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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
Raavan may not sizzle at Box Office

Mani Ratnam new venture Raavan has received a mixed reviews from critics worldwide. Movie is a loose adaption of Ramayana and was released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu version simultaneously. While the movie grossed 20 crore on the opening day, collections received a steep downfall thereafter. Word of mouth publicity is on negative side and it could cost the movie pretty heavily at Box office.
While movie features brilliant and breathtaking cinematography by Santosh Sivan, loose screenplay can be accredited to week collections after opening day. Performances wise Abhishek and Aishwarya …

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[24 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Kites Keep Bollywood Hopes Alive

2010 hasn’t been a great year for Bollywood yet. There are hardly any major box office success this year and only a few movies have managed to recover production costs. All hopes are piled on Kites now which is slated to release on 21st May. Made with a budget of over 60 crore, movie will also release in overseas market with an English version.
Anurag Basu directed venture will be released by Reliance BIG Pictures on over 2000 screens simultaneously.
Kites is a cross border romantic thriller. It’s a tale of romance …

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[12 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
My Name is Khan Storms India

Box Office of Indian cineplexes has been absolutely shattered with the overwhelming response to Sharukh new movie – My Name is Khan. Though Movie is badly effected in Mumbai due to Shiv Sena protests, few brave multiplex owners dared to release the movie at any cost. There were few protests in other states like Delhi & Gujarat, but all of those couldn’t stop people from exercising their right to freedom and entertainment.
Initial collections at most of the centers have been 100% and is expected to remain same till Sunday. 80% …

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[11 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Darkest Day in Bollywood

Multiplex owners in Mumbai has decided to abide by the protest  of few politicians and My name is Khan is not going to release this Friday anywhere in Mumbai. This may lead to millions of losses and the fate of My name is Khan is under serious threat. Controversy started when Sharukh Khan made a statement that he wanted Pakistani players to play in IPL and it lead to severe violent protest by the political party Shiv Sena declaring not to allow screening of Sharukh new movie in Mumbai unless …

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[4 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
3 Idiots – biggest blockbuster ever

3 Idiots is now officially biggest ever blockbuster in India. By end of January movie has grossed a mind boggling INR 191,30,00,000. Movie is still going very strong and it will be extremely tougher to break this record in near future. Interestingly the 2nd biggest grosser in India also stars Aamir khan.
Last year Ghajini collected INR 114,80,00,000. This ends all debates on who is the No 1 actor in India and we are sure that the best of Aamir Khan is still to come as he never end his search …

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Auro wins best actor of the year

As expected Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor award at Start Screen Awards.
The legend himself acknowledged that playing the character of a 13 year old child ‘Auro’ was the greatest challenge in his entire acting career. None other than his son Abhishek and beauty queen Aishwarya presented the award to the legend.
Vidya Balan also won the best actresses award for her performance as Auro’s mother in the movie. It was a emotional moment when father, son and daughter-in-law where together on the stage and the entire audience paid a standing …

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[2 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
3 Idiots – Biggest Blockbuster in Hindi Cinema?

3 Idiots is all set to be the biggest blockbuster of Bollywood.  In just 4 days movie grossed 100 crores worldwide. By now it has already broked Ghajini records and the impact of movie is nothing less than a tornado. People are willing to pay any amount of money to watch the movie and many even watching it twice or thrice.
In overseas market 3 Idiots is just a few days away from being labeled as biggest bollywood grosser overseas. Movie is in Top 10 movies list in all countries and …

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[16 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Avatar – The Countdown Begins

James Cameron’s Avatar is all set to release this Friday, 18th of December. Movie will be hitting Indian theaters will 700 prints including dubbed versions in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu. Avatar is the most expensive movie ever made in the history of cinema with a budget of $230-million & is produced by Twentieth Century Fox. Promotion of the movie has been going on since past 1 month & there is a incredible amount of buzz created among the people. Movie is all expected to have one of the biggest bumper …

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[12 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Paa to enter Guinness book

While the movie is still on the road to success, it will soon enter Guinness book of world records. Paa has been nominated for Guinness book as the only movie in the world featuring the father son duo reversing their real life roles for the on-screen characters. No movie anywhere in any part of the world has been ever made which required real life father son to reverse their roles.
Amitabh Bachchan arguably delivered the best ever performance in his marathon career in the role of a 12 year child suffering …

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[4 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
AR Rahman Nominated For Grammy

Spell of Slumdog Millionaire is not over yet and AR Rahman has been nominated in 2 categories for this year Grammy awards. This is the 1st time the great maestro from India has been nominated for Grammy, popularly known as Oscars for music industry worldwide.
Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on 31st of January at  the Staples Centre in Los Angeles. All of India will be watching the event this time hoping AR Rahmato grab it and makeIndia proud on international stage.