Covering Bollywood and the Hindi Cinema

After the UK B.O. Charts, lets see what movies are doing well and what movies are bombing on the Indian B.O.

1) Bhagam Bhag
2) Dhoom 2
3) Kabul Express
4) Vivah
5) I See You

Here is the U.K. Box Office Performance of Bollywood films  according to IndiaFM.    * BHAGAM BHAG has debuted at No. 7 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 197,180 [approx. Rs. 1.71 crores] on 45 screens, with... Continue Reading

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna)
Arshad Warsi (Lage Raho Munnabhai)
Atul Kulkarni (Rang De Basanti)
Kunal Kapoor (Rang De Basanti)
Nana Patekar (Taxi No. 9211)
Sharman Joshi (Rang De Basanti)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Gul Panag (Dor)
Kirron Kher (Rang De Basanti)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Omkara)
Ratna Pathak Shah (Yun Hota To Kya Hota)
Seema Biswas (Vivah)

Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male/Female)
Aamir Khan (Fanaa)
Esha Deol (Ankahee)
Saif Ali Khan (Omkara)
Shah Rukh Khan (Don)
Shiney Ahuja (Gangster)

Best Actor In A Comic Role (Male/Female)
Om Puri (Malamaal Weekly)
Ranveer Shorey (Khosla Ka Ghosla)
Shreyas Talpade (Dor)
Tusshar Kapoor (Golmaal)
Uday Chopra (Dhoom2)

Best Background Music
Dor (Salim-Sulaiman)
Fanaa (Salim-Sulaiman)
Gangster (Raju Singh)
Omkara (Vishal Bharadwaj)
Rang De Basanti (AR Rahman)

Best Music
Aksar (Himesh Reshammiya)
Fanaa (Jatin Lalit)
Jaan-E-Mann (Anu Malik)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
Rang De Basanti (AR Rahman)
Omkara (Vishal Bharadwaj)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
KK (‘Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai…’ – Gangster)
Sshaan (‘Chand Sifarish…’ – Fanaa)
Sonu Nigam (‘Bawri Piya…’ – Baabul)
Sukhwinder Singh (‘Omkar…’ – Omkara)
Shafqat Amanat Ali (‘Mitwaa…’ – Kabhi Alvida naa Kehna)
Zubin Garg (‘Ya Ali…’ – Gangster)

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Alka Yagnik (‘Tumhi Dekho Naa…’ – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna)
Anusha Manchanda (‘Golmaal, Golmaal…’ – Golmaal)
Rekha Bharadwaj (‘Namak Ishq…’ – Omkara)
Shreya Ghoshal (‘O Saathi Re…’ – Omkara)
Sunidhi Chauhan (‘Beedi Jalayale…’ – Omkara)

Best Lyrics
Gulzar (‘Beedi Jalayale…’ – Omkara)
Javed Akhtar (‘Mitwaa…’ – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna)
Prasoon Joshi (‘Subhanallah…’ – Fanaa)
Mir Ali Husain (‘Ye Hausla…’ – Dor)
Swanand Kirkire (‘Bande Mein Tha Dum…’ – Lage Raho Munnabhai)

Best Story
Gafla (Sameer Hanchate)
Gangster (Mahesh Bhatt)
Khosla Ka Ghosla (Jaideep Sahani)
Lage Raho Munnabhai (Rajkumar Hirani / Abhijit Joshi)
Rang De Basanti (Kamlesh Pandey)

Best Screenplay
Gangster (Anurag Basu)
Lage Raho Munnabhai (Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi)
Malamaal Weekly (Priyadarshan)
Pyaar Ke Side/Effects (Saket Choudhary)
Rang De Basanti (Rensil D’Silva, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra)

Best Dialogue
Fanaa (Kunal Kohli)
Lage Raho Munnabhai (Rajkumar Hirani)
Malamaal Weekly (Manisha Korde)
Omkara (Vishal Bharadwaj)
Rang De Basanti (Prasoon Joshi, Rensil D’Silva)

Best Editing
Gangster (Akib Ali)
Lage Raho Munnabhai (Rajkumar Hirani)
Rang De Basanti (PS Bharathi)
Taxi No. 9211 (Aarif Sheikh)

Best Sound
Don (Andrew Belletty)
Gangster (Adil Ali)
Krrish (Jitendra Choudhary)
Omkara (K J Singh)
Rang De Basanti (Nakul Kamte)

Best Cinematography
Anthony Kaun Hai (Hemant Chaturvedi)
Don (Mohanan)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Anil Mehta)
Omkara (Tassaduq Hussain)
Rang De Basanti (Binod Pradhan)

Best Special Effects
Alag (EFX - Prasad)
Dhoom 2 (Tata Elexi – Pankaj Khanpur)
Don (Red Chillies VFX)
Jaan-E-Mann (Prime Focus Ltd. – Merzin Taveria)
Krrish (Marc Kolbe, Craig Mumma – USA)
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The Top 5 Films as on Dec 23 2006 are:1) Kabul Express2) Dhoom 23) Baabul4) Vivah5) Aryan... Continue Reading

First Week Collections of Aryan# Mumbai - 14,14,457# Ahmedabad - 1,49,253# Delhi - 6,87,254# Noida - 1,86,035# Kaushambi - 64,639 (35 sh.)                            # Gurgaon - 2,04,453# Ghaziabad - 3,20,347# Agra - 1,65,397# Meerut - 1,77,041# Moradabad - 55,000# Dehradun -... Continue Reading

Here are the first week collections of Kabul Express:Kabul Express - Week 1# Mumbai - 2,19,43,119 # Ahmedabad - 27,03,614# Jamnagar - 2,16,972# Bhavnagar - 2,34,169                                   # Nasik - 4,78,920 (49 sh.)# Delhi - 46,34,406# Ghaziabad - 14,38,058# Agra -... Continue Reading

Looks like Bollywood is serious about going global and winning the Non-Asian audience as well. It has been confirmed that Mani Ratnam’s Guru will premiere at the prestigious Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre Centre in Toronto, Canada, on January 11.... Continue Reading

Shahrukh Khan, the Badshah of Bollywood after Production is now venturing Post Production. According to industry insiders, SRK is every keen to set up a full-fledged studio which will not only have post-production equipments like editing and dubbing but also... Continue Reading

Bollywood made its presence felt at the Sixth Kara Film Festival at Karachi  and  Omakara and Khosla Ka Ghosla won the best adapted screenplay award and the best original screenplay respectively. Indian film Asspaas 1958 won the best documentary award... Continue Reading

Box Office update as on December 19, 2006:1) Kabul Express2) Dhoom 2                                                           3) Vivah                                       4) Baabul5) Aryan... Continue Reading

Here is the Box Office update of Kabul Express from IndiaFm."Those expecting Yashraj’s KABUL EXPRESS to embark on an express start, like     FANAA and DHOOM 2, were sorely disappointed as the film opened to a decent response at... Continue Reading

Good news for Bollywood, looks like Pakistani film exhibitors have filed a petition in the Sindh High Court asking for permission to import and screen Indian films in film theaters which they think is vital for business.Amicus curiae Qazi Faez... Continue Reading

While Baabul failed to strike a chord with the Indian audience, the movie is doing great business overseas! It has already grossed about £290,000 in its first week in the UK . It is also doing pretty well in the... Continue Reading

Here are the 2nd week collections of Dhoom 2 and the film is still doing solid business.Dhoom 2 - Week 2# Mumbai - 4,21,68,968# Ahmedabad - 97,99,298 (Record)# Baroda - 22,41,008 (Record)# Surat - 21,28,242 (121 sh./Record)# Navsari - 2,68,527... Continue Reading

Finally,Salman Khan in the news for the right reasons! Looks like the Topless Wonder has been signed up by Hollywood’s Warner Bros for a three film deal for a whopping 25 Croresl.  Sallu will also be having his cake and... Continue Reading

Here is the Box Office Report as on 12th December 2006:1) Dhoom 2                                                     2) Baabul3) Vivaah4) Apna Sapna Money Money5) Don... Continue Reading

Box Office Report as on Dec 5-2006. No changes from last time!1) Dhoom 22) Vivah3) Apna Sapna Money Money4) Don5) Umrao Jaan... Continue Reading

2007 will see interesting releases and IndiaFM has confirmed the dates of the following Bollywood films:* SALAAM-E-ISHQ, will now release on Thursday, 25th January;                     * Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD. is confirmed for 2nd February. Also... Continue Reading

Box Office Report as on Dec 2-2006:1) Dhoom 22) Vivah3) Apna Sapna Money Money4) Don5) Umrao Jaan... Continue Reading

Here are the mind-boggling collections of Dhoom 2:Dhoom 2 - Week 1# Mumbai - 6,59,09,745 (Record)# Ahmedabad - 98,21,383 (Record)                                            # Baroda - 18,16,804 (Record)# Surat - 33,70,352 (Record)                                                    # Navsari - 3,58,100 (Record)# Dwarka - 1,71,486 (Record)# Valsad -... Continue Reading