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BollywoodWorld.com, Priyanka Chopra admits Madhur Bhandarkar offered his most ambitious project “Heroine” to her, but she couldn’t accept it due to its streak of similarity with “Fashion”. However, she is sure Kareena Kapoor will do full justice to the role. “Madhur and I did talk about ‘Heroine’. For me, however, it would have been like [...]

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has clarified he is not working on a remake of 1990 hit romantic film “Aashiqui”, and says work on the sequel to “Fashion” might get underway 2012. Meanwhile, work on his most ambitious project, “Heroine”, starts November-end. “Let me clarify, I am not making ‘Aashiqui’ remake. ‘Fashion 2′ is under consideration for [...]

A powerful script, brilliant performances and perfect execution made “Chandni Bar” a successful film. As the movie Wednesday completes a decade of its release, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has thanked everyone associated with the national-award winning film, including lead actress Tabu. “2day marks 10 yrs of ‘Chandni Bar’s’ release. A spl thx 2 d producer R [...]

With Madhur Bhandarkar’s seven-year-old rape case resurfacing, everybody’s looking at the most famous piece of furniture ever: the casting couch. Highlighted once again are the sometimes-open, sometimes-secret allegations that mar Bollywood’s otherwise impeccable record. Here’s a look back at some of the more famous such cases.

Spelling fresh trouble for National Award-winning film director Madhur Bhandarkar, a Mumbai court Monday issued summons against him in a 2004 rape case filed by an upcoming starlet, the complainant’s lawyer said. “The magistrate, Andheri Railway Mobile Court, today issued summons asking Madhur Bhandarkar to appear before it Oct 18 and file his statement in [...]

BollywoodWorld.com, After “Heroine”, his “most ambitious project”, was put on the backburner indefinitely following the news of his lead actress Aishwarya Rai’s pregnancy, acclaimed filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar says he went into depression and that he’s upset that the “truth was hidden” from him. “This decision of pulling the plug had a devasting effect on me [...]

He admits women-centric films are his forte but Madhur Bhandarkar doesn’t want to stick to one genre. After a comedy, the filmmaker now wants to direct an intense love story. “I am a great admirer of Raj Khosla and Vijay Anand. Can you believe the same director who made ‘Guide’ also made ‘Jewel Thief’. I’d [...]

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has revealed he wanted to cast dancing diva Madhuri Dixit in “Fashion” that brought on screen behind-the-scene life of ramp world. “If Madhuriji had not gone to the US, then I would have cast her in ‘Fashion’. I know that she would have done justice to it,” Bhandarkar said on the sets [...]

Mumbai’s deluge has just claimed its first Bollywood casualty. Madhur Bhandarkar’s comedy Dil To Bachcha Hai Jee whose shooting was supposed to start this week from July 1, has been postponed. Madhur Bhandarkar confirms these developments. “I was supposed to start shooting with Omi Vaidya and Emran Hashmi from July 1. All the scenes were [...]

Madhur Bhandarkar is all set to perform ‘Operation Salvage’ on Shruti Haasan’s career. In what is quite clearly a manoeuvre to give the mighty Kamal Haasan’s daughter a commercial boost that Soham Shah’s Luck could not. Madhur Bhandarkar has signed her to play a key role in his first comedy Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji. [...]