BOLLYWOOD BUZZ: Bipasha Basu comes aboard on the Bhatt camp again with ‘Raaz 3’!

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zeenews.india.com / Updated on Saturday, August 20, 2011, 14:30.

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Mumbai: Bipasha Basu’s claim to fame was her two films that came from the Bhatt camp in the beginning of her career- ‘Jism’ and ‘Raaz’.

But reportedly the Bong bombshell had angered Mukesh Bhatt after refusing the lead role in ‘Murder 2’ which was later given to Jacqueline Fernandes.

Apparently the reason behind her not being able to take up the offer was date issues, she even refused to squeeze out dates for an item number.

However the differences have been sorted now. And their team is all set to make a comeback with ‘Raaz 3’.

Bipasha signed for the lead role in Raaz 3. The film will be directed by Raaz director Vikram Bhatt and will be made in 4D.

Mukesh Bhatt said to a daily, "It is a homecoming for both Bipasha and Vikram. Yes, we did have issues earlier but, in a family, there are always different point of views that arise till the members realise that amendments need to be made."

"This is where they started and this film brought recognition to both Vikram and Bipasha," he added.

When Mukesh was asked who made the first move, he said, "Being in the same business, we keep bumping into each other. Bipasha expressed a desire to work with us again and she loved the Raaz 3 script. It is a very challenging and powerful role for her."

Vikram, who will be directing the said, "Bipasha is a very important part of the team that created Raaz as a brand. I am happy to be working with her again and hope to create the same magic with the already heady pair of Emi (Emraan Hashmi) and Jackie (Jacqueline Fernandes)."

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A TRIBUTE TO SHAMMI KAPOOR: Lights, Camera…Conversation – The Resounding of Music!

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Baradwaj Ranjan, The Hindu / August 19, 2011.

Shammi Kapoor.

Why do we remember stars through their songs – and sometimes only through their songs?

With every obituary I read of Shammi Kapoor, with every remembrance, what comes across is that the 1960s were a memorable age for Hindi film music. A westerner reading these tributes and obits may think that the only thing Shammi Kapoor (like his colleagues Rajendra Kumar and Biswajit and Joy Mukherjee) did was luck into a great number of films with great songs that became great hits. It's like Elvis Presley and the films he made, which are remembered today only through the songs.

Let's not bother looking at whether today's hits will last as long as yesterday's – each generation carries with it, in its cultural DNA, its shared growing-up memories, and it's very likely that in 2040 a group of men with flabby stomachs and balding crowns are going to be lamenting, over beer, that no one makes hit music like Himesh Reshammiya anymore. The more interesting question is why these songs – these Shammi Kapoor songs, these Biswajit songs, these Joy Mukherjee songs – have lasted so long. Why are they often the first things that spring to mind when an actor dies and we scramble to recall his work?

One reason is that many of the films weren't good enough and we've wiped the plot and the performances from our memories and the songs are the only things that survived. But more importantly, the songs we hear while younger are always better than the songs we hear later in life because they are made not just of tunes and voices and instruments but also our nostalgia. We remember them in ways we remember a favourite uncle or a friend from school we spent every waking hour with but then lost touch with because his father got a job in a different city.

Also, film songs were and are our pop music – not just in the popular sense but that they are to us what pop music is to the US. We never had the tradition of bands recording albums in Indian languages – the film soundtrack was an album, its songs were the numbers, some of which would become hit singles and top the charts. Shammi Kapoor had a ridiculously long run of hit singles, and that's why we remember him, today, through his songs.

But above all else, in those days – and I mean the pre-liberalisation days, when India remained largely unchanged through decades; which is why we can talk music and movies (or heck, pretty much anything) with our uncles and our grandfathers but not so much with nephews and nieces who have grown up in a country that changes every couple of years – we had time to assimilate music.

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Bollywood extends endless support to Anna!

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zeenews.india.com / Updated on Friday, August 19, 2011, 14:41.

New Delhi: The whole country is supporting Anna’s movement and he is being looked up as the face of anti-corruption by the youth and people of modern India.

Bollywood has been extending strong support to the movement. A number of Bollywood celebrities have been following the protests closely. They have been contributing their encouragement to this revolution by continuously using various social networking sites.

A number of Bollywood celebrities tweeted their support to Anna. Here is what they had to say:

Anupam Kher: This anti corruption movement has also brought a great sense of pride of being an INDIAN in us. Look at that sea of flags. JAI HO.:)

Shreya Ghoshal: Hope we are nearing the end of babudom. Watching the news. Proud of the country`s youth.

Ranvir Shorey: my heart is with #AnnaHazare and all my fellow Indians demanding a strong #lokpal bill in Delhi.

Vishal Dadlani: Anna Hazare to be released! MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!

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BOLLYWOOD KHABAR: After Sonakshi, Deepika is smitten by Ranveer!

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zeenews.india.com / Updated on Thursday, August 18, 2011, 10:33.

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Mumbai: Ranveer Singh might be just one film old, but he has certainly grabbed eyeballs of pretty women in Bollywood. The average looking young actor seems to be the most desirable co-star and hotties in B-town can’t stop going ga-ga over him.

After Sonakshi Sinha, dimpled beauty Deepika Padukone has expressed her desire to work with the `Band Baaja Baarat` sensation. And the lanky young man can do little but blush.

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International Indian Film Awards: Bollywood stars cast spell over Toronto!

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  They may not be as familiar to North American movie fans as Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, but Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bipashu Basu, Celina Jaitley and other Bollywood stars are getting a lot of second looks in Toronto in recent days.

  
  

  The actors dominate the world's biggest film industry in India, and are just a handful of the more than 200 performers who have been on hand in this Canadian city since Thursday for the 12th annual International Indian Film Awards, or IIFAs.

  
  

  The show, which airs on Saturday night, provides the climax for three days of moviegoing, dancing, fashion, music and a business forum aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries -- something event organizers hope to do around the world, too.

  
  

  "Toronto is definitely the gateway to North America and we hope to maintain a great relationship with this amazing country for many years to come," Sabbas Joseph, Director of Wizcraft International, a Mumbai based entertainment group who produced the IIFAs, said at a press conference this week.

  
  

  With an expected worldwide TV audience of 700 million viewers tuning in to watch the show, tickets were scooped up in less than 10 minutes. Some 22,200 faithful, Bollywood fans hope to get a closer look at many of their favorite stars.

  
  

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WIKILEAKS: Southern successes, about South Indian Filmdom!

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A. SRIVATHSAN


Bollywood accounts for only about 200 of the 1,000 films that are annually produced in India, but “in terms of reach and revenue, as well as its stable of nationally-recognized stars, Bollywood films dominate the industry,” one of the U.S. Consulate cables (248356: unclassified) noted. Despite its dominance and popularity, the consensus among industry experts was that “South Indian cinema — Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada language films — perform better at the box office [than Bollywood films], with four of every ten films becoming profitable.”


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WIKILEAKS: The world of Bollywood as seen through American diplomatic eyes!

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A. SRIVATHSAN / The Hindu



'Excessive production expenses and high payments to stars may make the industry unsustainable in the long run'


Hollywood studios, which are “amongst the highest revenue earners in the world,” were attracted by the growth potential of the Indian film industry and made forays into Bollywood. Unfortunately, the cable documented, all the joint Hollywood-Bollywood productions released thus far have failed at the box office, signalling that “a successful entry into Bollywood is not easy.”


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