Cast: Preity Zinta, Vansh Bhardwaj
Director: Deepa Mehta
Heaven on Earth isn’t exactly the plight of protagonist in this film, rather completely contrary to it. The alternate Hindi title Videsh is too generalized, misleading into the notion that Indian woman in NRI families are essentially victims of domestic violence, as is the theme of the film. It’s as difficult to relate with the titles (even on an sarcastic note), as impossible it is to connect with the treatment of this film (even after metaphorical decoding).
Apparently based on real-life events of …

While Adnan Sami has been incessantly talking to the media about his marital discord with Sabah, she chose to remain silent. However, yesterday’s press conference by Adnan to declare that Sabah had withdrawn the charges of domestic violence against him disturbed her to no end. “The time has come for her to talk,” a friend of Sabah told Mumbai Mirror.
Although Sabah was initially reluctant, she finally agreed to tell us her side of the story. Commenting on Adnan’s claim that she had withdrawn the charges of domestic violence against him, …

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan talks of his family being against his entering films, how he has no plans to shake ‘King Khan’ from his pedestal, visiting cinema halls to catch audience reaction and more. Below is the transcript of the interview on CNN’s Talk Asia.
Your most recent film Ghajini is now the biggest Bollywood success ever. Did you have any idea that it would be quite as huge as it is?
Aamir Khan (AK): You can hope that, you can hope that for all of your films. But you can never …

New Delhi: Actor Deepika Padukone was in the capital yet again to extend her support to the on-going Delhi Fashion Week and Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.
CNN-IBN’s Sushant Mehta caught up with the model turned actor.
Sushant Mehta:You must be feeling really special. You walked the ramp for Tarun Talihani and now for Rina Dhakar.
Deepika Padukone: You know there is really no thought behind it. Fiama is my brand, and I will always be here for them.
Sushant Mehta: You are quite the show stopper. You must take some credit yourself.
Deepika Padukone: …

Do films like Straight challenge you as an actor where the scope to perform is minimal?
Every film, every role and every scene I do in films is a challenge. I don’t think I’ll be able to perform if I am constantly nervous or stressed.
It’s difficult to some extent playing a character which has a dominant driving emotion in films like Manorama or Dor. When there isn’t a particularly outstanding over bearing trait in her personality, such roles are much harder.
Much harder even to make these characters look real and normal …

Karan Johar likes to do things in style. Which is why he can turn even a drab press conference into an entertaining yet insightful interaction. Announcing the much anticipated tie-up between Johar’s Dharma Productions and Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV Motion Pictures, both Karan and Ronnie were amused at how everyone except them seemed to know the modalities of the deal.
Speaking on the deal, UTV CEO Ronnie Screwvala said, “Apart from being a one-man PR vehicle, Karan Johar represents the changing face of Bollywood. His films have a universal emotional connect, packaged …

Asin who shot to fame in Bollywood with her debut film Ghajini, is not just a lucky girl. Today this pretty girl from Kochi is looked upon as the next big thing in Bollywood.
Asin was in Trivandrum as the chief guest at the Vanitha Film Award Night, along with Oscar winner Resul Pookutty.
The next day, Asin spoke to the Kerala media for the first time at the Mascot Hotel in Thiruvananthapuram. The hall was overflowing with pressmen from all leading dailies and television channels as they waited for an interview.
She …

How was the experience of shooting for 13B?
It was great. It took seven years before Vikram (director Vikram Kumar) and I could get together to make a film. I was also tired of supernatural thrillers that relied more on sound effects than actual content to scare the audience. I wanted to do a film that sent chills down your spine, sort of like ‘Sixth Sense’. But this is better as it doesn’t show any ghosts but still manages to scare you.
This is also the first bilingual that I have shot …

Whether one accepts it or not, in today’s Bollywood child actors are as important as established heroes. Anyone can understand this untold truth by having a glance at the characters children are offered with nowadays. Let’s check out how Zain, the child star of upcoming film ‘Hari Puttar’, shares his opinion on this issue…
Q. You are the lead in Hari Puttar. How do you react to that?
A. I think it’s a great chance that I am offered with because there are many senior actors who are still struggling for their …

Don’t get surprised if you spot the most stunning model of the town at the modest interior of PIVIC Saddar arguing at the absence of Roshan Ara Begum rather than rocking in frenzy at some lazy number of Beyonce Knowles at a trendy elite party. The popular Nawab Sultan of Umrao Jaan Ada, IMRAN ABBAS in person too seems to belong more to the oriental Moghul era with a refined sense of aesthetics rather than today. Don’t get surprised; just reaffirm your faith in the age old maxim that appearances …