Every Month Two New Bollywood Movies on YouTube Box Office

There is a good news for bollywood movies freaks. YouTube has announced that from this month onwards YouTube will be showing two new bollywood flicks every month.

The featured movies on YouTube Box Office for September are 'Shaitaan' and 'Pyaar ka Punchnama'.

YouTube Box Office is sponsored by Intel and was launched 3 months back. The YouTube Box Office channel has already received 11.2 mn views in India and is the 20th most subscribed channel on YouTube.

Users can also choose to watch movies from YouTube movie catalogues which offers over 1500 movie titles including over 400 titles from regional movies.

On the same note Yahoo has also launched free movie channel named as Yahoo Movieplex.

Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan turn to be 'Rascal' Item boys

Don't think that Sanjay and Ajay have become rascals :) The news is that both the actors are performing an item number "Shake It Saiyan" in David Dhavan's upcoming movie Rascal. 


Initially the song was picturised on Sanjay Dutt and Lisa Haydon but director David Dhavan was so impressed with the way song came up that he decided to bring its another version. 


Finally the item number was re-shot with Ajay, Sanjay and Lisa. 


Rascal is a comedy movie co-produced by Sanjay Dutt and Rupali Aum Entertainment and is all set to release on Dussehra. The cast also includes Arjun Rampal and Kangna Ranaut.

Delhi Celebrating 9/11 Spirit of New York

Marking the tenth anniversary of World Trade center terror attack, The American Center in Delhi is all set to showcase the Spirit of New York through hosting a three day film festival.

The films have been picked so as to demonstrate New York in the previous six decades through the eyes of a few renowned American movie directors - from Gregory La Cava through Woody Allen to Billy Wilder.


The festival features classics like "On the Town", "The Apartment" and Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", as well as more recent comic films like "Coming to America" and "Six Degrees of Separation". 

Salman and Sanjay are Ready for 'Double Vaat'

Now get ready for double fun, double excitement and double vatt because this season Salman and Sanjay both are ready to host the fifth season of realty show Bigg Boss.

Bigg Boss is a reality show which records 24x7 activities of participants, locked inside a house, through hidden cameras. The show will be launched in October on Colors TV channel.


Sanjay and Salman show up in the teaser highlighting the importance of number 2 by mentioning "Jaise double roti, double decker, double khaat...waise hum dono milke lagaayenge double vaat".

A Dog's Friday : Director's Novel on Movie 'Shabri' s Journey to Release

Actor-writer turned director Lalit Marathe who waited for long five year to release his directorial debut "Shabri" under Ram Gopal Varma production is ready with his movie and a novel essaying the journey from the making to the release of the film.

Lalit Marathe is not sure what exactly caused delay in release of movie which was scheduled in August 2006. However he utilized the time perfectly and penned the novel on sort of unending journey of the movie.

"There is this novel I have written, which would be published very soon, called 'A Dog's Friday' because I felt like a dog waiting for his Friday. It's about a director's journey till his film is released. It's almost an autobiography. It's an interesting story dealing with incidents during the making of 'Shabri'," Marathe told IANS.

"Shabri is a film on the personal journey of a woman in the underworld and her emotional experiences," Marathe said.

Although the distributors are not confident enough but Lalit believes that the film would reach out to a global audience.

The Dirty Picture First Look | Vidya Balan's Dirty Picture Movie Wallpaper

The Dirty Picture based on the south's popular actress Silk Smitha stars Vidya Balan, Naseerudeen Shah, Tushaar Kapoor and Imraan Hashmi.

Salman Khan is going to US for his Facial Treatment

It can sound a little bad news for the fans that Salman Khan will not be attending his forthcoming movie Bodyguard's promotion campaign. He has taken us this decision due to health issues. Therefore he has planned to wrap up the promotion of his movie and will fly to US for the treatment.

In medical terminology, Salman Khan is suffering from trigeminal neuralgia and aneurysm. Salman told that the he has feen suffering from this pain since 2007. He experienced the first attack of pain in the left side of his face during the making of his film "Partner" (2007) and the pain came back while he was shooting for "Veer" (2010). Finally he found it difficult to carry on with this unbearable pain in the head, jaws and cheeks and decided to go for the treatment.

Because of his this treatment schedule he will not be here in India to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, Eid and his movie release.

We wish all the best to Salman and wish he come backs soon to rock the bollywood with his many more movies.

Ek Tha Tiger Movie Wallpaper - Salman and Katrina's Upcoming Movie

After a long gap Salman and Katrina are coming together in Yash Raj Films' upcoming movie Ek Tha Tiger. It was announced in  a press release that Salman and Katrina will play lead role in the movie and director will be Kabir Khan. This is the first time for Salman Khan with Yash Raj Banners and third time for Kabir Khan after Kabul Express and New York.

Filming of Ek Tha Tiger began on August 10, 2011 and the film is set to release next year (mid 2012). On 9 August 2011, Yashraj Films announced that they will be releasing the first look of the film in form of a digital poster, which was released on August 10, 2011. It is the first Bollywood film ever to do so.

Check out the Ek Tha Tiger Movie wallpaper

Prakash Jha's Upcoming Film on Creative Freedom

It is said that Prakash Jha and controversies are made for each other. His movies, which show ugly face of our society, appear hard to digest by the so called social police. His recent movie Aarakshan had to face the same atrocity from these so called social monitors and therefore Aarakshan was banned in many states. However the film recieved clean chit after it was screened in front of government officials. Did we ever realize why a free country which on hand gives right to expression to its citizen but at the same time takes measures to curb the creative freedom of the very effective medium that is cinema. This is a matter to ponder and requires a debate.

Now Prakash Jha has decided to make a movie on the same topic that is Creative Freedom.  His first hand  experience of battling various organisations and state governments for the release of "Aarakshan" has inspired a script on the subject of creative freedom.

Prakash Jha says, "Why are we filmmakers constantly subjected to efforts to stifle our voices? I was provoked enough to go to the Supreme Court. A lot of filmmakers just succumb to pressure and make whatever adjustments are required of them. We shouldn't allow this to happen."

So its a good news for quality cinema audience that Prakash Jha is coming up with a movie to show mirror to the society and so called social monitors.

Aarakshan Gets Green Signal in Punjab | Ban Lifted from Screening of Movie Aarakshan in Punjab

There is good news for Amitabh Bachchan fans who are desperately waiting for the screening of Aarakshan in Punjab! Punjab government has lifted the ban from screening of Aarakshan in theaters after cuts of some scenes on which state government had objection.


A high-level committee set up by the Punjab government to preview Aarakshan, had on Friday recommended lifting the ban in the state if the film producer agreed to make certain changes.

"We have deleted the scenes and dialogues to which the state government committee had objections. These portions have been submitted to the state government and will not be shown. The rest of the film will be screened in theatres across Punjab," an official of a multiplex at Zirakpur, near Chandigarh, said Monday.

Apart from mentioning the objectionable dialogues of movie, the committee even highlighted the positive aspects of the movie and the underlying thought provoking message related to commercialization of education in India.

A spokesperson of the committee said: "Since the overall message of the movie is positive, the committee feels that the movie may be released in Punjab after making the amendments as suggested."

So now the audience can enjoy the movie and we believe that the positive message will be taken, assimilated and applied in our current education system. 

Popular Bollywood Tweets about Shammi Kapoor's Death

Bollywood mourned the death of flamboyant and charismatic actor Shammi Kapoor who died on Sunday morning at Breach Candy hospital.
Computer buff actor Shammi Kapoor was payed homage by various Bollywood actors through the micro messaging site Twitter.

Amitabh Bachchan tweeted that "The flamboyance and joi de verve of the Industry lost!," he further tweeted that "Shammi ji: An entire life full of optimism and happy spirit, caring loving to all... Now suddenly silent."

Actress Priyanka Chopra tweeted: "Sometimes no amount of kind words can compensate for a loss! Bhole baba ki jai Shammi maharajji. He was our guruji. I am at a loss."

"He was an inspiration not just for his style and the films he did, but also his attitude towards life. We will miss you Shammi uncle, RIP," tweeted actress Deepika Padukone.

"The most stylish actor ever. We love you and we will miss you," tweeted actor Riteish Deshmukh.

Actor and filmmaker Farhan Akhtar tweeted: "Mr. Shammi Kapoor. Never before - Never again. Thank you for the wonderful cinematic memories and life lessons. RIP."

Shreya Ghoshal tweeted, "What a legacy of great music was associated with Shammiji."

Celina Jaitly tweeted, "Tremendous entertainer. Also one of the first champions of internet in India. RIP Shammi Kapoor."

Aftab Shivdasani tweeted "Another legend passes away. Shammiji Kapoor, such a jovial and positive person. I had the good fortune of interacting with him, rest in peace."

Actress, VJ and Singer Sophie Choudry tweeted: "For me, Shammiji brought life to music and dance like no other! His style was unique, fun, flamboyant and he found a place in evryone's heart! A true Star."


New-age composer Vishal Dadlani tweeted: "Mr. Shammi Kapoor, RIP. You danced like nobody was watching."

Veteran Actor Shammi Kapoor Dies | Rest in Peace Shammi Kapoor

Yesteryear's superstar Shammi Kapoor passed away on Sunday morning at Breech Candy hospital. He was admitted to the hospital a week ago after renal failure. He was 79 years old.

Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, "The flamboyance and joi de verve of the Industry lost!"
"Shammi ji: An entire life full of optimism and happy spirit, caring loving to all... Now suddenly silent," he tweeted again.

Shammi Kapoor was second of three sons born to legendary actor Prithviraj Kapoor.

Shammi Kapoor stepped in Bollywood in 1953 with the film "Jeevan Jyoti". In a career that stretched into the 1970s, the tall, athletic and green-eyed hero starred in numerous hits, including "An Evening in Paris", "China Town", "Kashmir Ki Kali", "Janwar" and "Junglee".

The actor paired with almost all of his contemporary actresses but Asha Paarekh and Sharmila Tagore were his leading heroines.

Bollywood stars payed homage to late superstar. You can check out tweets of various actors here. 

Happy Birthday Kajol | Kajol Celebrating her Birthday Today

Hope the flowers spread fragrance to your days and colors makes your days much attractive and pearls of sparkling dew drops guide you in finding destinations. Happy Birthday Kajol.

Today Kajol Devgan or better simply known as Kajol is celebrating her 37th birthday today. Kajol was born to a bengali-marathi descent in 1974. Her mother Tanuja is an actress, while her late father Shomu Mukherjee was a film director and producer.

She made her debut in the movie Bekhudi but got the taste of success from her second movie Baazigar opposite Shahrukh Khan. After Baazigar this pair created success stories in mega box-office buster Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998), Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham(2001) and My Name is Khan(2010).

Kajol married bollywood superstar Ajay Devgan in 1999. After shooting for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001, she took a sabbatical from full-time acting for five years. She made a comeback with Kunal Kohli's Fanna (2006) and won Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Along with her late aunt Nutan, Kajol holds the record of maximum number (5) of Best Actress wins at the Filmfare Awards.

Government of India honored her with Padma Shree Award for her contribution in Indian Cinema.
 
We expect her to carry on her magic spell on silver screen forever aand wish her a happy and prosperous long life.

Dhoom 3 Postponed - Abhishek Bachchan on Paternity Leave

Yash Raj banner's ambitious project Dhoom 3 has been postponed for Abhishek Bachchan who is soon going to become daddy.

The actor had requested Yash Chopra to allow him to relieve till November so that he can spend some quality time with his wife Aishwarya who is pregnant and expected to deliver a baby in November.

Yash Chopra has accepted his paternity leave and postponed the production of movie till November. The actor (Abhishek) is ready to shoot in mid December so depending on availability of crew members the movie may start in December.

So soon we will see Abhishek Bachchan agin on screen as super cop Jai Dixit.

Sanjay Dutt's New Hulk Hogan Look Wallpaper | Sanjay Dutt Bald Kancha Cheena Wallpaper

Check out Sanjay Dutt bald Hulk Hogan look wallpaper from Karan Johar's upcoming movie Agneepath Returns.

Also see Hritik Roshan first look wallpapers from Agneepath.

Hritik Roshan Agneepath First Look | Hritik Roshan Agneepath Wallpapers

After writing a success story in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Hritik Roshan is back with a bang in his upcoming movie Agneepath. The movie is remake of Amitabh Bachchan's yesteryear blockbuster which is now in remake phase and is directed by Karan Johar.

Hritik Roshan is playing the character of Vijay Deenanath Chauhan which was played by Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt will revive Kancha Cheena's character.

Check out Hritik Roshan Agneepath Wallpapers

 

 

Hope you liked Hritik Roshan first look Wallpapers from Agneepath.
Also check out Sanjay Dutt Agneepath new bald Hulk Hogan look here.

Inaugural Banga-Vibhushan for Manna Dey, Mahashweta Devi

Legendary singer Manna De and Magsaysay award winner renowned writer Mahashweta Devi are are among the nine luminaries from diverse fields felicitated with the inaugural 'Banga-Vibhusan' award by the West Bengal government Monday.


The award is in recognition to their contribution in the field of Arts, Culture, Music and Sports.


However due to bad health Manna Dey could not come to attend the ceremony in person, he was handed over the award at his Bangalore residence. A short clip was also filmed in which he was shown emotional while receiving the award. He said "I am a son of Bengal; I have sung so many Bengali songs. I have worked with all the big music directors of my time. But I was never given any recognition. This is the best award that I have got'. 


Same sentiments were expressed by the writer, 'I have written mostly in Bengali. I have got the Jnanpith award, but the state government did not give me any recognition. Today I am overwhelmed to get this award.'


She also asked the government to encourage the budding writers by recognizing their efforts through these awards and recognition. 



The other reciepent of Banga-Vibhushan award are renowned danseuse Amala Shankar, sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, leading lady of yesteryear's Bengali cinema Supriya Devi, veteran actor Haradhan Bandopadhyay, iconic footballer and Asian Games gold medallist team captain Sailen Manna, famed singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, and celebrated Rabindra Sangeet exponent Dwijen Mukhopadhyay.

Katrina Kaif the Biker | Kat Riding Royal Enfield Wallpapers

In order to promote her recent release Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Katrina adopted a new way of promotion which was much similar to the spirit of the movie.

Katrina Kaif was riding a royal enfield bike in a grey and black outfit, complete with boots and helmet. She looked looked like a ravishing tomboy cruising the roads with her royal enfield.

Although it was pleasant scene for the passer-bys but the could not get chance to get near to her because of tight security provided by her security guards who were driving surrounding her.

In this road show Hritik Roshan was also seen to be sitting pillion on her bike cracking jokes and having fun of this drive. 

      

The road show has proved that film-stars are not leaving any stone unturned to make their film a great success and every time try to come up with a unique promotion campaign to attract more audience.

Salman Khan on Filmfare Magazine Cover

There is good news for Salman Khan's fans, this month's Filmfare magazine's cover is decorated with Salman Khan.

So fans get ready to grab your favorite star from the magazine stands this month.

Aarakshan Gets Clean Chit for Censor Board

Prakash Jha's much anticipated multi starrer movie Aarakshan is awarded U/A certificate, without a single cut, by the Central Board of Film Certification. 


The certificate was awarded after an examining committee, set up with representatives from the Dalit, OBC, SC and ST community reviewed the movie and unanimously agreed to clear it.


After facing lots of wrath from various organizations and administration it can be a sigh of relief for the cast and director Prakash Jha to receive the U/A certificate from censor board with a single cut.  



The movie Aarakshan starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, is a drama based on the policies of caste-based reservation system in educational institutions and government jobs. 

Aarakshan is all set to hit the theaters on August 12 this year. Check out Aarakshan movie previews, wallpapers and trailer here.