Review
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah Director: Farah Khan Music: Vishal Dadlani, John Stewart Eduri (as John Stewart), Shekhar Ravjiani Run time: 180 min The Highs: Grand canvas, shot at exotic locations in Dubai, Good dance sequences, funny at times, Deepika steals the show The Lows: Lengthy, […]
