The just released action multi-starrer "Tashan" has received unfavourable reviews, but debutant director Vijay Krishna Acharya is pleased with the film and says he crafted it especially for audiences in the hinterland.
Veteran actor Om Puri, who has just taken over as chairman of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), says he hopes to promote meaningful films that impart a social message.
With films like "Corporate", "Omkara" and "Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal", it has taken the unconventional looking Bipasha Basu about seven years to carve a niche for herself in Bollywood and she says she doesn't want to go and struggle again in Hollywood.
Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker said he was careful in preserving Rajput pride and dignity while making the period drama "Jodhaa Akbar" starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai.
Ram Gopal Varma is a changed person. No longer willing to make films at the drop of a hit. No more the dial-a-quote wizard, this maverick moviemaker has mellowed but says he may remake "Sholay" again notwithstanding the "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag" fiasco.
Customary pre-release jitters notwithstanding, Ashutosh Gowariker looks relaxed and says his epic romance "Jodhaa Akbar", releasing Friday, is not a bare narration of historical facts.
Aishwarya Rai says she as well as the Bachchan household wants to do much more than moviemaking, and the opening of a rural school for girls in Uttar Pradesh named after her is the first step in that direction.
The days of daring and adventurous producers and directors are almost gone, laments the extremely versatile Tom Alter, who has merged into the Hindi film industry and television as a natural-born despite his foreign origin.
Pretty Vidya Balan is elated. The actress, who started her career with a Bengali film, is doing a second one now for director Gautam Haldar and feels the experience is like going back to her roots.
The stage is set for the Balalji Telefilms' awards function that will see megastar Shah Rukh Khan performing Feb 1, but Ekta Kapoor refuses to shake a leg even at her own event.
He used to be known as a soft-porn maker. But after years of struggle against that reputation, Jagmohan Mundhra has acquired a more respectable image with films like "Bawandar" and "Provoked".
The movie "Jodhaa-Akbar" shows the formative years of Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Akbar, who was known as a great warrior, says filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker.
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