The first song of the film 2 States -- Offo -- shows Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor sharing a sizzling chemistry onscreen. The song, released on YouTube garnered nearly 100,000 views on the first day of its release.
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In principle I have a problem empathising with a heroine whose sole aim in life is to win a dance reality show. It didn’t work even when Rani Mukerji displayed such chutzpah in
Bunty Aur Babli running away from home for a modelling contest. Add to that, the girl in question (Preeti Desai) is neither a dancer nor an actress. She’s first and above all a London-bred model with a thick accent, dazzling hair and tall, thin legs.
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In Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett plays a down-and-out former heiress surviving on a staple diet of vodka, Xanax, rage and self-pity. She talks to herself and is rude to everyone in sight. But the character's vulnerability cuts deep and as you loathe her selfishness you also feel terribly sorry for her. Read more
Farah Khan’s Diwali 2014 release Happy New Year has all the promises of being a festive entertainer – an action-comedy plot, an ensemble star-cast of Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani and Jackie Shroff and lot of social media buzz. Read more
Bollywood film Queen’s celebratory song “London Thumakda” features Kangana Ranaut and epitomises the big fat Indian wedding. Read more
Bollywood actor Salman Khan unveiled the first look and trailer of his upcoming action-drama film Jai Ho at an event in Mumbai amid the presence of over 500 fans. The movie is slated for a worldwide release on 24, January 2014. Read more
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, known for her unconventional movie roles, once again stuns her fans with her experimental looks in her upcoming film Bobby Jasoos. Read more
It would be easy to dismiss Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Bullett Raja as a lazy studio-funded collaboration between a reasonably talented director-star duo. Sadly, it doesn’t seem a mere aberration. More likely Dhulia and Saif Ali Khan have run out of ideas and are desperate to cash in their chips. Worth noting here that the filmmaker’s best work, Paan Singh Tomar (2010), came at the end of a seven-year drought. Read more
Bollywood siren Deepika Padukone dazzled in a mustard-coloured gown at the 13th International Film Festival of Marrakech, which was attended by film-dom’s elite members including Martin Scorsese, Ryan Gosling, Sharon Stone, and Marion Cotillard among others. Read more
When you walk into a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film you have to leave your inhibitions at the door. The guy expects unconditional surrender to his grandiose vision, wound up characters, over-wrought emotions, and operatic sets and costumes. You can’t do Bhansali without a million candles, humungous chandeliers, wall-to-wall murals, orgiastic colours, picture-perfect lighting and people who scream their feelings out and wring each other’s necks in love. Read more