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 [...]

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 [...]

London (PTI): ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ actress Freida Pinto is getting accolades from all quarters for her role in in the movie and has added another name to her fan list- Angelina Jolie. But apparently the 24-year-old actress was so stunned to see Jolie at a luncheon in Los Angeles recently that she quickly escaped into the [...]

The name A.R. Rahman seems to have become a mantra for everyone! This musical maestro has done something that no one else had been able to do in the 98-year history of Indian Cinema! By winning a Golden Globe (for best original score in Slumdog Millionaire), A.R. Rahman has put a broad smile on the [...]

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 [...]

AR Rahman probably has a cupboard full of awards the way some Bollywood names have cupboards full of skeletons. In both cases, it’s usually a case of ‘what’s the big deal about one more’. But the Golden Globe puts him, literally, in the global league. At this point, looking back, which is the first award [...]

NEW DELHI: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has slammed Danny Boyle’s Golden Globe award winning underdog drama “Slumdog Millionaire” for showing India in poor light. “If ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ projects India as Third World dirty underbelly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and [...]

As the first Indian musician to pick up the prestigious award for Best Original Score, AR Rahman has sure got us in the Chhaiya chhaiya mode. And the singer of the number, Jai Ho, a song of celebration that has snapped up the award for Rahman, is already “jumping with joy”. Sukhwinder Singh is all [...]

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be the first Indian star to present an award at the Golden Globe, this Sunday at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Music maestro A R Rahman is also in the running for the Best Original Score for the Internationally One of the best music composer in India he is [...]

Music composer AR Rahman on Monday became the first Indian to win a Golden Globe award and is already looking forward to bagging an Oscar for his soundtrack for British filmmaker Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. “For the people of India to get an Oscar is a big thing. So for their sake, more than mine, [...]