Presenter and global distributor Pyramid Saimira of Halla Bol, have decided to add the picturised Quawwali more haji piya by Pakistani singer Amjad Farid Sabri in the film. Shot at Haji Ali, this song is picturised on the artiste Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan and the singer himself. Well known for his singing in Pakistan, this is the first time that Sabri will be seen in a Hindi film on screen. "This is a very spiritual song. Earlier this song was to …

Dashavtar is based on the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu and has been directed by Bhavik. It has been produced by the Pune-based Anushvi Productions in association with Phoebus Creations Media Pvt. Ltd. Shatrughan Sinha is the narrator for Dashavtar, an animation film scheduled for January 2008. Besides Shatrughan Sinha, Sachin Khedekar lends his voice for the Lord Vishnu, Shreyas Talpade for Naarad, Rupali Ganguly for Apsara, Tom Alter for Parshuram, …

While Akshay Kumar walked away with all the accolades in BHOOL BHULAIYAA with Vidya Balan a little behind, neither Shiney Ahuja nor Amisha Patel gained much mileage from the film. At least Shiney was extensively involved in film's promotion with a substantial role in the film as well but Amisha suffered on both the counts. Now Amisha may have some reason to cheer about as her deleted song 'Sakhiya' has finally made it to the music channels. Readers …

Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector announced a smash hit opening of 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' overseas. In just its opening weekend, the film has shown collections of $ 512,000 on 55 prints climbing to US top 25 on the charts. The film has also entered the UK Top 10 grossing over £ 290,000. 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Paresh Rawal, Amisha Patel and Rajpal …

'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' which has taken the nation by storm with its hit song 'Hare Ram Hare Krishna' has had to face its share of brickbats too!!! Eccha Foundation, an NGO, had filed a notice against the Producers T-Series for objectionable scenes depicting Lord Buddha in the hugely popular song. But the City Civil Court dismissed the notice of motion as the Producers have voluntarily deleted the said objectionable scenes from the song and secured the …

If actors like Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham and Tusshar Kapoor are known to be extremely passionate about promoting their films, Shahid Kapoor isn't far behind. The young star is extremely upbeat about his eagerly awaited romantic comedy, director Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met, which is out in cinemas on October 26. So much so that he's earmarked all of October aside to participate in the pre-release publicity of the film. As Shahid …

Sajid Nadiadwala's HEYY BABYY, directed by debutant Sajid Khan and starring Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Vidya Balan took a block buster opening worldwide with a record shattering opening weekend collection of Rs. 41 crore. HEYY BABYY also took the biggest opening in the US this year and boasted of the biggest screen average (6039 pounds) in the UK. It debuted at number 10 at the UK box office. Touted to be Akshay Kumar's biggest …

First weekend performance of latest release "20-20 Cricket sab movies ko kha gayi" [20-20 Cricket ate up the business of all films in the running] This was the most frequent statement which I heard in the week gone by! Otherwise how else can one explain collections ranging from 5% to barely 30%-40% for most of the movies in the running, whether good or bad, old or new, English or Hindi? Even while writing this piece last week, I was sure about …

First weekend performance of latest release How much I have been proved wrong! All this while I had a strong belief (even reflected in last week's column) that whatever be the eventual box office status of RAM GOPAL VARMA KI AAG, the least it would do is get a good box office opening. After all AAP KAA SURROOR is a living example of how hype and curiosity (negative or positive) can bring in audience. Sadly, it didn't quite happen for RAM GOPAL …

Sajid Nadiadwala's Heyy Babyy, Starring Akshay Kumar, Reteish Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan and Vidya Balan directed by debutante Sajid Khan has taken an unprecedented opening of the Box Office. The critics and the trade are unanimous that with the kind of opening Heyy Babyy has taken, it is a surefire Blockbuster!!! Manoj Desai, proprietor of Gaiety Galaxy says "The opening is bumper. It is 100% till Tuesday. Considering that the capacity of Gaiety is …