1. 8x10 Tasveer
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Upcoming Movies for This Week (23rd March - 30th March)
1. Heaven on Earth
2. EK - The Power of One
3. Aa Dekhen Zara
Monday, March 16, 2009
Upcoming Movies for This Week (16th March - 23th March)
1. Straight
2. Firaaq
3. Barah aana
4. Aloo Chaat
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Filfare Awards 2009 Winners and Nominations
1. BEST FILM
Dostana
Ghajini
Jodhaa Akbar (WINNER)
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Rock On!!
2. BEST DIRECTOR
A.R. Murugadoss - Ghajini
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!!
Aditya Chopra - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar (WINNER)
Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday!
3. BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Aamir Khan - Ghajini
Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar (WINNER)
Akshay Kumar - Sinng Is Kinng
Shah Rukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday!
4. BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Aishwarya Rai - Jodhaa Akbar
Anushka Sharma - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini
Kajol - U Me Aur Hum
Priyanka Chopra - Fashion (WINNER)
5. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Male
Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkaar Raj
Arjun Rampal - Rock On!! (WINNER)
Pratik Babbar - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar
Tushaar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns
Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
6. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Female
Bipasha Basu - Bachna Ae Haseeno
Kangana Ranaut - Fashion (WINNER)
Kiron Kher - Dostana
Ratna Pathak Shah - Jaanu Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Sahana Goswami - Rock On!!
7. BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
Farhan Akhtar - Rock On!! - Socha Hai
KK - Bachna Ae Haseeno - Khuda Jaane
KK - Jannat - Zara Si Dil Mein
Rashid Ali - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na - Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Sonu Nigham - Jodhaa Akbar - Inn Lamho Ke Daaman Mein
Sukhwinder Singh - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – Haule Haule (WINNER)
8. BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
Alka Yagnik - Yuvvraaj - Tu Muskura
Neha Bhasin - Fashion - Kuch Khaas Hai
Shilpa Rao - Bachna Ae Haseeno - Khuda Jaane
Shreya Ghoshal - Singh is Kinng - Teri Ore (WINNER)
Shruti Pathak - Fashion - Marjaawa
Sunidhi Chuhan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - Dance Pe Chance
9. BEST LYRICS
Abbas Tyrewala - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na - Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Gulzar - Yuvvraaj - Tu Meri Dost Hai
Jaideep Sahni - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - Haule Haule
Javed Akhtar - Jodhaa Akbar - Jashn e Bahara (WINNER)
Javed Akhtar - Rock On!! - Socha Hai
Prasoon Joshi - Ghajini - Guzarish
10. BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
A R Rahman - Ghajini
A R Rahman - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na (WINNER)
A R Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar
Pritam - Race
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Rock On!!
Vishal-Shekhar - Dostana
Other Awards--------
11. Best Story
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!!
12. Best Screenplay
Yogesh Vinayak Joshi & Upendra Sidhaye - Mumbai Meri Jaan
13. Best Dialogue
Manu Rishi - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
14. Best Background Score
A.R. Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar
15. R.D. Burman Award
Benny Dayal - Yuvvraaj 'Meri Dost Hain'
16. Outstanding Performance
Prateik Babbar - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Purab Kohli - Rock On!!
17. Best Director (Critic)
Nishikant Kamat - Mumbai Meri Jaan
18. Best Actor (Critic)
Manjot Singh - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
19. Best Actress (Critic)
Shahana Goswami - Rock On
20. Lifetime Achievement Award - 1
Bhanu Athaiya
21. Lifetime Achievement Award - 2
Om Puri
22. Sony Filmfare Best Scene of the Year
Aditya Chopra - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - 'Flower on the Dining Table' scene
23. Best Choreography
Longines Fernandes - 'Pappu Can't Dance Saala' (Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na)
24. Best Editing
Amit Pawar - Mumbai Meri Jaan
25. Best Production Design
Vandan Kataria & Monica Angelica Bhowmick - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
26. Best Action
Peter Hein - Ghajini
27. Best Visual Effects Award
John Deitz - Love Story 2050
28. Best Costumes
Manushee Sharma - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
29. Best Cinematography
Jason West - Rock On!!
30. Best Sound Design
Baylon Fonseca & Vinod Subramanyam - Rock On!!
31.Best Sensational Debut (Male)
Farhan Akhtar (Rock On!) and Imraan Khan(Jaane thu Ya Jaane Na)
32.Best Sensational Debut (Female)
Asin Thottumkal for Ghajini
Bollywood - Introduction
Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवूड) is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry.Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the world.
The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the center of the American film industry.However, unlike Hollywood, Bollywood does not exist as a physical place. Though some deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Bollywood is often referred to as Hindi cinema, even though frequent use of poetic Urdu words is fairly common. There has been a growing presence of Indian English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see films that feature dialogue with English words and phrases, even whole sentences. There is a growing number of films made entirely in English.
History.....
Raja Harishchandra (1913), by Dadasaheb Phalke, was the first silent feature film made in India. By the 1930s, the industry was producing over 200 films per annum. The first Indian sound film, Ardeshir Irani's Alam Ara (1931), was a major commercial success. There was clearly a huge market for talkies and musicals; Bollywood and all the regional film industries quickly switched to sound filming.
The 1930s and 1940s were tumultuous times: India was buffeted by the Great Depression, World War II, the Indian independence movement, and the violence of the Partition. Most Bollywood films were unabashedly escapist, but there were also a number of filmmakers who tackled tough social issues, or used the struggle for Indian independence as a backdrop for their plots.
In 1937, Ardeshir Irani, of Alam Ara fame, made the first colour film in Hindi, Kisan Kanya. The next year, he made another colour film, Mother India. However, colour did not become a popular feature until the late 1950s. At this time, lavish romantic musicals and melodramas were the staple fare at the cinema. Successful actors included Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor and actresses like Nargis, Meena Kumari, Nutan and Madhubala. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, romance movies and action films starred actors like Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra. In the mid-1970s, romantic confections made way for gritty, violent films about gangsters and bandits. Amitabh Bachchan, the star known for his "angry young man" roles, rode the crest of this trend with actors like Mithun Chakraborty and Anil Kapoor, which lasted into the early 1990s. Actresses from this era included Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan and Rekha.[8]
In the mid-1990s, the pendulum swung back toward family-centric romantic musicals with the success of such films as Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) making stars out of a new generation of actors (such as Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan) and actresses (such as Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit,Juhi Chawla and Kajol).[8] In that point of time, action and comedy films were also successful, with actors like Govinda and Akshay Kumar and actresses such as Raveena Tandon and Karisma Kapoor appearing in films of this genre. Furthermore, this decade marked the entry of new performers in art and independent films, some of which succeeded commercially. These films featured actors like Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Tabu and Urmila Matondkar, whose performances were usually acclaimed by critics.
The 2000s saw a growth in Bollywood's popularity in the world. This led the nation's filmmaking to new heights in terms of quality, cinematography and innovative story lines as well as technical advances such as special effects, animation etc. Some of the largest production houses, among them Yash Raj Films and Dharma Productions were the producers of new modern films.The opening up of the overseas market, more Bollywood releases abroad and the explosion of multiplexes in big cities, led to wider box office successes in India and abroad, including Devdas, Koi... Mil Gaya, Rang De Basanti, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Krrish, Dhoom 2, Om Shanti Om and Ghajini, delivering a new generation of popular actors (Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan) and actresses (Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji), and keeping the popularity of actors of the previous decade.
The Indian film industry has preferred films that appeal to all segments of the audience (see the discussion in Ganti, 2004, cited in references), and has resisted making films that target narrow audiences. It was believed that aiming for a broad spectrum would maximise box office receipts. However, filmmakers may be moving towards accepting some box-office segmentation, between films that appeal to rural Indians, and films that appeal to urban and overseas audiences.
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