Boycott Bollywood

Confession: I’ve stopped watching Bollywood (loose term for Indian film industry) movies. Reason: Movies that Bollywood makes are terrible. Most are torture on cinemagoers. When the movie world has reached the distant moon Pandora (thanks to James Cameron’s AVATAR), Bollywood is still tottering in the company of “idiots.” Another Reason: Bollywood has, in fact, become [...]

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Bollywood Beats

Movies that Bollywood (loose term for Bombay-based film industry) is making are terrible. Most are torture on cinemagoers. In fact, the producers who are sitting at the helm should start thinking differently and move up the value chain to stand somewhere in the evolving global entertainment markets. Do you agree? Bollywood has, in fact, become [...]

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Hello! Movie Here…I Love You, Mobile

Hello! Movie Here…I Love You, Mobile By Rakesh Raman The romantic infatuation between movies and mobiles is now touching serious limits, as most young movies prefer to embrace mobiles in one form or the other – trailers, promos, games, et al. Among the recent ones is Hannah Montana Star Moves mobile game, which is available [...]

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Sachin Tendulkar too Goes to Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds London, has flown its new wax figure of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to Mumbai. Tendulkar is the first Indian sports personality to be portrayed, and he follows in the footsteps of Bollywood artists Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan, and Salman Khan. Madame Tussauds, a French modeller, made wax death masks of prominent [...]

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Madame Tussauds Hong Kong Gets Amitabh Bachchan

Madame Tussauds Hong Kong has introduced India’s leading film star – Amitabh Bachchan –for the first time ever in Asia. Madame Tussauds, a French modeller, made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution. She went to Britain in the early 19th century alongside a travelling exhibition of revolutionary relics and effigies of [...]

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Releasing Soon: Movie 2.0

Releasing Soon: Movie 2.0 by Rakesh Raman You’d agree: for most of its existence, the Internet has been an underexploited medium. Especially in the corporate realm. Corporate websites tried plainly to sell products and services. Though touted as an interactive medium, the Net mostly helped companies tell only their side of the story without giving [...]

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Asian Film Award for Priyanka Chopra

Indian film heroine and former Miss World, Priyanka Chopra, is chosen for the Nielsen Box Office Award. The award, which is given for outstanding contribution to Asian film, will be presented to Ms. Chopra by The Hollywood Reporter during the 3rd Annual Asian Film Awards on Mar. 23. The Asian Film Awards, which recognizes professionals [...]

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