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Omkara was screened yesterday at Yash Raj's s studio and the who’s who of the Film Industry graced the event. The movie was appreciated by one and all and even received a standing ovation from the attending glitterati. In fact it’s reported that Industry bigwigs SRK and Aamir Khan were seated till the credits rolled in the end.  So who all were there in attendance? Well apart from SRK and Aamir, there was Ronnie Screwvala (UTV), Farhan Akhtar,  Ritesh Sidhwani, Kareena Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Arbaaz Khan and Malaika, Sanjay Kapoor and Maheep, Neelam, Amrita Arora, Soham [KAAL], Bunty Walia [EK AJNABEE], Ramesh Taurani [of Tips], Ken Ghosh, choreographer-director Ahmed Khan, Niranjan Iyengar [writer of Karan Johar's films] among others. Believe me the list goes on! Here’s wishing all the best to the Omkara team and hope the movie does well at the B.O.

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One movie which everyone is looking forward to or in my dreading is Ram Gopal Varma’s Sholay. Don’t getting me wrong I do like RGV’s eccentric streak and do believe he gave us some great films, but some films are... Continue Reading

After Akshaye Khanna, guess who else is bitten by the singing bug? It’s none other than his namesake Akshay Kumar. Thankfully there is no Himesh R on this project, so you can breath easily. If you are a regular... Continue Reading

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Whatever Big B does, makes news. Now according to industry insiders his millions of fans are in for a treat as the Big will be seen in an item number! And here I thought items numbers are a thing of... Continue Reading

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Looks like I am not the only one who didn’t like Corporate, a film which deals  more with the sleazy side of the business world than focusing on what the corporate world is all about. Now the Associated Chambers of... Continue Reading

I talked about two new movies By UTV yesterday and one of them was Hat-Trick. This movie is directed by Milan Luthria,the man behind Taxi NO. 9211 and as expected has created a lot of buzz. As the name suggests,... Continue Reading

We are all familiar with Rituparno Ghosh and his style of cinema. This is the man who gave us gems like Chokher Bali and Raincoat which in all honesty wasn’t your usual Bollywood fare. Now looks like RG is trying... Continue Reading