Despite decent performances and good camera work, Ram Gopal Varma's Phoonk ultimately doesn't work mostly because of the way it ends.
August 22 is a great day for Sudeep for two reasons -- His first Hindi film Phoonk debuts on this day, and his Kannada film Mussanje Maathu completes 100 days.
In a shocking incident, a 40-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two Haryana Armed Police personnel and a civilian near Governor A R Kidwai's official residence in Chandigarh in the wee hours of Thursday.
The final five will have to watch the film on August 21 at Mumbai's Fame Inorbit Mall at 7 pm. The one who can sit through the horror film, Phoonk, alone in the theatre, will win Rs 5 lakh.
Shekhar Kapur's much-delayed film will star Ranbir Kapoor, not Aamir Khan.
A local tabloid recently reported that Mallika Sherawat will star in Ram Gopal Varma's upcoming film, Contract. However, the truth is that the actress is not a part of the film -- she is just a part of some clever publicity.
The director tells us that Phoonk is a very scary film. Are you looking forward to it? Tell us!
The SP has slammed the government's ordinance and said it could impose an Emergency.
This summer, infact the first half of this year has been quite dry with hardly any hits.
As part of their Sarkar Raj promotions, Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan arrived in Delhi on Monday along with director Ram Gopal Varma. Here are some excerpts from their media interaction.
Last year itself we've seen some really big doozies like No Smoking, Saawariya and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, to mention a few. The question is which is your least favourite film?
80-year-old Singh, who is the Leader of the Upper House, was recently elected a member of Rajya Sabha from Assam for the fifth consecutive term.
In conversation with Sudeep on his first Hindi movie, Phoonk and furure projects.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Suspended Noida engineer-in-chief Yadav Singh faces a CBI probe into alleged corruption on a PIL accusing him of amassing huge property disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Ram Gopal was awarded "Community Bridge Award" for 2007 during the celebration of the Lunar New year.
On Tuesday, the government had agreed to refer it to the committee.
Amitabh Bachchan stresses the need for India to fight cancer aggressively. Later the Bachchan family prayed at Sri Sailam temple outside Hyderabad.
Rishi Kapoor is expected to bless the cast and crew of Himesh's Karzzz tomorrow.
The suggestion is this: All PhD degrees must have an expiry date. The reasons for putting in an expiry date are so self-evident that they do not merit reiteration. We did not get the opportunity to discuss just how long the validity period should be. But I imagine 10 -12 years would do nicely.
Director R Balki talks about his debut film Cheeni Kum.
Ram Gopal Varma isn't the most popular director in Bollywood these days.
Babbar, who had of late launched a vitriolic attack against party General Secretary Amar Singh, was suspended from the parliamentary party on Tuesday.
While last year was a great year for the Hindi film industry, the year 2007 has barely seen any big hits.
'How can Netaji forget Amar Singh called him names? He has come back to Netaji because he failed to gain entry in any political party.'
Aftab Shivdasani talks about his latest, Red.
We have seen Ram Gopal Varma's films, and know of his talent. But how many of us actually know how he became a director? Did you know, for example, that RGV was an engineer before he became a director? And that had he accepted a well-paying job in Nigeria, he would have never become a director!RGV writes about his early days in his blog. We quote.
Model Prashant Raj Sachdev on his role in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag.
Shimit Amin, director of Chak De! India, tells Raja Sen why audiences can expect their money's worth.
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