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Arbaaz Khan Once Revealed He & Salman Khan Were Embarrassed With A very Drunk Mahesh Bhatt ( Photo Credit – Instagram; Facebook )

Mahesh Bhatt is an eminent personality in the film industry known for his outspoken views and certain controversies. Bhatt’s movies are a little unconventional and are known for pushing boundaries with themes of love, loss, and social issues. He has also battled alcoholism, which once caused an embarrassing situation for Arbaaz Khan and his big brother Salman Khan. Keep scrolling for the deets.

Since Arbaaz and Salman are sons of the legendary screenwriter Salim Khan, they have been seeing people in showbiz for a long time. Bhatt was the son of filmmaker Nanabhai Bhatt and Shirin Mohammad Ali. His breakthrough movie was Arth, which is semi-autobiographical based on his extramarital affair with actress Parveen Babi. Bhatt’s Saaransh, starring Anupam Kher, was India’s official entry for the Academy Awards.

In this amazing list, Subhash K Jha reveals his choice for the top 10 female characters in Bollywood.

Nargis’ Radha in Mehboob Khan’s Mother India(1957):

Nargis played Radha, the deserted wife who brings up her two sons on her own and kills one of them when he turns into an outlaw. For the first time in a Hindi film, the female protagonist was portrayed as strong, resilient, conscientious, and doughty without losing her femininity. Nargis won both national and international awards.

Meena Kumari’s Choti Bahu in Guru Dutt’s Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962): In the feudal household where women were content wearing expensive sarees and jewellery and never mind what their husbands did with other women, this wife dared to raise her voice. If her husband liked to drink, no problem. Choti Bahu hit the bottle to have him stay at home. The portrait of a woman...

Lootera, which released in 2013 and is now back on the big screen!

A beautiful but deeply flawed film, the eagerly-awaited Lootera floors you with its audacious sensitivity and its proclivity to use silences to punctuate emotions. Indeed, the sequences between Varun and Pakhi, played with compelling intensity by Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha, bristle and burst at the seams with unspoken feelings. There are long passages of muted lyricism in the narration where silences are used to accentuate the growing passion between a lonely, emotionally and sexually insulated daughter of a feudal family in Kolkata and the attractive stranger who walks into her life with the promise of passion, only to break her heart into wounding shards.

The love story, apparently inspired by an O’Henry short story, moves in mysterious magical ways but often tends to lose its way in its search for that elusive horizon where two socially, culturally,...

Subhash K Jha revists Nutan’s career and shines the light on her finest film in this special feature.

Bimal Roy made many moving movies marked as masterpieces for milleniums. Bandini remains just that bit more special than Devdas or Madhumati. Why? Just…

Nutan had almost given up films after marriage. But like Yash Chopra, who made Raakhee an offer which she couldn’t resist (Kabhi Kabhie), Bimal Roy tempted the titanic actress — and would Kate Winslet please mover over? — out of married bliss to play what the director promised would be the role of Nutan’s lifetime.

Nutan’s tempestuous performance as Kalyani embedded her name in gold in the hall of fame. Along with Nargis in Mother India, Meena Kumari in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, and Shabana Azmi in Arth, Nutan in Bandini is the most arresting character written for a mainstream Hindi heroine of the pre-70s era.

The representation of women in Indian cinema has long been an issue of scholarly debate as many scholars have suggested that the representation of women, even after more than hundred of years of the development of Indian cinema, has largely remained marginal and most of the time, women characters are added to the narrative as an afterthought, which hardly adds any narrative value to the film, except playing stereotypical character and conveying the tropes expected from them in a patriarchal society. While there are millions of ways the representation of women can be done in Indian cinema, we will look at some of the representations to understand how mainstream Indian cinema often tends to objectify women or offer them a character sans agency. This kind of representation reinforced patriarchy in many different ways.

In the 70s and 80s, with the increasing output of violent action films, we find an increase...

Looking back at the true story of the writer and the brilliant film Staying Alive with director and lead player Anant Mahadevan.

Screenwriter Sujit Sen, who died unsung in 2005, was the subject of Anant Mahdevan’s Staying Alive. “It was the story of a journalist, played by me, who has had three heart attacks and is back in hospital where he encounters a gangster, played by Sourabh Shukla, in the next bed. These are incidents that actually happened in Sujit’s life. It’s sad that he’s gone before Staying Alive could be released. As a dear friend, I’d have liked to have it released before his death… Sujit Sen was like a father figure, brilliant but broken by the blitzkrieg of callousness in Bollywood.”

Apparently, Sujit, who wrote Mahesh Bhatt’s best films Arth and Saraansh, never quite survived the break with the filmmaker. Anant shrugs off...

Parveen Babi left us on January 20, 2005. As far as the film industry was concerned, Parveen Babi died a very long time ago after she was reportedly diagnosed as schizophrenic. In her final years, one seldom heard or saw anything of her except for an appearance on Shekhar Suman’s talk show a year ago, where she appeared as normal as could be.

Distinctly overweight, it was difficult to recognize Parveen Babi in the last one-third of her life. Her neglect by the film industry epitomized the most callous aspect of stardom. Ostracized and banished into oblivion, Parveen Babi, still in her 40s, died a lonely, isolated death.

And to think that in the 1970s, she embodied the new-age heroine! Introduced by B.R. Ishaara along with cricketer Salim Durrani in Charitra, Babi shot to fame in the films that she did with Amitabh Bachchan, like Amar Akbar Anthony, Do Aur Do Paanch and Namak Halaal,...

Winner of the Cannes’ Grand Prix 2024, All We Imagine as Light, opened Mami Mumbai Film Festival 2024

Talent marked the opening of the festival included Shabana Azmi, Waheeda Rehman, Payal Kapadia, Rana Daggubati, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Vikramaditya Motwane, Mini Mathur, Kabir Khan, Ramesh Sippy, Rohan Sippy, Hansal Mehta, Pratik Gandhi, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Abhishek Chaubey, Amole Gupte, Jim Sarbh among others.

Mumbai, October 18, 2024

Mami Mumbai Film Festival 2024 opened its six-day celebration of global cinema, creativity, and culture in Mumbai on the 18th of October with the critically acclaimed film “All We Imagine as Light,” winner of the Cannes’ Grand Prix 2024.

Festival Opening Ceremony

Interim Festival Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Artistic Director Deepti DCunha declared the festival open, marking the beginning of a spectacular showcase of cinematic excellence. The ceremony was attended by esteemed members of the film fraternity, festival partners, and dignitaries.

Followed by a Q&a with Payal Kapadia and Anupama Chopra post-screening.

Iconic and one of the best actresses in Hindi films, Shabana Azmi, is celebrating 50 years of incredible, outstanding, brilliant and many more adjectives performances.

Shabana Azmi’s unparalleled triumphs do not impress her. “I don’t feel like The Shabana Azmi at all. It is very important to preserve a sense of normalcy, not to let all the recognition awards and milestones go to your ahead, which I’ve tried to throughout my life. I would kill myself if I behaved like The Shabana Azmi. Tell me, Subhash, did your most favourite Lataji ever behave like The Lata Mangeshkar?I am shocked at how quickly these fifty years have gone by. Mujhe toh pataa hi nahin chala waqt kab nikal gaya,” says the great Shabana Azmi about fifty years acting on stage and on screen.

“It is very therapeutic for me even now, after so many years to perform on stage and on screen.

Every summer, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invites a deluge of new members to join its ranks. Since #OscarsSoWhite back in 2015, the Academy has moved away from its elitist tendencies and toward embracing younger and more diverse artists and executives from all over the world. This year’s invited class is no exception.

If the invitees all accept Academy membership, the total members will number 10,910 and voting members 9,934. And with the addition of the 2024 members, 35 percent of Academy members identify as women, 20 percent of Academy members are from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities, and 20 percent of Academy members are from countries or territories outside the U.S.

As usual, a slew of Oscar nominees and winners are gaining admittance to the club (71 Oscar nominees and 19 winners), including actors Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Sandra Hüller, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”), costume designer Holly Waddington...

Jessica Alba, Lily Gladstone, Greta Lee, Catherine O’Hara, and S.S. Rajamouli, director of “Rrr,” are among the 487 artists and executives invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With all expected acceptances, AMPAS membership will rise to 10,910 from 10,817 last year, with 9,934 members eligible to vote in the upcoming 97th Oscars in 2025—an increase from last year’s 9,375.

This year’s invitees include 44% women, a 4% increase from 2023, and 41% from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities, marking a significant 7% rise. The actors, casting directors, costume designers, documentary, executives, makeup artists and hairstylists branches have invited more women than men. The actors, directors, documentary, and writers branches mainly comprised artists from underrepresented communities.

The directors branch features the most impressive array of filmmakers from both international and domestic spheres, such as Lila Avilés (“Totem”), Jayro Bustamante (“La Llorona”), Jd Dillard (“Devotion”), Alice Diop (“Saint Omer”), Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday that it is extending invitations to 487 to join the membership ranks of the Oscar organizer. If all accept, it will bring the Academy’s total membership to 10,910, of which 9,934 would be voting members.

This year’s list across 19 branches include 2024 Oscar winners Da’Vine Joy Randolph from The Holdovers; Poor Things costume designer Holly Waddington and production design team James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek; 20 Days in Mariupol director Mstyslav Chernov, War Is Over! producer Brad Booker; The Zone of Interest sound duo Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn; the Godzilla Minus One VFX team Tatsuji Nojima, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Takashi Yamazaki; American Fiction writer-director Cord Jefferson; and Anatomy of a Fall writing duo Justine Triet and Arthur Harari.

Jefferson and Triet are among eight names on the list who were invited to more than one branch (noted...

Dalip Tahil On Playing Aamir Khan’s father(Photo Credit –Instagram/YouTube)

Actor Dalip Tahil has played a father and villain in many Bollywood movies of the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. Many remember him as Madan Chopra from Baazigar, which also stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, and Shilpa Shetty. The actor also played Aamir Khan’s father in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.

Aamir Khan made his debut with the 1988 film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, directed by Mansoor Khan and starring Juhi Chawla in the lead role. In the movie, Dalip Tahil played Aamir, aka Raj’s father, Dhanraj. But did you know the actor was in his early 30s when he played the father of a 20-year-old man? The veteran actor got candid about the same.

Dalip Tahil On Playing Aamir Khan’s Father In His Early 30s

The Baazigar star stated, “It was my first father role, and...

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who is set to revisit his 1985 telefilm ‘Janam’ with a theatrical adaptation, shared that the same feelings and emotions still exist, saying the story is relevant in today’s time.

‘Janam’ was a groundbreaking film for its time, not only for its raw portrayal of a sensitive topic but also for its creator’s willingness to share his own experiences.

The film, which starred Kumar Gaurav and Shernaz Patel, received critical acclaim and was even included in the Panorama section of the 1986 International Film Festival of India.

The film, a semi-autobiographical exploration of an illegitimate son’s struggle for recognition from his father, will be brought back to life on stage with Bhatt’s protege Imran Zahid playing the lead role.

Bhatt, who has previously adapted his films ‘Arth’, ‘Daddy’, and ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’ for the stage with Zahid in the lead, sees this as an opportunity...

Mahesh Bhatt, Anand Pandit and Vikram Bhatt, the trio behind the successful horror franchise 1920, are reuniting for another spine-chilling film titled Haunted: Ghosts of the Past. The film is produced by Anand Pandit, M Ramesh, Rakesh Juneja and Shwetambari Bhatt, co-produced by Roopa Pandit, Dilip Soni Jaiswal, Rahul V Dubey and Sanjay Singh, and distributed worldwide by Lgf Studios.

Haunted: Ghosts of the Past is a supernatural thriller that revolves around a couple who move into a haunted mansion in the countryside. Soon, they discover that the house is inhabited by the spirits of its previous owners, who have a dark and sinister history. The film promises to deliver a gripping story, stunning visuals and spine-tingling scares that will keep the audience on the edge of their seats.

1920 Trailer

The film is directed by Vikram Bhatt, who is known for his expertise in the horror genre. He has directed several hit films such as Raaz,...

Mahesh Bhatt, who has written the upcoming “1920: Horrors of the Heart”, says the film, despite its ‘horror’ tag, is not just another horror film, but it has an emotional family drama woven into it. Known for his ground-breaking films such as “Saaransh”, “Arth”, and “Naam”, Bhatt last wrote “Hamari Adhuri Kahaani”.

Talking about the “1920” sequel, the writer-director said: “The film is an emotional family drama woven with horror. We have narrated the story around a family drama. People will see and will relate to it as there is a mother, father, sister, all relations in the film.”

Bhatt added: “Vikram and I together have an experience of 90 years. We are bringing our experience together on screen and now we have given the onus to the younger generation to take it forward. I feel at a time like this, post-Covid, to bring a non-star film to theatres and that too in Hindi,...

Mumbai, May 30 (Ians) Actor Prateik Babbar, who will be soon working with the veteran actress Shabana Azmi in their upcoming film, has shared that the actress, who worked with his mother in ‘Arth’, has always been very encouraging throughout his entire career.

The duo will be seen in Michelin Star chef, and filmmaker Vikas Khanna’s ‘Imaginary Rain’. Recently, during an interview, Shabana got emotional as she opened up on always looking forward to working with him.

She said, “Yes, we had a reading on Thursday. Prateik is a spitting image of his mother. The resemblance is eerie. I was swept back in time. I am looking forward to starting shooting with Prateik.”

Now speaking on the same, Prateik extended his heartfelt gratitude towards working with her. He shared, “It was inevitable. Shabana ma’am has always been very encouraging throughout my career. Bumping into each other I’ve often...

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who appears in a cameo in the film ‘Ab Dilli Dur Nahin’, based on a rickshaw puller’s son becoming an Ias Officer, spoke about why he wanted to be a part of this movie.

Bhatt was also involved in the creative process of this film.

He said: “A film that depicts the struggles of an ordinary person can be powerful and relatable. Imran Zahid and Vinay Bhardwaj’s film ‘Ab Delhi Dur Nahin’ which has a big heart is a refreshing break from big-budget spectacles.”

“Smaller, independent films often have a personal and authentic feel, which can make a big impact on audiences.”

Director Mahesh Bhatt considers Imran Zahid has his protege who has performed in several plays based on his films, including ‘Arth’, ‘Daddy’, and ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’.

Imran Zahid said: “He is the one who brought me into this industry. He is like my mentor,...

Veteran Urdu poet Bashir Badr once shared a “secret”. He said: “I have one enemy — his name is Jagjit. Whatever is mine (poetry), people think it is his (when he sings it). That is why I never introduced him to my wife.”

It was an oblique tribute to Jagjit Singh, whose mellifluous voice imbued pure magic in whatever form of verse — classical to popular to religious to folk — he rendered.

In the course of his decades-long musical journey, Jagjit Singh, who was born on this day (February 8) in 1941, endeared himself to generations of music lovers in India and became Indian music’s best-known figure globally after Pandit Ravi Shankar. This was a far cry from his first public appearance — as an uncredited extra in a Rajendra Kumar film.

Amid all this, he gave a new lease of life to ghazal, which he transformed from a preserve of largely upper-class connoisseurs...

Revered Indian actor Shabana Azmi, who plays the pivotal role of Admiral Margaret Parangosky in hugely anticipated mega-budget Paramount Plus series “Halo,” describes her experience on the show as “completely different.”

The series is based on Microsoft’s iconic video game “Halo,” a sprawling science fiction epic that involves multiple warring factions and far-flung alien species. Pablo Schreiber plays the central character Master Chief. Azmi’s Parangosky, second billed in the credits after Schreiber, has frequent interactions with Natascha McElhone’s Dr. Catherine Halsey.

“The interesting thing about Margaret is that she’s conflicted, because she is somebody who plays by the rules of the game. She is somebody who is used to giving orders and having those orders obeyed. And here she’s all but manipulated by the scientists to break the rules, because she keeps [hearing] that this will be good for humanity and she does unscrupulous things,” Azmi told Variety.

The older brother of singer Mariah Carey faced a legal setback Tuesday when a judge in New York dismissed most of his defamation lawsuit against passages in her 2020 memoir, but he still has legal grounds to sue over two claims in the book. Morgan Carey listed nine passages in his sister’s memoir The Meaning of […]

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In the dedication of her revelatory 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the octave-owning pop queen called her children "the physical embodiment of unconditional love." Which they surely are as the apples of their mother's eye, her heart growing "two times over" when they were born. But fraternal twins Monroe and Moroccan Cannon also happen to be living a life fit for royalty, only with more demonstrative displays of affection and quite possibly more outfit changes. First, however, we may have to register an objection with Father Time, because somehow the daughter and son that Mariah Carey had with former husband Nick Cannon are turning 10...

Mariah Carey’s sister, Alison A. Carey, has sued the singer for “intentional infliction of emotional distress” caused by statements in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

In court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Alison accused Mariah of making unsubstantiated claims about her in a particular chapter, while she also said the publication of — and subsequent press surrounding — The Meaning of Mariah Carey caused further emotional distress. The filing said Alison sent an offer to settle on January 8th but received no response; she’s now seeking $1.25 million in compensation.

From a moving memoir written by one of pop’s greatest voices to a timely account of the life and times of a hip-hop genius, our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast went deep on many of the year’s best music books. Press play on the episodes below to listen now, or hear any episode and subscribe iTunes or Spotify.

Author Marcus J. Moore joins us to talk about his powerful book The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America, which intertwines two deeply related stories:...

Mariah Carey snagged a spot on The New York Times best-seller list in October with The Meaning of Mariah Carey, her warts-and-all memoir that detailed a dramatic ascension from a low-income Long Island upbringing to the best-selling female artist of all time.

For the first time, Carey opened up on childhood traumas like being drugged by her sister and offered to a pimp, and providing more of the backstory to her troubled marriage with former Sony honcho Tommy Mottola. During a more festive conversation with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, the 50-year-old said she’s currently in talks to adapt the ...

Mariah Carey snagged a spot on The New York Times best-seller list in October with The Meaning of Mariah Carey, her warts-and-all memoir that detailed a dramatic ascension from a low-income Long Island upbringing to the best-selling female artist of all time.

For the first time, Carey opened up on childhood traumas like being drugged by her sister and offered to a pimp, and providing more of the backstory to her troubled marriage with former Sony honcho Tommy Mottola. During a more festive conversation with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, the 50-year-old said she’s currently in talks to adapt the ...

This His Dark Materials review contains spoilers.

The sweet spot of any fantasy adaptation is the point it becomes as compulsive to watch as the books are to read, and season two just arrived there. The episode ended with the major players all set to convene on the same location, raising anticipation for next week’s Cittàgazzan Royal Rumble. If, after the credits rolled, it had only been a matter of turning the page, we’d all surely already be deep into the next chapter.

‘Tower of the Angels’ delivered so many moments long in the coming, it was handing out gifts with almost every scene: Will becoming the bearer of the knife, Mary’s paradigm-shifting revelation about Dust, the arrival proper of Stanislaus Grumman/Col. John Parry/Jopari (a character teased ever since Lord Asriel displayed what he thought was his frozen head all the way back in the...

Members of the film and music fraternity paid tribute to ghazal legend Jagjit Singh on Saturday, on the occasion of his ninth death anniversary.

"This day 9 years back. Miss him," filmmaker Anubhav Sinha tweeted. Sinha had used Jagjit Singh's hit song "Koi fariyad" in his 2001 film, "Tum Bin".

Lyricist Manoj Muntashir and composer Deepak Pandit have collaborated with singer Papon to release a ghazal in the memory of Jagjit Singh.

"A ghazal Jagjit Singh wanted to sing but couldn't. 'Mujhe kisi se pyar nahin' out now. Listen to it and treat yourself with nostalgia," Muntashir tweeted.

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Sunte hain k mil jaati hai har cheez dua se! Ek roz tumhe maang ke dekhenge khuda se! Remembering Jagjit ji! There can be no one like him...

Mariah Carey's memoir is finally out, and if it's not on your Tbr list, then it probably should be. Co-written with Michaela Angela Davis, The Meaning of Mariah Carey provides eye-opening details about the singer's upbringing, rise to fame, and tumultuous love life. Mariah doesn't mind sharing personal deets, but her memoir takes honesty to a whole other level. From her regrettable first marriage, to her sweet but ill-fated second marriage, to her steamy affair with a baseball star, here are all the people Mariah has romanced over the years (many of which she mentions in The Meaning of Mariah Carey).

Related: Meet Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's Twins, Who Have Big Personalities Like Mom and Dad...

Mariah Carey revealed in an excerpt from her upcoming memoir that she secretly made an alternative rock album during the sessions for her 1995 LP Daydream.

“Fun fact: I did an alternative album while I was making Daydream,” Carey tweeted Sunday. “Just for laughs, but it got me through some dark days.”

In The Meaning of Mariah Carey excerpt the singer posted Sunday, she wrote of the secret LP, “I’d bring my little alt-rock song to the band and hum a silly guitar riff. They would pick it up and we would record it immediately.

Mariah Carey alleges that her estranged sister drugged her and tried to sell her to a pimp when she was 12-years old. The explosive allegation is in Carey's new autobiography, which hits the shelves on September 29th. Alison Carey, was reportedly 19 or 20-years old when the incident took place. The pop star talks about Alison and her brother, Morgan Carey, in her book and says that they are all no-longer on speaking terms. You can read what Carey had to say about Alison and Morgan in her book, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, below.

"Through all the years, both my sister and my brother have put me on the chopping block, sold lies to any gossip or rag or trashy website that would buy or listen. They have attacked me for decades. But when I was twelve years old, my sister drugged me with Valium, offered me a pinky nail full of cocaine,...

Oprah Winfrey has interviewed Mariah Carey many times over the years and they’re set to deliver another installment this week, now for Apple TV+ courtesy of Winfrey’s new streamer series, The Oprah Conversation.

Debuting Thursday, the episode finds the two sitting down — in a virtual format amid the Covid-19 pandemic — for a deep dive into Carey’s upcoming memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. In an exclusive clip obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Winfrey first tells Carey that she believes “the lambs,” aka Carey’s fan base, are going to love the book for how it unravels the origins to so ...

Oprah Winfrey has interviewed Mariah Carey many times over the years and they’re set to deliver another installment this week, now for Apple TV+ courtesy of Winfrey’s new streamer series, The Oprah Conversation.

Debuting Thursday, the episode finds the two sitting down — in a virtual format amid the Covid-19 pandemic — for a deep dive into Carey’s upcoming memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. In an exclusive clip obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Winfrey first tells Carey that she believes “the lambs,” aka Carey’s fan base, are going to love the book for how it unravels the origins to so ...

By Vishnu Makhijani

New Delhi, Aug 31 (Ians) Parveen Babi truly lived life king-sized, redefining the manner in which actresses portrayed themselves on the big screen, being cast in over 50 films with every Bollywood A-lister worth the name, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and recovering from two mental breakdowns but in the end, dying a lonely death – sadly, just a name for the present day Hindi film industry and cine-goers alike.

"With characters like Anita from ‘Deewar', Parveen changed the kind of roles our leading ladies played on screen. Anita had both sexual and economic autonomy. Parveen was also instrumental in changing how our actresses look on screen," says her biographer, Karishma Upadhyay, of her book "Parveen – A Life" (Hachette) that should serve as a reminder for the present generation of an actress who attempted to live life on her own terms but lost out in the end.

It's been eight years since Ghazal King Jagjit Singh died at the age of 70, and he continues to be missed by music lovers.

On Singh's eighth death anniversary on Thursday, director Mahesh Bhatt penned an emotional post for him, saying late Jagjit Singh "made his wounds sing".

Also Read:?Sanjay Dutt's emotional letter on Mahesh Bhatt's birthday

"the songs of 'Arth' still resonate in my heart. Thank you for touching my life," Bhatt tweeted.

Born Jagmohan Singh in Rajasthan and belonging to a Punjabi Sikh family, Jagjit left an indelible mark in the world of music with his treasury of ghazals.

All the songs of "Arth" were composed by Singh . Along with his wife Chitra Singh, he crooned the melodoious ghazals such as "Jhuki jhuki si nazar" and "Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho".

Apart from "Arth", the husband-wife duo also composed music for other Bollywood films...

The last time he wore the hat of a film director was in 1999, with the film "Kartoos". Since then, Mahesh Bhatt has nurtured many new talents in Bollywood. As the veteran gears up for his new directorial venture "Sadak 2", he says that the movie is not his 'comeback' film as director.

"Sadak 2" is the sequel to the 1991 film "Sadak".

"I have never thought that I will come and direct a film like 'Sadak 2' after 20 years, but you know, I am not intending to call it my second innings or a new beginning as a filmmaker. It just happened... I do not know what tomorrow brings but I am certainly not getting into that phase with lots of scripts where I will keep on directing films," Bhatt told Ians here.

He has made his acting debut this year with the film "Yours Truly", directed by Sanjay Nag,...

There is something supremely sad about a meditation on womanhood and female empowerment gone awry.

Juanita means well. It wants us to enter a black American woman's home and psyche to get to know why she thinks her life as a single mother has snuffed out her real self. We saw a far more credible version of the Black American Dream recently in "If Beale Street Could Talk".

A few months ago, I saw Charlize Theron as a mother going bonkers over her newly born baby. Theron's throbbing angst and bursting bosom blew me away.

Woodard's attempts to make her character's singed existence sing in protest, seems highly misbegotten. Not her fault entirely. The fey script (adapted from the novel "Dancing On The Edge Of The Roof") makes Woodard's gripping mother's part over-stuffed with artistic and emotional baggage.?

Juanita talks directly to us, the audience, whines and cribs about being...

Along with the Gods, Bleeding Steel and more International Cinema titles opening this weekend!Along with the Gods, Bleeding Steel and more International Cinema titles opening this weekend!Adriana Floridia12/22/2017 9:53:00 AMEvery week, select Cineplex theatres feature some of the most popular and exciting films from all around the world, from countries like China, India, Korea, The Philippines and more. If you want to try something different at the movies, or simply celebrate your own or a new culture on the big screen, we’re highlighting the International Cinema titles out this weekend that you’ll surely enjoy!

Along with the Gods (Korean w/ English subtitles)

After dying unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by three guardians, where only after passing seven trials and proving he lived a noble life will he be able to reincarnate. Based on the wildly popular webcomic, Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds is a star-studded,...

Years ago Revathy brought together Shilpa Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan and Salman Khan in her directorial titled Phir Milenge. The Bollywood film was definitely a path-breaking drama revolving around the myths attached to HIV diseases. Now, the actress turned filmmaker is all set for yet another unconventional film but this time it is a remake ofRead More

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The 1982 film had music by Jagjit Singh and beautiful songs like Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar and Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho. Directed by Mahesh Bhatt, Arth starred Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in lead roles...

The fiercely against-the-tide surprise-quotient of Mahesh Bhatt hasn’t been matching most of the films that he has produced in the last few years. There was always this hope in the heart that wahi subah (Arth, Janam, Saraansh, Zakhm, Tamanna, Daddy) kabhi phir to aayegi. I watched the promo of Vidya Balan propelled Begum Jaan todayRead More

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Dealing with complicated relationships amidst a much realistic setting and grey areas of human emotions, Mahesh Bhatt’s style of filmmaking was often considered unconventional. One amongst his list of iconic films was Arth starring Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil along with Kulbushan Kharbanda. And now, owing to the current trend of remakes, yet another filmRead More

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While Mahesh Bhatt has often dealt with several bold topics in films like Arth and Zakhm, this time around his daughter Pooja Bhatt has decided to go a step ahead. Going digital, the former actress and film director has decided to celebrate women's sexuality by launching a web series on women and orgasms. The 12 episodic web series titled 'Oh!' will have 12 different stories of women hailing from different parts of the country, from Kohima to Kanyakumari, who celebrate the sexuality and body with stories that are inspired from books like 'Breast Stories' by Mahashweta Devi. Claiming that she is no way promoting immorality, Pooja Bhatt stated that she aims to break free from the stereotypical images of women in the Indian society who are often submissive when it comes to matters of sex and do not have a voice of opinion. From tracing the journey of Bhojuri cinema girl...

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt earned several accolades for the bold film Arth that dealt with infidelity and insecurities. The film that has even been made into a popular play will now be remade as a Pakistani film by producer-distributor Hammad Chaudhary in association with Aaa Motion Pictures. Directed by Shaan Shahid of Khuda Ke Liye fame, the film has been retitled as Arth 2 along with Shaan himself playing the lead. The film will also star Humaima Malick, Mohib Mirza and Uzma Hassan. Claiming that the Pakistani audiences have become much more liberal when it comes to accepting the contemporary relationships, Hammad stated that the essence of the film will remain intact. On the other hand, Mahesh Bhatt too is delighted about the Pakistani remake of Arth and mentioned that he has given complete freedom to Shaan and Hammad to recreate the story of the film and interpret it in their own way.

Vidya Balan is without a doubt one of the finest actresses in Hindi cinema. From her debut in Parineeta where she blew us all away, to her amazing turn in Kahaani, to the fun and oh so good Bobby Jasoos from last year, Balan always completely becomes her character and makes us completely forget she is acting. From what we have seen so far in the trailers, she once again is going to take us on an incredible journey with her character in the romantic drama Hamari Adhuri Kahani. Written by Mr. Mahesh Bhatt and directed by Mohit Suri, the film also stars Emraan Hashmi and Rajkumar Rao.

First you must see the trailer!

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In an amazing, open interview with Stacey, Vidya revealed more about how she became a part of Hak, the challenges she faced playing her character and so much more.

Hansal Mehta’s much-awaited film Citylights has been winning the hearts of everyone who has been seeing the film. This time actress Vidya Balan was deeply moved by the movie.

The powerhouse performer attended a special screening hosted by Mahesh Bhatt on Sunday and heaped praises on the film and the lead pair of the film — Rajkummar Rao and Paralekhaa. Vidya attended the screening with her husband Siddharth Roy Kapur and spent quality time discussing the film and the performances with the director and the cast after the screening.

Also at that special screening, Mahesh Bhatt declared that a modern day film-maker who can carry forward the baton of independent cinema is none other than Hansal Mehta. The National-award winning director was moved when Mahesh Bhatt, who has made cult classics like Arth, Saaransh, Zakhm among many others and regarded as one of the finest film-makers to have come out of the country,...

Actress and activist Shabana Azmi participated in a session titled ‘Girl Rising Project’ during the Iifa Awards last weekend at Florida, Us. The actress, who is known for her work on female emancipation, discussed the situation of women in India. “Despite the presence of women everywhere it is sad that female foeticide is practised in India, not only in rural areas but in cities like Delhi, Mumbai. I think women empowerment is important and Gdp of a country should be measured to the degree to women being educated,” she said.

The actress of Arth also talked about violence against women and claimed that it should not be tolerated. “I feel sad that despite knowing the violent situation in marriage, often women are asked to live with it. There is a pressure to keep the marriage alive. I feel violence against women should not be tolerated,” said the 63year-old actor. She...

Mumbai, April 9: Two-film old Alia Bhatt, who is craving to be directed by her father and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, is hopeful that one day he will write a script for her and direct her too.

Asked when her dad would direct her, she said: "Even I have that questionÂ…it will happen for sure. It will happen at the right time."

"It will have to be a film like 'Aashiqui 2', which will be remembered. I have tried to convince him many timesÂ… he will write for me for sure," she added.

The much-admired filmmaker, who has been applauded for wielding the megaphone for films such as "Saaransh", "Arth" and "Naam", had launched.

Mumbai, March 30: After "Arth", theatre and television actor Imran Zahid is now ready to adapt into a play another of Mahesh Bhatt's films -- "Daddy" this time -- about which the renowned filmmaker says it is comparatively a tough screenplay.

Directed by Mahesh Bhatt, the 1989 autobiographical film "Daddy" has Anupam Kher playing an alcoholic father battling his demons and his daughter's distrust. The highly acclaimed film marked the acting debut of Bhatt's eldest daughter Pooja.

Bhatt said: "Imran Zahid is on a high after tasting the success of 'Arth The Play'. 'Daddy' is a tough screenplay to adapt as a stage play. But.

Immediately after seeing her performance in Imtiaz Ali's Highway Shabana Azmi rushed to the Bhatts' residence to congratulate the parents and their daughter for the extraordinary performance.

The 5-times National award winning actress, acknowledged by many cineastes as among India's finest talent ever, sees Alia as the true inheritor of her talent. Interestingly Alia's father Mahesh Bhatt has compared Alia's performance in Highway to Shabana's sterling career-defining performance in Arth.

Shabana who won a National award for her performance in Arth, agrees with Mahesh Bhatt's assessment.

Opines Shabana, "Javed and I went straight to Alia's house after watching Highway. We were both profoundly moved by her performance. I am so very proud of her."

Shabana takes no offence to Alia's father comparing his 2-film old daughter to the high-priestess of histrionics. "Mahesh doesn't say this lightly and he doesn't say it because Alia is his daughter. He...