The next 12 months will see many world cinema heavyweights unveiling exciting new films.
'All the actresses we approached for the role of Sakeena were demanding a lot of money. After a point, we collectively decided that we would cast a new face opposite Sunny Deol and the money that we would save by doing so, we would give it to Amrish Puriji and get him onboard for the role of Mayor Ashraf Ali. I was completely okay with signing a new heroine but there is no alternative to Amrish Puriji in the industry.'
Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride. Like Michael Corleone, he got into it with the best of intentions, and got out of it on top but lost in the heights. Sreehari Nair revisits the film as it turns 50 this month.
Let's visit the Charles M Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California, home to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and Linus?
We tell you what kept Deepika, Sonakshi, Akshay busy!
The actress sings for the Hindi version, while Jennifer Lopez sings for the international version.
The growth of a credible, objective news media business in India requires political will and a belief in free speech.
Whether you're a kid, accompanying one or neither of the two, there are still lots of reasons to catch Despicable Me 3, says Sukanya Verma.
The show was cancelled after the actor's recent radio rant against creator Chuck Lorre.
Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here!
Sairat is the first Marathi film to cross Rs 100 crore.
India's news broadcasters are a national shame that have polarised Indians, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Valentina Sampaio is the first transgender model to be featured in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.
The credit crunch means that even a superstar director has to accept some pretty stiff financial terms.
Will Priyanka start a family? Or does she have some career aces up her sleeve? Longtime Rediff.com contributor Aseem Chhabra, author of
Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here!
Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here!
The commanding worldwide success of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is yet another example of Hollywood summer movies continuing to do smash business worldwide.
Budget to match that of smash-hit sci-fi Avatar, the most expensive movie made till date.
ASA Productions' and Vision Jeeva Studio's Tamil movie Muthirai fails to capitalise on its potential.
'Hot Mess Holiday airs on December 11 -- it's a really fun story.'
Fox Star Studio India, the distributor of Slumdog Millionaire in the country, has managed to gross around Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) from the markets, surpassing collections of some of the biggest Bollywood hits of last year such as Rock On.
'My producer earns, I earn. It's a win-win situation.'
Warner Bros is reportedly planning to give the last instalment of Harry Potter series a 3-D touch.
In a major boost to Indian cinema's bid to globalise its operations, Bollywood player Eros International has signed a deal with Lionsgate, Hollywood's top independent studio, for the distribution of their films and third-party products in each other's markets.
Ellen Pompeo aka Meredith Grey takes on the pay gap problem in entertainment like a badass.
Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA Group formalised its association with DreamWorks Studios promoted by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and his partner Stacey Snider.
'He was a magnificent looking man -- perhaps the best looking international actor of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, even in the current century. And quite definitely the first actor from Asia to make it big in the West,' says Aseem Chhabra.
In a statement posted on his official Twitter handle, the actor's family said he was diagnosed with the disease in 2016.
In what would be a significant boost to the domestic entertainment industry, the United States has been roped in as the partner country for the 2009 Ficci Frames - the annual global convention on the entertainment and media industry that is partly sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It will be the tenth year of Ficci Frames next year.
Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui make a global statement on the power of Indian cinema, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'The way the winners react and the speeches they deliver.' 'That is where the fun happens, when the actors and other winners let down their guard, challenge the system, talk about issues that should matter to us,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Pegged at $1.8 billion in construction deal size, The London Resort, which is located 17 minutes outside London, has attracted bids from three other construction majors from across the world.
Here's what your favourite Hollywood stars have been up to.
A lesson for Jeetendra from Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor delivering gas and Susan Sarandon-Jessica Lange's caustic retelling of the infamous Bette Davis-Joan Crawford feud, Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week turned out to quite a blast from the past.
British-Indian filmmaker Bharat Nalluri talks about his new film, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.
If you're looking for thrills, chills and spills, this is not the place for you. You would be better served by renting a Bourne flick or even a Michael Bay one on DVD.
