Hollywood eyes Aankhen

Now it is time for Hollywood to take the remaking rights of Hindi films. Indian filmmakers may never take official permission before getting “inspired” from foreign flicks, but now a Hollywood production house has bought over the rights of Aankhen, which released earlier this year.

Producer Gaurang Doshi confirms, “This is a first for Bollywood. The film in English is tentatively being called Three Blind Mice — They Rob. Read on...

Pather Panchali adjudged top Indian film

Satyajit Ray's universally acclaimed film Pather Panchali made in 1955 was adjudged the top Indian film while Masala directed by NRI Srinivas Krishna, has topped the British Film Institute's Web poll for South Asian Cinema. Read on...

Jaya Bachchan goes ladoo over Karisma

Amitabh Bachchan may have wooed women of all nations and generations, but there is only one woman who has held an undisputed sway over the Big B, his mother, the dignified Teji Bachchan. Even his biwi, Jaya Bachchan, once stated that Amitabh makes, 'a better son than a husband.'

Ditto with Abhishek Bachchan. The sonny, though reverent towards his father, has been the rosgolla of his Bengali mum's eye. Read on...

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