As Professor and art-historian Woodman Taylor observes in his essay, “Penetrating gazes”, her imagination of a union with Dharamendra on the lines of Mirabai’s poems is an appropriation of historic poetry to frame a love scene on the screen. “Mira’s poetry in praise of Krishna is normally sung in religious contexts during a religious, visual transaction of gazes called darshan, but Mirabai’s bhajan is used in the film to frame an imagined relationship on the screen, of Kusum longingly viewing the film image of Dharmendra.
Kader Khan, the veteran actor-screenwriter, passed away in Canada on the New Year’s Eve. While both industry people and outsiders have expressed their condolences, an interview excerpt has emerged where the actor talks about losing out opportunities for not addressing Amitabh Bachchan as sir.
Veteran Bollywood actor Kader Khan died in Canada yesterday. He was 81, and had been admitted in hospital for a prolonged illness.
SYNOPSIS: Arshad Warsi in and as the “Fraud Saiyaan” juggles between his multiple wives and a detective in this light hearted comedy. Will the Fraud Saiyaan manage to keep all his wives happy or will he get caught in his own web, the eternal male dilemma. The ride is about to get a little bumpy… […]
Kishore Kumar never failed to entertain with his songs, acting, comic timing. He also introduced yodeling to Bollywood music lovers. One of the greatest singers of Indian cinema, there is a Kishore Kumar song to describe every mood and emotion. His brilliance was not just restricted to singing, he dabbled in acting, directing, writing and composing.
Actor Vishnu Vishal of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame has joined hands with Rana Daggubati in Prabhu Solomon’s upcoming trilingual film. Titled as Haathi Mere Saathi in Hindi, the makers are yet to announce the official title for the Tamil and Telugu versions of the movie. Sharing the latest development of the movie, the actor wrote on his Twitter page on Saturday evening, that he’s thrilled to be part of the project.
“Anand Bakshi, the genius lyricist and God of writing songs for unusual situations, cracked this really difficult situation (I’m a lyricist and I know how difficult it is) and wrote a song so beautiful that not only justifies the situation completely, but is also innocent enough to be sung by a 12-year- old. So my friend, periods have been there in Hindi movies. Since 1974! ” he writes.
Veteran filmmaker Lekh Tandon, who directed iconic film like Amrapali, died on Sunday, his associates said. He was 88.
Toni Erdmann director Maren Ade said that female filmmakers need to be able to make bad films. “We all need to be able to make bad films in order to be in the end that some of us make ten good films over, say, 50 years of the competition.Essentially, Ade said, a true sign of progress would be if women filmmakers were judged on their work alone, and we could lose that whole gender qualification before mentioning their job. “I’d rather have it black and white, if [a bad film] is our own fault.
Yesteryear Bengali actress Sabitri Chatterjee will star in a romantic comedy titled Thammar Boyfriend (Grandma’s Boyfriend). The film will narrate a love story between Partho, played by 36-year-old Abir Chatterjee, and Nandini Mitra, a septuagenarian played by Sabitri Chatterjee. Nandini Mitra is a widow and loner, living in a big village mansion. She falls for Partho, and wishes to marry him, much to the surprise of her son and daughter; the whole set up leads to funny moments.
Soon after Krishna tells the film’s costume designer that Ruby/Devi wouldn’t wear skimpy clothes, you see her rocking one with élan.Devi’s (Tamannah) wedding with the rich and urbane Krishna (Prabhu Deva) takes place in a haste, thanks to the latter’s ailing grandmother.For the most part, the film is entertaining because for once, instead of Kollywood’s usual revenge-obsessed ghost, here’s a spirit who just wants to have some fun.
According to reports, the movie is said to be a prequel of sorts to the Hrithik Roshan – Katrina Kaif starrer Bang Bang. The team will begin filming soon, and is expected to fly to Malaysia to can some scenes there.Meanwhile, Sidharth Malhotra’s latest release, the time-travel film Baar Baar Dekho, alongside Katrina Kaif is a critical as well as commercial failure.
Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, at the book launch of the Marathi version of his autobiography “And Then One Day”, said that people don’t take an actor’s opinions seriously. “I think nobody takes an actor’s opinion that seriously. So they should keep their opinion to themselves. People only ridicule their opinions or blatantly dismiss them,” he said at the event. An actor should try to connect with people only through his works, he added.
When award-winning filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan wrote a Facebook post on the night badminton player P V Sindhu won a historic Olympic Silver Medal, not in his farthest dreams might he have imagined the gravity of the trouble he would soon get into.They don’t get a joke or a point unless it’s loud, casual and direct. If the Kairali TV people had taken a moment to go through my previous posts on social media, they would have got what I meant. That a respectable media group did a lazy, irresponsible campaign to malign an individual shows how corrupted the society is,” he says.
It can be also a very personal opinion but being such a credible author and a powerful woman who people look up to, for someone like that saying this is disheartening.Actress Kangana Ranaut has slammed writer Shobhaa De for her insensitive comments on Indian Olympians.Cult films like Scarface and The Crow are getting yet another shot at silver screen glory.
Kishore Kumar, fondly called Kishore Da, passed away in 1987, but he is still a hot favourite among the masses, thanks to his inimitable style of singing. Born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly in West Bengal, Kishore da started his career as an actor in Shikari in 1946.
Gone with the Wind is a classic, she says, “Kaaka Kaaka was slick, the script was excellent and the real-life love between the stars made the movie sizzle; Moonram Pirai and Mullum Malarum were heartwarming and pure, Michael Madana Kama Rajan was ultimate in comedy, and Queen embodied a refreshing new attitude towards women.
Amazon Prime Video, on Thursday, announced its upcoming content slate of 40 new titles among series and films in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, which will be released over the next two years.
From no films at all, to three big-banner films, this week saw films like Gopichand’s SeetiMaarr, Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivii, and Vijay Sethupathi’s Laabam, hit the big screens. Amidst all the cheer around an expected rise in the footfall in cinemas, Nani’s Tuck Jagadish slipped an OTT release, on Amazon Prime Video, thereby, adding to the competition, albeit differently.
Ka Pae Ranasingam, starring Aishwarya Rajesh and Vijay Sethupathi, released on ZeePlex in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam on Friday.
The trailer of Vijay Deverakonda starrer World Famous Lover is out now. The film directed by Kranthi Madhav (Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju, Ungarala Rambabu) is being bankrolled by KS Rama Rao for Creative Commercials. Vijay will be seen sharing screen space with Aishwarya Rajesh, Catherine Tresa, Izabelle Leite and, Raashi Khanna in the romantic drama.
The Tamil teaser of Vijay Deverakonda, Aishwarya Rajesh, Rashi Khanna, Catherine Tresa, starrer World Famous Lover dropped today.
Bollywood’s leading producer-director Karan Johar and Tollywood’s top producer-director Puri Jagannadh have collaborated for an untitled project starring Vijay Devarakonda in the lead. The official announcement came this morning with a tweet by actor and producer Charmme Kaur. Helmed by Puri Jagannadh, it is being bankrolled by Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta’s Dharma Productions and the director’s Puri Connects along with Charmme. Vijay will debut in Bollywood with this film.
The teaser of Vijay Devarakonda starrer World Famous Lover is out now. The film directed by Kranthi Madhav (Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju, Ungarala Rambabu) is being bankrolled by KS Rama Rao for Creative Commercials. Vijay will be seen sharing screen space with Aishwarya Rajesh, Catherine Tresa, Izabelle Leite and, Raashi Khanna.
There’s love, lust and a typecast Vijay Devarakonda essaying Gautham, Seenayya, and Srinu. He is seen to have flings with a hopeless romantic Yamini (Raashi), a coy housewife Suvarna (Aishwarya), a pilot Iza (Izabelle), and an entrepreneur Smitha (Catherine). We also find him confessing his love to Yamini at the end. His bare-chested shots and bearded countenance remind one of his debut Arjun Reddy
Last evening, the team of Dabangg 3 starring Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, and Saiee Manjrekar were present at a popular hotel in Chennai for a press meet with Tamil media channels. Salman Khan, Saiee Manjrekar, Kiccha Sudeep along with TN distributor Kotapadi J Rajesh and director Prabhu Deva arrived to promote the film.