After months of hype, controversy and court cases, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag finally arrived in theaters this week. But this unofficial remake of the 70s masterpiece Sholay failed to convince critics. Going through media reports, I can say that Ramgopal Varma must be regretting his decision to remake Sholay. "RGV Ki Aag" would go down as a dark spot on his resume and he will be embarrassed of it forever, and the worst is not over yet, his name is attached to the title of the movie which will definitely haunt him throughout his life. Media Reports on "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag" Mid-Day - Kitne Aadmi Teh ( Theatre mein) It’s a mockery of Sholay. The direction is sloppy, the background noise is too ...

  Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd, a company of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has launched its Video on Demand online services, Bigflicks.com. It mainly targets NRIs residing in United States, Canada, UK, Australia, West Asia and Europe. BigFlicks currently have around 200 movie titles in Hindi, English and various Indian languages. It will offer 1,000 movies for downloading within 2-3 months and 2,000 titles within 1 year. Cost for downloading a movie varies from $4.49 to $19.99. The revenue model is based on downloading on rent or owning a title without advertisement, while the other model offer free online streaming with advertisements. These advertisements could be in the beginning of the movie or in the middle of the film. The ...

Biggest handshake of Bollywood history. Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) has officially entered into a $100-million franchisee deal with "Sholay Media and Entertainment", to remake the 70s masterpiece Sholay. Sholay Media & Entertainment, headed by Sascha Vijay Sippy, holds the official franchisee rights of Sholay, produced in 1975 by his grandfather GP Sippy and directed by his uncle Ramesh Sippy. The production house will not only remake Sholay, but also do an animated version of the original film, and then a prequel and a sequel. The deal comes at a time when Ram Gopal Varma’s controversial movie, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, said to be an unofficial remake of Sholay, is set to release this weekend with 700 prints. Sholay is the most successful film in ...

  Bob Houghton's India will aim to give a big push to the football's rising profile in the country when they take on Syrian in the ONGC Nehru Cup Final encounter at the floodlit Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. The task is definitely not easy by Syrian having the psychological advantage of beating India by 3-2 in the league encounter a couple of days ago, if you goes by FIFA rank, Syria is ranked at 112 whereas India is at 151. Indian players looked a bit complacent after getting an early lead in Syria match, would be interesting to see if they have learnt any lessons from league match. India had a good run at the ONGC cup improving its performance match ...

  The Nehru Cup (International Football Tournament) was started in 1982 and was last held in 1997.The tournament was originally on the annual basis, later on held on biannual basis. The tournament was shelved after 1997 due to lack of sponsorship and other matters. However it was revived in 2007 mainly due to persuasion by the current coach of Indian Football team Bob Houghton. The tournament held during 2007 will be known as ONGC Nehru Cup.   Previous Winners of Nehru Cup Years Venue Winners Runners-Up Score 1982 Kolkata Uruguay China 2-0 1983 Cochin Hungary China 2-1 1984 ...

Is it true or just a rumour? I hope it’s a rumour, b'coz after three years of togetherness and a kissing SMS of Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur, it will be stupid to see them split. Well! I always knew that this relationship will never survive, for a tough girl like Kareena she needs someone very macho and grownup (atleast in looks). I think she should have stuck with Fardeen Khan, they would have made such a cute and gore-chite couple. Never mind, Saif Ali is not a bad choice “if” he commits. As we all know Saif has got 'commitment phobia'. I mean first his wife Amrita Singh,  then long relation with Rozza, little bit of Bipasha and now Kareena. If he can pull head-strong Kareena ...

  Sony Entertainment Television brings back "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa" with new celebrities and well known faces to perform with professional dance partners on a highly competitive stage. The show is produced by Synergy Communications (makers of Kaun Banega Crorepati) and Theatre Red for SET in India. The show whose format is taken from the “Strictly come dancing” of BBC, has been a huge success across 27 countries like Britain, America, Australia, New Zealand and Italy. The show will be compared by Rohit Roy and last year’s finalist Shweta Salve. Out of the required 12 contestants, these are the people who’ve been thought to be finalised so far. MikaSudha ChandranPrachee DesaiSonali Kulkarni May be contestants: Sandhya MirdulCyrus BroachaMini MathurSalil AnkolaTapur The panel of three ...

R.A.K.H.I R     -   Relationship A     -   Affection K     -   Knitting together H     -   Him (Brother) & Her (Sister)I      -   Interminably Put them all together, they spell " RAKHI". Happy Rakhi to all you brothers and sisters!!! Happy Rakshabandhan Day.

  There were lot of talks going on about the - Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the richest cricket body in the world, does not have its own website? The issue was even raised in the Delhi High Court during the hearing of a PIL seeking an independent probe into the functioning of the cricket body and its accounts involving huge public money after BCCI counsel P N Lekhi claimed that it was functioning in a transparent manner. The petitioner Rahul Mehra said, The Cricket Board of every country has its own website, but BCCI don't have a website.  Where do we get any information about BCCI? Their financial details are more closely guarded than the nuclear secrets of India Here is ...

Monica Bedi, looking like a girl next door....simple, innocent and very regretful for her past. I think the lady deserves to live a happy life now, she had suffered too much for her mistakes and stupid decisions. Yeah, we all can blame her for whatever she went through and also can say “jaisi karni waisi bharni”. But she is really regretting getting involved with Abu Salem, I guess she should have taken lessons from the outcome of Mandakini and Don Dawood relations. On July 25 2007 she was released from the Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad after her incarceration in connection with a passport forgery case. On Monday she was seen offering prayers, washing dishes of other devotees at langar and ...