July 3rd, 2009

What is everyone talking about? Asin’s overnight success in Bollywood and the way it all happened is as if it was scripted! What could be the secret of Asin’s success? Though fortune (or fate?) is a major fact in cinema, the actress would surely reaffirm that all this did not happen overnight, but only after several years of hard work and being at the right place at the right time! Anyway, Asin is basking in well-deserved success after Aamir Khan’s Ghajini.

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The handsome villain Sampath has been roped in for Saran’s Asal. Well Sampath actually has a story to tell. Sampath says that Saran was impressed by his performance in his debut film Neranja Manasu and had promised him to offer a good role in future.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has started to learn karate for her role in S. Shankar’s Endhiran.Rai Bachchan’s character will study the martial art on screen with Rajnikant in the Tamil science-fiction film.

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A.R. Rahman has been invited to join the body which conducts the Oscars, according to reports.The Bollywood composer gained worldwide fame earlier this year after winning an academy award for his score on Slumdog Millionaire.

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M.S. Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh have agreed to appear in a new film from Dino Morea. Morea, who is currently shooting Pyaar Impossible, has drafted a script which features cameos from the two Indian cricket stars.

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It could be weeks before the world finally knows what killed Michael Jackson. What became clearer than ever in the week since the unexpected death of the legendary singer was that the self-proclaimed King of Pop was just a knight in mournful armour, a deeply insecure, lonely child who seemed to have never grown up.A key figure in the unhappy life of Michael Jackson was his father Joe, 79, who through the often chaotic years of his life kept emerging, unwelcome, into the spotlight.

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The sequel to sci-fi movie “Transformers” has been named as “the most blooper-laden” film of 2009, as cinemagoers spotted around 40 continuity errors and mistakes in the film.

Directed by Michael Bay, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” made over $200 million in the US alone in five days since its release June 24, but the film has been voted far from perfect in a list of errors compiled by website MovieMistakes.com, reports imdb.com.

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Popular for his daredevil stunts, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar jumped off a 60-foot high elevated structure in the capital Thursday evening to promote his new film ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ releasing Friday.Clad in a black body hugging full sleeved T-shirt, jeans, sports shoes and shades, the actor played his comic self with the fans and the media before jumping off on the stage.

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Bollywood veteran Anupam Kher will launch his acting school Actor Prepares in Ahmedabad after having opened branches in Chandigarh and London.

“This phase of vigorous expansion reflects the high level of interest in Indian cinema and the entertainment business among the younger generation the world over. I believe that acting, like any craft, can be taught, learnt and perfected,” Kher said in a statement released here Thursday.

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Sneha Ullal seems to be sharing a special relationship with the Akkineni clan. She has appeared in Current with Sushanth and she has already stated that he is her best friend. That apart, she is also a part of Josh, which happens to be a Naga Chaitanya film.

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Bangi Jump- do you remember Chiru’s Bavagaru Bagunnara where Chiru does a daring Bangi Jump in that film.Now the lovely Trisha wants to follow Chiru and do the Bangi Jump.

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In Tollywood, the film’s title is the prime bait to lure the audience to theatres. This is perhaps the reason why about 60 titles get registered with the AP Film Chamber of Commerce every month.Interestingly, at least 10 of them are rejected as they are offensive or are similar to film titles which have been a success.

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