Toronto: The 12th Reelworld Film Festival is expected to have a strong South Asian presence with a number of docs slated for screening. It will see the premiere of ‘A Golden Pen’- the story of a Hindi movie scriptwriter, Aghajani Kashmeri, who wrote scripts for many Hindi films back in the golden days [...]
By FIRDAUS ALI Multiple filmmaking traditions came together on one panel to examine the global world of cinema through the eyes of filmmakers, actors and industry executives as they shared real-life experiences and discussed the opportunities and challenges of working in Bollywood, Hollywood and Toronto. The event held at the Royal Ontario Museum on [...]
London: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is in need of a hit, badly. Will Patiala House, a film that deals humorously with the intergenerational issues of an NRI family, deliver that? The film due in February co-stars Anushka Sharma, and features Brit Asian rapper Hard Kaur. Produced by Hari Om Entertainment Company, People Tree Films and [...]
Ten years ago, Vinay Shukla received accolades for his film Godmother that starred Shabana Azmi. The film went on to receive six national awards. However Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche (2002) bombed at the box office and then one by one, his projects refused to take off. “Nobody was willing to back the kinds of films [...]
Mississauga: Deepa Mehta, internationally acclaimed film director, entertained guests at the annual HSBC South Asian Mela Reception with her impressions of the Hollywood and Bollywood film industries. This annual HSBC event celebrates the many festivals at this time of year in the South Asian calendar, where guests experienced an evening of South Asian cuisine and [...]
Toronto: Asian Television Network International Limited, prominent South Asian Broadcaster, is planning to soon launch three channels of the Times Television Network, Times Now – India’s leading English news channel, ET Now one of India’s premiere English business news channel and ZoOm the 100% Bollywood channel. Times Television Network is a part of The Times [...]
Rogers is celebrating Diwali by offering its digital customers free previews of popular Hindi and Punjabi channels throughout the month of November. From now to November 22, 2010, Rogers’ Digital TV customers can simply tune in to the following channels to enjoy the free previews on select dates: Now to November 8 – ATN Aastha [...]
Mallika Sherawat rose to stardom with Mahesh Bhatt’s film, Murder. Until then, she was known for 17 kisses in a forgettable film called Khwaish. “Post Murder, instead of being grateful to the producers and the film team, Sherawat tried to hog all the limelight for the success of the film,” says producer Mukesh Bhatt. “When [...]
Bollywood’s most controversial item girl Rakhi Sawant set to compete with superstars Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan for TRPs on the small screen. But, Rakhi is sure of pipping them all. Her show Rakhi Ka Insaaf will start airing on the same day as Akshay’s Master Chef India — October 16. It [...]
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