Put the colours on hold, says Bollywood. Still smarting from the terror attacks in Mumbai, two of the biggest stars — Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan — are skipping any Holi parties.
Bachchan’s party is usually a grand affair, but this year, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya are both likely to remain in Kolkata during Holi, shooting for Mani Ratnam’s Ravana. Big B blogs that in the past couple of years, his parents’ deaths took the colour out of Holi, and this year, “that joyous spirit has been dampened by …

She might be Bollywood’s most international star, but Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a family girl first. Close on the heels of the Padmashri she won last month, came an incredible honour from France.
The French government has bestowed the Officer Dan Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres (officer of the order of arts and letters) on Ash. This is the second highest civilian honour given by the French government.
Ash refused to accept the award at the time set by the French government because her father was unwell, and she wanted him …

The makers of mega budget fantasy film, Taalisman have decided to set foot on a virgin location for Bollywood filmmakers. Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions has planned a big shooting schedule of their Amitabh Bachchan starrer in Bhutan.
Our source reveals, “The Big B starrer will be shot in the jungles of our north east neighbouring country Bhutan. The ageing superstar plays a warrior in the film, the plot of which is based on the famous Hindi novel, Chandrakanta. The makers have chosen Bhutan as the geography is quite different. They will …

Director Danny Boyle’s tale of a boy from the Mumbai slums who reaches the jackpot question on gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has swept all before it in the awards race.
It won four Golden Globes and is favourite to win best picture at the Academy Awards - an astonishing feat for a $15 million film with one-third of its dialogue in Hindi and a cast of relative unknowns.
Boyle summed up the audience’s reaction to the film when he spoke at the Globes of the “mad, pulsating affection” in …

Aishwarya Bachchan’s role might not be that big in The Pink Panther 2 but she’s going on a world tour to attend the film’s premieres.
It’s been called a Steve Martin film with Ash not getting much mileage, but the lady is set to attend the film’s premiere in various cities across the globe, starting with the New York premiere alongside her hubby on February 3.
Her husband Abhishek Bachchan will be with her to celebrate his birthday and parents Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan would join them in NY. Ash would …

The Abhishek Bachchan-Sonam Kapoor starrer upcoming film DELHI 6 is all set to hit the screens on 20th February
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (of AKS and RANG DE BASANTI fame) the movie is reportedly based on Mehra’s growing up years in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi. Right from its making days the film was in constant news for its casting and frequent postponement. Also several changes were made in the script.
This would be Sonam Kapoor’s, daughter of veteran actor Anil Kapoor, 2nd film after SAAWARIYA.
Apart from Abhishek and Sonam …

Jaipur (IANS): Sample this: Indian screen icon Amitabh Bachchan is credited with 135 releases in over 40 years. He played the baddie - be it the ‘dada’, the don, the killer or the thief - in 35 movies.
Contrary to the image of the angry young man who swore by the gun and bashed up baddies in high-decibel blockbusters, Big B, as the superstar is monikered in the tinsel town of Bollywood, has played almost everything on screen.
These revelations are contained in the 310-page “Bachchanalia: The Films and Memorabilia” of Amitabh …

New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) “SlumDog Millionaire” has won over the Western audiences with its ‘fairy tale in a Mumbai slum’ storyline but back home the film has opened up a heated debate about the stereotyped representation of India and Mumbai in the Western films.
None other than Bollywood’s Big B, Amitabh Bachchan joined forces with the critics of Slumdog in his blog.
“If “Slumdog Millionaire” projects India as Third World dirty under belly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky …

Our arguably biggest film icon, Amitabh Bachchan, is an angry man. The actor, who is venerated by millions of Indians, feels that Slumdog Millionaire has been successful because it is a ‘Westerner’s’ take on the gritty underbelly of the Indian urban scape. According to his blog entry which roused a debate, and which he is now eager to disown Bachchan feels that Slumdog would not have been the toast of the international community had it been directed by a desi director. Bachchan goes on to assert that poverty is not …

In his latest blogpost, Amitabh Bachchan has dismissed media reports that he had described Slumdog Millionaire as a film projecting the underbelly of India and thus getting the recognition from the West.
Blogging from Paris, Bachchan expressed strong disappointment and displeasure with the way his earlier blogpost on Slumdog Millionaire had been interpreted by the media. Articulating his consternation Big B writes, “What a colossal joke this is all turning out to be !! Without reading the text of my blog or the purpose behind the mention of ‘Slumdog’ an entire …