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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 20, 2009 under Academy award, Bollywood, Film Festival | 
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Paresh Mokashi’s “Harishchandrachi Factory”, has been selected as India’s official entry to this year’s Oscars in the Foreign Film Category.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on June 16, 2009 under Awards, Bollywood, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article
The tenth year of IIFA surpassed all expectations with a spectacular show that saw epic movie Jodhaa Akbar bag most of the top Awards. The film won the coveted Best Picture Award, while Ashutosh Gowarikar won the award for Best Director and Hrithik Roshan for Best Actor for Jodhaa Akbar. Celebrating a decade of magic, the IDEA IIFA Awards show was held at the Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel, that played host to the three day Videocon IIFA Weekend.
Priyanka Chopra won the Award for Best Actress for her much acclaimed role in Fashion, while her co-star Kangana Ranawat won the Award for her performance as supporting female actor. Arjun Rampal came out victorious forBest Male performance in a supporting role for Rock On. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented by IIFA Brand Ambassador, Amitabh Bachchan to Rajesh Khanna, who received a standing ovation from the packed arena.
Abhishek Bachchan won the Award for best performance in a comic role for his hilarious character in Dostana, while Akshaye Khanna won for Best performance in a negative role. Neeraj Pandey’s powerful film, ‘A Wednesday’ won the Award for Best Story.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 31, 2009 under Awards, Bollywood, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai will perform at the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards event, scheduled to be held in Macau, China on June this year for three days from June 11-13. Aishwarya will perform at the Venetian-Macau Resort on the night of June 13. Apart from Aishwarya, other actresses like Sonam Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor will also perform at the 10th IIFA event.
Veteran actor Rajesh Khanna will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Each year, IIFA honours a member of the Indian film fraternity with the Lifetime Achievement Award for their contributions to Indian cinema.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 28, 2009 under Bollywood | Comments are off for this article
Everyone now wants to be in a Bollywood film. Australian singer Kylie Minogue is reportedly taking acting lessons to prepare herself for an acting career and she wants to kick it all off with a role in a Bollywood film.
“I would quite like to do some comedy or rom-com roles. And I think it will be fun to do a Bollywood movie,” said the pop star who had began her career with an Aussie soap in the 80’s.
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As the Bollywood strike enters its seventh week, its expected that there won’t be a single major release at least till the 1st week of July. This means that movies like Kaminey, New York, Love AAJ Kal, Jashnn, Kambakkth Ishq, Life Partner and Shortkut – The Con Is On, all of which were otherwise schedule to be released in the first half of 2009, would now have to release in July or later.
In the U.S., the Eagle Theater in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, that specializes in first-run Bollywood movies has temporarily closed because of the Bollywood strike. The 500-seat Eagle is in an ethnically Indian neighborhood and is expected to reopen as soon as the strike in India ends.
The Bollywood strike continues after producers and multiplex cinema owners failed to reach agreement over box office revenue sharing agreement. Producers argue that they deserve an equal share of takings, instead of the traditional 60-40 split in favour of multiplex owners.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 25, 2009 under Bollywood | Comments are off for this article
Bollywood actor Anupam Kher hosted the premiere of his debut film, ‘Saaransh’ in Mumbai, 25 years after it was completed. In 1984, the premiere of ‘Saaransh’ had to be postponed because of riots in Bhiwandi. He was just 28 at the time.
In ‘Saaransh’, Anupam played the role of a retired school principal who had lost interest in life after his son’s death abroad and has to fight to get back his son’s ashes. He later fights for his tenant’s rights too, taking on powerful politicians.
The film was also India’s official entry to the Oscars in 1985 in the best foreign language film category.
Anupam Kher also received the news from his agent that he will be joining the cast of the new Woody Allen’s un-named film, to be shot in London later this year. Kher joins an international cast that includes Spaniard Antonio Banderas, India’s Freida Pinto, British-Australian Naomi Watts, American Josh Brolin and Brit Anthony Hopkins. Nicole Kidman recently dropped out of the film.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 20, 2009 under Bollywood, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article
International movie sales agent Fortissimo Films has completed a deal to represent the first Hindi language film ever for international distribution outside India. “Road, Movie,” from writer director Dev Benegal (English, August; Split Wide Open) stars Abhay Deol, along with Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Satish Kaushik.
“Road, Movie,” a carnival-esque drama follows a young man driving an antique Chevy with two old film projectors in the back and discovering love, life and laughter on the Indian highway. The colourful road trip of a lifetime – Benegal’s love letter to cinema and the open road, is set against the backdrop of the epic desert landscape of India – the Kutch region in Gujarat and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 19, 2009 under Bollywood | Comments are off for this article
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan will reportedly star in his first Hollywood film opposite Oscar winner Titanic actress Kate Winslet. The film which will be directed by Pan Nalin is based on Pakistani play Toba Keh Singh, a story which shows the comical side of an Indian mental asylum in 1947, during separation of India. Mummy actress Rachel Weisz will reportedly be considered for the role of Dr Sophie in the event that Kate Winslet declines.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 18, 2009 under Bollywood | Comments are off for this article
Bollywood action hero Akshay Kumar was arrested Monday on suspicion of obscene behavior during a recent fashion show in Mumbai, police said.
A complaint had been lodged against Kumar and his wife, Twinkle Khanna, after she was photographed unbuttoning a pair of jeans that the actor was modeling on the catwalk at the Lakme Fashion Week in March.
“He was arrested under section 294 of Indian Penal Code and was given bail.”
Khanna was arrested and bailed last month.
Kumar, 41, has said he did not mean to cause any offence by his actions and apologized
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Prakash Mehra, a Bollywood producer-director best known for launching the career of megastar Amitabh Bachchan, died in hospital in Mumbai on Sunday from pneumonia and multiple organ failure. He was 69.