Bhojpuri cinema is certainly becoming the order of the day. This 4-decade-old industry is one of those few regional language industries that has survived against the strong Hindi mainstream cinema. Mainstream actors like Ayub Khan and Rati Agnihotri are doing great work there. This industry is now getting international recognition. It is looked forward to in many foreign countries. It has opened its doors for international actresses also. Recently …

After a flop [Nazar] and a disaster [Kasak], Pakistani actress Meera has now expressed her desire to act in Bhojpuri films. With her Bollywood career going nowhere and only Bhatts showing some support to revive her career, once lot-in-news Meera is now attempting to reach out to India's heartland by consenting to act in regional flicks too. She says that she is aware about the fact that Bhojpuri film industry is blooming in a big way today and …

Popular model Megha Chatterjee is slowly but surely paving her way up in the glamour world. After a decent career in modeling, this 20 something lass made her Bollywood debut with 'Aisa Kyon Hota Hai' a couple of weeks back but unfortunately the movie sunk without a trace. Now she is being seen again for the item number 'Sharabiyon' in this week's release 'Teesri Aankh - The Hidden Camera' where she sways to the haunting voice of none other than …

Trust Chunky Pandey to stay in the limelight for one reason or another. He showed sparks of a comeback last year with 'Elaan' and 'D' last year. After getting accolades for his performance in 'D', he has some interesting projects lined up in 2006, which include Ram Gopal Verma's 'Darwaza Bandh Rakho' and Subhash Ghai's 'Apna Sapna Money Money'. With so much happening on the movie front, he is also having a great time on the small screen in 'Rokkky …

After a long gap, the famed production house Sathya Movies founded by MGR will be churning out a movie in Tamil. Owned by former Minister and a trusted lieutenant of MGR, R M Veerappan, Sathya Movies would be jointly producing with Sathya Jothy Thyagarajan, a movie titled Emdan Magan. The movie features Bharath and Gopika in the lead roles. Directing the movie would be Metti Oli fame Thirumurugan. The shooting for the movie would commence …

So far 2006 hasn't really treated Amisha Patel well with two of her backlog films failing to ignite the box office. First came 'Mere Jeevan Saathi' that went haywire in the opening week itself while her second release 'Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai' too showing no signs of going in the right direction since its last Friday release. Incidentally while she romanced with Bobby Deol in HTPH, she joins hands with 'bada bhai' Sunny Deol in 'Teesri Aankh - The …

It is good news that Amitabh Bachchan is back to work after a long time gap. What was welcoming was the fact that he started with a song recording and with the Filmfare Awards. The most recent development in the story is his association down south. Bachchan has verbally agreed to do the Hindi remake of the Rajinikanth blockbuster Chandramukhi. Telegu filmmaker V.N. Aditya will direct it. KS Rama Rao and Sa Re Ga Ma will produce it. The film was …

Nagesh Kukunoor took the audience by an in swing in his last film Iqbal. People may feel that things have become easy for the director. Here comes the googly. He is very disappointed with his experience with Mukta Arts. Hence he has decided not to be with them for his next venture. He is now making his next film tentatively titled Aashayein with Sahara Motion Pictures. The film can loosely be called an emotional story of human beings. Nagesh …

The film industry anywhere on the globe sees actors in their second innings as directors or producers who use their past experience and talent to enhance the art of film making. Kunal Kapoor is sure an exception to this fact. He is still in his youth. He is still an actor who has not completed the first innings of his career and yet has stepped into the second. When not acting, he is making short and meaningful films that earn him name and fame …

He was the funny landlord in Salaam Namaste. He tickles people's funny bones with his stand up acts in public and on television. Javed Jaffery has recently completed Richard Dreyfuss' film The Forest. It has been made with Ashwin Kumar (Little Terrorist fame). The film is an interesting story of three people and a child. He has also had a chat with many filmmakers and might be seen in three or four good films very soon. His career in films took …