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Filmmaker Anil Devgan, brother of actor Ajay Devgan, has passed away. The 52-year-old director succumbed to cancer.

Confirming the news, Ajay tweeted on Tuesday: "I lost my brother Anil Devgan last night. His untimely demise has left our family heartbroken. Adff and I will miss his presence dearly. Pray for his soul."

Ajay mentioned that his family will not hold a prayer meet. "Due to the pandemic, we will not have a personal prayer meet," he stated.

I lost my brother Anil Devgan last night. His untimely demise has left our family heartbroken. Adff & I will miss his presence dearly. Pray for his soul. Due to the pandemic, we will not have a personal prayer meet...

Here is some exciting news Ajay K Pannalal’s ‘Behen Hogi Teri’ is bringing back the 80’s classic villains Gulshan Grover and Ranjeet.

Producer Amul Mohan stated, “The only way Rajkummar Rao could actually feel intimidated and emote was if the original bad men shared screen space with him. Gulshan ji and Ranjeet ji are coming on screen after so long that even the audiences would love to see them. And since they are the best at their job, I thought it would only make sense to bring them back with our film ‘Behen Hogi Teri’.

Rajkummar revealed, “Shooting with both Ranjeet sir and Gulshan sir was a really wonderful experience. They both are such cooperative actors and so well experienced. Just seeing them performing was such a good learning experience for me and they both are so opposite of their screen image, very sweet and full of fun. We...

Sachin Tendulkar

International sporting legend, Sachin Tendulkar, Hollywood’s most sought-after child star, Sunny Pawar, CEO of Mastercard, Ajay Benga, world-class snooker player, Ding Junhui and Google DeepMind CEO, Demis Hassabis were among the big winners at the seventh annual, The Asian Awards, a global celebration of Pan Asian excellence, on May 5th at the Park Lane Hilton, London.

The Asian Awards also paid tribute to Om Puri, who passed away earlier this year, with the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema award, which is given to those who push the boundaries of cinema-making. Om Puri’s wife, Nandita Puri and son, Ishaan Puri accepted the award on his behalf.

Hosted for the first time by comic genius, and winner of the 2015 Outstanding Achievement in Television award, Sanjeev Bhaskar, The Asian Awards was attended by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and glittered with A-listers like Lindsay Lohan, Meera Syal, Ding Junhui, Richard Osman,...

National award winning actor Prakash Raj who played baddie Jaykant Shikre in Singham will be reunited with Ajay Devgn in Golmaal Again.

He came on-board in Rohit Shetty’s fourth instalment of comedy hit Golmaal last month and will begin shooting in March in Mumbai. He admitted how he and Rohit have been wanting to collaborate since a long time and it couldn’t work out because Rohit didn’t have a suitable role for Prakash to play.

Finally, he got notified about this character in Golmaal Again so he instantly flew down to Mumbai and did a narration with the dialogue writers Sajid-Farhad. Prakash’s character is an entertaining one with shades of grey according to him and he also thinks the script in itself is hilarious.

Prakash states that Ajay and he share a comfort level and having a national award winning star like him elevates one’s performance naturally.

In a shocking turn of events, a new war has started between Ajay Devgn and Karan Johar, which has made some shocking revelations. On Thursday, Ajay Devgn released an audio clip in which self-proclaimed critic Kamaal R Khan revealed that he was paid Rs 25 lakh to praise Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. He wrote, "Hear what self proclaimed no. 1 critic and trade analyst Kamaal R Khan has to say." For those who don't know, Ajay's next Shivaay will be clashing at the box office with Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Right after that, Ajay Devgn released an official statement saying that he has been a part of the Indian film industry for the past 25 years and has been associated with over 100 films. His father was a professional action director and that's why he has an emotional connection with this industry. It, therefore, pained him to see that people...

<img class="size-full wp-image-651888 aligncenter" src="http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Ajay.jpg" alt="Ajay" width="500" height="277" /> In a shocking turn of events, a new war has started between Ajay Devgn and Karan Johar, which has made some shocking revelations. On Thursday, Ajay Devgn released an audio clip in which self-proclaimed critic Kamaal R Khan revealed that he was paid Rs 25 lakh to praise <i>Ae Dil Hai Mushkil</i>. He wrote, "Hear what self proclaimed no. 1 critic and trade analyst Kamaal R Khan has to say." For those who don't know, Ajay's next <i>Shivaay</i> will be clashing at the box office with Karan Johar's <i>Ae Dil Hai Mushkil</i>. Right after that, Ajay Devgn released an official statement saying that he has been a part of the Indian film industry for the past 25 years and has been associated with over 100 films. His father was a professional action director and that's why he has an emotional connection with this industry. It, therefore, pained him to see that people...

<img class="size-full wp-image-651888 aligncenter" src="http://beta.bollywoodhungama.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Ajay.jpg" alt="Ajay" width="500" height="277" /> In a shocking turn of events, a new war has started between Ajay Devgn and Karan Johar, which has made some shocking revelations. On Thursday, Ajay Devgn released an audio clip in which self-proclaimed critic Kamaal R Khan revealed that he was paid Rs 25 lakh to praise <i>Ae Dil Hai Mushkil</i>. He wrote, "Hear what self proclaimed no. 1 critic and trade analyst Kamaal R Khan has to say." For those who don't know, Ajay's next <i>Shivaay</i> will be clashing at the box office with Karan Johar's <i>Ae Dil Hai Mushkil</i>. Right after that, Ajay Devgn released an official statement saying that he has been a part of the Indian film industry for the past 25 years and has been associated with over 100 films. His father was a professional action director and that's why he has an emotional connection with this industry. It, therefore, pained him to see that people...

Rohit Shetty's kinship with Shah Rukh Khan is terminated, at least for now. Sources say Rohit and Shah Rukh's plans to do another film together after Chennai Express and Dilwale have been aborted. Shetty will once again work with his old pal Ajay Devgn. Says the source, "The experience of making Dilwale was not a very pleasant one for Rohit. There were constant arguments specially about the release date. Rohit was against releasing the film along with Bajirao Mastani. But Shah Rukh insisted. For now the project that the two of them planned together has been put on hold." Instead Rohit Shetty will be doing another Golmaal film with his pal Ajay Devgn. The source informs that the script for the new Golmaal film is now being worked out. "This will be Rohit's fourth Golmaal outing with Ajay. And they want it bigger, brighter and funnier than before,...

December 18 is the day when Sanjay Leela Bhansali clashes with Shah Rukh Khan at the box office. Bhansali's epic historical Bajirao Mastani and the new Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dilwale are all set to spar on the same Friday in December. Trade experts who don't want to be named are worried. An eminent producer known to churn out a nearly uninterrupted flow of hits predicts, "While Bajirao Mastani is likely to be a modern classic, it is the combination of Shah Rukh Khan and director Rohit Shetty that will draw in the crowds initially. The audience will first see Dilwale then Bajirao Mastani." In the meanwhile, the battle for theatres has begun. One hears that Shah Rukh's production house Red Chillies will be booking a majority of the screens across the country. "They have the clout. No one says no to Shah Rukh Khan. Remember when his Jab Tak Hai Jaan...

You just know if over-the-top ridiculous movies are your kind of thing. If you’re not one of those people, you’ll find justification for your dislike in bits of Welcome Back that just try too hard. But if you are a lover of rapid-fire absurdities, you’ll mostly giggle and chuckle as the plot becomes increasingly convoluted.

Overall, Welcome Back is exactly the kind of ridiculous, zingy stuff you expect from writer-director Anees Bazmee, with the right amount of nods to other films (Bunty Aur Babli, Ram Lakhan and Pk, to name a few), insults (personal favorite “moochwala bean bag”) and physical gags. But the humor isn’t always as smoothly sustained as in the original Welcome, and on occasions, perhaps not unexpectedly, the movie tries reaching too far and goes well past the gleeful “did they really go there?” disbelief into “why did they go there?” disbelief. (I...

Ajay Devgn’s ‘Drishyam’ is one of the most forward-looking movie of this month. The actor is playing a very simple character and it is receiving great response from all over. The makers recently released a motion poster of the movie which gives a glimpse to the story.

The motion video poster shows the struggle of Vijay Salgaonkar (a cable operator played by Ajay) to protect his family. He says he is innocent, but Ig Meera Deshmukh (a cop played by Tabu) thinks he is a liar. Like its trailer and songs, this video is also looking promising. Watch it now:

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Drishyam is the Hindi remake of Mohanlal starrer Malayalam blockbuster of the same name. Directed by Nishikant Kamat and produced by Kumar Mangath Pathak and Abhishek Mangath Pathak, the film is ready to hit the screens on July 31st.

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Hindi cinema boasts of some iconic villains like Kanhaiyalal, Ajit, Amjad Khan, Amrish Puri Prem Chopra, Ranjeet, Danny, Shakti Kapoor and Gulshan Grover, to name a few, but the trend changed somewhat in the 70s-80s, where some of the top stars essayed characters having shades of grey. In case of ladies, there were the occasional Shashi Kalas and Lalita Pawars, but not many.

However, it was Urmila with Kaun, Kajol in Gupt, Priyanka via Aitraaz and Aishwarya in Khakee, who shocked and awed with brilliant negative portrayals. And one was forced to sit and admire such beautiful leading ladies going chillingly grey with a vengeance. But now one of the best actress of recent times Tabu has made it a habit.

Yes, the highly versatile Tabu made one jump out of the seat in Sunny Deol's Jaal -The Trap. Recently she wowed the audience with another stellar performance...

Cast your minds back to 2002 - a time when Pop Idols didn't need to have The X Factor, Fifty Shades of Grey were just colours on a paint sampler chart and David Beckham was a mere international superstar rather than global megastar.

Bend It Like Beckham, with a modest estimated budget of £3.7 million, opened that same year and became a critical and commercial success - breaking box office records and scoring BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, as well as making household names of many of its stars.

As the cast continues preparing for the West End stage adaptation of Gurinder Chadha's screen hit ahead of previews on May 15, find out what the movie's ensemble cast went on to achieve - including who is coming back for the musical...

Parminder Nagra (Jess Bhamra)

Nominated for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards on the back of the movie's success, Parminder went...

Though Ajay Devgn's Shivaay did not work as per schedule, it did not stop the actor from going on movie signing spree. While it was touted that his fans won't get a glimpse of Ajay Devgn this year, it came as a surprise when Nishikant Kamat announced about Drishyam remake going on floor, followed by Milan Luthria's Baadshaho and now the movie added to the list is Fateh Singh, to be directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film which was initially offered to Sunny Deol will now see Ajay Devgn playing the leading man. Rajkumar Santoshi who is currently working on Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhya Woh Jamiya Nahi, will be starting with Fateh Singh by the end of this year. Elaborating on it, Rajkumar mentioned that the script was initially written keeping Sunny Deol in mind but the actor got busy with Ghayal Returns. However, now Rajkumar further added...

It has already been reported that Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgn, Govinda, Akshay Kumar, Prabhudeva and Ranveer Singh will be seen in cameos in choreographer Ganesh Acharya’s acting debut and home banner production movie Hey Bro.

However, what many might not know is that none of these actors charged a single penny for their special appearances in the film. A source attached to the film said, “Ganesh has worked with most of the stars at some or the other point of time in his career and when he approached these actors for a cameo, they all readily agreed. Not only this, none of them charged him a single penny.”

Confirming the news, Ganesh said, “I am heartily thankful to each and every one of them for supporting my film and I hope ‘Hey Bro’ is enjoyed by one and all when it releases.”

Directed by Ajay Chandhok,...

Hindi films are known for their romance and it is one of the reasons so many people fall in love with the heroes, the heroines and the films! We asked our writers to tell us what moments in Bollywood define love or romance to them, be it a song, a line, a look, or anything that makes you sigh thinking that is Love! So for Valentine’s Day we present what we think is Romance Bollyishstyle!

The One with the Tune and the Recording

We could not pick just one scene from the great Dil Toh Pagal Hai starring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karishma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar. However, the two that stand out for our writers are:

That moment when Madhuri and Shah Rukh are in adjoining changing rooms in a clothing store, and Madhuri hears him whistle a tune. She later hears it again and knows it was meant to be!

The trailer of Hey Bro has garnered a lot of positive responses from the film fraternity as well as the audiences, they also launched a promotional song ‘Birju’ featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Ranveer Singh and Prabhudheva which has created quite a buzz on social media for its unique lyrics and rap. The song revolves around its catchy one liner “Birju…Maa ke kangan wapis karde re”, in which all the actors are seen asking the un-revealed character ‘Lala’ to return the Kangan. Singers Mika Singh and Udit Narayan have lent their voices to the song.

The first look poster of Hey Bro had Ganesh Acharya and Manindar looking in a fun Avatar, which set the tone of the movie. The song ‘Birju’ has already made it one of the most-talked about songs on social media platforms and topping the charts already.

Ganesh Acharya is an...

So here it is – the much awaited song ‘Birju‘ From Ganesh Acharya’s upcoming movie Hey Bro featuring mega stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgun, Ranveer Singh and Prabhudeva in a rare frame is finally unleashed!

‘Birju’ is an entertaining promotional song for Hey Bro, inspired by the film Mother India’s famous dialogue “Birju tu ayegva bitwa” and “ Lala meri maa ke Kangan luata de,” and the video is one unique video sure to turn viral judging by its ‘star studded’ frames!

Dance Maestro Ganesh Acharya is seen shaking a leg with none other than Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Prabhudeva on this zestful and peppy track. And adding the perfect tadka to the song is Ajay Devgn in his dashing suave avatar and Akshay Kumar at his wackiest best. Also for the first time we see Ranveer Singh doing some major rap and hip hop moves!

2015 is proving to be more and more lucky for Akshay Oberoi… After Abhishek Kapoor’s Fitoor, Indo-Brit film Bombairiya and bagging a special appearance with Deepika in Piku, Akshay Oberoi has been signed for yet another interesting film called Gurgaon as the lead.

Gurgaon, directed by national award winning cinematographer Shanker Raman is co produced by Ajay G Rai and Alan McAlex of Jar films and Mukesh Chhabra. Jar also produced India’s official entry to Oscars – Liar’s Dice starring Nawazuddin and Mukesh Chhabra. Interestingly, while Akshay was shooting for Fitoor in Kashmir, Ajay Rai, who is the line producer on Fitoor liked his work and recommended his name to the director of the film. Shanker saw few scenes from Akshay’s film Pizza and the public service ad he had done and liked him instantly.

Akshay will be seen a totally new look and role in the film.

In 2014, the total amount earned by just the top 5 films in India netted ₹ 1940 Crore! Quite an impressive number! We thought we would give you a look into those top 5! Bear in mind that this countdown is based on pure fact and figures and what films the audience came out in droves to see! You may have liked some of the films and some of them you may have not – but come what may, these are your top five grossers for 2014.

5. Singham Returns

Starring – Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Amol Gupte, Anupam Kher, Dayananad Shetty, Sameer Dharamadhikari, Ashwini Kalsekar, Sharat Saxena, Zakir Hussain, Mahesh Manjrekar

Director – Rohit Shetty

Producer – Rohit Shetty, Ajay Devgan

Music – Jeet Gannguli, Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan, Yo Yo Honey Singh

Release Date – August 15th

The sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgan reprises his role as Bajirao Singham with Kareena Kapoor Khan playing the female lead.

Recently, TV Line served up their newest spoiler chat session, and dished out new spoiler intel for the NCIS season 12, December 16th show. It turns out that the NCIS peeps are going to be so desperate for help on a city-wide blackout case, that they will go ahead pull three former cyber terrorists (above) right out of prison to get their help. In their spoiler chat reveal, they stated: "The Dec. 16 holiday episode (which also doubles as the fall finale) marks the return of three notorious cyber terrorists: Former Systems Administrator Kevin Hussein (played by Ethan Rains), Heidi Partridge (Erin Allin O’Reilly) and Lester Patel Ajay Khan (Vik Sahay). In the wake of a city-wide Internet blackout the week before Christmas, the NCIS team pulls the trio out of prison to help with the case, and, whaddaya know, I’ve got an exclusive first look at their comeback below!

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com

Question: I am loving How to Get Away With Murder. Any scoop? —Katie

Ausiello: Remember how Alfred Enoch’s “puppy dog” Wes shared with Rebecca in Episode 7 that his mother committed suicide when he was only 12? Series creator Peter Nowalk teases that viewers should “definitely pay attention to” that tidbit of background information. “That was a big bomb. It was buried in a bunch of information that was not significant, and it explains a lot of Wes’ behavior...

Bollywood stars including Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turned out for the opening of the Mumbai Film Festival (October 14-21), which is celebrating its 16th edition despite almost being shut down a few months ago due to lack of funding.

Saved through donations from filmmakers, stars, industrialists and audience members, the festival put on a glittering opening night ceremony at the historical Chandan Cinema in Mumbai’s Juhu district.

Almost losing the festival appears to have convinced the Bollywood fraternity to show unprecedented levels of support. Sponsors and partners including HBO, Rentrak, Pinkerton, Bajaj Group and Mahindra Rise have also recently come on board the event.

Kalki Koechlin played compere for the evening, while Rai Bachchan inaugurated the festival and Kumar presented a lifetime achievement to veteran Bollywood diva Helen. Rai Bachchan and industrialist Niraj Bajaj also presented Catherine Deneuve with a lifetime achievement award.

Also present in the audience were stars such as Ranbir Kapoor, [link...

Neeraj Pandey’s forthcoming film Baby which is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar (T-Series) along with Shital Bhatia, Cape of Good Films & Crouching Tiger brings back the powerful trio together of Director Neeraj himself, Akshay Kumar & Anupam Kher (who gave us Special 26), and joining them as an intriguing ensemble cast are actors Rana Daggubati & Danny Denzongpa.

Those wondering as to the memorably curious movie title of Baby, there is a significant reason why this title has been attached to the film, but currently the makers want to keep it a close guarded secret and let it come out at the right time!!

While the trio’s last flick was high on suspense, Baby will showcase high octane and adrenaline pumping speed action sequences!

We present to you the first look of all the actors from the film together.

Akshay Kumar will be seen portraying the character of Ajay...

In any industry where the lead police cops are often shown as larger than life, one-man army characters, Mardaani is a welcome respite. Directed by Pradeep Sarkar, (Parineeta, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag), Mardaani’s Shivani Shivaji Roy tries to steer clear of the Chulbul Pandeys and the Singhams of Bollywood cops and manages to do so to quite an extent.

From the first scene of the movie itself, Pradeep sets the tone of the movie as well as the protagonist. Shivani (Rani Mukherjee) is a Crime Branch Officer who finds her personal and professional life entwined after Pyaari (Priyanka Sharma), an orphan kid who she considers as her daughter, gets kidnapped. What on the surface seems to be a case of a missing kid leads to a darker and murkier world of sex trafficking which the antagonist Walt carries on such a large and organized scale that it will chill your bones.

Make no mistake when you walk into the second instalment of a Rohit Shetty-Ajay Devgan combo film, there is no room for any arty cinematic moments. Singham Returns is a reiteration of the Blockbuster hit film, Singham. Thankfully this one stays away from the remake category unlike the first one. So with cars to blow, Kareena to beautify the screen and Ajay to go all ‘Ataa Maaji Satakli’ on the baddies, lets step into the story realm.

Bajiao Singham (Devgan) is back with his ferocious attitude and walks into Mumbai, the city that never sleeps. Politics, power and prayers to the local Baba rule the roost. So naturally things wont stay the same, now that Singham is around. With Guruji (Anupam Kher) leading the social awareness aspect and bringing forth a younger generation of promising politicians into his party, feathers are ruffled for the bad guys. Unknown to them,...

Rohit Shetty’s Singham Returns sees Ajay Devgan reprise his much-applauded role of D.C.P Bajirao Singham.

For an action thriller, Singham featured a short yet well composed soundtrack by national award-winners Ajay-Atul and lyrics by the incorrigible Swanand Kirkire. Shetty has opted for another short album again, comprising of five tracks composed by Yo Yo Honey Singh (‘Lungi Dance’ – Chennai Express), Jeet Ganguly (Aashiqui 2), Ankit Tiwari (Ek Villain) and Meet Bros Anjan (Kick). Vocal talents featured in the album are that of Mamta Sharma (‘Munni Badnaam’ – Dabangg), Arjit Singh (‘Muskurane’ – Citylights), Ankit Tiwari (‘Galliyaan’ – Ek Villain) and Mika Singh (‘Jhumme Ki Raat’ – Kick).

The album opens with Aaja Mata Satakli. If you are not tiresome of the overuse of Yo Yo Honey Singh in Bollywood yet, then ‘Aaja Mata Satakli’ just might be impressive or the push you needed to feel otherwise. It is a typical Yo Yo fare,...

How would you define a male that shows power in his stance, induces fear in his eyes, and a ready for action style in his agility. He protects his loved ones, stands his ground and can be downright swoon-worthy. Gone are the days of just brute force. Nowadays the men deemed macho have street smarts to know when his fists need help. Not to mention their shades of grey bring in an extra bout of sexy. Presenting Bollyspice’s Top Ten Macho Men.

10. Ronit Roy – Boss

He’s been around for quite some time but when it came to standing up against Khiladi Kumar, the TV Soap veteran was a little worried to say the least. But those sessions at the gym and a few helping tips from exercise expert Akshay himself and Voila! Ronit makes a debut on the list.

9. Jackie Shroff – Aurangzeb

He may have moved away from...

After the warmly-received B.A. Pass, director Ajay Bahl is on a roll. He has just been signed by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt to direct yet another dark tale of an urban nightmare. The yet-untitled new Bahl film is about the first harrowing month in the life of a couple which migrates from Himachal Pradesh to Mumbai. Says Ajay, who is at the moment hunting locations in the interiors of Himachal Pradesh, "It is again a dark brooding study of urban dislocation. I'll be exploring the not-too-pleasant experiences of this couple who come to Mumbai for a better life." While the very talented Rajkumar Yadav was signed to play the male lead for Ajay's Bahl second feature film, it is reliably learnt the Sikkimese model-actress Geetanjali Thapa who came into massive acclaim for her performance in Monsoon Shootout would be playing Yadav's wife. Geetanjali recently completed a film called Liar's Dice with Nawazuddin.

Filmmaker Suneel Darshan, who gave films like Jaanwar, Ajay, Andaaz, Ek Rishta, etc., is launching his son Shiv Darshan with Karle Pyaar Karle. The shoot of the film which began in January-February month of this year, is complete and all set to release now.Shree Krishna International & Suneel Darshan's joint Karle Pyaar Karle is gearing up for worldwide release on 10th January 2014.Besides being Suneel Darshan's young, dashing & talented son Shiv's launch pad, the action-p...

Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion faced legal crisis when a woman named Seema Seth filed a complaint against Bhandarkar, writer Ajay Mongia and Ronnie Screwvala on the basis of copyright infringement. However, today, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma dismissed the case against Madhur and others after Seema repeatedly did not make an appearance in the court.

Seth filed a case claiming that Fashion's plot was stolen from a book without giving credit to the author. She was asked to appear before the court with evidence, almost a year ago to continue with further legal procedures but the complainant never made it. Also, Seth had filed charges against Utv Motion Pictures and later, sought Rs. 2.5 crores as compensation.

However, now all charges have been dropped.

With the highly-acclaimed Madras Cafe opening to very encouraging responses, the scenario is perfect for another political thriller coming Friday.

And no, Satyagraha is not a sequel to Prakash Jha's Raajneeti. "I was only trying to say that the politics of the two films has a kind of continuity. Where the politics of Raajneeti ends the politics of Satyagraha takes over. Otherwise there is no similarity between the two films. The characters are very different from one another," says Prakash Jha.

While Ajay Devgn, Manoj Bajpayee and Arjun Rampal have worked in a number of films with Prakash, and the Big B has done the anti-reservation film Aarakshan before, it is a first for Prakash with Kareena Kapoor.

Says the director, "There were talks about other leading ladies opposite Ajay. But I was adamant on Kareena. I feel she is at a stage in her career where she needs...

Mumbai, Aug 20: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says that the director Rohit Shetty-actor Ajay Devgn pair, who have created several hits together, is one of its kind.

Shetty and Ajay have delivered hits like "Golmaal" series, "Bol Bachchan" and "Singham".

"Rohit and Ajay have a very beautiful jodi. I don't think anything like this can be made. A franchise of three films ('Golmaal' series) that too so successful. I think it's a record of sorts," Srk, who worked with Shetty in superhit "Chennai Express", said here.

"The kind of franchise 'Golmaal' is, it is the first of its kind in our country. The best thing is everyone.

Prakash Jha’s political drama Satyagraha starring Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai and Amrita Rao, releases in cinemas on 30th August, 2013. Talking about the film, Mr Bachchan said in a recent interview, “(It is) basically a story between a father and a son — a father who has lost his son, and a son who is in search of a father. The character that I play is very moralistic… very peaceful. He wants whatever he wants to achieve in a peaceful manner. He propagates that if you want something, if you are dissatisfied with something, then the order of the day is to do something peacefully.”

About the message of the film Ajay said, “This film is about personal stories and how four of us get together and get into a revolution. The bottom line is that the key message of the film is that you...

Balaji’s keenly awaited Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara (featuring Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan & Sonakshi Sinha) may not star Ajay Devgn or Emraan Hashmi but the actors will find a special mention at the beginning of the film.

Rarely do producers extend such gestures but Balaji and Milan Luthria feel that both the actors have been their lucky mascots and got the Once Upon A Time… journey started. So it’s only right to thank them.

Tanuj Garg, CEO- Balaji Motion Pictures, confirms, “We will give a special thank you to Ajay and Emraan, as they are integral to the franchise.”

Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara is the story of an underworld don, Shohaib (Akshay Kumar), who killed his mentor in the past (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai) to gain supremacy and is now the ruling mafia king. His influence and power has spread right up to the Middle East,...

It was a somber Wednesday evening at Sanjay Dutt's Pali Hill residence when the actor's incarceration was just hours away. Sanjay Dutt decided to spend the evening with his wife Maanyata and his twins. And contrary to reports on Thursday morning, there were no dramatic outbursts from Dutt. According to his friends, Dutt was remarkably calm and controlled on the evening before his impending incarceration.

"In fact Baba was providing comfort to Maanyata bhabhi who was acutely tense and inconsolable," says a friend.

Close friends dropped in to wish Dutt goodbye promising to be there for his family. Among the actors who stayed with Dutt for a major part of the evening was Ajay Devgn. Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who had just returned to Mumbai were seen at the Dutts' residence for some time.

Says a source, "There was not much conversation. No one seemed in the mood to talk.

The last time Suniel Shetty was seen in a negative role was in Farah Khan's film Main Hoon Na. And now, the actor is all set to play the villain yet again. In fact Shetty has been roped in to play the baddie in Prabhu Dheva's next film which stars Ajay Devgn in lead. Interestingly, this film will mark the reunion of Ajay and Suniel after a gap of six years. The actors were last seen sharing screen space in the 2007 film Cash.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam begins as a love story between Sameer (Salman Khan) and Nandini (Aishwariya Rai Bachan). Sameer is an Indo-Italian with a passion to learn Indian Classical Music. Nandini’s father Pandit Darbar (Vikram Gokhale) is a renowned Indian Classical singer who agrees to teach Sameer. Sameer joins the family at their manor and lives alongside them. He wins the hearts of all through his charm and wit, but fails to initially impress Nandini, who finds him a nuisance. Nevertheless, it isn’t long before the two fall in love. Their love story takes a tragic turn when Pandit Durbar catches the couple fantasizing about taking wedding vows. He is outraged and feels betrayed by Sameer. He orders Sameer to leave the house and to never contact Nandini again. A shattered Nandini is married off to Vanraj (Ajay Devgan). Sameer had sent Nandini a number of letters,...

The Nominations for the 2013 Iifa (International Indian Film Academy) awards have been announced and Anurag Basu’s beloved Barfi! leads the pack with 13! Also in included in the esteemed lists are films like Gangs of Wasseypur, Kahaani, Agneepath, Vicky Donor, Paan Singh Tomar, Talaash, English Vinglish and more. The nominees in each category are voted on by members of the Indian Film Industry at the official Iifa Voting Weekend. The votes are then tallied and the final list is compiled for the popular categories. The winners of the popular categories are determined by the fans because they can vote for who they think are the best in each category at Iifa’s website.

The nominees are….

Best Singer – Female

Shreya Ghoshal – ‘Chikni Chameli’ (Agneepath)

Rekha Bhardwaj – ‘Phir Le Aya Dil’ (Barfi!)

Shreya Ghoshal – ‘Aashiyan’ (Duet) (Barfi!)

Kavita Seth – ‘Tumhi Ho Bandhu’ (Cocktail)

Shalmali Kholgade – ‘Pareshan’ (Ishqzaade)

Best Singer – Male

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Bollywood Movies 2013

Note: Page updated on 12th March 2013!

Major upcoming Bollywood movies list in 2013

Himmatwala – March 29 2013 Nautanki Saala – April 12 2013 Ek Thi Daayan – April 18 2013 Shootout At Wadala – May 1 2013 Zanjeer – May 10 2013 Go Goa Gone – May 10 2013 Aurangzeb – May 17 2013 Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani – May 31 2013 Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 – June 7 2013 Policegiri – June 14 Ghanchakkar – Jun 28 Lootera – July 5 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – July 12 Once Upon A Time In Mumbai 2 – August 8 (Eid) Chennai Express – August 8 (Eid) Satyagraha – August 23 Madras Cafe – August 30 Ungli – September 6 Bullet Raja – September 6 Besharam – October 2 Mental – October 2 Ragini Mms – October 11 Boss – October 18 Krrish 3 – November 1 (Diwali) Gori Tere Pyaar Mein – November 15 Rambo Rajkumar – November 15 Ram Leela – November 29 Shaadi Ke Side Effects – December 6 Dhoom 3 – December 25

2012 has the unique distinction of being a year when each of the films released on major festivals/holidays/occasions has resulted in a 100 crore winner. ‘Agneepath’ [Republic Day], ‘Housefull 2′ [Ipl kick-start] and ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ [Eid] have been a testimony to that fact and...

Chennai, Feb 17: Actor Junior Ntr is in Spain to shoot a song with the unit of his upcoming Telugu action film "Baadshah". He will also travel to Switzerland to shoot another song.

"'Baadshah' unit in Spain. Shooting a song there and shifting to Switzerland for another song. Three songs already finished," tweeted one of the writers of the film, Gopi Mohan.

"Baadshah" releases April 5 and is directed by Srinu Vaitla.

It features actor Kajal Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Ritu Varma, Ajay, Brahmanadam, Tagubothu Ramesh, Chandra Mohan and Vennela Kishore.

Telugu actor Navdeep will be seen in a negative role for the time, while.

Filmmaker Suneel Darshan, who has made films like Jaanwar, Ajay, Andaaz, Ek Rishta, etc. and gave break to some of the most successful actors of today, is all set to launch his son Shiv with his next production, tentatively titled Karle Pyaar Karle. The shooting of the film has already commenced. With its first 40 days long marathon schedule, the major Read More...

Filmmaker Suneel Darshan, who has made films like Jaanwar, Ajay, Andaaz, Ek Rishta, etc. and gave break to some of the most successful actors of today, is all set to launch his son Shiv with his next production, tentatively titled Karle Pyaar Karle. The shooting of the film has already commenced. With its first 40 days long marathon schedule, the major portion of Karle Pyaar Karle is being shot in Lavasa, Pune and Mumbai. Suneel Darshan, whose last film was Shakalaka Boom...

Of all the scenes you'd never expect to see, having Gibbs play the part of a street person would be near the top of the list.

The opening of Canary" was well played, with Gibbs scavenging through trash and Ziva doing a valley girl routine on her phone while walking down the alley in stilettos, all in an effort to nab Ajay Khan, the second most sought-after cyber-terrorist in the world. (The mysterious "Mc" - who we've yet to meet - was number one).

Khan was identified as a key player in Mc's organization who, as it turns out, was charged with getting an Ebola infestation in place. 

After grabbing him - and more importantly, his laptop - Abby and McGee were able to get an address to a warehouse off of the hard drive prior to it going up in smoke.  The warehouse contained another employee of Mc who...

Director Sajid Khan unveiled the first trailer of his upcoming movie ‘Himmatwala’ and the trailer shows Ajay Devgn delivering heavy loaded dialogue in typical 80 style when his rival Mahesh Manjrekar challenges his capability. There is a temple at Ajay’s backdrop. Ajay was all alone while Mahesh was with all his men. Soon after it, a song follows where Ajay Devgn and his co-star south sensation Tammannah dancing to the tunes of Ta Thaiyya. The song is choreographed by Farah Khan. The song was shot in Jaipur. Ajay and Tamannah doing some of Bollywood's typical latka-jhatkas. "It is a very 1980s dance number, and Ajay was seen quite c...

Namaste, Sas-re-kaal, A-salaam-al-e- kum and welcome to My Christmas/New year present to all you Bollywood fanatics. The 2012 countdown of the top grossing films. A year in which the total net amount earned by the top 10 films of the year is so far 1470 crores (compared to 2011′s 930 crores), and this is predicted to cross 1500 crores by the end of this year! 2012 is the year in which nine films made the top thirty films of highest grossing films of Indian cinema as well as seven films crossed the 100 crore mark in the domestic markets.

Now for the countdown. Bear in mind that this countdown is based on pure fact and figures. This is a countdown based on what you the viewer have voted for with your feet, as you the viewer have taken the time out from your lives to see these films in your droves. You may agree with some...

Ajay Devgn is one of the biggest superstars we have in Bollywood today, but this has not made him forget his earlier days in the industry! Well, the story goes that the actor was recently shooting for Sajid Khan’s highly anticipated Himmatwala remake at Shell Bharat Petroleum in Chembur. This location is very close to the lion king’s heart as he shot for the yesteryear superhit Phool Aur Kante at the same venue.

Ad’s debut movie which made him a superstar overnight was shot at the said location over two decades ago and shooting here again took him down memory lane. The actor remembered everything about the place including the route to get there and was heard telling his team various incidents from his Phool Aur Kante days! Ajay was extremely happy to see that the colony was still as beautiful as it was before. The lush...

Looking back at 2012 song-ically, it certainly was a year of cool sounds, new voices, groovy and groovin’ beats and over all some killer tracks. Many of the songs brought a new vibe to the music of the movies, songs flavored with new influences, and songs that we never would have thought we would hear in a Bollywood flick. There were classic beats that got us up and dancing not to mention the grooves of today that got us to move to the music. We met some new singers we can’t wait to hear more of and some of our favorites blew us away with outstanding vocals. 2012 was full of surprises and we enjoyed so many of them, 50 in fact and every single note! As always we loved these songs when they first came out but once we saw them in the movie we loved them even more! Check out...

Controversies and Bollywood have a symbiotic relationship so it comes as no surprise that 2012 has been yet another eventful year and how! Some of the biggest names of the industry seemed to have found themselves under the wrong limelight this year. Bollyspice brings to you the five controversies from 2012, which are most likely to go down in history.

5. Barfi’s selection for the Oscars

This was one more debate that gained a lot of attention as the year ends. Upon announcement of Anurag Basu’s Barfi! as India’s official entry at the Oscars the general public questioned whether the film, which has various sources of inspiration, ought to be selected over and above the many impressive original scripts we saw this year. Critics argued that Barfi! was not the best that India had and that the regional cinema was being neglected. However, the other side claimed that there was...

We once again list who we think hit the hotness meter up to 11! We have some returning hunks and beauties and quite a few new hotties joining our list in 2012! See if you agree on our list of the Hottest Stars in Bollywood!

Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan, of course, has to be the first on our list once again! The man is only getting hotter as the years go by and we wonder How is that Possible? He got in even better shape in 2012 and we can’t wait to see him in his skintight suit for Krrish 3 in 2013!

11 chillies hot!

Prithviraj

For many a fan this was our first look at the hottie from the South and boy did he open our eyes! Though his foray into Bollywood did not hit the mark, we certainly can see why and joined in with Aiyyaa to sigh, melt and fall in love!