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Shonali in KCK is very different from what I am in real life- Deepika Padukone

By Joginder Tuteja
Deepika Padukone Wallpaper

‘Om Shanti Om’, ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’, ‘Love Aaj Kal’ -Pick up any of the successful films that Deepika Padukone has been a part of and it is quite obvious that she has always had an important role to play in the film’s narrative. In fact even in a box office disappointment like ‘Chandni Chowk To Chowk’, she did have ample screen time with a double role to her credit.


Saif feels honored for the Padmashree award

By Chandana Buch
Saif Ali Khan

Feb 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Unlike many star kids who hit the box-office jackpot with their very first film, Saif Ali Khan was handed with a different fate. Though he easily got the big ticket to Bollywood by being Sharmila Tagore’s son but success did not follow and soon he was relegated to second lead of movies throughout the 90’s.


Kulasekaranum Koolippadayum starts rolling

By R. Richard Mahesh
Kulasekaranum Koolipadayum

If there one could be one perfect actor who keeps striding with lots of projects every year, it can be none other than Sathyaraj. With his Sinam close on the heels of completion, he had commenced his other project Aayiram Vizhakku and Muriyadi (remake of Malayalam film Passenger. With so many projects fast rolling on floors, the actor has started shooting for a taut thriller titled Kulasekaranum Koolipadayum.


Vexed Saif starts Agent Vinod

By sampurn
Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is worried now. The actor, who had relaxed for a fair bit after Love Aaj Kal was a hit, is now tensed. He didn’t sign any films after Love Aaj Kal merely because he thought the scripts were run-of-the-mill or not the central roles. He was certain Kurbaan, which was a Karan Johar film and starred opposite him his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor would be a success. So, even though his second home production, Agent Vinod, got delayed, he wasn’t bothered.


“I am willing to wait”-Genelia D’Souza

By Joginder Tuteja
Genelia D'Souza

It has been a while since Genelia D’Souza signed a new film. While her Chance Pe Dance is all set to arrive in a few days from now, she is also waiting for a couple of other films of hers to hit the screens. Her David Dhawan directed Hook Ya Crook (where she is paired opposite John Abraham) has been delayed incessantly.


Hits and Misses of 2009 in Bollywood

By Jyoti Venkatesh
3 Idiots

By far the biggest hit of the year is undoubtedly Rajkumar Hirani’s latest magnum opus ‘3 Idiots’. The film has witnessed unprecedented opening collections including the paid preview collections. Perhaps for the first time in the annals of the Hindi cinema, ‘3 Idiots’ had as many as 38 shows starting from the unearthly hour of 6 am. Besides ‘3 Idiots’, there were only ten out of the 240 plus films made in Hindi during the year, which proved to be hits. They were ‘Love Aaj Kal’, ‘Kaminey’, ‘All The Best’, ‘Wanted’, ‘De Dana Dan’, ‘New York’, ‘Wake Up Sid’, ‘Raaz- The Mystery Continues’, ‘Dev D’, ‘Paa’ and last but not the least ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’.


Wanted: 17-year-old Akshay Kumar!

By Subhash K Jha
Akshay Kumar

Director Nikhil Advani is in a fix. The shooting of his new film ‘Patiala House’ started in this month on December 21. And he has not been able to find the right face to play the junior Akshay.


Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor fight it off

By Anil A Kanojia
Shahid Kapur

This year’s blockbuster film- Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Love Aaj Kal’ has captured the imagination of love-birds and Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Kaminey’ has also hit ‘dhan tana’ (read bull’s eye) at the box office. Now we hear the two are fighting it off…not for Bebo, of course, but for this year’s top spot of ‘Best Actor Award’ in the ‘Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards’.


Priyadarshan’s De Dana Dan has a great box office weekend

By sampurn
De Dana Dan

Despite the critics lashing his film out, filmmaker Priyadarshan must be having the big laugh. After all, his De Dana Dan has grossed Rs. 23 crore nett approximately over its first weekend. The film did fantastic business in CP Berar CI (Historic) and Rajasthan while North was also very good. The other circuits saw good business.


The tricky ways of Bollywood box office!

By sampurn

No wonder Bollywood film industry is considered as the most speculative industry in the world. Here no calculations count in this business. A trade pundit rightly states, “The most eagerly awaited film can turn out to be a dud and, likewise, the least anticipated film can hit the bull’s eye. In other words, nobody can predict with cent per cent accuracy what surprise or shock a Friday will throw up. Two recent films underline the speculative nature of this business.”