Entertainment

    Actors’ strike threatens to paralyze Hollywood

    Los Angeles, Oct 3 (DPA) The prospects for an actors’ strike that could paralyze Hollywood increased after negotiators for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) called for a strike authorization vote from the union’s 120,000 members.


    Striking Bollywood workers, producers to hold talks Friday

    Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) The strike by Bollywood technicians and workers can be called off Saturday if the producers’ association agrees to their demands at a meeting Friday evening, the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) said late Thursday.

Bond film `Quantum of Solace’ to release in India before US

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) In a detour from convention, the 22nd film on the charismatic and debonair secret agent James Bond - “Quantum of Solace” - will hit Indian theatres a week prior to its release in the US.



Bond film `Quantum of Solace’ to release in India before US

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) In a detour from convention, the 22nd film on the charismatic and debonair secret agent James Bond - “Quantum of Solace” - will hit Indian theatres a week prior to its release in the US.



‘Drona’ - a superhero yet vulnerable and human (Film Review - Rating ***)

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment

Film: “Drona”; Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon, Jaya Bachchan; Director: Goldie Behl; Rating: ***



Technicians and workers should get their due: Sohail Khan

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment

Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Producer-director-actor Sohail Khan says he supports Bollywood and television technicians, who are on strike, and that their demands are legitimate.



Shah Rukh Khan attends ‘Drona’ premiere

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment

Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan attended the premiere of Abhishek Bachchan’s film “Drona”, putting to rest rumours about the cold war between himself and Amitabh Bachchan.



Bollywood hits boost Polish newspaper sale

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment

Warsaw, Oct 2 (IANS) In order to arrest its sagging sale, well-known Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza evolved a new marketing technique. It offered a Bollywood DVD film every Saturday at a concessional price to its readers. The result: sales of the paper goes up by 50,000 copies.



More Bollywood, fewer Bhojpuri films for Ravi Kishen now

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment

Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Actor Ravi Kishen, known as the superstar of Bhojpuri cinema, says he will now sign on fewer regional films and concentrate more on Bollywood projects, specially after having worked in Shyam Benegal’s “Welcome To Sajjanpur”.



I prefer men looking macho, not metrosexual: Raghavendra Rathore

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Designer Raghavendra Rathore, known for the royal and traditional ensembles he creates, says he prefers men looking macho and not metrosexual, thanks to his traditional Rajasthani upbringing.