Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Small, simple tales for moviegoers this week

NEW DELHI: Moviemaking is about telling interesting tales and this Friday not-so-big Bollywood directors are offering four simple but seemingly exciting tales in the form of black comedy Staying Alive, Hinglish comic thriller Love You To Death, laugh riot Gali Gali Chor Hai and thriller Married 2 America. Last year real life stories became box office's favourite recipe and now Anant Mahadevan brings another such tale on the big screen in Staying Alive. It is based on the true story of a journalist, Aditya (Anant), whose third heart attack sends him to the intensive cardiac care unit of a hospital, where he shares the room with an underworld kingpin, Shaukat Ali (Saurabh Shukla), a kebab fanatic whose is recuperating after...

Ranbir, Vidya best actors at 57th Filmfare awards

MUMBAI: Vidya Balan, who painted The Dirty Picture in Bollywood last year and Rockstar Ranbir Kapoor picked the best actor trophies at the annual Filmfare awards ceremony here, while Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara bagged the best film honour. It was a double whammy for Zoya Akhtar and Ranbir, as the former took home the best director award for Zindagi..., while the latter was named the best actor in the critics' choice as well. Priyanka Chopra won the best actress (critics' choice) for her portrayal of a woman who kills her seven husbands in 7 Khoon Maaf. Farhan Akhtar picked the best dialogue award for his snazzy writing for Zindagi... The 57th Filmfare awards ceremony was held in Film City here Sunday night. Celebrities like Bipasha...