Maths audaciously meets gambling in 'Teen Patti'
( Mar 01 2010 )
By Subhash K. Jha
Film: "Teen Patti"; Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ben Kingsley, R. Madhavan, Raima Sen, Sarah Mohan, Mita Vashist; Director: Leena Yadav; Rating: ***1/2
If you can get over the ludicrousness of a distinguished mathematician, whose god is Albert Einstein and who at the end of ...
'Toh Baat Pakki' a lifeless comedy
( Feb 20 2010 )
By Subhash K. Jha
Film: "Toh Baat Pakki"; Cast: Tabu, Ayub Khan, Vatsal Seth, Sharman Joshi; Director: Kedar Shindre; Rating: *
It's "Click" that's meant to be this week's horror flick. But "Toh Baat Pakki" is a bigger horror than anything in any recent we...
Big B wears old watch from Chor Bazaar in 'Teen Patti'
( Feb 15 2010 )
By Ruchika Kher
Cheap cloth, ill-fitted trousers, checked cotton shirts and an old watch from Mumbai's Chor Bazaar - these are what designer Ameira Punvani used to create Amitabh Bachchan's look in "Teen Patti" where he plays a reclusive mathematician.
She says the megastar gave ...
Versatile Tabu is back after a three-year hiatus to showcase an Indian middle-class family's perpetual search for a suitable groom for their daughter in the comedy "Toh Baat Pakki", which releases Friday.
Marking the Hindi directorial debut of noted Marathi filmmaker Kedar Shinde, the...
I want Salman Khan, others to see 'Thanks Maa': Director
( Mar 07 2010 )
By Subhash K. Jha
The young protagonist of his film "Thanks Maa" is a Salman Khan fan and the movie has several posters of the actor as well. Now director Irfan Kamal is very keen that Salman watch his film as he is so important to the theme.
"In fact Salman plays a very important r...
No jhatka-matkas, I've signed two challenging films: Raveena Tandon
( Mar 07 2010 )
By Radhika Bhirani
She is best remembered as the 'mast mast' girl for her sensual moves, but Raveena Tandon, now a mother of two, says she has left her "jhatka-matkas" behind and has signed two "tough and challenging" films.
"I really don't think I will do the ...
James Cameron's 'Avatar' leaves audiences speechless
( Dec 18 2009 )
James Cameron may have placed this story on a moon called Pandora with alien characters (known as Na'vi) that could have belonged to human race if not being double the size, a longer face, sharper features, blue body, white fluorescent marks on the face and tail at the back.
Still, emotion...
'2012' roller-coaster ride into modern day Noah's Ark
( Nov 15 2009 )
By Subhash K. Jha
Will the world really end on December 21, 2012? Nobody has a clue. But thank god, the Mayan prophecy gave the makers of this solar-plexus-aimed colossal spectacle a chance to pull out all stops and design the greatest grandmother of all disaster epics.
Everything that we'...
Idiot is not the same thing as stupid: Aamir Khan
( Nov 05 2009 )
Ahead of the release of his new film "3 Idiots", Bollywood actor Aamir Khan Thursday drew a distinction between the term "idiots" and "stupid", saying that "idiots are very normal persons" who at some point prove themselves in an "unconventional way&quo...
Now Hugh Jackman to star in a musical
( Aug 04 2009 )
After being seen in sci-fi thriller "X-Men", actor Hugh Jackman is all set to do a musical.
He will be seen as American showman, businessman and entertainer P.T. Barnum in "The Greatest Showman on Earth", a contemporary song-and-dance movie.
The fil...
Paparazzi have become more aggressive, says Cameron Diaz
( Jan 03 2010 )
Cameron Diaz thinks she is pursued more "aggressively" by the paparazzi now than she was when she first shot to fame in 1994.
The actress insists she accepts people will always be interested in her life while she is in the public eye, but thinks photographers have become more aggres...
Veteran actor-filmmaker Clint Eastwood has refused to mark his 80th birthday next year and has banned his wife from getting him any gifts.
The Oscar-winner, who will turn 80 in May, is hoping no one tries to throw him a party, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
"Once you get in the 70s, s...
