Smita Kudva, who trained under legendary filmmaker Satjayit Ray and assisted Ismail Merchant, is making her debut as a feature film director with 'Magic Loom Girl', the filming for which will commence early next year.Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, who composes music for the film,…

Just like any other year, even 2006 saw a number of first time directors trying to make their presence felt in the Bollywood film making scene. A super successful year only helped the cause as number of directors showed potential and promised an extended outing…

10 weeks after it set fireworks all around on the festive occasion of Diwali/Eid, Shahrukh Khan's recent hit 'Don' is now arriving on original DVDs.Come January 6th and fans & followers of King Khan and Don would be able to relive the magic of…

Vijay Krishna Acharya has suddenly emerged as one of the hottest names in writer circles today.After making a splash with 'Dhoom' for which he wrote dialogues and screenplay, he followed up the good work with 'Dhoom 2'. In the interim, he also wrote the…

One music composer Himesh Reshammiya wants to sing for is A R Rahman. A R on his part in his trademark humility says 'Reshammiya is doing a good job.' And this new year will mark an unexpected turn of events in this mutual-admiration-society. For both…

Arjun Rampal is a fine actor who hasn't got his due. Having started off with 'Pyaar Iishq Aur Mohabbat' this hot body went on to do several films that laid eggs at the box office. 'Moksha', 'Dil Ka Rishta', 'Dil Hai Tumhara', 'Elaan', 'Vaada', 'Tehzeeb',…

Fardeen Khan on Tuesday expressed his willingness to go in for rehabilitation for drug addiction. The offer has been made by his lawyer advocate K T Tulsi at the end of the arguments before the Bombay High Court which is hearing the actor's plea that…

Production house PNC [Pritish Nandy Communications] has been known for repeating the cast and crew for number of their films on a regular basis. While on the movies front they have continuously worked with Rahul Bose, on the music front it seems to be Pritam…

After working together in Indra Kumar's 'Pyaare Mohan' and Ram Gopal Verma's yet to be released 'Darling', Fardeen Khan and Esha Deol would be making a hat trick with a film titled 'Just Married'.Though 'Pyaare Mohan' just about managed to sail through and it…

'I'm an international gypsy,' said M F Hussain in an interview recently in context with the forced exile from India, his country for the last ninety one years. The world famous modern artiste has always been prone to controversies. But the recent ones where he…