Bollywood personalities remember Aadesh Shrivastava
Subhash K Jha (DNA; September 6, 2015)Having known Aadesh Shrivastava and his wife Vijayta for many years, I wonder how she is going to survive without him. “Please come and see him. You may not get to...
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For someone who has always advocated friendship across party lines, Shatrughan Sinha now has an army of adversaries within the BJP. The Bihari Babu opens up about his disaffectionsShreevatsa Nevatia...
View ArticleWhy Hrithik Roshan didn’t dance in Dheere Dheere Se song?
DNA (September 6, 2015)While there have been mixed reactions (and especially on Yo Yo Honey Singh’s playback) to the hit ’90’s song Dheere Dheere from Aashiqui, a little birdie tells us why we didn’t...
View ArticleMy biggest desire is to have Narendra Modi on Comedy Nights With Kapil-Kapil...
Meena Iyer (BOMBAY TIMES; September 6, 2015)The security personnel outside India's most famous stand comedian Kapil Sharma's vanity van scrutinise passers-by with an eagle eye. Their sense of purpose...
View ArticleMeet the women managers of successful Bollywood stars
Behind the onscreen appearances and the brouhaha, there goes a lot of moral support and crisis management. sunday mid-day speaks to a few spirited managers who are anchors to eminent celebritiesRia...
View ArticleWelcome Back collects 14.25 cr on Day 1
Box Office India Trade NetworkWELCOME BACK has grossed approx 14.25 crore nett on day one. The collections are very similar to ABCD 2 and it will be either the second biggest or third biggest opening...
View ArticlePhantom collects 47.95 cr in 8 days
Box Office India Trade NetworkPHANTOM got hit badly by WELCOME BACK as it grossed in the 0.9-1 crore nett range. The film had grossed around 2.75 crore nett on Thursday and weekdays had normal trending...
View ArticleWelcome Back collects 31 cr in 2 days
Box Office India Trade NetworkWELCOME BACK had a good second day as it grossed 16.75 crore nett. The film is doing very well in core Hindi circuits. The first two day business of WELCOME BACK are as...
View ArticleAmyra Dastur parties on an open bus in London for Ticket To Bollywood
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 7, 2015)Amyra Dastur, who returned from London on August 25, with gold streaked, brown locks, admits that it's been a wild, month-long schedule for her...
View ArticleHow Neil Nitin Mukesh paid his mom back after 21 years...
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 7, 2015)Neil Nitin Mukesh who recently wrapped up the last leg of his shooting schedule for Sooraj Barjatya's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo has an interesting connection...
View ArticleAmrita Rao asks for a daily remuneration of Rs 7 lakh to do a TV show?
Sonali Joshi Pitale (MID-DAY; September 7, 2015)For quite a while now, there has been speculation about Amrita Rao making her telly debut. After two offers supposedly fell through, the actress is now...
View ArticleAkanksha Puri and her Calendar Girls director Madhur Bhandarkar have a lot in...
Hiren Kotwani (BOMBAY TIMES; September 7, 2015) Call it coincidence that Akanksha Puri, who makes her debut in Calendar Girls, has a couple of things in common with the film's director Madhur...
View ArticleAbhishek Kapoor & wife Pragya Yadav are expecting their first baby?
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 7, 2015)Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who tied the knot with Swedish-Indian actress and model, Pragya Yadav, on May 4, 2015, should turn dad before the year is out....
View ArticleOm Puri goes globe-trotting; to shoot with Baba Ramdev
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 7, 2015)Om Puri, who is currently film ing Gurinder Chadha's Viceroy's House in Jodhpur, will be flying off to Bradford next, to shoot a British drama, Lies We...
View ArticleMeri kadar badh gayi hai-Gaurav Gera
Gaurav Gera aka Chutki on the windfall from his internet popularityChaya Unnikrishnan (DNA; September 7, 2015)Gaurav Gera became a household name as Jassi’s best friend Nandu in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin....
View ArticleRohit Shetty, Remo Dsouza, Kabir Khan, Karan Johar talk highly of Sooraj...
BOMBAY TIMES (September 7, 2015)Even as they get ready for their dream debut in Hero, produced by Salman Khan and Subhash Ghai, Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty are well-prepared for the scrutiny that...
View ArticleAnees Bazmee has been ousted from the Welcome franchise?
Anirban Das (MID-DAY; Septmber 7, 2015)Welcome Back, the sequel to 2007 action comedy Welcome, may have hit theatres only four days ago, but its opening weekend collections seems to have prompted the...
View ArticleAadesh Shrivastava told me he had a special melody for me-Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha never got to hear the track Aadesh Shrivastava composed for Gangaajal 2 before his untimely deathRoshmila Bhattacharya (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 7, 2015)For almost five years Aadesh...
View ArticleAny girl would be flattered to have Hrithik Roshan romance her-Sonam Kapoor
Meena Iyer (BOMBAY TIMES; September 7, 2015)Sonam Kapoor is celebrating the response to the mint fresh version of Dheere Dheere that got nine million hits in just five days. While the original song is...
View ArticleHrithik Roshan offered 2 films, but he seems to be biding his time?
Sonali Joshi Pitale (MID-DAY; September 7, 2015)Looks like Hrithik Roshan, who is currently shooting for Ashutosh Gowariker’s Mohenjo Daro, is in no hurry to sign his next film. Gossip mills have it...
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