Sunil Pal, winner of 'The Great Indian Laughter Challenge', is all set to make his Bollywood debut with Firoz Nadiadwala's 'Phir Hera Pheri'. This is not the first time though that he is being associated with a Bollywood film since he has earlier been roped in for the promotional campaign of 'No Entry'. From acting in promos to being part of a film, he has indeed come a long way! Some of his other forthcoming films are 'Bombay To Goa'and 'Familywala' …

Sindhu Tholani, who is eyeing a re-entry in Tamil cinema after the debacle of her maiden venture Sullan opposite Dhanush about a year ago, has been cast as the heroine in a movie titled Aachiryam. Her efforts to stay afloat in Tamil by taking to negative roles and item-numbers did not yield fruits as a result of which she even ventured to Tollywood. Now she is back with Aachiryam. The movie features Munna in the lead role. Munna had acted in …

Not many film makers get a chance to dabble with a multistarrer in their first ever film, but Manish Jha did the improbable when he came up with his female multistarrer 'Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye'. Starring Raveena Tandon, Sushmita Sen, Divya Dutta, Dia Mirza and Rinke Khanna along with Mahesh Manjrekar, Aman Verma and Vijay Raaz, the film made a lot of news during its making but turned into a turkey out to be a turkey when released. Keeping …

The power of satellite media was destined to make its presence felt one fine day! 'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' tried to do that a few years back but then it was way ahead of its time when just a couple of private news channels had their presence in India. Now in current time, every second movie, whether it is a masala potboiler or a thought provoking social, has a place for the satellite news channels play a role in the narrative.'Krrish' too acknowledges …

It's a common sight to have release plans of Bollywood films going for a toss in the last moment. But rarely does one find a Hollywood movie faring the same way while getting released in India! This is what's happening to Ron Howard's film, 'The Da Vinci Code', which is a Sony Pictures release. There were reports in the print media a couple of days back that the film's release on May 19th has been halted for a while in India due to its controversial …

As Sacred Evil gets readied for a release, the director duo of Abhiyaan Rajhans and Abhigyan Jha have something special to share with the audience. As per them, 'Sacred Evil' is the first Indian film to delve into the genre of the psychological and the supernatural. Using an international starcast, coupled with the skills of the wonderful French director of photography, Ivan Kozelka, it carries none of the usual baggage of an Anglo-Indian film. It …

Well, this is surely going to be the first of it's kind! A clash of its own kind is destined to happen on May 19th as a 'He-Man' takes on the daughter of another 'He-Man' on May 19th at the theatre screens. Any guesses? Well, it's not difficult to guess the latter actor as she HAS to be Esha Deol for her movie 'Ankahee' where she plays a well written powerful character! But how about another 'He-Man'? That's none other than Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi …

Unlike in KOI'MIL GAYA, where child artistes were inducted to play school children, in its sequel KRRISH, written, produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan, real school kids are featured as characters in various scenes, including a song. Students from two schools ' 15 from Chao Yang Special School of Singapore, and 16 from Shree Ram School of Delhi ' participated in a schedule at Kallang River in Singapore. The film is partly being promoted by the …

Current decade has brought to fore number of talented technicians and script/screenplay writers. Courtesy multiplexes, number of avenues have opened for newcomers with not many connections with Bollywood. Solely rising to the top on the basis of their talent and hard work, going has been good for number of such newcomers. Shibani Bathija could be just one of them as two films written by her get ready to hit the marquee. And no, none of the two are …

There will be sheer 'Magik' at the 59th Cannes feature film festival, which will be held in south France between May 17 and 28, '06. As the visitors scout around for lucrative investment opportunities and creative projects and plan to tap into the much-talked about Indian entertainment domain and 'Bollywood', Media Factory India (MFI), a new age entertainment Indian company, offers an attractive proposition. Film business aficionados will get a never-before …