Sourabh Narang Vaastu Shastra Director Passes Away

Last week has been pretty bad for the modeling world as well as the film industry.  On the same day that Vivek Babajee committed sucicide, Saurabh Narang, the man who directed one of Ram Gopal Varma’s better horror films, Vaastu Shastra(2004). He succumbed to stomach cancer; he was battling it for many months and was being treated in Sri Lanka. Hardly in his 30s, Sourab started young and he got a dream opportunity to direct Ram Gopal Varma’s Vaastu Shastra. The film did decently well and the child star Ahsaas Channa, whom he discovered is a regular in RGV’s Phoonk series of...

Akshay Kumar’s Action Replay to Fight It Out with Golmaal 3

You may believe that after the Big ‘BLUE’ debacle, Akshay Kumar may have stayed away from releasing his films on Diwali.  But there is no stopping this Khiladi who believes that there is no substitute to hardwork.  Though Vipul Shah had decided to postpone the release of the film post Diwali, Akshay Kumar, who is also the co-producer of Action Replay told Vipul to ready the  movie for a Diwali release. If this is so, then Action Replay’s release will coincide with Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal 3 on the Diwali day. Rohit Shetty has a habit of giving hits during the Diwali season, as is...

Priyanka Chopra In Race 2

You enjoyed Race(2008), a fast-paced thriller that was full of twists and turns. Plans for Race 2 have been in full swing since last year and the last heard report was that Saif Ali Khan had asked the makers to put Kareena Kapoor in the film. The makers agreed because  Kareena Kapoor’s persona suited the character that they are developing for Race 2. The new development is that Priyanka Chopra will replace the role of Bipasha Basu in Race 2.  A source says “Katrina’s absence was almost certain because her character in Race dies, but Bipasha’s absence is certainly...

Anupam Kher Walks Out Of My Friend Hitler

Anupam Kher has reportedly walked out of his Hitler role from the movie ‘Dear Friend Hitler’ to be directed by Rakesh Ranjan This he did, because many Indians  had personally requested him not to the role of a person who was responsible for the massacre of millions of people. “Yes, that’s exactly what I was told by several people,” said Kher talking to a popular Mumbai tabolid from Scotland, where he is shooting with Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor for Mausam “Initially I thought that since I am an actor, I should be up for any role. But after seeing that...

Anurag Kashyap Livid With Bollywood

Director Anurag Kashyap (of Dev D fame)  is livid with Bollywood’s response to  his film Udaan at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first time he had produced a film independently and the movie received a good reception by the international fraternity present there.  But to his shock, most Bollywood personalities who were there, found out some excuse or the other to avoid coming to the premiere of the movie at the Cannes. Anurag is no stranger to this kind of behavior because he has always been given step-motherly treatment by Bollywood. A source from the crew of the film says,...

Amitabh Bachchan In Raavan Controversy

Amitabh Bachchan is involved in the Raavan controversy. Known to be protective about his son Abhishek Bachchan, he expressed his views to Jitesh Pillai, Filmfare editor, that the editing of Raavan lead to the inconsistent performance of Abhishek Bachchan. Big B mentions that  had the film been ‘not so sadly edited’, Abhishek Bachchan’s mannerisms and that thing about ’10 heads’ would have been easy for common person to understand. His tweet exactly read, “Lot of merited film edited out, causing inconsistent performance and narrative, but what presentation!” Trade guru...