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The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards and were initially referred to as the Clare Awards after the editor of The Times of India, Clare Mendionca. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, “in contrast to the National Film Awards, which [...]
Bollywood star Aamir Khan, enjoying unprecedented public acclaim with his hit film “3 Idiots”, has been conferred with Padma Bhushan, the nation’s third highest civilian honour.
Composers A.R. Rahman, who shone at the Oscars last year with his double golden statuette win, and Ilaiyaraaja have also been honoured with the Padma Bhushan on the eve of Republic Day.
Bollywood veteran Rekha, 55, has been conferred the Padma Shri, the fourth highest honour, after four decades in the Indian film industry.
Saif Ali Khan, Resul Pokutty, Arundhati Nag have also been awarded the [...]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan, enjoying unprecedented public acclaim with his hit film “3 Idiots”, has been conferred with Padma Bhushan, the nation’s third highest civilian honour.
The 44-year-old, who struck gold at the box office with his latest outing “3 Idiots” that grossed over Rs.375 crore at the worldwide box office, is already a recipient of the Padma Shri.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Anusha Rizvi’s directorial debut “Peepli Live”, which is produced by Bollywood star Aamir Khan, will be screened at the 60th Berlinale film festival Feb 11-21.
The film, which will be among 22 to be shown in Berlinale Special section, is a satire on rural life in India. It features Raghuvir Yadav along with the debutant actors from Madhya Pradesh.
The Berlinale Special is part of the festival’s official programme and presents recent works by contemporary filmmakers and re-screens historical works. The filmmakers will attend the premieres and present their films.
“Peepli Live” will have its world premiere [...]
Bollywood Miss Universes Sushmita Sen who has worked with King khan SRK, macho man Salman Khan, chote nawab Saif Ali Khan and even most stylist person Fardeen Khan, all famous khan stars working with Susmita, but in his time never work or name suggested with Aamir Khan.
After watching 3 Idiots she want to feels and may now end up working with Aamir Khan. The firebrand actress says that earlier she didn’t see herself fitting in with Aamir. However, with Bollywood cinema changing and films like Wake Up Sid happening, she feels, sooner or later Aamir and she may end [...]
The next Aamir Khan film ‘Peepli Live’ starring Raghuvir Yadav, is for adults only. We hear the perfectionist star was given the option of making a few cuts and getting a ‘U’ rating for the film but Aamir was cool with the ‘adults only’ tag and refused any and all cuts.
The movie, sadly, doesn’t star Aamir and has Raghuvir Yadav, playing a distraught farmer who announces his suicide in advance. Nawaz, a reporter who hears about the case wants to break the news. The news catches the attention of politicians and news channels who want [...]
Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has apologised for bursting out at the media during a press conference on his latest film 3 Idiots, which has grossed over Rs 100 crore in the first four days. The Bollywood producer lost his cool when asked about Chetan Bhagat’s claim and asked a reporter to shut up.
During the press conference of 3 Idiots on Friday in Noida, a journalist asked whether 70 per cent of the film was taken from Chetan Bhagat’s book. Chopra asked him back whether he had seen the movie and read the book. The jurno replied that he [...]
MUMBAI (AFP) – Perfectionist Aamir Khan to bring festive cheer to the industry after a disappointing 2009 hit by a producers’ strike, swine flu fears and a lack of box office success.
The actor-producer-director’s heavily-marketed “3 Idiots”, based on Chetan Bhagat’s best-selling debut novel “Five Point Someone” about three struggling students at a business school, is released on Friday, Christmas Day.
Bollywood watchers hope Khan — known for only making one big film per year in an industry where leading actors can be working on several films at the same time — can replicate his previous year-end successes.
His 2008 Christmas [...]
MUMBAI: Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has said that his latest film ‘3 Idiots’ releasing on Thursday will later be available on
“This is the first film ever that can be downloaded and viewed on YouTube. But, we are yet to take a decision as to when it should be allowed for downloading legally after 8-12 weeks or later,” Chopra said.
Responding to questions on reports that multiplexes had hiked the ticket prices of ‘3 Idiots’ steeply, Chopra said ticket pricing was the prerogative of the multiplex owners. “But, I will still check on the prices. I want audiences from all sections [...]
MUMBAI – Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh flaunted six-pack abs, but Shahid Kapoor is doing two better — he will show off eight-pack abs in his forthcoming film “Chance
Pe Dance”.
Trainer Abbas Ali said they managed to achieve the new look in a very short time for
“Chance Pe Dance”, directed by Ken Ghosh.
“Shahid had to look cosmetically presentable. After ‘Kaminey’ we had only two months in hand to change his complete look. It’s Shahid’s sheer hard work, dedication and consistency that transformed him from what he used to look a couple of years ago to his present look,” Abbas [...]
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