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For quite some time now Bollywood has been the biggest movie
industry in the world. But only recently did Hollywood turn its
attention here. And by the look of the Hollywood transactions so
far, it's certain that the partnership is going to flourish. The
Hollywood celebrity couple of Michael Douglas and Catherine
Zeta-Jones recently announced that they are working on a script
which will be filmed in India. Zeta-Jones didn't hesitate to say
that she would pack her whole family and set base in India for the
shoot. This follows another A-list celebrity couple Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie who brought their family to Pune for the filming of
"A Mighty Heart".
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Kids never had it so good. After decades of neglect, the genre
of children's cinema is increasingly finding favour with the dream
merchants of Hindi filmdom. "Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii", "My Friend
Ganesha", "The Blue Umbrella" and now "Nanhe Jaisalmer" have all
hit the marquees within a span of two months. Never before have so
many films for children competed simultaneously with big-budget
potboilers for the attention of producers, distributors, exhibitors
and cine goers.
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The two most awaited films of the year, "Saawariya" and "Om
Shanti Om", are likely to rewrite the rules of film marketing in
India. Both the films are releasing Nov 9 and the distributors have
waged an aggressive publicity campaign. Shah Rukh Khan's 6-pack
abs in "Om Shanti Om" are being used to lure the audience. In
"Saawariya", Ranbir and Sonam Kapoor, the scions of two illustrious
Bollywood families, are touted as the film's high points.
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Book clubs are popular in Australia, but Bollywood Clubs? Yes,
they too exist, with more and more Australians cued on to Hindi
films. Curator Rebecca Bower, whose bedside table doesn't have
books but a laptop and Hindi film DVDs, has formed a Bollywood Club
where a group of women watch and discuss Indian films.
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Time was when you watched a film and exclaimed that it had
captured so much of real life. Today the trend has reversed: we
compare a real life situation to a certain turn of the script in
some film. "Just like in that movie," we say wonderingly. That
sense of wonder has nothing to do with real life; it has everything
to do with reel life. In fact, the image has become more real than
the real thing.
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Comedy is certainly the flavour of the season in Bollywood with
every other comic caper making a killing at the turnstiles and
dime-a-dozen dream merchants scrambling over one another to board
the bandwagon. Among the recent to hit the box office is "Dhamaal".
No sooner was David Dhawan's pop-up comedy flick, "Partner",
declared a hit, another veteran of the genre, Indra Kumar, seems
poised to hit a homerun with his latest offering "Dhamaal", which
released Friday.
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From "Piya tu ab to aaja" to "Dum maro dum" and "Kambakht ishq",
singing diva Asha Bhosle has been enthralling listeners with her
vivacious and versatile numbers for more than six decades. And the
singing legend, who turned 74 Saturday, is still going strong. From
Madhubala to Helen in the older films to newer actresses Urmila
Matondkar and Kareena Kapoor, these screen scorchers are all bound
by a common thread - the evergreen voice of Asha.
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Two remakes of two huge hits - both coincidentally from the
1970s - are released in one week to great expectations... but sink
without a trace. So, the question arises - do we really need
remakes? The most memorable remake fiasco was by none other than
mighty Ram Gopal Varma. His "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag", made with an
obscenely high budget and big stars, is a re-styled and re-modelled
version of Ramesh Sippy's 1975 cult film "Sholay". But it sank at
the box office without a trace.
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Be it the softly romantic "Pyar hua iqraar hua" from "Sri 420"
or the frankly sensual "Aaj rapat jayen" from "Namak Halaal", rain
songs have been a constant in Bollywood films down the ages. Here,
stars and directors list their favourites: Saif Ali Khan: My
favourite rain song will have to be "Tip tip barsa pani" from the
film "Mohra". I like the lyrics and the ambience created by the
tune.
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Bollywood may not ever develop as broad a global market as
Hollywood, but it seems set to become a financier and marketer of
global products - created at home or abroad, says Newsweek
magazine. The ticket sales for Indian productions are rising
fastest outside India, even as its increasingly wealthy middle
class heads to the box office at home for more unconventional fare,
the magazine notes in its Sep 10 issue citing
PricewaterhouseCoopers projections.
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From indolent Nawabs chewing betel nuts to regular denizens
going about their day-to-day life even as they surmount subtle
signs of marginalisation and alienation, the caricature of Indian
Muslims on Indian celluloid has undergone many changes. The just
released "Dhokha", revolves around a Muslim police officer in
Mumbai who finds nothing in common with suicide bombers from his
own community but is faced by the same questions that bog many in
the minority community in India.
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It is the day when Bollywood brothers get misty eyed remembering
their sisters and the special filial bonding that is strengthened
with a silken thread on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Actor
Tusshar Kapoor says: Getting the rakhi tied by my sister Ekta is
something I look forward to every year. Of course, I'll gift her
with something. But what does one give to a girl who has
everything? Ekta is the coolest and smartest sister in the world
and I want her to remain that way.
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Bollywood actor Salman Khan's parents had to return
disappointed from the city jail Monday after authorities refused to
let them meet their imprisoned son as the visiting time had
elapsed. Salman's father Salim Khan and his mother Salma arrived
in the city in the afternoon and went straight to the Jodhpur
Central Jail to meet Salman, who is serving a prison term for
hunting an endangered deer in 1998.
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