The Filmistan Connection

The night of the Oscars is one that many look forward to because it’s an event that felicitates the best in film making. This year’s Oscars were a little more special than the others, specifically because two of India’s legends were nominated. Most of us have grown up admiring and enjoying Gulzar Saab’s lyrics, remember [...]

“We have the utmost respect for Hollywood and the films made in the United States, but I think it wouldn’t be fair to name the Indian film industry after Hollywood. Unfortunately, it’s come to stick and it’s in the dictionary and I don’t think we’ll get away from it.” Abhishek Bachchan discusses the identity of [...]

Quotes from Shobhaa De’s blog: “We discussed belief and faith in the broadest sense, till we were joined by Karan Johar ( black sequins on his lapel – so rock star!), and Anil Kapoor.” “Karan and I can talk movies for hours and generally have a similar take on them. His reservations vis-a-vis ‘Luck…’ were [...]

So we were watching the Star Screen Awards and noticed that recently Priyanka’s voice has been very Rani..ish. We love Rani’s voice and await the days where we might catch a cold and sound the same. As far as we can remember, we can’t recall Priyanka having that voice, but recently at all these events [...]

Apna Raj, Shah Rukh Khan, was in the hospital for a shoulder surgery, bichara**, which is now complete… we wish him a speedy recovery! Preity Zinta has been nominated for her performance in Deepa Mehta’s “Heaven on Earth” at the Genie Awards in Canada. Other nominees in the category, “Performance by an actress in a [...]

We haven’t seen the movie yet, but just by looking at all the promotional events and advertisements we have really high expectations, especially because it’s by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and with Sonam, Waheeda Rehman and Abhishek, it’s hard not be hopeful! But what we’re really looking forward to is Anamika Khanna’s interpretation of Sonam’s character [...]

On the day before the release of Billu (Barber), the Salon & Beauty Parlours Association of Maharashtra got the Barber clipped from the title, on the grounds that the word was casteist. Amol Gupte’s directorial debut will have Farhan Akhtar as the lead, opposite Bipasha Basu. Starting March 2nd, Madhur Bhandarkar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vikram Bhatt [...]

Here’s the movie review, as promised. This is not our usual “funny self” and yes, we tried to write a serious movie review. Luck By Chance Director: Zoya Akhtar Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Isha Sharwani, and Dimple Kapadia. Luck By Chance is a story about Vikram Jaisingh (Farhan Akhtar), who left [...]

who have seen Luck By Chance, can you tell us whether the girl behind Karisma, on the right, is the choreographer and Konkona Sen’s character’s friend in the movie. We think it’s the same person, but not completely sure. P.S. We watched Lucky By Chance on Friday and the review will be up soon…promise! _________________________________________________________________________ [...]