Will Lara get wooed?

MUMBAI: Four years after being crowned Miss Universe, Lara Dutta will get to choose among three of Bollywood’s top heart-throbs when she stars in Hindi cinema’s first big April release.Until ‘Masti’ which opens today, Bollywood has put off...

Travel Abroad 08 Apr, 2004

Is Shahid a narcissist?

Subhash K JhaMumbai:Bollywood’s new leading man Shahid Kapoor says his boyish looks make it difficult to find actresses to pair him with, and that’s one reason why he’s doing two releases with Kareena Kapoor You starred in the first hit of 2003...

Travel Abroad 04 Apr, 2004

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Rambha on TV bandwagonMUMBAI: Now it is Rambha’s turn to shift to TV. Rambha lost all her hard-earned money when she produced the film Three Roses. To make things worse, she has even incurred heavy debt. She has also made unnecessary enemies while...

Travel Abroad 29 Mar, 2004

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Lesbian love on screen MUMBAI: After Fire there is another lesbian love story in the offing, not an art film but a regular masala film complete with songs and dances. Seems Bollywood movies on heterosexual relations are now passé and alternative...

Travel Abroad 24 Mar, 2004

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Akshaye to produceMUMBAI: Buzz has it that Akshaye Khanna is going to start his own production company. Akshaye has had the quite a few hits in recent past including Humraaz, Dil Chahta Hai and Deewangee. The actor, it seems, is not satisfied with...

Travel Abroad 22 Mar, 2004

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Mrs Bachchan’s compliment for Shah RukhMUMBAI: In a recently held film award ceremony Jaya Bachchan referred to Shah Rukh Khan as the Humphrey Bogart of Bollywood.It was an emotional moment when Amitabh Bachchan, wife Jaya and yesteryear star...

Travel Abroad 21 Mar, 2004

relationships : Love story

Nissen DangolKathmandu :It was a just week before this Valentine’s day that I first met her. She looked like a queen from the Himalayas but was really from Kalimpong, Darjeeling. She was here on vacation and it was just my luck that she was living...

Travel Abroad 19 Mar, 2004

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Farah says ‘Main Hoon Na’ to Amrita RaoMUMBAI: Amrita Rao did not have to put her nose to the grindstone to get her first important project in Bollywood. Amrita could not have asked for a better Bollywood start than Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon...

Travel Abroad 12 Mar, 2004

On the top of the world

Observer News ServiceLondon:You’re just so... pretty.” This is a line which is key to the love story at the heart of ‘Monster’, a line whispered by Christina Ricci’s character to Charlize Theron, who won the Best Actress Oscar thanks to her...

Travel Abroad 07 Mar, 2004

Tum is sensitive, not sleazy: Manisha

Subhash K JhaMumbaiManisha Koirala is fuming again, this time over her latest film ‘Tum’ being projected as titillating. She feels the story of an ordinary housewife who is very much in love with her husband and children but who ends up having a...

Travel Abroad 25 Feb, 2004

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Producers think biggerMUMBAI: Although recent mega productions haven’t done too well, big is still beautiful in Bollywood. The next big thing is producer Gaurang Doshi’s adventure saga Deewaar: Let’s Bring Our Heroes Home. The Rs 300 million film...

Travel Abroad 23 Feb, 2004

Urmila has no time for love

Indo-Asian News ServiceMumbaiShe was seen in some of the most talked about films of last year. And Urmila Matondkar has begun the new year too with a bang in the thriller ‘Ek Hasina Thi’. While her films bombard screens, the self-confessed...

Travel Abroad 21 Jan, 2004