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[22 Nov 2004 | Comments | 156 views]

Salman Khan is back in the news. For the wrong reasons, once again!
At a packed-to-capacity press conference at his plush bungalow in Juhu on April 1, Vivek Oberoi told the media persons that Salman Khan had threatened him in the early hours of March 30.
Vivek claimed that Salman called him 41 times that night and abused him in the choicest of expletives, accusing Vivek of having “physical relationships with Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherji, Diya Mirza and Somy Ali,” Vivek revealed.
“At first, I decided to pacify things, but when his tone …

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[15 Jun 2004 | Comments | 101 views]

After concentrating all her efforts on her home production ‘Dil Ka Rishta’, Ash is now slow to sign films. But don’t be mistaken, the lady is merely picking and choosing her films with great care. So she’s got a great line-up of interesting projects that should last her a long time already. Check out the awesome films in her kitty. There’s Rituparnno Ghosh’s ‘Choker Bali’ (which reportedly she’s already completed); Gurinder Chaddha’s ‘Bride and Prejudice’ which could have a Hollywood actor opposite Ash; Rajkumar Santoshi’s ‘Khakee’ which is already a …

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[2 Apr 2004 | Comments | 109 views]

This one is third in the row for Vivek Oberoi. No, not a third consecutive hit but third movie with an assistant turned director. After Rajat Mukherjee’s (Assistant of RGV) Road, then Saathiya for Mani ratnam’s Assistant Shaad Ali and now Dum for E Niwas who has assisted RGV in many a flicks now !!! Dum is produced by Morani and Soorma who have earlier given super hits like Arjun, Vardi, Damini, Raja Hindustaani amongst others. Dum is another social-action-darama produced by them which surprisingly has a VERY GOOD score …

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[18 Mar 2004 | Comments | 140 views]

He’s the hottest new star kid on the block. And she’s the hottest star-kid on the horizon too. Vivek Oberoi and Kareena Kapoor are surely one happening pair. And they’re all set to set the screen sizzling. A rumour has it that the director duo have signed Kareena for an author-backed role opposite Vivek. Pssst. Here’s a little secret. Apparently, Kareena claims the role is radically different from anything she’s done before and will shock the audience. Now is that a negative role or what? Any guesses?

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[30 Jul 2003 | Comments | 107 views]

Starring: Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerjee
Special Appearances By: Shahrukh Khan and Tabu
Director: Shaad Ali
Music: A.R. Rahman
Lyrics: Gulzar
Screenplay: Mani Ratnam
Produced By: Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Released By: Yash Raj Films

Saathiya is a very light romantic drama, an old-fashioned story from the era of 70s & 80s where parents and social status used to come as an inseparable wall and the lovers usually have to run away from their homes and do secret marriages. The only so-called new or better thing shown is the real life drama which happens after the marriage. The ups and downs …

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[19 Jul 2003 | Comments | 112 views]

Film-maker Ram Gopal Varma is back with Company, a movie that tackles the seedy side of Bollywood, the underworld of gangsters.

It’s a time to kill for Hindi cinema this season. From actor-turned-director Chekravarthy’s underworld drama Durga, Vipul Shah’s suave look at gangsterism in Ankhein and Hansal Mehta’s forthcoming Chhal, filmmakers seem to have unleashed a virtual gang-war on screen.
And now there is Ram Gopal Varma’s Company, which chronicles the story of two underworld dons who become bitter enemies. Though Varma denies the film’s proximity to real life, the industry is …

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[15 Jul 2003 | Comments | 93 views]

Is there no limit to this guy’s talent? After wowing the audiences with his performances in films such as ‘Company’, ‘Road’, ‘Saathiya’ and ‘Dum’, Vivek Oberoi, claim the gristmills, is all set to produce his own film. And what better company to help him co-produce it than mentor Ramgopal’s ‘Varma Corporation’? However, when we spoke to the actor, he claimed to be too tied up with his current spate of films to even venture in that direction. “I can’t even manage my own dates right now,” he says, in between …

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[12 Jan 2003 | Comments | 151 views]

[ TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
MUMBAI: Devdas, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Rs 50-crore magnum opus about the unrequited love of an alcoholic may not have won an Oscar nomination, but it swept the 48th Manikchand Filmfare awards 2002 ceremony on Friday night.
It won 11 awards, including best film, director (Sanjay Leela Bhansali), actor (Shah Rukh Khan), actress (Aishwarya Rai) and best actress in a supporting role (Madhuri Dixit).
“Everyone asked me why I put in so much money into the story of a loser, but it turned out to be a winner,” said …