Filmmaker Karan Johar says he attends award ceremonies to either receive awards or money. There are a few Bollywood actors who have taken a stand against award ceremonies. Asked about it, Karan said at the 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 conference here on Friday: "In our industry, there are only a handful people who have taken a stand against it...
Film: "Vangaveeti"; Director: Ram Gopal Varma; Cast: Sandeep Kumar, Vamsi Nakkanti, Vamsi Chaganti and Naina Ganguly; Rating: ***1/2 In "Vangaveeti", based on the gang warfare of the 1980s in Vijayawada, Ram Gopal Varma has spilt more blood than ever, leaving this partly fictionalised story of true events so gory that it lo...
Actress Nayanthara took the entire unit of her upcoming Tamil drama "Dora" by surprise when she finished dubbing for her portion in a single day. The film's director Doss Ramaswamy is amazed by her commitment, says a source. "It usually takes a couple of days or even more to dub for a leading character. However, Nayanthara finished dubbing for her portion ...
Actors Robo Shankar and Vinod, who played Dhanush's sidekicks in Tamil action-comedy "Maari", will be back in the film's sequel which is currently in the scripting stage. "Maari 2" will go on the floors next year. Balaji Mohan will helm "Maari 2", and he recently got Dhanush to lock the final draft script of the film. "It is not sure whether t...
"Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher suffered a massive heart attack while on a plane on Friday and was put on a ventilator, reports said on Saturday. Fisher, 60, who famously plays 'Princess Leia' in the sci-fi saga, was flying from London to Los Angeles to promote her new book, the BBC reported. Reports said she suddenly went into a cardia...
There are outstanding films. Then there is "Dangal". A film so rich in the flavours of homegrown emotions you feel you are floating in a field of aromatic sensation for close to three hours without feeling manipulated. You come away from this experience so moved and so much wiser that you wonder why cinema can't be so rewarding more oft...
The journey of making a good film does not end just there, says producer Guneet Monga, whose movie "Haraamkhor" faced a roadblock from the censor board for telling an "objectionable" tale of romance between a teacher and a teenage student, but has now been cleared by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) for release on January 13, 2017. ...
Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan, whose new project 'My Country My Music' is about popularising Indian folk music, says the youth in India respond to this genre in an overwhelming way....
The first teaser of Dhanush's upcoming Tamil romantic actioner "Enai Nokki Paayum Thota" will be unveiled on Saturday, the makers said. ...
Actor Ajith Kumar has wrapped up a major schedule of his tentatively titled upcoming Tamil actioner "Thala 57" in Bulgaria and is en route to India to ring in Christmas with his wife and family....
