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Yesteryears actresses Hema Malini and Jaya Prada will be honoured with Aadhi Aabadi Women Achievers awards for their contribution to Indian cinema. The award aims at recognise women who have achieved success and emerged as role models. “It’s an achievement in itself to be able to honour legends like Hemaji and Jayaji”, said Dinesh Kumar [...]

India is one of the largest film producing nations in the world, but is yet to explore important markets like South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The Mumbai Film Mart (MFM) has tried to bridge the gap by bringing together Indian filmmakers and unconventional foreign buyers. Rashmi Lamba, manager of MFM, told IANS that “the mountain [...]

BollywoodWorld.com, The overseas market for Indian films is growing and will rise by about 20 percent in the next few years, say film industrialists from India and abroad. “Ten years back, for an Indian film, the overseas market was 5 to 10 percent of its entire theatrical business. Currently it stands at 20 to 30 [...]

He has devoted over four decades to the film industry, witnessing major changes in content along the years, but megastar Amitabh Bachchan has always made it a point to keep in sync with the tastes of youth, who constitute the bulk of the audience as, he stresses, “you have to listen to them”. The 68-year-old [...]

BollywoodWorld.com, Corporates have changed the economics of moviemaking, says veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai who has been making films for 35 years. He believes star fees as well as the cost of production has gone up, making most filmmakers run into losses. “When big corporate companies entered the film industry, the cost of production as well [...]

Bigger, bolder and beyond Bollywood – that’s the mantra of the second edition of the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF), which will open with Aamir Khan’s adult comedy “Delhi Belly” on June 30. The festival, which will be held in London till July 12, will celebrate the burgeoning era of of alternative Indian cinema, where [...]

BollywoodWorld.com, A documentary on Indian cinema will be showcased at the Cannes International Film Festival in May as part of its celebration of international movies, says megastar Amitabh Bachchan who features in the narrative. “Tomorrow will be the 3rd of March and there is a delegation of makers coming over to speak and react and [...]

Walk the Talk: Shekhar Gupta chats up one of the most versatile actors of Indian cinema, Kamal Haasan.

New Delhi, (BollywoodWorld.com) Bollywood churns out hundreds of films and many more songs year after year since music is an integral part of Indian cinema. The year gone by had chartbusters like “Emosanal attyachaar” and “Masakalli” that thoroughly entertained listeners. IANS has picked 10 best songs of 2009 from various genres that created waves in [...]