Cinemax Multiplex in Hyderabad

January 15th, 2009

Cinemax, new multiplex in Hyderabad opened to the public yesterday. Cinemax entered in Kolkata market in December, 2008. The multiplex is located opposite L.V.Prasad Eye Hospital on the Banjara Hills- Jubilee Hills road.

The new property is Cinemax’s first in the region and has 1001 seats with three screens. The multiplex also has 88 recliner seats. Cinemax has high end projection system and Dolby speakers.

The multiplex will be open to the audiences with films like Chandni Chowk to China and Maska.

Rachna Shah Rang Rasiya Actress Hot Pictures, Interview

14th January, 2009

She is smart, bold, does not shy away from sensuality and has no qualms about wearing barely there garments (and did we forget to mention also super hot!) Rising actress Rachna Shah gives us the inside scoop on herself and her titillating role as Kamini in her forthcoming movie Rang Rasiya.

First the obvious question..could you tell us a little bit about your role in Rang Rasiya.

I play Kamini who is Ravi Verma's muse. She comes from a lower caste and stands for a twentieth century modern woman. Ravi Verma is inspired by her beauty and her flamboyance.

And how much of yourself do you see in Kamini?

Kamini is a teaser, she will come and titillate you. I am not like that in my real life. I am ambitious and love pushing the edge. I love a challenge and want to do something different, not the usual run off the mill stuff. Kamini as a role attracted to me, she is a very modern woman and stands for woman empowerment.

Is it true that you had to put on 5 kilos for the movie?

Ya, you see Ravi Verma is a Keralite. Ketan said that he wanted a heavy ass voluptuous woman as Kamini had that kind of a look. And i was quite skinny so I told him 'Don't worry I'll put on weight for the character." I also went and sat in the sun to look tanned. I had to look as natural as possible as there was no make-up used in the movie except for one scene. And to be honest putting on weight was easy, my biggest challenge was how will she talk in two languages English and Hindi and how do I make it sound convincing.

And how comfortable were you doing the sensuous roles and wearing skimpy clothes?

You see Ketan had made it very clear right from the beginning if you are not comfortable don't sign the film, don't get in to anything half heartedly. I did not think about it. I studied the paintings of Ravi Verma. And as far as the attire was concerned, I didn't even wear any skin tights or coloured bras, I wore it just like how woman in Kerala those days use to. I was quite comfortable with what i wore. And if you are not it just shows. Why do you think that foreign actresses look good in a bikini? Some of the foreigners wear the most ridiculous bikinis and it suits them. It suits them just because they are comfortable wearing one.

Ravi Verma was quite a controversial painter, whats your take on his kind of paintings.

If an artist has to worry about a hundred things before his creation then what's the point? An artist should have the freedom of expression. You can't call anything dirty. What comes to the mind is natural. Unless of course you are talking about things like abusing a child. That is unacceptable. But there is nothing wrong when something is done between two equals.

Where will we see you next?

I'm doing Kal Kisne Dekha where I will be playing a negative role. And guess what here I had to lose nine kilos for the film! It is a regular kind of action movie. I am also coming out with a movie 'Diamond Murders' which is based on Sherlock Homes. Its a complicated film you'll have to just wait and see what it is all about.

Star Screen Awards 2009 Winners | Winners List of 15th Star Screen Awards 2009

January 14th, 2009

Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra Wednesday won the Star Screen Awards 2008 for the best male and female actors.Hrithik got the honour for his lead role in "Jodhaa Akbar" while Priyanka won it for her role in Madhur Bhandarkar's "Fashion".

The period movie "Jodhaa Akbar" directed by Ashutosh Gowariker also won the best film award at a late evening function here.

2nd source tells us that results are these

Best Debut Male: Farhan Akhtar
Best Debut Female: Asin
Best Background score AR Rahman
Best Playback Singer-Male: KK
Best Playback Singer-Female: Shilpa Rao
Best Action: Race
Best Cinematography: Jason West, Rock ON
Best Lyrics: Anvita Dutt Guptan
Best Story: Neeraj Pandey, A Wednesday
Best Choreography: Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Jodhaa Akbar
Best Supporting Actor: Arjun Ramphal
Best Supporting Actress: S Goswami
Best Actor Male - Akshay Kumar
Best Actor Female - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Please Keep on checking for more updates on this

Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par out of the Oscar race

January 14th, 2009

Aamir Khan's hit directorial debut Taare Zameen Par, which was India's official entry to the Oscars, did not make it beyond the initial rounds of screening in the Best Foreign Film category. This film was selected over other critically acclaimed films such as A Wednesday, Rock On, Telugu film Ghanya, Mumbai Meri Jaan, etc.

This year, in the 81st Academy Awards, out of the 65 films that qualified in the category, only 9 films will go to the next round of voting. India's nomination — Taare Zameen Par — did not figure in the nine films shortlisted for the next round. Much hopes were put on Khan's film, especially after A R Rahman won the Golden Globe for the Best Music score in Slumdog Millionaire.

One of the films out of the nine shortlisted films features the acclaimed Israeli documentary Waltz with Bashir directed by Ari Folman, which won the Golden Globe for the Best Foreign Film category. The films were chosen by a committee comprising several hundred Academy members. The 9 shortlisted films will go through another round of voting and then only 5 films will be nominated and in the running for the 81st Annual Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category. The 5 nominees will be announced on January 22.

The 9 shortlisted films:

3 Monkeys, Nuri Bilge Ceylan (director) — Turkey
Departures, Yojiro Takita (director) — Japan
Everlasting Moments, Jan Troell (director) — Sweden
Revanche, Gotz Spielmann (director) — Austria
Tear This Heart Out, Roberto Sneider (director) — Mexico
The Necessities of Life, Benoit Pilon(director) — Canada
The Class, Laurent Cantet (director) — France
The Baader Meinhof Complex, Uli Edel (director) — Germany
Waltz with Bashir, Ari Folman(director) — Israel

AB Corp calls off Rs15 billion deal with Reliance BIG Entertainment's

January 14th, 2009

The recession has claimed another victim

Reliance BIG Entertainment's mega deal of Rs 15 billion with Amitabh Bachchan's AB Corp has fizzled out.

The two companies had entered into a contract in June 2008 to make feature films and TV serials. The first couple of films that the companies had finalised were Pa, directed by Balki and Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi's Kunal Avadana.

Our source from the industry reveals, "Reliance has been going through a major up and down for some time now. Most of the filmmakers making films with Reliance have been asked to cut costs.

Some of the films that Reliance is producing have been asked to rework on their budget, while price of some of the films they are distributing have also been reduced. Most of the films like Vashu Bhagnani's Do Knot Disturb and Kal Kissne Dekha, Ravi Chopra's Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai and many others have to be reconsidered by Reliance.

After the deal with Reliance fizzled out, AB Corp is all set to join hands with Studio 18 to make Pa with them. The deal with Pa is almost done while talks are also on for Kunal Avadana."

Another source elaborates, "The deal between AB Corp and Reliance is fallen through as Reliance was taking its own time and there was no clarity from their side as to when they wanted to start the film."

When contacted, the official spokesperson of Reliance said they did not wish to comment. However, Sandeep Bhargav of Indian Films (TV 18) says, "It is too premature to discuss anything."

Amitabh Bachchan remained unavailable for comment.

Kabhi khushi kabhi gham

January 14th, 2009

Is it possible for two actresses to remain friends? Ask Vidya Balan and Raima Sen who are as thick as thieves

In Bollywood there are many friendships that start from the reels and extend onto real life. Vidya Balan and Raima Sen are one such. On Sunday evening, an eyewitness caught Vidya and Raima bonding like school girls. The two actresses seemed to be having a great time at Juhu's Prithvi café taking the entire place by surprise.

The witness said, "Vidya and Raima walked into the Prithvi Cafe instantly drawing our attention. Vidya was dressed in a white chikan salwar kurta while Raima was in a pair of jeans and a white shirt. They were giggling and enjoying each other's company. It appeared as if the two were catching up after a long time."

Since the café was full, they didn't find a place to sit says the witness. "Vidya and Raima were about to walk out when the manager made place for them. They had a glass of the famous Prithvi cutting chai while most present there were ogling at them.When they stepped out, they could not locate their cars. So they hopped into a rickshaw and sped away like a breeze even before gapers like us could realise anything."

Raima confirmed to us, "Vidya and I have been good friends since our Parineeta days. However, this is something very personal and I don't want to talk about it."

Meanwhile, Vidya remained unavailable for comment.

After a spat with Vatsal Sheth, Esha Deol stalled the shooting of Exchange Offer

January 14th, 2009

Some people refuse to grow with age.Take the case of 26-year-old Esha Deol and 28-year-old Vatsal Sheth, co-stars in Shivam Nair's Exchange Offer, who fought over their respective schools being the best in Juhu.

A source close to the production house said, "During the film's shooting in Goa, Esha and Vatsal hit it off well. They both shared the common ground of being from Juhu.On that fateful day, Esha and Vatsal first began talking about their childhood and eventually started discussing the schools in Juhu. Very soon their discussion turned into a heated argument. The bone of contention was whose school was the best? Eventually, Esha got so upset that she stormed out of the sets and locked herself in her vanity van for two and a half hours, bringing the shooting to a grinding halt. It sounds funny and unbelievable that two grown up actors can fight over such frivolous issues."

Vatsal Sheth confirmed the news and said, "Yes, you heard right. we started arguing about which school - Esha's Jamnabai Narsee or my Utpal Shanghvi - was better. We both went about advocating our schools for nearly 45 minutes, before realising that we were fighting. Thereafter, she went her way and I went mine. It seems so bizarre that despite being grown ups, we were fighting like kids. The next day, I did not dare to rake up the issue again."

We tried contacting Esha but she remained unavailable for comment.