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When you think of Bollywood films, generally something along the lines of romances, actions or dramas tend to come up. Horror has been and still is an extremely underrated genre in Indian cinema, and it has only been pushed into mainstream media during the '90s. The turning point for Indian horror cinema is marked by the release of Raat in 1992. Indian director Ram Gopal Varma is known for shirking off the conventions of Bollywood cinema, most notably by avoiding musical numbers in his films, so it should come as little surprise that he would dabble in this ostracized genre. Critics absolutely raved at Raat's premiere, unnerved by the atmospheric build-up throughout the film and shocked by the schlocky finale. However, the public was still on the fence about the genre, and would only come around to horror once Varma released his later movie, Bhoot, in 2003, which was a more...

My first thoughts on watching the new Indonesian film Primbon are that it is one of the better horror movies to have come out recently, but the caveat to that is that it has a rather regressive stance regarding the supernatural; the climax is not befitting of the great buildup. That being said, Primbon is actually a good example of how to have the right kind of exposition to set up a horror film. Horror requires some kind of deep dive into the unknown and the mythological legends of a place. The traditional population’s belief in the stories of the old sparks an interest, and one can build up the scenes from the inherent myths in the culture. Director Rudy Soedjarwo does not focus too much on explaining what Primbon is; we get to find out about it organically, almost simultaneously with the characters. That’s the best way...

Actor Vardhan Puri, who is awaiting the release of his horror film ‘Aseq’, has something to tell: his spine-chilling experience when he was attacked by a six and half feet tall unclothed lady in his hotel room.

Vardhan is the grandson of the late actor Amrish Puri, and will be soon seen in ‘Aseq’ which will drop on Ott.

Walking down the memory lane, Vardhan said: “I got attacked by a six and half feet tall unclothed lady in my hotel room early in the morning one day and I had to defend myself somehow before she tried to strangle me. After the experience, I could not be sure if the lady was a human being. It was extremely traumatic to say the least and a lot of people from the unit witnessed the madness. I still suffer from Ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder).”

Sharing his experience, he said: “The...

Song Name - Mujhe Peeno Do

Album - Judaiyaan

Singer - Darshan Raval

Lyrics - Gurpreet Saini, Gautam Sharma

Check out the song lyrics of Mujhe Peene Do by Darshan Raval

Raat aayi hai raat aane do

Nasha hota hai nasha hone do

Dil jalta hai dil jalne do

Yaad aayi hai mujhe peene do

Raat aati hai raat aane do

Nasha hota hai nasha hone do

Dil jalta hai dil jalne do

Yaad aayi hai mujhe peene do

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Kal Aa Raha Hai #MujhePeeneDo (11:00 am)...

The controversial reality Bigg Boss 14 is running high on drama these days. From the 'nepotism' controversy involving singer Kumar Sanu's son Jaan Kumar Sanu and Rahul Vaidya to the latest captaincy task, the contestants have been running the show on many accusations, threats, tears and abuses for each other.

In the latest episode, when contestants were fighting hard to become the next captain of the house, a fight between Jasmin Bhasin and Rahul Vaidya turned ugly. The Red Zone contestant Rahul was supposed to snatch the bag from the Green zone's Jasmin in order to take away her opportunity to become the captain. In the process, the two locked horns and Jasmin accused the singer of using 'physical force' on her.

Jasmin refused to leave her bag even after Rahul warned her several times before pulling the bag away from her that she might get hurt in the process.

Bigg Boss 14 is around the corner, and production designer Omung Kumar has opened up on how he revamped the set for the new season amid the pandemic.

"It was not easy for us to redesign 'Bigg Boss' house at a time when everything was shut due to lockdown. There was a limited number of labourers available. Most of them had gone to their villages. The shops were closed. Online delivery was not functioning. We could not import anything from abroad," Omung recalled, while interacting with Ians.

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Aapne diye jawaab, ab aap hi ki awaaz par karenge ghar ki sair aaj! Presenting to you, the brand new #BiggBoss2020 house!

MollywoodThe film with Fahadh Faasil and Nazriya Nazim in the lead will release in theatres on February 14 as a Valentine Day’s special.Digital NativeUnveiling the cast of the upcoming Fahadh Faasil starrer Trance, the makers have released a star-studded poster from the movie. It features Fahadh Faasil, popular Tamil director Gautham Vasudev Menon, Chemban Vinod, Nazriya Nazim, Soubin Shahir, Vinayakan, Dileesh Pothan, Sreenath Bhasi, and Jinu Joseph. Trance, directed by Anwar Rasheed, will open in cinemas on February 14 as a Valentine's Day special release. The film has been in the making for nearly two years now. The makers are releasing the first song 'Raat' as a single on January 24, composed by Jackson Vijayan and sung by Sneha Khanwalkar and Neha Nair. The song is penned by Vinayak Sasikumar and Kamal Karthik. The film stars Fahadh Faasil and Nazriya in the lead, bringing together the real-life couple on...

What comes to your mind when you hear the word Sanam? As a Bollywood music lover, I think of none other than India’s Fantastic Four who have clocked a whopping 2.7 million subscribers (and counting!) at their YouTube channel, thanks to their wonderful renditions of retro classic hits, modern hits and original compositions.

The fantastic four comprise of brothers Sanam Puri (lead vocals) and Samar Puri (lead guitar), Venky S (bass guitar) and Keshav Dhanraj (drums). I would say they are India’s most commercially successful band, and they have enthralled audiences in various concerts both internationally and in India. As a band, Sanam have also succeeded in bridging the gap between the younger and older generations, through their retro renditions.

I have been fortunate enough to have a chat with the band, to gauge their thoughts on current music trends, whose music they like listening to, and much more!

India’s newest Pop Music heartthrob Arjun Kanungo releases his debut single “Baaki Baatein Peene Baad” featuring the Rap superstar, Badshah ! With lyrics by Mayur Puri – the lyricist of Bollywood chartbusters like Selfie Le Le Re, Abdc 2 and Happy New Year, and rap by Badshah of DJ Waley Babu, Saturday Saturday, Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai & Aaj Raat Ka Scene fame – this is song is sure to get your party started!

To take this a notch up, the sizzling Carla Denis shares a scorching chemistry with Arjun Kanungo.

So, kaafi ho gayi bak bak. #BaakiBaateinPeeneBaad! Watch it right now…

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Saturday’s episode of The Voice India, opened with a quick re-cap of the first two weeks of the show and a precap of this weekends show. The focus then shifted to the coaches who gave a comic breaking news update that coach Sunidhi had coach Mika’s sunglasses! I really do love watching the hilarious comic moments between the Fabulous Four!

The first contestant to perform of week three, was Snigdhajit Bhowmik who is 25 years old from Kolkata, West Bengal. Snighdajit performed ‘Dhan Te Nan’ from Kaminey. Coach Mika was the first to hit the buzzer followed by coaches Shaan, Sunidhi and Hr. All four coaches praised Snighdajit’s performance and then started their comic requests for him to join their team. Coach Hr even sang a popular Bengali phrase as Snighdajit is Bengali! After much cajoling, Snighdajit chose to be in team Shaan.

The second contestant was Garima Khiste.

Talat Mehmood, the unparallel king of ghazal needs no introduction. His super hit ghazals like Sham-E-Gham Ki Qassam ....; Jalte Hain Jiske Liye .... Aye Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal.... are immortal and shall continue to regale ghazal lovers for centuries to come.

However, readers would be stunned to know that though Talat Mehmood, who ruled the mid-40s and the 50s as the most sought after playback singer, had to face bitter competition in the 60s from emerging new talents like Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor etc.

In fact, his popularity plunged so low that film distributers declined to accept his songs and music directors had to tragically re-record the song in other singers' voice. For instance, in Dilip Kumar's movie Aadmi, music maestro Naushad had recorded a duet on Dilip Kumar and Manoj Kumar.

The song was Kaisi Haseen Aaj Bahaaron Ki Raat Hai...

After months of endless promotions and preparations, Bollywood Showstoppers finally took place at London’s O2 arena on Sunday 3 August. Superstars Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Ali Zafar, Jacqueline Fernandez and Mika Singh took to the stage to perform and dance to some of their hit songs in front of thousands of fans. The show took place just after the Eid festivities, which made it even more special. Founder and producer of Bollywood Showstoppers, Mr Naz Choudhury, and his BollyFlex team took part in the show as backing dancers and together with the stars; it was a show that had many highlights which surely audiences have taken away with them.

The show kicked off with some dance performances by Naz and Bollyflex, which opened the show very well. Subsequently, Raj and Pablo came on to the O2 stage to act in their roles as hosts of the show. We saw them...

After retuning with a bang with Gauri Shinde’s ‘English Vinglish’, Sridevi is in the news for another two projects. News is doing the rounds that she will be cast opposite her hit co-star Anil Kapoor in the sequel to 1980 blockbuster ‘Mr India’ where Sridevi showed her oomph factor in the most hit song ‘Kaate Nehi Katti Ye Raat’. Her husband and producer Boney Kapoor is zeroing on the project. Producer Boney Kapoor revealed, "Of course she will be a part of Mr India 2 along with Anil. We are yet to finalise the script but work is in progress." Boney is keen to make the sequel to ‘Mr India’. Meanwhile, another interesting...

The 12th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival has organised a special section “Hindi Mood for Marrakech” this year to mark the centenary year of Indian cinema. Some of the Hindi films to be screened are Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Barfi!, English Vinglish, Don and Don 2.

An outdoor screening of selected films from Bollywood will be organised at the Jemaa el Fna square, each evening of the festival.

A delegation of Indian actors, directors and producers, lead by Amitabh Bachchan has been invited to attend a tribute ceremony on Saturday, December 1, 2012.

The festival will run from 30th November – 8th December, 2012.

Films to be screened under ‘Hindi Mood for Marrakech’:

Yash Chopra:

Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Amitabh Bachchan | Actor

Black by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Happiness & Tears) by Karan Johar

Agneepath by Mukul Anand

Silsila by Yash Chopra

Deewar by...

Ram Gopal Varma has given the Bollywood industry some big films over the years. He has directed, written and produced films across multiple genres – psychological thrillers, underworld warfare, fiction, politics-nexus and experimental films in various languages. His horror films have also been quite a revelation as he has introduced some path-breaking horror films in Indian Cinema.

Right from the year 1992, when Raat was released, which is still considered one of the best horror films made in Bollywood; Rgv has never let his audiences down with this genre.

In 2003 again, Ajay Devgn and Urmila Matondkar’s Bhoot was a hit. Both of them won awards for their outstanding performances. There is no denial in the fact that Ram Gopal Varma has given a list of horror films and recreated the genre with his creativity and visualization.

His other note worthy films in this genre includes Vaastu Shastra (2004), Phoonk (2008) and Darna Mana Hai (2003) among many more.

Filmbooth is launching ‘First Cut’–a monthly screening series for short films made by independent as well as mainstream film makers from all over the country.

First Cut will be launched on 9th June at the Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Delhi, 6:45 Pm onwards. Entry is free.

In its first edition, First Cut will screen Shyam Raat Seher directed by Arunima Sharma (58th National Award for Best Non-feature Film Direction), Ordinary People directed by Aakash Bhatia, Saari Raat directed by Parimal Aloke, Urnaabh directed by Zalina Gamat (winner of Kodak Film School Cinematography award, Idpa – Silver award – Best student fiction), Kal 15 August Dukan Band Rahegi directed by Prateek Vats (58th National Award for Best Short Fiction Film), Rewind directed by Atul Taishete, and Reflections directed by Bejoy Nambiar starring Mohan Lal.

Chilean film My Last Round (Mi Ultimo Round) directed by Julio Jorquera Arriagada won the Best Feature Film Award at the 3rd Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival which concluded on May 27, 2012.

My Last Round is a story set in conservative Southern Chile about a working class relationship between two men – a boxer and a kitchen assistant.

Chief Guest Bollywood actor Anupam Kher who gave away the prize for the Best Film announced that he would sponsor the prize money from next year of Rs 50,000. “Cinema is meant to break barriers and Kashish is a wonderful attempt to provide a mainstream platform for the Lgbt community which is relegated to the margins,’’ said Kher.

Kher also gave away the Riyad Wadia Award for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker, which went to The Night is Young (Raat Baki) directed by Pradipta Ray. Raat Baki deals with three persons – two queer and one...

Let’s face it, 2011 hasn’t been Bollywood’s best year, and there’s much that can be done to make sure 2012 is better. Let’s take a look at what should be the industry’s top fifteen resolutions for the New Year.

1. Use “Hinglish” titles only when appropriate!

I wonder if it’s even fair to label Bombay’s film industry the “Hindi” film industry, because I’d say at least 50% of film titles in 2011 have been in English. Sometimes using English in a title works (i.e. The Dirty Picture, Tanu Weds Manu), but these Hinglish (many times, simply English) titles often elicit a “Wtf.” Titles like Always Kabhi Kabhi, Luv Ka The End and Love U Mr. Kalakaar are unintentionally hilarious (read: stupid) while generic English titles like Game and Ready are just plain lazy. A title is one of a film’s first selling points and...

New Jersey Independent South-Asian Cinefest 2011 which will be held from October 21-23 will screen films by women or about women from India and other south-asian countries. The lineup includes Amit Dutta’s Aadmi Ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniyan, Sonali Gulati’s I Am, Natasha Mendonca’s Jan Villa and Lalit Marathe’s Shabri.

The three day festival aims to introduce new and established independent women film artists, from South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora. New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest (Njisacf) was created as a part of the Asian American Film and Theater Project, a non-profit organization based in USA.

The complete list of films to be screened at the festival:

Aadmi Ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniyan

Director: Amit Dutta

At the Stairs

Director: Rajesh S. Jala

Banshiwala

Director: Anjan Das

Beyond Grace

Director: Sara & Urs Baur

The Desire – A Journey of a Woman

Director: R. Sarath

Flying...

Adaminte Makan Abu, Aadukalam, Dhanush, and the other winners of the 2011 National Film Awards have been announced. The 58th Annual National Film Awards, administered by the India’s Directorate of Film Festivals, is “the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administrated by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India gives away the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due...

From reincarnations to haunted mansions. From vindictive oatmeal faced corpses to shape shifting nagins, Bollywood has bravely offered a plethora of films in the name of horror over the years. Although many of these films may lack in finesse, they still manage to offer some scares (along with a bag of laughs). Siddhant Pillai investigates…

Golden Age of Horror; 1940s-1960s

A still from the classic Mahal

In a country obsessed with lost souls and reincarnation, it was natural for filmmakers to dabble in this facet of the supernatural. Perhaps the first path breaking film in this genre was Kamal Amrohi?s 1949 hit, Mahal. The film was replete with a spooky house filled with life size portraits, grandfather clocks, swinging crystal chandeliers and a haunting tune (Aayega Aanewaala) carried by the air and sung by an elusive candle-lit lady. The movie was a box office hit and paved the way...

He broke all the rules of stardom and yet was a star, a romantic hero and an all-rounder par excellence. 47 was no age for one of Hindi cinema's brightest talents to go, but on November 6, 1985, Sanjeev Kumar passed away, leaving fans, friends and the Hindi film shell-shocked. Gulzar remembers Sanjeev Kumar "For me, he was the complete actor. I have always said that I had two anchors - one was Sanjeev Kumar, and the other was R.D.Burman. What most people do not know is that I knew Haribhai (as I called him) from the late 1950s. We were both with the Indian National Theatre where I would write for the plays and he was a stage actor. Sanjeev was a student of P.D.Shenoy, who was also teaching at the Filmalaya School of Acting and later turned film director. Sanjeev was just over 20 years old, and he was playing a father!

The maker of Raat and Bhoot, Ram Gopal Verma is back with another scary flick Phoonk 2 but the director says that we still have a long way to go in exploring the genre when compared to Hollywood.        Bollywood has been churning out horror flicks off late like Vikram Bhatt's Shaapit and Sneha Ullal, Shreyas Talpade starrer Click but the films have not been able to attract the audiences to the theater.        And in comparison, Hollywood's small-budgeted Paranormal Activity had a become rage evoking a great response from all over the world.        But Verma chooses ...

The maker of 'Raat' and 'Bhoot', Ram Gopal Verma is back with another scary flick 'Phoonk 2' but the director says that we still have a long way to go in exploring the genre when compared to Hollywood.Bollywood has been churning out horror flicks off late like Vikram Bhatt's 'Shaapit' and Sneha Ullal, Shreyas Talpade starrer 'Click' but the films have not been able to attract the audiences to the theater.And in comparison, Hollywood's small-budgeted 'Paranormal Activity' had a become rage evoking a great response from all over the world.But Verma chooses to be optimistic."The attempt is there. One should understand that for every 'Paranormal Activity', Hollywood has made hundred flop films. So we need to make hundred bad ones to finally make one super spooky film. Its a process.And moreover, we are always...

Raat, Bhoot, Phoonk and now, Phoonk 2. He can give you the shivers for sure. But can he run scared too? Ram Gopal Varma admits to some irrational fears too, and narrates some real ghost stories. Believe at your own risk! ‘What if your wife wasn’t sleeping next to you?’ Once I was talking to a friend about fear. I wondered how he’d react if he woke up in the the middle of the night to find the lights switched on and his wife not there next to him. She’s not in the bathroom but she’s in the living room sitting cross-legged ...