In last couple of years, there have been numerous instances of assistant directors turning into full fledged directors and making a mark for themselves in Bollywood. The feat is bound to be repeated again with the release of 'Nehle Pe Dehla' starring Sanjay Dutt and Saif Ali Khan in the lead. The director? Ajay Chandok. In a career spanning around a couple of decades, Chandok has been mainly an assistant director to David Dhawan for a dozen odd …

'Mukesh ji, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan sahib and R D Burman sahib had a nasal voice but no one says anything about them whereas I've given 36 hits in a year and a lot of people seem to have a problem with my voice. I don't think the above singers ever gave the same number of hits in a year,' said Himesh Reshammiya (Or should we say HR) while talking to the media before his concert in Surat recently. He further added that even if Himesh Reshammiya sneezes …

Pradeep Sarkar may have parted ways with his mentor Vinod Chopra but he seems to be networking fast-n-furious in his new camp'The Chopra Camp'.Oops'It's the other Chopra'.Yash Chopra.It is being said in the trade circles that Sarkar has roped in the triumvirate of Bachchans (Amitabh, Jaya and Abhishek to star in his next film being produced by Yashraj Films). The soft spoken and genial Pradeep Sarkar is not willing to admit it nor does he wish to …

Vidhu Vinod Chopra has now a super-successful hat trick in the form of 'Munnabhai MBBS', 'Parineeta' and 'Lage Raho Munnabhai'. Now is the time for him to come up with a blockbuster himself and that seems just a little distance away in the form of 'Eklavya - The Royal Guard'. It's theatrical promo has caused quite a stir and no wonder the film is turning into one of the hottest flicks early next year when it arrives [most likely] on February 9th. …

Saif Ali Khan and Fardeen Khan have had differences lately when Saif decided to opt out of Feroze Khan's 'Kurbani' after committing to it initially. Fardeen retaliated by walking out of a film starring the 'Hum Tum' star citing date problems. Now, Saif has gone a step further by replacing Fardeen as the brand ambassador for fashion label Provogue. The fashion house is saying that Fardeen wants to start his own clothesline and that's one of the reasons …

It was a celebration time for the Khanna's household two days earlier as the ever charismatic Vinod Khanna celebrated his 60 birthdays with both Akshaye & Rahul Khanna throwing a surprise party. They had a rocking time together in the Khanna household. For Akshaye Khanna, its proving to be a double celebration as he has the most promising film slated to be released in 2007 Starting with uber cool Nikhil Advani's 'Salaam-E-Ishq', followed by a critically …

Singer Kailash Kher is an unlikely star, considering his short height and uncharacteristic looks. Yet, this giant singer who moved on from singing at railway stations to the cover page of international music magazine 'Rave', his artistic journey is unprecedented. Currently he is elated about his upcoming world concert with Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder. Kailash is very excited about this collaboration with Eddie Vedder. The live concert will be …

Rakeysh Mehra's power-packed film 'Rang De Basanti' is going to premiere on National TV this 20th August. Keeping the spirit of freedom alive, the modern day Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Bismil, Sukhdev and Ashfaqullah will set guns blazing yet again after breaking all Box Office records the world over. The zeal of RDB has also reflected in real life when the youth took to the streets in the Jessica Lal murder case or the anti-reservation agitation …

'Ahista Ahista' - now this is one flick that deserves to be promoted far more aggressively and should get its fare share of audience. Why? Because the film has honesty and simplicity written all over it! There have been number of flicks that have released and turned out to be successful this year. 'Rang De Basanti', 'Malamaal Weekly', 'Fanaa', 'Krrish', 'Phir Hera Pheri' and most recently 'Golmaal' are just to name a few. While the rest of the year …

Soha Ali Khan and Abhay Deol seem to have 'Ahista Ahista' fallen in love with each other on the sets of their first film together. Well, if a News Channel is to be believed then that's exactly the story like. The pretty young news reporter went as far as matching the illustrious family tree of the girl and the boy. Like, Abhay is the nephew of Dharmendra and has cousins like Sunny, Bobby, Esha and Aahana, while Soha's mom Sharmila Tagore, father …