The promosing filmmakers

A fresh bunch of directors have certainly taken Indian cinema to another level with flicks like Tere Bin Laden, Peepli Live and Thanks Maa. Let’s have a look at the list of directors who have done a marvelous job- Karan Johar has declared that he would work only with Dharma Productions till end.


His first directorial project, We Are Family, got mixed reviews from critics, but the filmmaker is hopeful about his future. Another ace filmmaker Anusha Rizvi who made Peepli Live which was her directorial debut, have won the Best First Film award at the Durban film festival and made her an international name. An Indian movie has been selected in the competition section of the Cannes Film Festival after sixteen years. It is a real achievement for debutante Vikramaditya Motwane in itself. He has also penned movies like Dev.D and Goal. No one would have thought that Robinhood Pandey would become a famous name in every house.

Director Abhinav Kashyap’s Dabangg acquired the status of an all-time blockuster in only second week of its release and got overwhelming response.
Irfaan Kamal’s Thanks Maa has been officially selected to be screened at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, International Film Festival of India and Palm Springs International Film Festival. The debut child actor Master Shams Patel has also won the Best Child Artist for the movie respectively, in the 56th National Film Awards. Debutante filmmaker Irfaan Kamal said that he has just tried to achieve a home for the abandoned newborns and feels he has achieved his goal to some extent.

Kiran Rao is better known as Aamir Khan's wife but she prefers to be known by her work. Kiran started her career as an assistant director in the epic movie “Lagaan” directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. But what got her into the limelight was her directorial debut Dhobi Ghaat. The movie got critical appreciation and international appreciation at Toronto film festival.

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Rajkumar worked hard on NOKJ

Considering the movie's sensitive issue, the director of No One Killed Jessica Rajkumar Gupta revealed that it took him three months to complete research on the real life incident of Jessica Lall, and seven months for penning down the script.

Having fear with the controversies, Rajkumar Gupta clarified that the purpose of using real names in the flick is not with an intention to lay blame on anyone, rather the concept is his interpretation of the case. Talking about his forthcoming flick, the filmmaker asserted that this factor did come to his mind earlier. So Rajkumar tried to approach the film with as much sensitivity as possible. NOKJ, a case which releases on January 7, 2011, is basically based on the real life story of New Delhi based model Jessica Lall, who was shot on the spot by Manu Sharma, son of a prominent Haryana politician.

Apparently, Rajkumar Gupta had a tough time while scripting the story as there were so many characters involved that he did not want the story to mess up. Rajkumar also clarified that Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan shared good time with each other and have great fun while shooting..

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Gautam Ghose to make a bilingual

Still riding high on the success of his Moner Manush, Bengali filmmaker Gautam Ghose announced that his next venture would be a bilingual in English and Hindi about a displaced child. The director said that his next film 'Lala' is about a displaced child and his incredible energy and endurance for life.


The filmmakers "Moner Manush" had bagged the Golden Peacock award at the recent International Film Festival of India at Goa. The film was based on Sunil Gangopadhya's 2008 novel Moner Manush. It revolves around the life and philosophy of Lalon Fakir, a 19th century Bengali philosopher poet. The lead role was played by noted Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee. The film deals with his teachings, his separation from his family and creation of a settlement in a forest, including people who have been pushed out of their society and family.

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The director with great appeal

Rajkumar Hirani directed the very popular film ‘Munnabhai MBBS’, ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’, and ‘3 Idiots’, which became the highest grossing film ever in India when it was released. Back in 2005, when Rajkumar Hirani was directing the movie Lage Raho Munnabhai there was a lot of scepticism on the sets.

In a scene, Munna and Circuit are shown drinking and Munna, in his rowdy manner, ask Bapu to leave them alone. Friends who dropped by on the sets were worried that Rajkumar Hirani had overstepped the boundaries of Indian sensibilities, especially when it comes to Mahatma Gandhi . But Hirani didn’t bother much about what people around him said. Rajkumar Hirani's last release, 3 Idiots, grossed in Rs. 339 crore worldwide. In many ways, after a successful run like that — and in a few cases, even without it — movie makers in tinsel town are known to veer towards cynicism or arrogance.

They become predictable and start taking things for granted. But Hirani has remained grounded in reality. Lage Raho Munnabhai was being screened at Cannes. The movie had already been released in India and had become a major blockbuster. The filmmaker plays down his success and believes that he has been fortunate, as his movies are both critically acclaimed and successful.

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Farah’s Three’s Company

The logo of Three’s Company, Shrish Kunder and Bollywood ace filmmaker Farah Khan’s banner, has three little angels in outline. They are actually Farah Khan’s kids — Czar, Diva and Anya — and the images have been taken from the sonography footage Shrish Kunder shot when his wife was pregnant with the triplets.


Farah’s hubby stated that, there’s a frame in which they are close to each other. The first few seconds of the logo will show the trio before their birth in the film’s credits. Her husband animated the images and gave them wings because they both believe that their babies are angels who have changed their lives totally. Shrish have shown it to the kids too and they’re jealous of these other babies who they think he have adopted. Incidentally, the banner was earlier called Shrish Kunder Film Company. But in 2008, when the three babies entered Shrish’s life, the name was changed to “Three’s Company”.

It flags off on December 25 with it’s first production, ‘Tees Maar Khan’, that already has high expectations.. Anyhow, the Tees Maar Khan sequel will flag off in January 2012. Before that Shrish Kunder will direct two movies, Joker with Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha, and Kick with Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha again. Both flicks have already generated enough excitement.

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RGV’s fire

Hits or flops, there is no stopping for filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma. The director is again all set to portray another tale from Andhra Pradesh which is a take on the dishonorable Bejawada Rowdyilu (Vijayawada rowdies) after his Rakta Charitra, the director is however leaving no stone unturned for his next project.


I think you remember that RGV was threatened with awful consequences if he went ahead with the project. A host of personalities, that also included top politicians, was against what they call an attempt to paint a sorry picture about the city, where hooliganism ruled settled once. Though there was rigid opposition to Rakta Charitra too, but the heat Bejawada Rowdyilu have was no match. Ram Gopal Varma recently went to a Vijayawada college, with a aim to gather support from the students for the movie. When RGV visited V R Siddartha Engineering College, he thundered if he had the backing of the student community, no one could stop him from making the film.

Sooner it was noticed that Ram Gopal Varma was accompanied by Vijayawada MP Lagdapati Rajagopal, who offered his support. Despite requests, Ram Gopal Varma didn’t found it appropriate to reveal the star cast. Most big stars in Telugu have openly expressed their willingness to work with the director. At an event, South Indian actor Nagarjuna had requested the filmmaker to cast him in the movie. What RGV gonna do no one knows. Just wait and watch!!!

Ajay Devgn walks out of Power

Filmfare award winning Indian film director and producer Rajkumar Santoshi after making award winning hits like The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Khakee, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, the filmmaker is now looking forward to put all his efforts in the making of his upcoming project titled Power.


Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Lekha Washington, Kangana Ranauat, and Ameesha Patel are roped in to play pivotal roles. Actor Ajay Devgn was also the part of the star cast but it seems like Firoz Nadiadwala's multi starrer flick has run into problems. 'Power', which was announced on Anantachaturdashi, has suffered a major problem with the lead actor Ajay Devgn opting out of the film. The movie was almost ready to go on floors with only minor characters that were left to be filled along with the part for the leading heroine.

However, it is stated that the flick schedule has been thrown out of line, as Ajay Devgan will no longer be part of it. Though the reason behind the actor’s walking out of the movie is still kept as a secret till we come to know something about the matter. Let’s see whom will Rajkumar Santoshi rope inplace of Ajay.

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Rajkumar Hirani back to his roots

Making outstanding films 3 Idiots and Munna Bhai, the ace and flawless filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani is returning to his ad filmmaking once again, from where he started his career in cinema. The Bollywood director said that he loves the challenge of telling a story in sixty seconds.


Rajkumar Hirani has now started a separate ad division to direct ad films, headed by Sanjeev Kishinchandani under the banner of Canvas films. Rajkumar Hirani, who directed Kareena Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan in his previous ad films, asserted that he have really enjoyed telling a story in 60 seconds. Entire process has been very exciting, rejuvenating and with Canvas Films, his entire team and he is just exploring the love for moving image.

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Rituparno to rope in Aish

Rituparno Ghosh is a famous Bengali filmmaker. The director has directed has directed Bollywood films like Raincoat, Dahan, Chokher Bali, Utsab, Asukh, Antarmahal and Bariwali. Now the director is looking forward to work with Aishwarya Rai for his next.


Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the perfect combination of beauty and brains. So, it didn't surprise many when the ace director Rituparno Ghosh roped the Bollywood diva in his movies Chokher Bali and Raincoat respectively. Now, Rituparno Ghosh is ready to sign the gorgeous actress for his new flick which is based on the book 'Devi Chaudhurani' by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Aishwarya Rai has been reportedly approached by Rituparno Ghosh during her visit to Kolkata along with her husband Abhishek Bachchan. So, a big challenge has come on the way for the actress.

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Siddharth-Sajid split

Siddharth Anand, Bollywood director who delivered a unique film titled Anjaana Anjaani has reportedly split with Sajid Nadiadwala, at least temporarily. Sajid Nadiadwala was to make Chetan Bhagat's Two States with Siddharth Anand.


He was even contemplating paying the director a huge fee. However, Sajid will concentrate instead on making Heer Ranjha with Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone; Kick with Sonakshi Sinha and Salman Khan and the Houseful sequel with Akshay Kumar respectively. Siddharth apparently wishes to go ahead and make Two States with actor Saif Ali Khan.

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Abhinay Deo’s Game will be released soon

Eros International Media Ltd, India's largest integrated film studio, has announced the release dates of some forthcoming movies like Abhinay Deo's Game and Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. While Game will release on 18th March 2011, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara will hit silver screens on 27th May 2011.


Eros International had recently announced that it had acquired the worldwide rights of these two flicka. Game, full of twists and turns, features style icon Abhishek Bachchan, absolutely sizzling Kangana Ranaut, Sarah Jane Dias, Jimmy Sheirgill, Shahana Goswami, Gauhar Khan, Boman Irani and the multi-talented actor Anupam Kher. ‘Game’ is a slick edge-of-the-seat thriller, has been directed by Abhinay Deo and has penned by Farhan Akhtar. Whereas, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is a young fun-filled road movie shot largely across Spain. This film directed by Zoya Akhtar and features Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin.

The film has been creating a huge buzz and is highly anticipated by the audiences. Producer Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment said that at Excel, the idea has been to make movies that exclusively entertain and at the same time offer a new take on cinema. The whole team at Excel are proud to be associated with Eros for their forthcoming films made with extreme passion and heart. Game directed by Abhinay Deo promises to be an edge of the seat crime thriller and its followed by Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara that will take the audience on a adventure filled road trip. Eros has been a company that has taken Indian films to a new height on exposure with its extensive distribution network in India and across the globe.

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Kunal ropes in Shahid for his next

For days, it was just a guesswork that Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor is being approached by director Kunal Kohli for his next. Now, it’s no more a rumor as the filmmaker, who turned producer with his recent release ‘Break Ke Baad’, confirmed the news on his Twitter page on Sunday that Shahid would be doing a film with him.

Kunal Kohli tweeted that, “Shahid Kapoor and me working together in my next film. I’m really looking forward to working with Shahid.” Kunal also stated that since Shahid Kapoor is currently stucked up with the shooting of his father’s directorial debut film ‘Mausam’, he has decided to start shooting for his yet-to-be-titled flick sometime in April 2011 as the actor is expected to be free then. The director wants to rope in Priyanka Chopra to play the lead role in the film. When asked Shahid about working with Kunal he said that he too is excitedly looking forward to the day when he will start working with the talented filmmaker.

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Yash Chopra Will Inaugurate IFFI 2010

Director Yash Chopra a well known Bollywood director inaugurated the 41st International Film Festical of India (IFFI) which was held from November 22 until the 2nd of December. The IFFI 2010 is a ten-day festical with the chief guest South Superstar Vikram at the closing ceremony.

Rumors have circulated that some big superstars will inaugurate the film festival, it was later confirmed that Yash Chopra is set to open it. It is expected that Raima sen is going to do the ceremonial light up. There is also a rumor going on that some big names are also going to attend such as Bengali superstar Prosenjit, Manoj Bajpayee, Rahul Bose, Raj Babbar, Manisha Koirala and South actress Padmapriya. According to a senior official of the festival organizers, Hollywood director Ang Lee will also show up in the event. He is in India for his

upcoming film dubbed as Life of Pi. The movie is being shot in Goa. Chopra has given countless of hours in the entertainment industry and continues to do so with his production house Yash Raj Films. There is not going to be any Khan in the film festival this year but there are plenty of good films to watch. The festival flagged off in Goa and many of big Bollywood names came and are expected to attend the festival.

There will be a total of 18 films that will compete this year which includes two Indian entries- Vhir and Just Another Love Story. Actor Revathy Menon is among the five-member international jury that will be headed by Jerzy Antczak. The authorities are also tight-lipped about the selection of films for the World Cinema category however Om Puri’s Webst Is West is bound to be the opening film.

The Indian Panorama has a total of 47 films with 26 features. The opening film will be Mee Sindhu Tai Sapkal which is directed by Anant Mahadevan. While Leaving home, which is based on the musical band Indian Ocean is going to be the opening film salvo in the non-feature film category. The band will also perform at the festival.

Filmmaker Yash Chopra to Inaugurate IFFI 2010

Bollywood Director Yash Chopra will be inaugurating the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) this coming November 22, 2010 and ends on December 02,2010. The IFFI 2010 is a 10 day festival with the chief guest South Superstar Vikram at the closing ceremony.

After all of the humors that some big superstar will inaugurate the film festival this year, the confirmation has come to Yash Chopra as the opening of the festival. Expected to light up the ceremonial lamp is Raima Sen. In the fact the turnout at the event is expected to be modest with celebrity like Rahul Bose, Raj Babbar, Bengali superstar Prosenjit, Manoj Bajpayee, Manisha Koirala and South actress Padmapriya. According to a senior official of one of the two organizers of the festival, Hollywood director Ang Lee will be the star attraction. He is India for his upcoming film, Life of Pi which is expected to shoot in Goa.

Total of 18 films are in competition this year including two Indian entries, Vihir and Just Another Love Story”. While List of films in the World Cinema category is not yet revealed, Om Puri’s film “West is West” is the opening film of the section. Master Class Section will be headed by Boman Irani which he will be discussing “Evolution of Comedy in Indian Cinema”. Leaving Home, based on the musical band Indian Ocean, is the opening film in the non-feature film category. The band will also perform in the festival.

Another highlight of the festival is to pay tribute to yesteryear actors like Ashok Kumar, Motilal, Nadia and filmmaker Raja Paranjape with screening of their significant films.

Aamir was shot in crowded areas

Bollywood director Rajkumar Gupta is totally dependent on Anurag Kashyap. Having assisted Anurag Kashyap on Black Friday, Rajkumar Gupta, the director of film Aamir, learnt the art of shooting with hidden cameras and in real locations.


UTV Spotboy's Aamir has been shot widely in real locations like Bhendi Bazzar, Crawford Market, Jacob Circle, Bandra Masjid and Dharavi of Mumbai. Shot during peak hours and in the most crowd studded areas. Aamir, the name have a literal meaning i.e., leader and the movie’s protagonist becomes a follower not because of faith, but out of fear.

Anurag Basu to direct 3 flicks

Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Basu had almost gone missing after the disaster of his film Kites that starred Hrithik Roshan and Mexican beauty Barbara Mori in the lead roles. But the director has no plans of stepping out from cinema as Anurag Basu is now going to make three films in 2011 !!!


The filmmaker said that he was supposed to do two films ‘Silence‘ with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, and the film on Kishore Kumar in 2011. Silence would’ve happened in 2010. But the movie got pushed ahead because Imtiaz Ali’s film ‘Rock Star‘ with Ranbir Kapoor got delayed for sometime. Now between Silence and Kishore Kumar biopic the director would be directing a third film.

He further stated that the shooting of Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra starrer Silence will start in January. The second leading heroine is still to be finalised. Anurag Basu stated his own reasons for being missing from the film industry for sometime now. We hope that his upcoming projects would become a hit…

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Madhur’s DTBHJ to release in January

National-award-winning ace Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkar’s comedy debut Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji, featuring Emraan Hashmi, Ajay Devgn and Omy Vaiday, will be hitting screens on January 28, 2011. The movie which is a co-production between Madhur Bhandarkar Entertainment and Kumar Mangat Pathak’s Wide Frame Pictures, is a slice-of-the-life romantic comedy.


The director asserted that this is the first time that he’s gonna make a slice of life romantic comedy and hopes that this time too the audiences would love this film too. The story of the movie is surrounded between three men and their encounters with love.

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Subhash Ghai to work with Big B

The ace director Subhash Ghai has always said he would love to work with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Though being in Bollywood for a long decade, it is a wonder how these two talented personalities haven’t worked with each other till yet. Anyways, to cover-up Subhash Ghai’s production house, Mukta Arts has announced three movies on the occasion of its 32nd anniversary.


The films will be directed by Subhash Ghai, Abbas-Mustan and Priyadarshan. The cast is being finalized and the shooting for the film will start early next year. Abbas-Mustan are making a fast paced thriller titled ‘Garjann’. According to the respective sources it has been found that both Subhash Ghai and Abbas-Mustan are quite interested to work with the fame of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan. Subhash Ghai on the other side had announced a movie named ‘Devaa’ with Big B and Madhuri Dixit way back in the late 1980s. On a sad note, the film was shelved after shooting for a couple of days.

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Anusha loves publicity

Controversy heading this year’s Oscar entry from India refuses to die. Actor Raghuvir Yadav, the Budhia of Peepli Live, said that without Aamir Khan, their film would not have made it to the numerous film festivals around the world. Raghuvir Yadav asserted that they know that all has not been well between Peepli Live director Anusha Rizvi and its producer Aamir Khan.


And now it looks like the actors of the flick too are not very pleased with Anusha Rizvi. She is a publicity seeker. While Anusha Rizvi was of the opinion that it was Aamir Khan, who brought the limelight towards himself during the promotion work of Peepli Live, the stars have accused her of the same! On the other hand, Anusha Rizvi has clearly said that she will not be present at the Oscars too to promote her film. Let’s see what happens…

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Reema to cast Aamir-Bebo in her next

The discussions were going on and on for a long while now and guess what Bollywood actor Aamir Khan gave his nod for Reema Kagti's next project as his full-fledged starrer. Reema has earlier directed HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD. Now the matter of great concern is that who’s gonnaa be casted opposite Aamir Khan?


Well, it’s none other than Bollywood sizzling beauty Kareena Kapoor. We feel that all the fans who loved the Aamir-Kareena pairing in 3 IDIOTS, will again love them to see together sharing the screen space…

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Dips moves out of Vishal's flick

Vishal Bhardwaj is very well known for making the careers of celebrities like Priyanka Chopra in Kaminey and Vidya Balan in Ishqiya. It appears that Deepika Padukone was quite excited to work with Vishal in his upcoming movie Dream. But recently, when the filmmaker asked for the dates, he found they were clashing with Deepika Padukone's another movie Desi Boys.


While Vishal Bhardwaj wanted dates early next year, Deepika is supposed to be shooting for Desi Boys from January to March 2011. It has been mentioned that there is no ill feeling between Deepika and Vishal over her decision. They have promised each other to work together in the near future. Now the lookout for the lead actress is again activated by the filmmaker..

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SRK to work with Imtiaz Ali

Bollywood king Shahrukh Khan is in a full mood to work with the outstanding filmmaker Imtiaz Ali. Though details of the project are under wraps for now, both Shahrukh Khan and Imtiaz Ali have been meeting regularly to discuss the project. Still left in perplexity that whether SRK will be playing the lead role in the film or not.

But one thing cannot be denied that Imtiaz Ali will be a part of the project. Shahrukh Khan has always said that he is keen to work with new talent. On one hand he has already met Anurag Basu and on the other side, the actor is working on a romantic script with Imtiaz Ali. Shahrukh Khan knows it very well that Imtiaz Ali is a very talented director in Bollywood and which is why he is deeply interested to work with him. As reported, Shahrukh might play an extended cameo in the film which is likely to star newcomers and the shooting of the flick will began only when Imtiaz wrap up the shooting of his upcoming film Rockstar.

Deepika to felicitate Yash Chopra

Bollywood hottest diva Deepika Padukone will be honouring the Bollywood director Yash Chopra at an event in Delhi on October 25 at the request of the Swiss government. Even though it is said that Deepika Padukone hasn't ever met the producer-director, the actress, who has acted in his Yash Raj Films' Lafangey Parindey, is feeling happy to honour him for his contribution to Hindi cinema.


However, Deepika Padukone feels this would be a great chance to meet Yash Chopra. She plans to take a break from her upcoming promotion schedule for Break Ke Baad and travel to Delhi for it.

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Knock Out is a political thriller

Bollywood filmmaker Mani Shankar has always been known for his original movies like 16 December, Mukhbiir and Rudraksh. Showing his rude reactions to the plagiarism charges against his recent release Knock Out featuring Irrfan Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Kangana Ranaut.

Mani Shankar told that first of all just because his film shows some shots of a man in a phone booth being targeted by a man with a gun, it doesn't mean that he have made Phone Booth. Defending himself the director said that Phone Booth itself is a copy of Kari Skogland's ‘Liberty Stands Still’.

So Mani Shankar doesn’t see how charges of plagiarism can be targeted at them when the movie is itself not the epitome of originality. L. K. Advani too watched Knock Out in Delhi and found that the film is quite refreshing. Mani concluded by asserting that Knock Out is a multi-layered political thriller about a real scam that nearly ruined our nation.

Yash Chopra felicitated with National Kishore Kumar Award

The most personified filmmaker Yash Chopra has been honoured with the National Kishore Kumar award by the Madhya Pradesh government for the year 2009-10. State Cultural Minister Laxmikant Sharma gave away the award at a ceremony held at late actor-singer Kishore Kumar's birthplace Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh Octtober 13 which also happened to be his 23rd death anniversary.


Yash Chopra, who made movies like Waqt, Deewaar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Dil To Pagal Hai and Veer-Zaara to his credit, was feeling very happy at receiving this award. The Kishore Kumar award, given in fields of direction, acting, script writing and lyrics every year, was instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government in 1997. Bollywood celebrities like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar, Shyam Benegal and Amitabh Bachchan had received the same award before.

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Siddharth Anand bought the rights of 2 States

The awesome filmmaker Siddharth Anand, whose latest movie Anjaana Anjaani that featured Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles is running in the theatres and earning good collections. Siddharth reportedly has bought out the right of Chetan Bhagat’s latest novel ‘2 States.’

The director is ready to make a flick based on the book with Saif Ali Khan playing the lead role. The director even mentioned that he bought the book and fell in love with it's contents at once. Siddharth soon contacted Chetan Bhagat who was then planning of selling the rights with some producers. But after a meeting, Bhagat was impressed with Siddharth Anand so much so that he decided to sell him the rights.

The movie which is said to be a contemporary comedy, will be shot all over India including places like Ahmedabad, Goa and Delhi too. The flick is most probably going to be produced by none other than Sajid Nadiawala. Siddharth Anand has earlier directed films like Bachna Ae Haseeno, Ta Ra Rum Pum and Salaam Namaste. This time too, we wish him all the good luck!!!

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Satish Kaushik to act this time

It's been a long time since people have seen Satish Kaushik do his clowning around tricks on screen. However, you don't have to wait for too long now as the actor-turned-director will be seen making everyone laugh with his tricks in the upcoming multi-starrer Double Dhamaal.

The movie, is being directed by Indra Kumar, and is the second part in the Dhamaal series featuring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Ashish Chowdhry, Riteish Deshmukh and Javed Jaaferi alongwith the gorgeous Kangna Ranaut and Mallika Sherawat. The director Indra Kumar confirmed the news by saying that Satish Kaushik is very much part of the film.

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Shekhar Kapoor to shoot in China

Bollywood fimmaker Shekhar Kapoor has been visiting to China too frequently these days. And the latest news is making rounds in the town that he is making these regular tours for shooting his forthcoming epic Paani overthere.


Filmimg in Mumbai is now ruled out since the script of Shekhar Kapoor’s movie requires him and his art director to construct Mumbai with two sharply demarcated sections: The Upper City and The Lower City. Love and fight is seen when the boy from the lower city peeps into the upper city.

Shekhar Kapoor has visited China at least thrice already this year. The first and the last Bollywood movie to be shot in China was Nikhil Advani’s Chandni Chowk To China that featured Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar. Shekhar also asserted that definitely he'll be starting Paani next year. The team is fully into the pre-production stage.

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YRF’s comes with Band Baajaa Baaraat

Yash Raj Films (YRF) upcoming movie Band Baajaa Baaraat featuring Anushka Sharma and debutant Ranveer Singh in the lead roles will be released on December 10, 2010. The flick is produced by Aditya Chopra and directed by newcomer Maneesh Sharma, who was earlier an Associate Director of Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

The music of the film has been composed by Salim-Sulaiman. Debutant director Ranveer Singh, was selected after his very first audition, having impressed Aditya Chopra right away. 'Band Baajaa Baaraat' is the story of Shruti and Bittoo who are just out of Delhi University.

A chance and unfortunate meeting brings them together to unenthusiastically start a confused entrepreneurial endeavor as Wedding Planners. Their business goes through many thick and thins. So for more you have to wait until December.

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Hirani joins Madhavan

Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani was seen with actor R.Madhavan on Imagine’s finale of Big Money along with stars from the superhit movie 3 Idiots. Rajkumar Hirani was accompanied with Boman Irani, Sharman Joshi and Mona Singh on the show.

The team of 3 Idiots came to play with an aim to win big capital and donate the money to Druks School, Leh where the major sequence of 3 Idiots was shot. The star cast was given a special insurance called Ask Chatur which allowed them to call Omi Vaidya for help.

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Milap Zaveri to cast Jacqueline in his next film

Bollywood director Milap Zaveri's Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai was although a dull attempt. However the director has already planned his next film with Jacqueline and Ritesh Deshmukh in his mind. While Jacqueline has already liked the story, Milap Zaveri had planned it earlier to narrate the script to Ritesh soon.


The director asserted that the movie will be a complete entertainer for sure and he have already signed Jacqueline to play the lead. After working in Jaane kahan Se Aayi Hai with the actress, the director said that he’s pretty much convinced that she fits the part perfectly. Also, he wants Ritesh Deshmukh as the lead hero for the film. Milap Zaveri also said that he wants to make every single movie with Ritesh Deshmukh. And as far as Jacqueline Fernandes is concerned, she's become a part of his extended family.

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Yash Chopra turns 78

Yash Chopra was born on the 27th September 1932 in Lahore, Pakistan. Yash Chopra is married to Pamela and has two sons, Aditya Chopra who is a director and Uday Chopra, an actor. The director turned 78 yesterday. Yash Chopra is one of the most leading directors in the film fraternity.


The director ruled highest during the 70’s when he teamed up with Amitabh Bachchan to deliver some commendable work with Deewar, Silsila and much later with Shahrukh Khan in Dil To Pagal Hai and Darr. Yash Chopra’s films have a good amount of love, brilliant and polished actors, catchy music and beautiful settings. Yash Chopra’s directorial debut was under his brother’s banner B.R Films in 1959 to 1969 with the 1959 film Dhool Ka Phool.

The other movies he made with his brother were Waqt (1965) and Ittefaq (1969). All the movies were successful at the box office and earned lot of acclaim. In 1973 to 1979 Yash Chopra set up Yash Raj Films (YRF) and his first movie under his banner was Daag which was released in 1973. ‘Daag’ was basically an adaptation of Hardy’s Mayor of Casterbridge and featured Rajesh Khanna, Rakhee and Sharmila Tagore in the lead roles and the director even won the Filmfare Best director Award for the movie…

Yash Chopra’s directorial debut was under his brother’s banner B.R Films in 1959 to 1969 with the movie Dhool Ka Phool (1959). The other movies he made with his brother were Waqt (1965) and Ittefaq (1969). All the movies were successful. Yash Chopra has been honoured countless times by the film industry and outside too.

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