Jan 27, 2012By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
If there is one thing that the hits of 2010 and 2011 have done, it is to re-emphasize that Hindi cinema buffs, whether in India or overseas, go to movies for paisa-vasool packages of entertainment, story, genre and message — all being fine, provided there is decent manoranjan, masala and music.
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Jan 16, 2012By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
It was a film in the second half of the year that swept more awards than any other. Don’t get us wrong – we are not saying that the sweep was not well-deserved.
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Jan 13, 2012By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
Their joint appeal is so strong, their chemistry so crackling that we just want to watch these 10 pairs again and again. We go in reverse order, mentioning the year we last saw them together on screen.
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Jan 10, 2012By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
In these days when Bappi Lahiri consents to have his hit tune “Ooeee Amma Ooeee Amma” from the 1983 “Mawaali” refurbished as “Ooh La La” in Vishal-Shekhar’s “The Dirty Picture,” and even sings it himself, it is interesting to know how songs composed for one film were finally used in another one by
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Jan 09, 2012By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
Soap queen and now box-office Czarina Ekta Kapoor, and the mush-cum-“different entertainment” man Karan Johar, will join forces for a romantic movie.
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Jan 09, 2012By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
Two “young bachelors” and a third “young at heart” bachelor form the trio of protagonists of the comedy starring Sharman Joshi, Raima Sen, Riya Sen, Manoj Pahwa, Manish Nagpal, Himani Shivpuri and others. The music is by Daboo Malik.
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Jan 09, 2012By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
After singing a few lines in her home production “Hissss,” Mallika Sherawat is singing a song with Sonu Sood for her film “Lucky Unlucky.” Mallika and Sonu will croon in Hariyanvi (Mallika’s mother tongue) under the baton of Santokh Singh. Since the road movie will be shot across the country, Sonu,
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Jan 09, 2012By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
While we examined the box-office and business highs of 2011’s Hindi cinema last week (I-W, Dec. 30, 2011), it is now time to check on the artistic highs and lows of the year gone by.
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Jan 03, 2012By PTI -
Action-thriller films such as “Bodyguard” and “Singham” successfully captured the attention of many moviegoers in 2011. The trend will continue in 2012 when films such as “Players” and “Agneepath” hit the box office.
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Dec 14, 2011By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
This reporter stumbled upon an old article in the Sunday Express on veteran actor Danny Denzongpa, last seen in the 2010 “Endhiran”/“Robot.”
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Dec 12, 2011By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
What did today’s hotties have by way of kinks as kids? A Mumbai Mirror article had Rishi Kapoor talking on son Ranbir; moms Punam and Neelima on Sonakshi and Shahid respectively; and uncle Aamir on Imran Khan.
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Dec 08, 2011By R. M. Vijayakar, Special to India-West
Dev, with his trademark puff of hair, the crooked gait, the unique dialogues delivery and expressions and of course his adherence to light entertainers, gradually came to represent modernism and agelessness and all the energy that came with these.
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