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New Delhi, Actor-turned filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, who openly admits that he would love to work with his superstar son Hrithik in every film of his, says their latest offering “Kites” may have made news for its sensuous scenes, but the sensuality is “not meant to titillate”. “The sensuality is not worked into the film to unnecessarily [...]

New Delhi, Kareena Kapoor’s look in “Kambakkht Ishq” is being touted as her most glamorous ever, but her make-up artist Mallika Bhat says that apart from looking ultra glam, she will also sport a “Barbie doll-look” in the action thriller. “One of Kareena’s looks in the film is inspired by Barbie doll,” Bhat told IANS over [...]

New Delhi, Post the extended dry spell at the box office owing to the stand-off between Bollywood producers and multiplex owners over revenue sharing, production houses have announced, beginning June 12, the release dates of some of the most awaited films slated hit the screens in the coming months. The row between producers and multiplex owners [...]

New Delhi, After two months of empty seats and no-shows at ticket counters, multiplex owners are happy their stand-off with the producers-distributors over revenue sharing ended Friday. They are content with the solution arrived at. According to the final settlement, 50, 42, 35 and 30 percent of collections in the first, second, third and fourth weeks [...]

Mumbai, There is a big fat wedding waiting to happen at filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s country villa in Canada. Her daughter Devyani is set to marry architect Ian Chodikoff, who also edits the Canadian Architect magazine. Devyani and Ian have been seeing each other for some years. Pleased as punch with the alliance, proud mother-in-law Mehta has [...]

New Delhi, Heaving a sigh of relief after a 14-hour meeting that Friday resolved a crippling four-month dispute between Bollywood producers-distributors and multiplexes, United Producers and Distributors Forum (UPDF) chairman Mukesh Bhatt said that he was glad to have finally achieved “fair rights for Friday nights”. “We are so happy that that we have achieved what [...]

New Delhi, The two-month-long standoff between the producers-distributors and multiplex owners over revenue sharing, which was resolved Friday, has led to a whopping Rs.300 crore (Rs.3 billion) loss to the industry. “The strike has cost the Indian film industry over Rs.3 billion,” Mukesh Bhatt, United Producers and Distributors Forum (UPDF) chairman, told IANS over phone [...]

Mumbai, The stand-off between Bollywood producers and multiplex owners over revenue sharing came to an end as the two parties reached a deal here early Friday, industry sources said. After about four months of negotiations, the two parties reached a consensus over the rationalisation of revenue sharing for forthcoming films, the sources said. “Strike Over. Movies [...]

Mumbai, John Abraham, who was seen in Karan Johar’s hit film “Dostana”, has turned down the ace filmmaker’s offer to play the lead in the Hindi version of Chris Columbus’ 1998 comedy-drama “Stepmom”. Arjun Rampal is said to be playing Ed Harris’ part in the movie. “Karan had almost convinced John to do the role. He [...]

Mumbai, After playing a gay in “My Brother Nikhil”, Sanjay Suri now plays a gigolo in “Anubhav”, a film underlining that men are as vulnerable to sexual abuse as women in Bollywood. He says he loves doing diverse roles. “I play a theatre actor in ‘Anubhav’ which narrates the tale of a young man whose life [...]