Scent of the Big B

Bollywood's top actor Amitabh Bachchan is all set to launch a French perfume to be named after him.

"The fragrance, created by the French perfume industry-Lomani, is a reflection of the actor's character, an expression of his personality and innate style", according to a release here on Friday. Read more...

LoC in trouble

Barely had the early controversies died down, J P Dutta's LoC sparked off another out of control war between the artistes and their director. To start with they were made to shoot in freezing temperature about -10 degrees celsius. The unit members were made to climb mountains lugging lights and equipments in such conditions. Read more...

Mel Gibson to film Passion in Latin

A film in two ancient tongues with no subtitles? The off-beat formula hardly sounds like the recipe for a hit movie but Mel Gibson thinks language should be no barrier. Passion ,a Gibson-directed flick about Christ's last 12 hours, will be in Latin and Aramaic.

"For me that's more real, and hopefully I'll be able to transcend language barriers with filmic storytelling," Gibson told reporters today Read more...

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