Director Kabir Khan who has just finished a gruesome four month long schedule of the movie ‘Kabul Express’ in Afghanistan is back home and giving finishes touches to the film.

Starring John Abraham and Arshad Warsi as two Indian journalists on an assignment to cover the Taliban’s hold on Afghanistan, Kabul Express draws on the director’s own experiences of shooting in the troubled country. With his entire shooting complete, Kabir has no reason to go back anytime soon. (more…)

Shooting of B.R.Films eagerly-awaited ‘Baabul - a family saga’ with strong social message, is now going at a break neck speed since the filmmakers want to release it during Diwali this year.

The shooting of the film will be completed by July with Scenes and songs, including the one rendered by Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan, will be picturised. Aadesh Srivastava has scores the music while lyrics are by Sameer.

Being made under the banner of B.R.Films, the film is being produced by B.R.Chopra and directed by Ravi Chopra who earlier gave superhit ‘Baghban’ which was on the lines of aged couple forced to live apart and tormented by their unconcerned children. (more…)

Award-winning director Deepa Mehta after the success of ‘Water’ is now planning to make a film on the lives of Indians who were refused entry into Canada nearly a century ago.

Mehta and producer David Hamilton are working on the project about the voyage of the Japanese liner ‘the Komagata Maru’. The film is expected to start shooting next year in Canada, India and possibly Japan.

The film tentatively titled ‘Exclusion’ is based on real events when more than 300 were Indians barred from Vancouver harbour, Canada in 1914. On their return to India, passengers were arrested and British colonial officials planned to send them back home to the northern state of Punjab. Some refused to go and 20 were killed when police opened fire on a demonstration. (more…)

The ongoing film festival in Jaipur under Rajasthan Day celebrations is getting an overwhelming response from movie lovers and all the cinemas are going full house. People are queuing up to theatres to watch their favourite flicks.

The department of tourism is providing free tickets of various films in theaters on first come first serve basis. According to tourism department sources, these shows are being screened at 9 am every morning.

During the festival, films like coloured version of K. Asif’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Khakee’ and ‘Baghban’ and Aamir Khan starrer ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Dil’ are being screened. The festival will also screen this year top grosser and Aamir Khan starrer ‘Rang De Basanti’. (more…)

Versatile actor Paresh Rawal is fed up doing mostly comic roles and want filmmakers to offer him serious roles. He is also upset with the poor state of comedy in Bollywood and thinks it is heading towards doom.

You have yet another comic release coming up.

I have just returned from shooting for Ahmed Khan's 'Fool and Final', which is another caper. I'm seriously fed up. I won't touch anything dubious. But 'Malamaal Weekly' was enjoyable. The flavour is not farcical. It's not just a comedy, or a family film or a thriller. The pleasure of working with Omji (Om Puri) in an entire film is rare. It gave me a chance to rejuvenate myself as an actor. I am his fan. It's very rare to come across actors who aren't selfish.

But your director, Priyadarshan said there was healthy rivalry between you and Om?

Oh yes, it was great fun improvising between the two of us, and to see who would get the last word in. There are only a few people in the film industry that I admire as actors and human beings. Omji is one of them. He is such a sweetheart. (more…)

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan put to rest a weekend of media speculation about the state of his health by arriving on the sets of Ravi Chopra’s Baabul at 3.20 pm on Monday. The media was abuzz with rumours that the actor was still not well from his illness and might go for another surgery.

Amitabh who had resumed shooting a week ago after a two-month hiatus following abdominal surgery was slated to leave for Kolkata on Saturday but cancelled the trip at the last minute citing health problems.

He, however, resumed shooting for the last leg of ‘Baabul’ at Filmcity studios in Andheri on Monday afternoon. Clad in a white kurta-pyjama, he stepped out of his Lexus and walked straight to his vanity van, seemingly oblivious to the posse of shutterbugs. (more…)

After convincing Amitabh Bachchan to sing for Ravi Chopra’s ‘Baabul’, music director Aadesh Shrivastava has now cajoled Salman Khan to give his vocals for this sentimental number.

It was producer-director Ravi Chopra unique idea to make Salman sing for the film. The song is a sensitive father-son number which will be picturised on Amitabh and Salman. (more…)