Risk-taker Vidya Balan boosts Bollywood’s girl power
MUMBAI (Reuters) – It’s a good time to be Vidya Balan. Indian cinema turned 100 this year and the versatile actress has emerged as the face of Bollywood, earning a spot in an elite nine-member Cannes festival jury headed by filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
The 35-year-old actress has picked her way through a minefield of movie roles in recent years, zooming in on strong and diverse female leads that have straddled box-office success and critical acclaim.
Bollywood actor held in custody over girlfriend’s suicide
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Bollywood actor Suraj Pancholi who was arrested after the suicide of his actress girlfriend Jiah Khan will spend at least another week in jail after a Mumbai court on Friday adjourned his bail hearing until June 21.
Pancholi, 22, the son of Bollywood acting couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was arrested on June 10 and is being questioned by police over any possible role in Khan’s suicide.
Suraj Pancholi bail hearing adjourned in Jiah Khan suicide case
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The man arrested in connection with Bollywood starlet Jiah Khan’s suicide will spend at least another week in prison after a Mumbai court on Friday adjourned his bail hearing until June 21.
Suraj Pancholi, the 22-year-old son of Bollywood acting couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, is being questioned by police after Khan’s mother made public a six-page letter apparently written by the young actress before she hanged herself on June 3. Her last phone call was to Pancholi.
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The ‘Delhi film’ has become somewhat of a trend in Bollywood. You have smart dialogue, actors speaking in a Punjabi accent and chase sequences in the bylanes of old Delhi.
Families take sides in wake of Bollywood actress Jiah Khan’s suicide
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Two Bollywood families have broken their silence over the suicide of starlet Jiah Khan after police arrested actor Suraj Pancholi in connection with his girlfriend’s death last week.
Pancholi was arrested on Monday after Khan’s mother, the 1980s actress Rabia Khan, made public a six-page letter apparently written by the 25-year-old actress before she hanged herself on June 3. Her last phone call was to Pancholi.
Families take sides in wake of Bollywood actress’s suicide
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Two Bollywood families have broken their silences over the suicide of starlet Jiah Khan after police arrested actor Suraj Pancholi in connection with his girlfriend’s death last week.
Pancholi was arrested on Monday after Khan’s mother, the 1980s actress Rabia Khan, made public a six-page letter apparently written by the 25-year-old actress before she hanged herself on June 3. Her last phone call was to Pancholi.
Deepika Padukone breaks free of Brad Pitt syndrome
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Nearly six years after her model-to-actress career move, Deepika Padukone says she is finally being praised for her acting in films and not just for her good looks.
Ayan Mukerji’s “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”, which stars Padukone in the lead with Ranbir Kapoor, got her box-office success and critical appreciation this month. Some reviews said she overshadowed her co-star.
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2: Insanity overload
In Sangeeth Sivan’s “Yamla Pagla Deewana 2″, the bankruptcy of ideas and creativity is so obvious that the director knows he has to resort to another hit film and franchise to try and crack a few lame jokes. So Bobby Deol and Neha Sharma fall in love over their mutual love for Salman Khan and his “Dabangg” films.
The fact that even Salman Khan’s name cannot retrieve this film from the depths of mediocrity should tell you something. Sivan resorts to all forms of toilet humour and slapstick comedy, with characters such as a whisky-drinking chimpanzee and a villain called “Dude”.
‘Lootera’ marks Ranveer Singh’s first Bollywood outing since 2011
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Nearly two years after his last big-screen outing, Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh is gearing up for a box office battle armed with a period romance partly based on a short story by American writer O. Henry.
Singh’s film “Lootera” opens in Indian cinemas on July 5, going head-to-head with jailed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s last completed film “Policegiri”.
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