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Jackie Shroff has been in Bollywood for almost four decades and is universally loved as a star and a human being. The actor says he does not have the fear of losing stardom because he feels that God surely seems to have a plan for him.

Jackie Shroff was touted as Bollywood's new big thing when he made a blockbuster debut as lead actor in Subhash Ghai's 1983 film "Hero". Through the decades, his notable films have included "Ram Lakhan", "Yudh", "Karma", "Parinda", "Tridev", "Kala Bazaar", "Vardi", "Doodh Ka Karz", "100 Days", "Angaar", "Khalnayak", "Rangeela", "Agnisakshi", "Bandhan", and the recent "Radhe".

It has been a journey where Jackie, 64, has taken the rough with the smooth. Has the thought of losing stardom ever scared him?

"Nothing. No fear. If god has got you here he has made a position and will take you somewhere. If the almighty has got you from...

Chennai, April 29: Debutant Tamil actor Abhay, grandson of yesteryear actors Gemini Ganeshan and Savithri, is set to reprise the role of math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in upcoming Tamil-English bilingual "Ramanujan".

"Abhay will play the titular character of the math genius in the film, which will feature southern actress Bhama as his wife. The film is being simultaneously made in Tamil and English," said a statement.

"Suhasini Maniratnam will play crucial role of that of Ramanujan's mother," the statement added.

Directed Gnana Rajasekaran is bringing the story of the great mathematician's extraordinary contributions.

Actress Rekha turns 58 today. Her real name was Banurekha Ganeshan, which she shortened to Rekha. Rekha started her career as a child actress in a Telugu movie Rangula Ratnam. She was not interested in acting, but the financial problems in her family made her take up acting as a career. She was born to Tamil actor Gemini Ganeshan and actress Pushpavalli. However Gemini declined to be his father. Her first successful movie was a Kannada film, Goa dalli Cid 999, which was released in 1969. In the same year she moved to Bombay for a better career. But she was very vulnerable and men took benefit of that. Her first Hindi movie Sawan Bhado was ...

After Heroine, Kareena Kapoor has reportedly bagged yet another female centric role. Kareena will be seen essaying the role of Queen Arundhati in the Hindi remake of 2009 Telugu blockbuster Arundhati. Arundhati is a fantasy action thriller set in ancient times with breathtaking graphics and technology. It is said that Sonu Sood, who played the villain in the original will essay the same role in the Hindi version as well. Anushka Shetty, who played the role of Arundhati in the original bagged many awards and tremendous accolades for her performance and became one of the top most heroines of Telugu films. Gemini Kiran, who bought the rights for the Hindi remake, confirms that they have approached Kareena to play the lead. He will be co-producing the film with Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Earlier Rani Mukerji and Katrina Kaif were also approached for the role but none of them could do the role due to date issues.

Not many Bollywood fans will know that the Indian theatrical rights and all other rights of Robot, superstar Rajnikanth's Hindi dubbed version of Endhiran, are with Gemini Circuit.Given the fact that Rajnikanth is a huge star for the Hindi audience too and even his insignificant films like Mahaguru, Gangva, Tyagi etc. were profitable ventures, Gemini has sold of the film distribution rights to different distributors at good to decent prices. And here are the exclusive details.As per trade sources while Shringar Films have the rights for Bombay territory, Mukta Arts has procured Robot for Delhi-u.P. and East Punjab. Eastern Circuit is with Venkatesh Films and Robot will be distributed by 52 Weeks Entertainment in C.P. Berar, by Red Sun Enterprises in C.I. and in Rajasthan A.A. Films hold the rights.Robot is all set to release in the above mentioned circuits on 1st October.

Not many Bollywood fans will know that the Indian theatrical rights and all other rights of Robot, superstar Rajnikanth's Hindi dubbed version of Endhiran, are with Gemini Circuit.Given the fact that Rajnikanth is a huge star for the Hindi audience too and even his insignificant films like Mahaguru, Gangva, Tyagi etc. were profitable ventures, Gemini has sold of the film distribution rights to different distributors at good to decent prices. And here are the exclusive details.As per trade sources while Shringar Films have the rights for Bombay territory, Mukta Arts has procured Robot for Delhi-u.P. and East Punjab. Eastern Circuit is with Venkatesh Films and Robot will be distributed by 52 Weeks Entertainment in C.P. Berar, by Red Sun Enterprises in C.I. and in Rajasthan A.A. Films hold the rights.Robot is all set to release in the above mentioned circuits on 1st October.

Few filmmakers in Kollywood are badly deteriorating the existing prominence of Tamil Cinema and we bring you an exclusive about them. Of course, it’s up to you to decide whether they should stay back in film industry or quit making films.

1. Saran: The director couldn’t afford for better films other than ‘Kadhal Mannan’, ‘Amarkalam’ and ‘Gemini’. Precisely, ‘Vasool Raja Mbbs’ was a hit because of its original storyline inherited from Hindi, Crazy Mohan’s dialogues and of course Kamal Haasan’s presence. If there could be one director, whose film has no quality contents, it’s none other than Saran.

2. Thankar Bacchan: He presumes himself to be a veteran and his films are masterpieces. He is well known for criticizing every filmmaker, whose films are city-oriented. During a recent interaction with media students, he mentioned that those who are sitting inside air conditioned rooms cannot make a film.