Who can ever forget the sly archness of Bindia Naik in Chak De? She definitely made a powerful impact with the negative role she had to play and the positive hints were also not unnoticed. This accounts for the fact that the Chak De girl Shilpa Shukla has bagged an international film titled Extrospection. This film will be written, directed and produced by Manan Singh Kotohora. Based on Satyajit Ray’s Charulata, with a contemporary background, the film will mark Shilpa’s first step towards an international cinema. (more…)

Saif Ali Khan is ready to work with Homi Adajania again. If you haven’t forgotten Being Cyrus, what can be said one of the best performances by Saif, which was much appreciated by both the audience and critics. Thagi which will have the sensibilities of both Saif and Homi will be made under Illuminati Films, Saif’s own production house. (more…)

Written and directed by one of India’s most acclaimed directors Ketan Mehta, Rang Rasiya is based on a classic Indian novel ‘Raja Ravi Varma’ written by the highly acclaimed, award winning and popular Marathi novelist and playwright ‘Ranjit Desai’. The novel is woven around the life and times of the great Indian painter of the 19th century, ‘Raja Ravi Varma’ and deals with religious intolerance and denial of freedom of expression by fundamentalists and hardliners -sadly a fact and truth of even present times. (more…)

Penguin Books India and Taj Mahal Mumbai hosted an evening to launch Shobhaa De’s new book Superstar India: From Incredible to Unstoppable on the 29th of April. Superstar India is a big book, one of the biggest this year. Suhel Seth did a reading from the book followed by a engaging, intense yet fun discussion between Shobhaa De and Vir Sanghvi. Amitabh Bachchan rendered an articulate and perfectly pitched speech to launch the book . (more…)

Photo Shoot for Chrysalis 2008 Revival Collection. (more…)

Amidst much fanfare and an enthralled audience on a special occasion of the 160th birthday of Raja Ravi Varma, Ketan Mehta, the award winning director along with the producers, Anand Mahendroo and Deep Sahi announced the completion of their legendary tale - Rang Rasiya. Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen, Milind Soman, Kailash Kher, Sunidhi Chauhan, Tom Alter, Ketan Mehta, Deepa Sahi, Makrand Deshpande, Ferena Wazier and many others were present at the occasion. (more…)

VIVEL PRESENTS YEH SHAAM MASTANI - a musical treat! Starting May 3rd, 2008 every Friday - Saturday at 9.00 p.m.Only On Sony Entertainment Television. Mumbai, April 29, 2008: Kailash Kher, Kunal Ganjawala, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan… Imagine listening to seven of India’s finest singers on one platform for 5 weeks! The result is mesmerizing music filled with magical melodies. This is what Sony Entertainment Television brings to its viewers, a great musical show called, Vivel Presents Yeh Shaam Mastani, starting May 03, 9.00 p.m. every Friday and Saturday only on Sony Entertainment Television. (more…)

Now, yesterday we had a news that Shaid Kapoor had suggested Jiah Khan to do with her long curls, but the actor himself seems to be sporting long hair in his next film with Ken Ghosh (the one opposite Jiah Khan). The movie which will be a musical demands Shahid to look different. Expected to be a larger than life Broadway musical, the film will no doubt be exciting. (more…)

It seems quite impossible for this cute attractive gal not to have a boyfriend, but she seems to be quite happy and confident about this fact. Amrita Rao, who went all glam in the recent times denies any rumor that might be encircling her lovelife. She quite stubbornly states that, she is doesn’t believe in having boyfriends for the heck of it. The first guy who will be her first boyfriend will be her husband also. This seems hard to believe but this reinstates her place as Bollywood’s virgin queen. (more…)