Nikhil Advani is busy globe trotting for multiple premiers of his film ‘Chandni Chowk To China’. Any film maker would be hassled with a 24X7 routine that would not just involve multiple Q&A sessions pre and post the screening but also ‘hazaar’ scribes who would be in line to get a byte about the film. Add to that the pressure of being at helm of a truly international film (Warner Bros. distributes ‘Chandni Chowk To China’) and it indeed is an exciting yet tense situation out there. As Nikhil catches …

Q. You have a phenomenal 2009 ahead of you and life seems too good to be true. But did you have any resolutions this New Year’s eve?
A. No resolutions really, every year I hope that the following year is as exciting as the previous year and I am very happy with the way my professional life is going and I just hope that this year is the same for me. I always hope that I remain happy because I think happiness is very important.
Q. You celebrated your birthday some days …

Aamir Khan along with the entire star cast of Ghajini celebrated the second success party of the film on the occassion of the film crossing a total worldwide gross of Rs.200 crores. In a brief tete-a-tete Aamir revealed to us the success story of Ghajini.
What according to you are the reasons for Ghajini’s success?
The film did well across the country and also overseas. It had the potential to entertain the audience all over. People from different social backgrounds like the film and appreciated it. Marketing played a huge role in …

Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranvir Shorey, Mithun Chakravorthy and Gordon Liu
Direction: Nikhil Advani
A small village in China is terrorized by one cruel gang lord, Hojo (Gordon). Fed up of his tyrannies, the hapless villagers consult an astrologer who tells them that China’s most famous ancient warrior Liu Sheng has re-incarnated and he is the one who will kill Hojo. Two villagers go in the hunt of this re-born Liu Sheng which happens to be one staying in the famous Chandni Chowk of Delhi in India. …

In a surprising revelation, martial arts-trained number one film star of the country Akshay Kumar said here last night that matching the Chinese fighters in his new blockbuster ‘Chandni Chowk To China’ was hard for him.
”The Chinese dudes are moulded for martial arts. Our bodies are not made like that. It was hard to match them.
I had to keep on practising and practising till I could reach a point where I could match them,” Akshay told mediapersons after landing in a hot balloon accompanied with actress Deepika Padukone at the …

‘Om Shanti Om’ and ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ — but already Bollywood is predicting that Deepika Padukone is going to be the next big thing on the silver screen. The lanky model from Bangalore has made people sit up and notice her. She’s as much known for her personal life as she is for her professional progress, because Deepika is focused on whatever she does. Now, audiences are waiting to see how she shapes up in ‘Chandni Chowk To China’ opposite superstar Akshay Kumar…
How was last year, your first in Bollywood?
Deepika …

There are clear expectations that one has from top actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan year after year. Though with an exception of Salman Khan (who by the way had a horrible 2008 professionally) all the other aforementioned actors did justify their standing in the Top-5, there were also men like Ranvir Shorey, Emraan Hashmi and Abhishek Bachchan who sprung a surprise. While Naseeruddin Shah maintained his standing as an actor par excellence, newcomers like Imran Khan and Farhan Akhtar did wonderfully …

NEW DELHI: Although Bollywood has an array of big-ticket films lined up for release in 2009, Hollywood could prove tough competition with an
assorted platter of movies to woo Indian audiences, including “Changeling”, “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Seven Pounds”.
Bollywood films usually have an upper hand over international films in India, but there was no Hindi release in the first week of 2009. Interestingly, the year began with Baz Luhrmann’s period drama “Australia” followed by Colin Farrel-starrer “In Bruges”, Australian dance musical “Razzle Dazzle” and director John Jeffcoat’s “Outsourced” – all four opened …

Although the Kapoor family has not been on friendly terms with the Bachchans, for daughter Karisma broke up with Abhishek a few years back. And since then Kareena has been looking for opportunities to be openly critical about Bachchan bahu Aishwarya. But now Bebo has been surprisingly quoted praising Ash and she apparently couldn’t stop talking about the way Mrs Bachchan has managed her career post marriage.
Ash has currently got some big projects in her kitty, like Sanjay Leela Bhasali’s next with Hrithik Roshan and a movie with Akshay Kumar …

Model-turned-actress Deepika Padukone turned 23 today and visited the Siddhivinayak temple here with her parents to offer prayers.
She is currently busy promoting her upcoming film ‘Chandni Chowk to China’, co-starring Akshay Kumar, that releases on January 16.
Deepika, who plays a double role in the film, will be seen in an action-oriented role for the first time. After being involved in some dare-devil scenes, the actress had labelled herself as the “female Akshay Kumar of Bollywood”.
Though she was accompanied by legendary father Prakash and mother Ujjwala, beau Ranbir Kapoor was not …