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| December 14, 2010 | | 'Awards are really not new to me'
Director Wilson Louis talks about horror film Kaalo winning two awards at the South African Halloween Horror Festival.
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| November 16, 2010 | | Facebook was his idea!
He sued Marc Zuckerberg for $65 million and won. The Social Network focuses on the former Harvard upperclassman's battle. Aseem Chhabra reports.
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| April 07, 2010 | | The man behind The Japanese Wife
Meet Kunal Basu, the novelist of the book which is turned into a movie by Aparna Sen starring Rahul Bose, Raima Sen and a Japanese actress.
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| February 01, 2010 | | 'I am happy Rahman won the Grammy'
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan may lost out on a Grammy win at the 52nd Grammy awards but the maestro is very happy for A R Rahman, who won two Grammies this year.
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| January 22, 2010 | | 'People still call me Parvati'
The actress best remembered for her role as Parvati in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, will be seen co-hosting Crime Patrol with Anup Soni.
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| October 21, 2009 | | 'Gulzar saab is always at his best'
Writer Sunjoy Shekhar has made things easier for Gulzar fans, and has translated 100 songs of the brilliant talent in a book called 100 Lyrics.
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| July 23, 2009 | | An Arranged Marriage you can relate to!
Rajeev Varma on D'Arranged Marriage, a play about Sanjay Gupta, an aspiring New Zealand Indian stand-up comic who spends his life working at his father's corner shop and avoiding the issue of an arranged marriage.
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| May 04, 2009 | | 'Sonam Kapoor is a better actor than Anil'
Currently living in the third floor of Anil Kapoor's bungalow with wife Nirmala Devi, Surinder Kapoor is a recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.
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| April 07, 2009 | | 'I didn't feel unsafe even for a day in Kashmir'
Parzaan Dastur, the small Sikh boy we loved in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, has grown up to become an actor of substance. After starring in the brilliant Parzania, Parzaan is looking forward to his next film, Sikandar, directed by Piyush Jha.
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| April 06, 2009 | | Meet the next king of comedy
With back-to-back comedies like Apna Sapna Money Money, Welcome To Sajjanpur and Golmaal Returns, Shreyas Talpade is steadily becoming the king of comedy.
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| March 12, 2009 | | Meet the youngest comic star on TV
At seven, Saloni Daini is the youngest stand-up comedian in the telly world. She's the most talented in her age group too, proven by the fact that she won Colors' comedy reality show, Chhote Miyan, last week.
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| February 26, 2009 | | 'I cannot work with film-makers who want things instantaneously'
Prasoon Joshi, who was in New York recently for the world premiere of Delhi 6, admits that writing lyrics isn't the only challenge he loves while working on movies. He loves to collaborate on the scripts too, as he did with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's new film, and Rang De Basanti.
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| February 24, 2009 | | Why Gulzar missed the Oscars
Gulzar has been penning beautiful songs for Hindi movies through the years. But it took a Slumdog Millionaire -- and A R Rahman's brilliant music in it -- to get Gulzar his first Oscar nomination.
'Gulzar's lyrics have life'
Lyricist Prasoon Joshi who has worked with the maestro was sure that he would win an Oscar. He also looks up to Gulzar's work and hails him high.
'Kate Winslet said I looked great'
Slumdog's Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar tells rediff.com about her experience in Los Angeles and her Oscar night.
'It wasn't easy to make Dev and Freida dance'
Mumbai-based Longines has been choreographing for 15 years. He has won many dancing titles over the years. But his biggest reward may have been the moment Danny Boyle thanked him for his work in Slumdog Millionaire, on the Oscar stage. He spoke about his experiences.
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| January 30, 2009 | | 'Zoya was sensible, Farhan was a brat'
As Zoya's directorial debut Luck By Chance hits the screens, Honey looks back at her childhood, and how different the two siblings are from each other.
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| January 28, 2009 | | 'It's been an incredible journey'
Oscar nominee Resul Pookutty on his journey from a small village in Kerala to the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards are held.
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| January 12, 2009 | | 'I feel good Slumdog won'
Though Irrfan Khan did not walk the red carpet for Slumdog Millionaire at Golden Globes Awards. He is very happy that he is part of the movie Slumdog Millionaire. As the film won 4 awards for the film in different categories we spoke to Irrfan Khan on how he feels about his film winning the movie and he not being present at the award function.
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| December 29, 2008 | | Exclusive: Suriya on Aamir's Ghajini
Suriya -- Every remake - or even a retake -- is tough. It will never be the same again if a remake is made. It also offers the chance to better the original. That is why I always believed Ghajini's Hindi adaptation would be better than the Tamil version.
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| December 02, 2008 | | 'We should plug this leak once and for all'
Vishal Dadlani has taken a stand against the live broadcast of news channels, which exposed the plans of the military and the National Security Guard, as they tried to overwhelm the terrorists and rescue hostages.
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| November 26, 2008 | | ' Oye Lucky has a darker story'
Less than two years after his first film Khosla Ka Ghosla!, the small budget, runaway hit, film-maker Dibakar Banerjee has made Oye Lucky Lucky Oye. The 37-year old film-maker spoke this week about his new film, how he had taught himself the film-making art and his next project.
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| November 13, 2008 | | When Karan Johar jammed with Vishal-Shekhar
With Karan Johar's films, you can be sure of two things -- lots of style and good music. And Dostana no different. While we have dealt at length with the style, we haven't yet gone into the music part. That's where composers Vishal and Shekhar come in. This is the first time that the duo is composing and singing for Dharma Productions.
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| November 12, 2008 | | ' Dasvidaniya is bigger than Bheja Fry '
Joining the band wagon of making small budget films is Shashant Shah with his Dasvidaniya. Known for working on small budget films, Dasvidaniya stars Vinay Pathak, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Ranvir Shorey and Neha Dhupia.
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| November 10, 2008 | | 'Monica, Rahul are the most selfish people in Bigg Boss '
Former Miss World Diana Hayden is the latest housemate to be evicted from Bigg Boss house. The former beauty queen, who got into the house through a wild card, expressed her displeasure about the dirty games and much more.
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| October 14, 2008 | | The Year's Most Valuable Celebrity Faces
If America is falling into the recession economists fear it is, Angelina Jolie may prove more important than ever. To the country's celebrity magazine editors, that is. Shrinking wallets could mean shrinking readership, and nobody moves magazines like Jolie, according to Forbes.com's second annual analysis of the top-selling celebrity faces.
Meet the Bin Laughin of comedy!
Muslim comedian Azhar Usman describes his act to Arthur J Pais.
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| October 13, 2008 | | 'Himesh's performance is the USP of Karzzzz ''
Actor-director Satish Kaushik is unfazed about Karzzzz. "Comparisons are inevitable but unavoidable. Karzzz is my way of paying homage to the mesmerising cinema of 80's, to Subhash Ghai's revered cult film Karz." Kaushik says. The filmmaker also cannot stop gushing about Himesh Reshammiya [he plays rock star Monty, immortalised by Rishi Kapoor in 1980's reincarnation drama].
'I want Rahul to win Bigg Boss '
Atfer Sambhavna Seth, the latest person to be evicted from the Bigg Boss house is Payal Rohatgi. The struggling Bollywood actress who is known for her best performances in flicks like Corporate, 36 Chinatown and Dhol, was involved in a lot of publicity drawing incidents like getting body massages and revealing her body. She tells Rajul Hegde what all transpired in the house.
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| October 08, 2008 | | Sakshi bids farewell to Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
Sakshi Tanwar on the last day of Kaahani Ghar Ghar Ki. The longest path breaking soap opera will come to an end on Thursday after a successful eight-year run.
'One can see a lot of Chetan Bhagat in his books'
Sharman Joshi talks about his latest movie, a multi-starrer titled Hello, which is an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's bestseller One Night @ A Call Centre.
'I said yes to Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena because of Sushmita'
From the field to television, that's what Wasim Akram, former Pakistan cricket captain has done after retiring from the game. After taking the highest number of wickets in ODIs, he is now judging a dance reality show, Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena with former Miss Universe and Bollywood star Sushmita Sen.
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| October 07, 2008 | | 'I am planning Golmaal 3 with Paresh Rawal'
Rohit Shetty, the director of Golmaal, returns with Golmaal Returns starring Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi and Tusshar Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Celina Jaitley, Amrita Arora, Shreyas Talpade and Anjana Sukhani.
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| October 03, 2008 | | Sidhu's first love? No, not cricket!
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is known for his sharp wit, which he puts to good use as a judge on the reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. Though season four of the show gets over on Friday night, this is not the last of Sidhu -- he will judge the Champions (the best of comedy) show which airs on October 10. Rajul Hegde chatted with the laughter king about the show, his journey and much more...
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| October 01, 2008 | | ' Drona reminded me of my childhood'
Every film has its own villain and Drona is no exception. The villain in this fantasy film directed by Goldie Behl and starring Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra is the charismatic Kay Kay Menon. Critically acclaimed for his performances in films like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd and Corporate, Kay Kay comes from a theatre background. He tells us what we can expect from Drona.
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| September 29, 2008 | | ' Junoon made me a face'
Harshdeep Kaur from Sufi Ke Sultan was crowned the winner of NDTV Imagine's Lux Junoon Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka at its grand finale last weekend.
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| September 25, 2008 | | 'I hope we can score another hit with Raaz 2 '
Mohit Suri, the director of Raaz 2, clears the air about his much-speculated break up with Udita Goswami, his penchant for hard-hitting, intense films from Zeher to Awarapan and of course the Emraan Hashmi connection.
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| September 22, 2008 | | From Full Monty to Slumdog Millionaire
After writing and directing the hugely popular movie about a bunch of male strippers, Simon Beaufoy, directed the Anil Kapoor starrer Slumdog Millionaire. He recounts how he went about it and how India continues to amaze him.
Alina: Diana Hayden will win Bigg Boss
Known for her helpful and hard working nature in the house, Alina was voted out because the housemates thought she was creating misunderstandings among each other.
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| September 17, 2008 | | Much Hulla about making a film
Jaideep Varma is one angry man. You would be too if your film took forever to make. The director of Hulla has been waiting for his film to complete since 2001, when he first wrote the script. Three years later, with no director to take on his script, Jaideep took up the task. Now, after four years, his film starring Rajat Kapoor and Sushant Singh, is finally ready to hit the marquee on Friday.
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| September 16, 2008 | | ' Drona is not like Spider-Man or Superman '
Director Goldie Behl talks about his new film, Drona, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan.
'The very thought of acting with Aamir Khan scares me'
The name Anaitha Nair may not ring a bell but Chak De! India's Aliya Bose is definitely a name to reckon with. Anaitha convincingly played the role of the mischievous Aliya Bose in Chak De! India. Now, she is back, this time opposite John Abraham in Nagesh Kukunoor's Aashayein.
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| September 12, 2008 | | From Rock On to Ru Ba Ru
After giving a great performance in Rock On!!, Shahana Goswami is all set to play in Arjun Chandramohan Bali's Ru Ba Ru. This new kid in the block is all set to make a mark for herself in the industry.
'I was not apprehensive about taking up Dill Mill Gayee '
It's not easy replacing a popular character. But Sukriti Khandpal has not done too bad for herself. The actress, who replaced Shilpa Anand as Dr Riddhima in Dill Mill Gayee, is doing ver well for herself.
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| September 11, 2008 | | 'I was lucky to have a partner like VIP'
From a wild card entrant on Season 2 of Comedy Circus, Juhi Parmar, popular for her soap Kumkum, along with her partner VIP beat Kamya Punjabi and Rajiv Thakur to win the hilarious reality series.
Chase -ing Bollywood dreams
Samir Kochhar, the actor who made Emraan Hashmi's character miserable in the movie, is back with Jag Mohan Mundra's Chase.
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| September 10, 2008 | | ' The Last Lear will release this week'
Noted filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh talks about his first English film starring Amitbah Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Shefali Shah, and the Jaya Bachchan controversy.
'After Aamir , people think I'm a saleable actor'
After the success of Aamir Rajeev Khandelwal is a wanted man -- in a good way, of course. Of all the offers coming his way, the actor has just signed one -- UTV's Spotboy's Peter Gaya Kaam Se.
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| September 09, 2008 | | Playing Big B's live-in girlfriend!
Shefali Shah talks about her role in Rituparna Ghosh's film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal. The film, which is releasing this Friday, is an adaptation of Utpal Dutt's play Aajker Shahjahan.
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| September 02, 2008 | | 'Most of the serials have bad scripts'
Always known as a sensible actor, Aamir Bashir is back with his new film A Wednesday directed by Neeraj Pandey. He plays the role of a police officer in the film.
'Naseer and Anupam Kher are poles apart'
Kolkata-based Neeraj Pandey, who arrived in Mumbai eight years ago to make a career in showbiz, gives us A Wednesday this week, a gritty film about a terrorist and a cop. The film also stars Jimmy Shergill, Rajpal Yadav, Amir Bashir and Deepal Shaw.
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| September 01, 2008 | | 'I was upset when I was nominated in Bigg Boss '
Rakhi Vijan has been voted out of Bigg Boss 2. But the television actress, who was nominated along with Rahul Mahajan, does not think her friendship with Rahul caused her to be voted out.
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| August 28, 2008 | | From Mountain Dew to Hijack
Kunal Shivdesani has made a name for himself directing over 300 commercials for brands like Mountain Dew and Pepsi. Now, he's trying to leave his mark on bollywood with his first full length feature film, Hijack starring Shiney Ahuja, Esha Deol and newcomer Kaveri Jha.
'All my films will have Mr Bachchan'
Sujoy Ghosh has put behind the debacle of Home Delivery as he excitedly moves onto his next offering Aladdin starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh and Jaqueline Fernandes.
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| August 25, 2008 | | 'Comedy is really hard'
British-Indian filmmaker Bharat Nalluri talks about his new film, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.
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| August 19, 2008 | | 'I became a composer because of Amitabh Bachchan'
Vishal Dadlani, who is touring over a dozen cities in North America and Europe with his partner Shekhar Ravjiani with the Unforgettable team, says their music owes a lot to the songs of the 1970s and 1980s. "Never mind what the subject of a film is," he says, "we want to make sure that every composition of ours has a good melody."
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| August 13, 2008 | | Trishna is back!
Trishna is back in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki after a long gap to create havoc in the lives of the Agarwal family. Mita Vashisht, the actress who plays Trishna, tells Rajul Hegde about her comeback and why she thinks Balaji Telefilms rock!
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| August 12, 2008 | | The Ishmeet I Knew
Even two weeks after 19-year old singer, Ishmeet Singh passed away, his friends cannot get over the talented Amul Star Voice of India winner. Shweta Subramanaim, an Indian Canadian playback singer, who made an appearance in Voice of India, knew Ishmeet closely before he drowned in the Maldives. She re-lives Ishmeet's memory.
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| August 07, 2008 | | 'I would be foolish not to use Farhan'
It's not everyday that one gets to direct the man, who directed the brilliant Dil Chahta Hai. But Abhishek Kapoor does just that in Rock On!, in which Farhan Akhtar makes his acting and singing debut.
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| July 31, 2008 | | 'Stallone was very impressed with Indians'
Sajid, who flew back to Mumbai to be with his wife, who just delivered a baby boy, chats with Nithya Ramani, and talks about the Los Angeles shoot with Sly last week.
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| July 29, 2008 | | 'I wasn't aware of the politics in IIFA'
Meet Labh Janjua, the voice behind a host of foot-tapping Punjabi numbers like Mundiya tu bachke (Boom), Pyaar karke (Pyaar Ke Side Effects) and Soni de nakhre (Partner).
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| July 28, 2008 | | Sarkar inspires television show?
After leaving Choona Hai Aasmaan, Iqbal Khan has a new show, Waaris, which airs on Zee TV on Monday. Here the actor talks about the show where he plays the eldest son of a Don.
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| July 17, 2008 | | 'I am just like Dr Armaan'
Karan Singh Grover's charming looks is a big hit with the girls. The actor plays Dr Armaan Mallik (intern) in Dilli Mill Gayye.
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| July 16, 2008 | | 'Who would take the risk of giving me a comedy role?'
Nandita believes in choosing films that resonate with her sensibilities, regardless of the genre of the film. Firaaq marks her directorial debut and with stalwarts like Nasseruddin Shah and Paresh Rawal praising her, it could not get any better.
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| July 09, 2008 | | Gifting Harman-Priyanka another love story
Meet Madhu Rye, the author whose novel -- Kimball Ravenswood -- is being made into a film by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film is a romantic comedy titled What's Your Raashee? and will star Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra.
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| July 07, 2008 | | 'Yash Raj has taken a risk with Bachna Ae Haseeno '
After the debacle of Tashan and Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic, Yash Raj Films is pinning hopes on its next venture, Bachna Ae Haseeno, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Minisha Lamba and Bipasha Basu.
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