‘Clever marketing paying off’
Numbers are pouring in and Cocktail seems to be gearing up for a good score at the box office. “Cocktail has been very cleverly marketed by my producers and it feels good to see their calculated risks paying off,” says Homi Adajania, clearly taking no credit for directing a great film. The film’s marketing involved unveiling the lead characters slowly and letting the music popularise the film.
Bad parents or simply human?
Parents debate over the British PM David Cameron’s mistake of forgetting his daughter behind at a pub.
Did the British PM David Cameron and his wife Samantha really display terrible parenting skills when they forgot their eight-year-old daughter, Nancy, in a pub after having a Sunday drink?
‘Agent Vinod is very honest, just like me’
Saif Ali Khan says that his upcoming film Agent Vinod did not need the recent “punchgate” incident in Mumbai to create hype. “Agent Vinod does not need such negative publicity. We are a respectable production house and don’t believe in creating shock and sensationalism for publicity,” the actor said during his first press meet post last Tuesday’s incident wherein he broke a fellow diner’s nose at a posh restaurant.
Giselli pulls off her nautanki
Whether or not Sunny Leone features in Ram Gopal Varma’s film remains to be seen, but one girl who will certainly get her item song this year is Giselli Monteiro.
Zafar has a Sufi soul
Aditi Rao Hydari first made headlines with Yeh Saali Zindagi wherein her bold kissing scenes with co-star Arunoday Singh and of course her acting won her accolades and established her as an actress to
Painting colours on celluloid
While he can’t exactly be called a commercial success, Randeep Hooda has made an impact in Bollywood with his quirky yet interesting roles. The actor’s latest project is Ketan Mehta’s Rang Rasiya where he plays celebrated Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma with Nandana Sen as his muse.
Scared of getting a sleazy image
An actor is as good as his or her last film and it seems Tia Bajpai lives her career by this rule. The Haunted star, who will next be seen in Vikram Bhatt’s modern day folklore Lanka, has asked the director to chop some of her scenes. She was apparently unhappy with the way some bold scenes were shot.
Success makes him a workaholic
The runaway success of Band Baaja Baaraat has turned Bollywood’s latest heartthrob Ranveer Singh into a workaholic.
Sarah’s on a high with dream debut
Becoming a success story in Bollywood is anything but easy and VJ Sarah Jane managed to land herself a movie role thanks to her connections in the industry. “My journey in Bollywood hasn’t been struggle-free. Acting isn’t an easy profession, learning to get your emotions in sync with your appearance is very difficult. But I was fortunate to have the support of several people in the industry. Thanks to them I have landed Game.”