Every actor is an attention seeker: Anushka Sharma
byMumbai: Hailing from an army background, Anushka Sharma has led a very quiet and disciplined life, but confesses her profession has now made her an…
Cinema
Vivek Oberoi, I salute you: Naomi Watts
byMumbai: Hollywood actress Naomi Watts is “touched” by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi’s work for the rehabilitation of the tsunami-hit families in Tamil Nadu. She has…
10 best independent films of 2012 (2012 in Retrospect)
byChennai: In a year when big-budget, star-studded Bollywood films and the Rs.100 crore club made headlines, there were some small-budget independent films too, which managed…
Top 10 movies that rocked Bollywood (2012 in Retrospect)
byNew DelhiL: Action, drama, comedy or romance – you name it and Bollywood had it this year. Be it small-budget content-driven films or typical potboilers,…
Barfi! One more failure at the Oscars
byThe Anurag Basu film was as India’s official entry to the Academy Awards 2013, despite the fact that Pan Singh Tomar and GOW released…
Top 10 Bollywood actresses in 2012
byNew Delhi:Be it Sridevi’s comeback, Huma Qureshi’s debut or Priyanka Chopra’s portrayal of an autistic girl – the leading ladies of Bollywood continued to…
‘Don’t blame Bollywood for rapes’
byMumbai: Do explicit movie scenes and double-meaning songs and dialogues incite sexual violence? Many think so. But most directors in the Hindi film industry don’t…
Bollywood entertainers who bid ‘alvida’ (2012 in Retrospect)
byNew Delhi: A maverick filmmaker like Yash Chopra, a superstar like Rajesh Khanna, character artists like Achala Sachdev and A.K. Hangal, famous cinematographer Ashok Mehta…
Paresh Rawal to turn writer in future
byMumbai: Paresh Rawal, who has proved his mettle as an versatile actor, now wants to try his hand at writing. Film direction, however, is not…
‘Barfi!’ out of Oscar race
byLos Angeles: Director Anurag Basu’s “Barfi!” has failed to qualify for the best foreign language film category for the 85th Academy Awards, according to the…