The petition termed the ban as a violation of the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19 of the Constitution.
Today's Hindi film mothers are younger, trendier, more mischievous. But, truth be told, says Dinesh Raheja, I still do miss sometimes the comforting presence of the trad mother.
They were allegedly involved in at least five cases of firing in this city and its suburbs, including the incident at Bhatt's office in June.
Emraan Hashmi will play the title role.
While re-releases are in vogue, PVR-INOX is coming up with an Aamir Khan Film Festival where 22 of his movies are being screened over the next few days.
The Kapoor khandaan got together to celebrate the Showman Raj Kapoor's birth centenary with a grand, glittering party in Mumbai.
Mahesh Bhatt, his daughter Pooja and friend Anupam Kher share their thoughts during the launch of Bhatt's book titled The Taste of Life: The Last Days of U G Krishmamurti.
'The Congress may have made mistakes, but their ideology is not wrong. India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity,' declares filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com reports from Lucknow.
'I was feeding off the bond that Ansari and Hathiram had formed during season one.'
Director duo Raksha Mistry and Hasnain Hyderabadwala on their latest movie, a musical, starring Adhyayan Suman, Shahana Goswami, Anjana Sukhani and Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed.
Seeking to clear the air over his son Rahul's connections with terror suspect David Headley, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt on Friday said his family had decided to break to the police information about the contacts between the two.
Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul talks about his famous father who was never around, and other details of his association with the LeT operative David Headley.
Film folk exercise their right to at the Maharashtra assembly elections.
One person has been detained in Uttar Pradesh in connection with an alleged threat and extortion call received by filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, police said on Thursday.
One of India's legends Smita Patil would have been 69 today, October 17.
'My mantra on set to actors has always been, 'Feel... feel'.' 'And Preity would say, 'Feeling... feeling'.'
Ananya drops a picture... Huma gets clicked by Akshay... Divyanka votes...
As Mahesh Bhatt turns 75 on September 20, Subhash K Jha calls him the 'eternal seeker of truth in cinema and in life'.
As Mumbai went to the polls, Bollywood stars did their primary duty for the country and cast their votes.
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
Vasan Bala's ability to jolt our Bollywood conditioned brains into experiencing new forms of menace, turning a John Woo-style prison riot into a Chinese communist movement and showcasing Alia in a savage new light won Sukanya Verma's dil and jigra.
'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.' 'If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.' 'I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.'
'But the truth is that I don't think Bloody Ishq could have been made without Avika.'
But she will continue to star in her Tamil and Telugu movies.
Bloody Ishq comes off looking even more shoddy and ill-conceived when there is so much superior content to entertain the horror buff, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.
Shoaib Akhtar revealed that he was approached for the Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt's crime-drama movie Gangster, which released in 2005 with the offer to play the lead role.
Angry Young Men gloats in Salim-Javed's well-known attributes yet never gains access into the process or passion behind one of Indian cinema's greatest chemistries at work, observes Sukanya Verma.
'...but the incredible person you were.' 'I am deeply thankful for having known you, for the love and the challenges we shared.' On Parveen Babi's 70th birth anniversary on April 4, Mahesh Bhatt pays tribute to the woman who held a special place in his life.
Pippa will be streamed on Amazon Prime from November 10.
'If we see that romance only belongs to the young or to a particular age group, then the whole definition changes.'
Two men had allegedly cheated the 27-year-old actor, who is from Mumbai, by planting drugs on her and sending her to Sharjah under the pretext of an 'audition' while promising her a role in a Hollywood web series.
'Since we are in the same party now, there has to be political camaraderie if nothing more.'
'At his wedding with Patralekha, I officiated as the groom's father as Raj has lost both parents, and that's the relationship we share today.'
Vikram Bhatt's director daughter Krishna wed Vedant Sarda on June 11 in Mumbai.
'Shooting with Pankaj was a delightful experience because he was a charming, easy and effortless singer.'
The differences between brothers Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt have been growing for the last few years.
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