Archive for the 'Bollywood' Category

Bollywood catching on in Canada

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Found an interesting post by Larry at Larry Hnetka Goes HMmmm where he talks about the appeal of Bollywood music videos:
In Vancouver, we often see Bollywood music videos. Elaborate costumes, designs, a cast of hundreds and imaginative dance moves. Of course all sung in various Indian dialects. I watch just for the spectacle of [...]

Bus driver becomes real-life Bollywood Hero

Friday, November 4th, 2005

A New Delhi bus driver saved his own life and the lives of dozens of passengers when he threw a bomb out of his bus Friday. The driver, Kuldeep Singh, said that if it hadn’t been for Bollywood movies he would not have been able to recognize the bomb: a ticking clock attached via [...]

Happy Birthday, Ash!

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

Sexy Bollywood starlet Aishwarya Rai turned 32 years old on Tuesday. Happy Birthday! I would send her something, but I wouldn’t know what to get a big Bollywood star like her. Maybe a pie?
What would you get Ash for her birthday? Comment below (keep it clean)!

Hollywood studios dabble with Bollywood films

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

According to an article at HindustanTimes, major Hollywood studio Sony Pictures has plans to produce a Bollywood film in India.
In yet another extremely significant development, Sony Pictures has decided to produce Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next film, a teen love story titled Saawariya. Indications available so far suggest that the film will be a typical Bhansali [...]

Meet Thara, India’s greatest actress

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

A very nice interview with the very talented and striking Thara over at expressIndia.com Thara recently won the award for Best Actress, the most coveted spot in the world of Bollywood.
In fact, initial news of her ‘‘being in the race’’ for the Best Actress Award really didn’t make her sit up. ‘‘They said the [...]

Bollywood bad boy cast as Bond villain

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Gulshan Grover, the bad guy that Bollywood loves to hate, has been officially cast as James Bonds’ nemesis in the upcoming flick Casino Royale. He will be playing opposite Daniel Craig (Bond) in the movie, which is based on Ian Flemming’s first Bond novel.
From thisislondon.co.uk:
Grover, 50, said: “To be in Casino Royale would be [...]

Bollywood stars host shows for earthquake relief

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Bollywood stars Mahesh Bhatt, Shatrughan Sinha and Ashok Pandit today pledged to hold shows across the country to raise funds for quake-victem relief. As Bhatt said, Pakistani film stars pitched in in the aftermath of the tsunami, so it’s only fair that Bollywood rallies to ease the damage of another terrible natural disaster in [...]

Ten flattest babes in Bollywood

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Cause why not? Flat stomachs are in (yeah, that’s right stomachs you cheeky monkey), so check out the India Times’ 10 flattest babes in Bollywood.
(and none of them is Aishwarya Rai!)
Go ahead and click it, nobody’s watching.

Bollywood over broadband?

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

A couple brits are making some big waves with a new service, Bollywood.tv. The website is the first of its kind; it offers high-quality, full feature-length Bollywood movies over a broadband connection. For just 10 pounds a month, you can download as much as your web connection can gulp down.
Content director Mohan Thariyan [...]

“I never made an effort to lose weight:” Ash

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

I was checking out some Bollywood news over at santabanta.com, and I stumbled upon this interesting quote by Aishwarya Rai:
“Do you know, I had never worked out, never made any effort to lose weight. I’m a total foodie with a sweet tooth, and I’ve never tried to control my diet. During Bride & Prejudice and [...]