Bollywood Blog

2002-07-06T22:42:00.000-07:00

If You Think Lagaans' Spotlight in International Fame was Over... THINK AGAIN!
Can you believe it? I can't! Lagaan has gotten 2 Thumbs up by the two most acclaimed film critics in the world, Ebert & Roeper. First Monsoon Wedding, now Lagaan. This is truly a great honor for this film and it realy diserves it. It's great to see this film getting so much acclaim internationaly. You know, it's been almost 2 years now on the bollywood clock since Lagaan was first released, yet still it is gaining fame all over the world. This movie is a true success of Bollywood. SHABASH to the entire crew of Lagaan. To hear the review that Ebert & Roeper gave Lagaan on their show, click here to send you to the page, then click the speaker icon next to Lagaan.

2002-05-31T08:29:00.000-07:00

Hrithiks' Fading Fame
Alright, I have just found a piece of bollywood news that im sure all bollywood fans would love to see. This story is so intresting and so well presented that its better we just give you the link instead of telling it in an incomparible and boring story. This is about Hrithiks' fame in bollywood and after this, you can be the judge if he's just looking for the right film still, or he is just a one hit wonder. Here it is, Hrithiks Fading Fame brought to you by Smash Hits.com and their segment, Zoom in. Also, be free to see some other stories set up by this great website.

2002-05-31T07:58:00.000-07:00

The Battle Has Begun
Bhagat Singh has sparked a Box Office war around the world. While Tips is going all out to promote "The Legend of Bhagat Singh" with Ajay Devgan, Sunny Deol is hard at work putting the final touches on his version titled "23rd March 1931 Shaheed". Both producers are paying very close attention overseas as both have planned premiere shows in the UK, US and Canada. Tips is holding the world premiere screening of "The Legend of Bhagat Singh" on Friday June 7th in New York. Ajay Devgan, Rajkumar Santoshi and A.R. Rahman will be there to greet fans and hold a press conference to promote the film. "We are very confident about our film and the stars also share a special bond with this project. That's why we have planned this premiere and Live theater appearances in New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles and San Fransisco." said Pradeep Abhichandani of Tips USA.

2002-05-27T07:47:00.000-07:00

Taste Of the Week
Well, its been a while but finally we have our new taste of the week. We're gunna take a look at "The Legend of Bhagat Singh". This is probably the most entisipated punjabi film in history. It has high expections for the box office, so we'll see if its a big hit, or a big bust. Here is "The Legend Of Bhagat Singh."

2002-05-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

New Releases/ Coming soon

Alright, well we have some new movies coming out in this month so look for these movies soon....
Kasam Se Starring: Sunil Shetty Raveena Tandon, Shekhar Sunam. Director: Kundan Shah.
Pyaar Deewana Hota Hai Starring: Govinda, Rani Mukherji, Apurva Agnihotri. Director: Kirti Kumar.
Waah!...Tera Kya Kehna Starring: Shammi Kapoor, Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Preeti Jhangiani. Director: Manoj Agawal.
Na Tum Janno Na Hum Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Esha Deol. Director: Ajrun Sablock.
Badhai Ho Badhai Starring: Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Kirti Reddy. Director: Satish Kaushik.
Maine Dil Tujko Diya Starring: Sohail Khan, Sameera, Sunjay Dutt. Director: Sohail Khan.
Yeh Hai Jalwa Starring: Salmon Khan, Amisha Patel, Rishi Kapoor. Director: David Dhawan.
Jaani Dushman-Ek Anokhi Kahani Starring: Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Manisha Koirala, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonu Nigam, Munish Kohli. Director: Rajkumar Kohli.
Kaante Starring:Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Kumar Gaurav, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lucky Ali, Tabu, Malaika Arora -Khan. Director: Sanjay Gupta.
Ab Ke Baras Starring: Arya Babbar, Amrita Rao, Danny. Director: Raj Kanwar.
Whoaaaaaaa thats alot of movies! OK well, there they are, and expect most of these to apear on the taste of the week in time.

2002-05-07T07:41:00.000-07:00

Taste Of The Week
Its a new week and that means theres a new taste of the week! This week, we take a look at the music of Devdas. This movie has a very talented and experienced cast of the popular Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, and the beautiful Aishwarya Rai. This movie topped AVS top ten movie songs list on there previous show. An all-star cast, a great soundtrack, and the popularity, this film should be a bollywood blockbuster in no time. So, here it is, Devdas.

2002-05-01T07:49:00.000-07:00

Thumbs Up For Monsoon Wedding
The world renound film critics Ebert and Roeper reviewed Monsoon Wedding on their show "Ebert and Roeper at the Movies", which airs on ABC every Saturday. The result... Ebert and Roeper give Monsoon Wedding 2 Thumbs up! This is a great accomplish for Monsoon Wedding which could open the eyes of the American audience. To listen to the review as seen on TV, click here to the link, then click the speaker where it says Monsoon Wedding. Shabash to the entire crew of Monsoon Wedding.

2002-04-29T08:02:00.000-07:00

Punjabi Corner (part 2 of Mr.Shepards Interview)
"Welcome back Mr.Shepard. Thank You for doing this interview again. Sat sri akal." "Sat sri akal ji." "Well, lets pick up where we left of shall we? We were talking about the Americanization of bollywood. Do you feel that the Americanization of bollywood is nessacary?" "Well, if it makes a profit then go ahead why not?" "Well from seen in movies this year, Lagaan which was a traditional film prevailed to be very successful as compared to Yaadein which was very Americanized that wasnt very exepted by the audience. So realy, the profit isnt being made by Americanized films." "Thats not entirly true. If you look at K3G which made alot of profit and that was americanized. Yaadein didnt do well becuse of the poor story line and script. It had nothing to do with the modern identity. Lagaan was a blockbuster because it had everything that a movie fan never saw before. It was a new story which had all new ingeredients in it. If a film fails to click with the crowd........it has alot to do with the script." "Well, that about wraps it up for this interview. Thank you agian Mr.Shepard." "Again it was a pleasure being here and it like to do it again in the future." "We look forward to it." "Sat sri akal." "Sat sri akal."

2002-04-25T08:43:00.000-07:00

Punjabi Coner
"Today we're interviewing the great punjabi film critic, my friend, Mr. Shepard Singh Chauhan. Sat Sri Akal" "Sat Sri Akal Ji" "So, Mr. Shepard, what can we expect this year from punjabi films?" "Well, our punjabi films films arnt as successful as people from the bollywood industry including me, but we have some new projects coming up in the near future. We expect good bhangra music, and some exellent acting from bollywood actors. The punjabi industry is associated with the bollywood industry as its a small part of it. This year we have 2 films coming out which are totally punjabi oriented film. Both are made on a famous freedom fighter name Shaheed Bhagat Singh. One of them stars Ajay Devgun and the other is the home production of Sunny Deol's which has his brother Bobby Deol playing the lead role" "All right, these sound like some exellent films coming from punjab. Where do you see Punjabi films 10 years from now?" "As time goes on, our technology gets better and our films will be more successful. Eventually, we will be our own division of film called Punwood." "You say modernization is a good thing, but how do you feel about the Americanization of the film industry?" " I can't talk for every director, but im saying, bollywood makes alot of profit with the Americanization films but, how long will this stay? Era changes all the time from the action era, to the romance movies, to the Americanization era and this era soon be done with as all era has. Things always change." "Well Mr. Shepard, we are out of time, we wish you could talk more. Good Luck to punjab industry and we'll interview you again some time." "Thank you, nice to be here. Sat Sri Akal." "Sat sri akal."

2002-04-25T08:14:00.000-07:00

Get Your Tickets and Books Your Rides NOW!
Heartthobes are coming on tour! Your bollywood Heartthobes are coming to a city near you so book your rides, and get your tickets now. Who's in Heartthobes? A SUPERSTAR CAST! including, Hrithik Roshan, Aftab Shivdasani, Arjun Rampal, Raageshewari, Kareena Kapoor, and Karisma Kapoor who will all be preforming. The only Canadian show is in Calgary so if you dont live their, plan ahead. Click here for Info on this once in a life time event.

2002-04-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

American Chai
American Chai is not your typical bollywood film. This very untraditional film is about Sureel, who is thAs the story unfolds, Sureel must discover who he really is and what he really wants. Does he pay the price for following his dreams? Does he reveal his secret life to his parents and risk their rejection? In American Chai, Sureel falls in love, faces the music, and discovers his destiny.
e son of his two indian parents, who just wanted to grow up like his other American friends despite his parents Indian traditions. This may remind you of American Desi but if you want a little change of pace from the typical bollywood film and a good laugh, check out American Chai.

2002-04-23T08:38:00.000-07:00

Taste Of the Week
well, its a new week... actually its been like 2 weeks but o well. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! The new taste of the week. This week we're gunna preview another new Hrithik Roshan movie "Na Tum Jaano Na Hum". This has a great soundtrack but lets see if the movie is equally as good when it hits the big screens soon. *note, raaga.com was down at the time so the link will send you too Indiahits.com.

2002-04-09T08:02:00.000-07:00

Monsoon Wedding Makes Big Box Office Money
Monsoon Wedding continued its amazing run as the #1 limited-release film at the North American box office collecting $746,693 from only 128 theaters in its fifth weekend making a total of $3.2 million, surpassing the box office take of the highest-grossing Bollywood film in U.S. history - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (K3G). The Monsoon Wedding averaged a solid $5,834 per theater and spent its second consecutive weekend in the North American Top 20. Only a small handful of foreign-language films such as Life is Beautiful, Amelie, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon have ever reached the Top 20.

2002-03-25T17:51:00.000-08:00

Oscars from the Academy:0
Respect From People: ALL
"And the winner for best foreign language film...... No Mans Land from Bosnia". So, our Lagaan did not win the Oscar that we all wished for but we can take pride in knowing that bollywood was represented at the Academy Awards. It was a little sad not to see Lagaan win but it was more than shocking to see the HIGHLY favored French movie, Amile (that was nominated for 5 other oscars) lose. But as for everyone from Lagaan, we give them thanks for their efforts, there hardwork in making and advirtising the film, and overall, we thank them for giving us the people one hell of a film that we can charish years from now. Lagaan may have entered and left the Academy Awards without an Oscar, but they entered and left the Academy Awards with the support of everyone back home in India and Bollywood lovers across the world. We hope that this year, there will be a film who can be worthy enough to make it the Oscars. Good Luck to all the new and upcoming movies.

2002-03-22T08:41:00.000-08:00

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2002-03-22T08:27:00.000-08:00

Taste of the Week
Its a speical week because... SPRING BREAK! WOO! Its a new week and that means its time for our new taste of the week. We feature the new movie "Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage" which re-unites the hot pair of Amisha Patel and Hrithik Roshan. If your a bollywood fan, you know that Kaho Naa Pyar Hai was the start movie of Roshan and Patels' career in bollywood. It was a HUGE success which sent both their careers sky rocketing. Its been about two years since the two have been seen together on screen so everyone is awaiting the re-union, set to release very soon. Heres your first taste of "Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage"

2002-03-20T08:36:00.000-08:00

Totally Unrelated News For Marks
This along with all future assignments have been shifted to " bollywood assignments "

2002-03-14T08:14:00.000-08:00

Taste of the Week
Get your first taste of the music from Shah Rukh Khan and Salmon Khans' upcoming movie, the very anticipated "Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam"

2002-03-12T08:46:00.000-08:00

Countdown to the Oscars
Lagaan is nominated for best foriegn film at the 74th Academy Awards. This is the thrid movie from Bollywood to be nominated for this award. Lagaan was the box office hit of the year in India and swept the Zee Awards taking best picture and director. All of India is supporting Lagaan for this nonimation as the countdown to the Oscars continues. Click here to listen to the hit songs from Lagaan