A plan was made several years ago that did not materialize. Mithun and Mani Ratnam had decided to work in a Tamil film Anandam. But that was several years ago. The plan did not materialize because Mani wanted Mithun to chop his hair short. Mithun then was working on 15 other projects that wanted his hair to be long. So the plans remained plans. Now they have once again teamed up for Mani's next film Guru. Mithun will be shooting for the film …

Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) 's 8th Annual International Film Festival will kick start at Imax Wadala from the 23rd March 2006 and will go on for a span of 7 days till 30th March 2006. It is during the span of these seven days that movie lovers will get to see not just Indian but films from across the globe under one roof. There will be more than 100 films showcased from 30 countries. The festival will open with French film maker Christophe …

Aamir Ali was last seen in a film called Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai. He has now bagged two other bollywood films. The films are untitled yet. His other two films Anjaan and Raghu are ready for release but for one or the other technical reasons are still awaiting their release. Anjaan is produced by Anil Bohra and Manohar Kanungo. The film is getting delayed for some technical issues. Some scenes were not graded digitally well. So the shots were redone. …

T-Series has released the VCDs and DVDs of the dark thriller Zinda directed and produced by the technically brilliant Sanjay Gupta and co- produced by Sanjay Dutt under the banner of White Feather Films. The film shot with grandeur on exquisite Bangkok locales stars Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Lara Dutta & Celina Jaitley. Music, composed by Vishal-Shekhar, Shibani Kashyap & Strings, like Gupta's earlier films was a rage. The DVD and VCD have been …

Actor Ajay Devgan has done several films so far but the opening of the film Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke, which also marks his debut in a Bhojpuri film albeit in a small role, is something he will never forget. Of course the reasons are good. The film opened in Mumbai at Navrang Cinema, Andheri. It unexpectedly got a very huge opening here. The crowd that turned up for the film was so huge that the police had to come into action to control the crowd. …

Few are as fortunate as Shefali Shah. She is an actress who has made an equally strong comeback as her debut in films. She delivered strong performances in Satya and Monsoon Wedding. In spite of big offers pouring in after these two films she took to marriage and motherhood. She recently made her comeback with Waqt where she was paired opposite Amitabh Bachchan and 15 Park Avenue where she starred with Konkona Sen Sharma and Rahul Bose. After …

Films like Zinda have triggered a new trend for filmmakers. The trend is to have a remix video of either the most popular number of the film or the title track of the film done for promotional purposes. The recent one to join the league is Subhash Ghai and Mukta Arts film 36 China Town directed by Abbas Mustan. The film's title track is remixed for promotional purposes. The video has the lead pair of the film Shahid and Kareena along with a hoard …

Milan Luthria must be the happiest man around. The director's latest film, Taxi No 9211 is a success, and its script has made it to the Oscar Library of film scripts. Taxi No 9211 is a commercial success all the way and this appreciation only adds to the satisfaction of the team that sweated it out in the making. Ek Ajnabee's script also made it to the library earlier this year. The other films to have made it there are Karan Johar's Kal Ho Na …

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's films have always gathered momentum before they are completed. Be it Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam or Devdas or Saawariya. They all have their reasons to be in the limelight. Saawariya particularly has several reasons. It marks the debut of star kids Ranbir Rishi Kapoor and Sonam Anil Kapoor. If this was not enough, the film has Ismail Darbar's assistant Monty doing the music for the film. The music is experimental and very lively …

Lataji, the living musical legend is recuperating from illness. She was recently down with viral flu. This has pushed back many of her recordings that she was to do last month. There is a song for Shamir Tandon who is doing the music for Madhur Bhandarkar's next film. She was quite happy to have worked with such a young talented music director. The songs like Kitne Ajeeb from Page 3 keeps Lataji young and ticking. She also has Oriya and Bengali …