In what is being termed as the biggest hit of 2008, based on its first 10-day box office collection, Shahrukh Khan starrer Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has managed to collect about Rs 60 crores so far, of which nearly half has come from the overseas markets.
This exceeds earlier successful box office collections for the first 10 days, for films like Singh is Kinng (about Rs 48 crores), Race and Jodhaa Akbar (about Rs 45 crores each) released earlier this year. With Rab Ne, the Yash Raj banner has tasted …

Mumbai (PTI): Ajay Devgan is all excited to begin work on his second home production, which will be a comedy film directed by ‘Golmaal’ famed Rohit Shetty.
The actor, who made his directorial debut with ‘U, Me aur Hum’ last year said the (untitled) film will be a comedy and start rolling in March in picturesque Goa.
Devgan will be paired opposite Bipasha Basu in the film that also stars Sanjay Dutt and Fardeen Khan.
Devgan and Bipasha were last seen together in Prakash Jha’s ‘Apaharan’.
Basu had earlier worked with Shetty in his …

2008 wasn’t perhaps the best year when it comes to storytelling but it still had at least a few films that managed to work well with the audience. If there was an intense ‘A Wednesday’ bringing in wonderful results during those ‘90 minutes’, there was also a no-brainer like ‘Singh Is Kinng’ that went on to be one of the biggest grosser at the box office. Joginder Tuteja brings to you some of the best films that Bollywood saw in the year gone by.
10 - Jodhaa Akbar
After a false start …

2008 was a year when quite a few newcomers made a mark in their very first film. Actors like Anushka, Asin, Adah and Prachi Desai made a thumping impression while Genelia D’Souza saw a revival in her career with ‘Jaane Tu Jaane Naa’. Katrina Kaif got her hits but there wasn’t a single performance that could make the cut into the Top-10 of the year while big guns like Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu and Kajol continued to reign. Joginder Tuteja looks at some of the best performances by …

Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini is touted as the big Christmas release, but it has a longer story to tell than is considered healthy for mutilplexes. The action-thriller’s playing time of three hours makes it the second-longest film of the year after Jodhaa Akbar, but the producer is unperturbed.
“It’s not the length. It’s the performance. You could have a really boring two-hour film. On the other hand you could’ve a really gripping film that’s three hours long,” producer Madhu Mantena, who also co-produced the super hit Tamil version of Ghajini with …

Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ has not only left the Indian and interational audiences mesmerized, but also got Dilip Kumar to become nostalgic. At a private screen of Jodhaa Akbar; this historical saga starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan not only enthralled the veteran actor, but also made him feel evoked his memories of Mughal-e-Azam.
Jodhaa Akbar released nearly a year back, yet it still continues to stay afresh in the minds of its audiences. Legendary actor Dilip Kumar says “Ashutosh was very kind to organize a special screening for me …

Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has hurt his knees once again, this time while doing a dangerous car stunt for home production Kites in Las Vegas. Though doctors advised him eight weeks rest, the brawny actor was about and running just three days after the accident.
“I hurt myself while jumping from a car. It looked really bad. The doctor said my knee would require eight weeks of healing. He said I’d be limping on crutches for at least two weeks,” Hrithik said.
A source said: “All hell broke loose and there was …

Strange things happen in showbiz. And you don’t know how to explain it.
How do you explain the fact that Abhishek Bachchan’s next three films all have titles beginning with the letter ‘D’ - Drona, followed by Dostana and Delhi 6.
How do you explain the fact that last month Madhavan was shooting for two films simultaneously both beginning with the number ‘3′ - 3 Patti and 3 Idiots.
How do you rationalize the revival of interest in the supernatural? Eerie-fairies are flying around filmdom. The fur hadn’t even stopped flying over Phoonk …

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Abhishek Bachchan starrer, Drona, has been insured for a whopping Rs. 50 crore. This has made Drona the biggest insured film of Bollywood till date. Directed by Abhishek’s childhood buddy, Goldie Behl and produced under Goldie’s home banner Rose Movies, Drona stars Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra and Kay Kay Menon.
The makers of the film have done the Rs. 50 crore insurance of their film with the state owned United India Insurance (UII). The reason for such high insurance amount, say Bollywood insiders is the mega budget involved in the making …