Bipasha Basu's sterling performance in 'Corporate' was her best till date. No doubts about that. But can it match the superlative effort put in by Kajol in 'Fanah'? The answer lies in the question itself. Incidentally Bipasha was present during the recently concluded GIFA Awards in Kuala Lampur yesterday and the organizers found it befitting that the best actress award be given to her instead of say Kajol who was conspicuous by her absence. It's …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Omkara. Dolly. Langda. Keshu. Billo Chaman Bahar. Bhaisahab and Vishal Bharadwaj. Add the name of scriptwriter William Shakespeare. And you have the Desi version of the classic tragedy Othello. 'Omkara' is easily the most awaited film. As the D-Day: 28th July is fast approaching, the decibel levels of expectations are growing higher and higher. The film industry is buzzing with the extraordinary performances by lead pair Ajay Devgan and Kareena …

Saif Ali Khan and Viveik Oberoi have developed a mutual admiration society. Even though they are at war with each other in Vishal Bharadwaj's 'Omkara', Saif helped Viveik learn guitar playing for perfecting a shot during the film (Saif is an accomplished guitar player and has performed live with bands like 'Parikrama' on big stage). The movie is complete, generating a lot of buzz and is ready for release soon. But the two stars continue to be on …

If reports are to be believed, Bollywood lovers would witness a Khan v/s Khan battle on August 11. While the mighty Khan SRK is on one side of the ring, there is another Khan whose film is now releasing on the same day. It's not Aamir, Salman or a Saif Ali Khan. Instead it is Sohail Khan whose much delayed 'Aryan - Unbreakable' that may finally hit the marquee along with KANK. After being initially slated for a July 21 release, it may eventually …