Move over all the Jalebis and Munnis! As the British-born ‘My name is Sheila’ girl Katrina Kaif has now taken the lead with ‘Chikni Chameli’. Industry members are smitten with the song. They feel it will definitely be a USP of Karan Johar’s remake of his father’s classic “Agneepath”, and overshadow “Munni”, “Sheila”, “Shalu” and [...]
By Neena Badhwar Dev Anand, the suave, debonair evergreen actor of Indian cinema is no more. He passed away in London at the age of 88 when he was there holidaying for a couple of weeks. Dev Anand died peacefully in his sleep of a heart attack. Dev Anand’s film career spanned six decades when [...]
Philip Glass presents a masterpiece opera of social change – ‘Satyagraha’ – an inspirational retelling of Gandhi’s formative philosophical experiences as a young man in South Africa. The minimalist score, sung in Sanskrit, features lyrics drawn from the Bhagavad Gita. Phelim McDermott’s visually extravagant production uses large-scale puppetry, acrobatics, and supertitles to create a moving, [...]
Farhan Akhtar By Neeru Saluja It all started in the summer of 2001. Fresh out of college, ready to embrace the corporate life and struggling to take the leap of love, he brought all of us 20 something’s an answer. Like a fresh breeze he gave us a reason to love and laugh with his [...]
By Neena Badhwar Shammi Kapoor, with his inimitable style, was the Elvis Presley of Indian cinema. He was a dancing sensation of the sixties who used to steal every one’s heart with easy yet a unique style of his own. For all NRIs who were lover of the Shammi Kapoor enigma followed him loyally [...]
Inspired by the huge success and influence of Bollywood movies, SBS is bringing a taste of Bollywood to Australia with a brand new commission, Bollywood Star. This four-part series, made for SBS by WTFN Entertainment (Bondi Vet, Keeping up with the Joneses), follows the search for an Australian Bollywood star: an unknown who will go [...]
Giselli Monteiro Helen in ‘Howrah Bridge’ By Neeru Saluja They look different to the mainstream actresses but audiences love them. They barely are able to speak Hindi but their fans love listening to them. They sometimes can’t perform the latkas jatkas like the aamchi Mumbai girl but when they dance on screen everyone whistles. [...]
Rahul Deshprabhu, Visual Effects Technical Director of ‘Avatar’ movie By Neeru Saluja The year 2009 revolutionized the visual effects industry with Oscar winning Avatar. Who could ever believe that they would be able to visualise and experience a fictional planet? It was like a dream world that came alive – where love, hatred and [...]
Shahid and Kareena in ‘Jab We Met’ By Neeru Saluja They were together for 25 years and had four children. Their marriage was considered as one of the most successful Hollywood weddings. Their divorce shook up the whole industry and the sanctity of marriage was being questioned. It was all over the headlines – former [...]
Ash Mehta, Ms Sandra Pupatello (Minister of Economic Development and Trade – Ontario, Canada) and Ashish Chawla City of Melbourne is miles ahead in things Indian specially Bollywood. Commonwealth Games and the 11 Bollywood segment brought whos who of Bollywood. Mind Blowing Films have held successful Bollywood festival as well as hosting the biggest [...]