'In Mumbai if you say no to roles, you become enemy'

Amole Gupte strokes Sniff with a gentleness that one has now come to associate with his filmmaking (Taare Zameen Par, Stanley Ka Dabba or Hawaa Hawaai), says Sukanya Verma. Amole Gupte's Sniff opens with delectable images of spices and food in the tradition of a cookery show. It lingers on and lovingly until we've at least theoretically caught a whiff. The point behind this sensory exercise is to bring attention to someone who cannot -- neither in reality, nor imagination. Quite a stumbling ...

It is a known fact that Amol Gupte was supposed to direct Taare Zameen Par , before Aamir Khan took over the reins. Though the experience wasn't really pleasant for the filmmaker, he moved on soon enough to make films like Stanley Ka Dabba and Hawa Hawaai ...

Actor Darsheel Safary, of "Taare Zameen Par" fame, was last seen on the big screen in the 2012 film "Midnight's Children". Now 20 years old, he says it wasn't a conscious decision to take a break from films.The former child actor is set to return to the big ...

When the dust settles on the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival, it is probably the uproar over Priyanka Chopra's Sikkim faux pas that will stay in the minds of Indian movie fans. Nothing could be more out of line. Three quality actors who Bollywood ...

Tisca Chopra says she has always picked projects in which she believes and is proud to maintain her integrity as an actor. The 43-year-old actor, whose performances in films such as “Taare Zameen Par”, “Firaaq”, “Ankur Arora ...

Aamir Khan has made a mark not just as an actor but also as a producer, director and TV show host. In 2001, he took a risk by turning producer with the very unconventional Lagaan . But it became a huge success and a cult classic. He then made some very ...

New Delhi: Newly appointed censor board chief Prasoon Joshi today said that he hoped to carry out his responsibilities in a constructive manner. The government replaced Pahlaj Nihalani, who has hogged headlines for his controversial decisions, with Joshi in a ...

TV actor Shweta Tiwari’s daughter Palak, 17, has grown up into a beautiful girl and she is all set to make her Bollywood debut soon. She will be seen opposite Taare Zameen Par actor Darsheel Safary in the upcoming film Quickie . The film deals with two ...

Some films are, simply, above numbers. They are cinema that just had to be experienced for Hindi cinema buffs. We viewers would have been much poorer without these innovative movie marvels. Happily, most of these films did make profits. But, over-budgeted or ...