Ficci Frames and IIFA Honour 10 Bollywood Stars!
The annual Indian media and entertainment convention FICCI FRAMES partnered with IIFA to honour 10 Bollywood stars.
These were Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Shilpa Shetty, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherji.
However, out of the 10 actors only five were [...]
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February 17th, 2009 by neeraj
Amitabh Bachchan was presented the Stardust Award for the Best Actor at a glittering ceremony held in Mumbai last night for his towering and intense performance of an ageing theatre actor in Planman Motion Pictures – THE LAST LEAR. Amitabh was especially delighted to receive this award as it coincided with his 40th year in [...]
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February 17th, 2009 by riaz
The Bollywood Event of the Year! Celebrating the following Nominees:
BEST FILM
Dostana
Ghajini
Jodhaa Akbar
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Rock On!!
BEST DIRECTOR
A.R. Murugadoss – Ghajini
Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On!!
Aditya Chopra – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Ashutosh Gowariker – Jodhaa Akbar
Madhur Bhandarkar – Fashion
Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday!
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Aamir Khan – Ghajini
Abhishek [...]
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February 15th, 2009 by neeraj
Amitabh Bachchan has agreed to star in his autobiography of sorts! He will play the central character, Ashmit Bhargava, in the film The Actor.
Interestingly, the initials of Amitabh Bachchan and Ashmit Bhargava remain the same. The Actor will be directed by Kushan Nandy and produced by the Big B’s friend Pritish Nandy’s Pritish Nandy Communications [...]
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February 13th, 2009 by riaz
Amitabh Bachchan is set to play a superstar named Ashmit Bhargava in Kushan Nandy’s “The Actor”, which incorporates many incidents from the Big B’s life, making it his most autobiographical film to date.”Yes, I wrote ‘The Actor’ for Mr. Bachchan, along with two writer-friends Kiran Shyam Shroff and Ghalib Asad,” said Kushan.
Confirming the news, Amitabh [...]
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February 11th, 2009 by riaz
Ageless actress Rekha, who has often refused to do television in the past and is still against blogging, says the need to connect with fans has finally prompted her to step on to the small screen.I know I have said many times in the past I won’t do television,” said Rekha. “But there’s a demand [...]
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February 7th, 2009 by riaz
Feroze Nadiadwala is the next Bollywood filmmaker to show a fascination for Hollywood. He’s got Rob Cohen, who made hit Hollywood films like Fast and The Furious, The Skulls, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and The Mummy 3, to direct his Rs 300-crore magnum opus Jewel of India and action director Dan Bradley of Bond [...]
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February 7th, 2009 by riaz
You had your eyes wide open when you saw Denise Richards romancing our Bollywood action hero Akshay Kumar in Kambakht Ishq; you had your jaw drop when you saw Sylvester Stallone having a laugh with our size zero girl Kareena Kapoor on the sets of the same film.
Just a few days [...]
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February 3rd, 2009 by riaz
Indian megastar Amitabh Bacchan was honoured with World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Crystal Award here for his contribution to the world of art.
Noted Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Mallika Sarabhai was also honoured Saturday along with Chinese martial artist and actor Jet Li and Venezuelan musician José Antonio Abreu.
The WEF is a Geneva based non-profit organisation and [...]
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February 1st, 2009 by riaz
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January 27th, 2009 by neeraj
Amitabh Bachchan will be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos attended by 2500 of the world’s leading figures from politics, economics and business – including forty-one Heads of State. Amitabh will be presented with the Crystal Award at the Forum for his contribution to improving the state of the world. Amitabh has been prominent [...]
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January 26th, 2009 by riaz
Yesteryears’ dancing queen Helen, Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, action star Akshay Kumar and music maestro Hridyanath Mangeshkar are among those named for this year’s Padma Shri awards.
The inimitable Helen, 69, carved a niche for herself with her dancing skills in songs like ‘Mera naam chin chin choo’, ‘O haseena zulfon wali’, ‘Aaa jaane jaan’, [...]
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January 25th, 2009 by riaz