Priyanka Chopra: I’m not arrogant, I’m self-assured

It was January 2000 and in a car by Mumbai’s Juhu beach 17-year-old Priyanka Chopra was hanging out with friends. She had recently been crowned Miss India and was starting to consider a career in Bollywood. Through the windshield she could see six billboards advertising the latest Indian film. She told her friends she only wanted to be a star if she could be on all six hoardings. A few years later, when Chopra was a successful Bollywood star, she received a picture message from a friend: her face was plastered on all six billboards.

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I worked with Ranbir when it was just his second film: Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif looks back on her Bollywood career of over a decade and discusses co-stars, dealing with fame and more.Since 2003, when she entered the Hindi film industry, Katrina Kaif’s career has been on an upward trajectory. Of late, she has been busy promoting her latest release, Fitoor.
We caught up with her at Mehboob Studios, just before she was heading in for a screening of of the film.Having worked with some of the biggest stars in the industry, Fitoor sees her opposite the relatively new actor Aditya Roy Kapur.
“But I have also worked with a lot of upcoming actors when I started out, like Neil Nitin Mukesh in New York and Imran Khan. I had a great variety of co-stars,” says Katrina. “Even with Ranbir, it was only his second film when we worked together.

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Fitoor : Movie Review

Movie :- Fitoor
Ratings :- 3.5/5 Starts
Casts :- Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Tabu
Director :- Abhishek Kapoor
Duration :- 129 minutes

Fitoor is an Indian romantic drama film directed by Abhishek Kapoor, produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, and written by Kapoor and Supratik Sen based on Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.The film began in Kashmir in November 2014 and released on 12 February 2016.Amit Trivedi composed the songs while Komail Shayan, Swanand Kirkire, who wrote the lyrics for the film
A visual tour de force, Abhishek Kapoor’s exquisitely crafted Fitoor holds on to the soul of Great Expectations and imbues it with the spirit of Bollywood without letting the essence of one dilute that of the other.But that is not to say that Fitoor is an unblemished miracle. It isn’t.Halfway into the first half, an impressed art impresario lauds the male protagonist’s work, but she hastens to tell him that it needs “presentation, scale and context”.

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Sanam Re : Movie Review

Movie :- Sanam Re
Ratings :- 2.5/5 Starts
Casts :- Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Rautela
Director :- Divya Khosla Kumar
Duration :- 129 minutes

Sanam Re is an 2016 Bollywood Romantic Drama film directed by Divya Khosla Kumar and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and co-produced by Ajay Kapoor release on today 12th February 2015.The film began production in December 2014, in Shimla and Mumbai with great music by Mithoon, Jeet Ganguly, Amaal Mallik.
 It's strory is an ambitious Himachali boy Akash (Pulkit Samrat) is lured to Mumbai by his dreams. He leaves his family, picturesque hometown Tanakpur (Shimla) and childhood sweetheart Shruti (Yami Gautam) for the same. Years later, he bumps into her in Canada and time stands still, but destiny has other plans.

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I don’t work for awards : Sonam Kapoor

Actress Sonam Kapoor, who is looking forward to her upcoming film “Neerja”, says she would rather focus on her performance than chasing awards.
The “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” actress feels awards do give a sense of validation to an artist, but to her the craft matters the most.
“I do not work for awards, I work for the craft…I am okay with recognition. The reason the awards are important is because they give you a validation and encouragement to do more and also push you to do better because it gives a sense of competition,” Sonam told PTI.

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Vin Diesel Shares a New Video Featuring Deepika Padukone on Instagram

After actor Vin Diesel, who essay the role of Xander Cage in the film, shared the first look with Deepika Padukone on Instagram, he has now given his fans a sneak peek into a 'promise'. The video which features Deepika is just another way to sustain the viewers’ interest in the much-awaited film.
A few days Deepika Padukone had shared images on her social networking accounts with the 'Fast and Furious' actor, which quite expectedly created a craze that was just unstoppable.

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Judwaa 2 : Varun Dhawan to step in the shoes of Salman Khan

Varun Dhawan will play double role in Judwaa 2, a sequel to 1997 hit starring Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor.
Filmmaker David Dhawan is all set to direct his son Varun for the second time (after Main Tera Hero, 2014). Announcing the sequel to the 1997 hit Judwaa, Varun Dhawan shared his picture on Twitter.

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I am a fan of Kareena : Arjun Kapoor

Arjun Kapoor is awaiting the release of Ki and Ka , romantic comedy-drama, written, directed and produced by R. Balki. Excerpts from an interview with him
The poster of your next film Ki and Ka looks promisingI signed it because I was primarily looking forward to working with Balki sir. Kareena and I, working together with Balki, is interesting.

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Ranveer Singh & Varun Dhawan not in 'Ram Lakhan' remake

If you are also one of the many movie lovers eagerly waiting to watch Ranveer Singh or Varun Dhawan singing and dancing to "My name is Lakhan" in the 'Ram Lakhan' remake, then you are in for some disappointment. In contrast to the earlier reports that claimed Ranveer and Varun were approached for Subhash Ghai's 1989 film's remake by Rohit Shetty, nothing has been confirmed as yet. It is heard that the script is still in the initial stages and no star can be finalized until it falls in place. Still, who do you think can step into the shoes of Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff?

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Sanam Teri Kasam : Movie Review

Movie :- Sanam Teri Kasam
Ratings :- 1.5/5 Starts
Casts :- Harshvardhan Rane, Mawra Hocane, Anurag Sinha, Manish Choudhari
Director :- Radhika Rao, Vinay Sapru

Sanam Teri Kasam is a Bollywood romantic film directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, and produced by Deepak Mukut. The film starred Harshvardhan Rane and Pakistani actress Mawra Hocane in lead roles. The film was released on 5 February 2016.

Every good love story has a touch of the absurd. But Sanam Teri Kasam is neither a believable romantic yarn nor are its stabs of stupidity within the realms of the passable.
 The film is helmed by not one but two directors, and that’s one too many, but it’s completely directionless. Its asinine and unending narrative convolutions reinforce long discarded stereotypes about gender roles and the idea of beauty. In the bargain, it falls back on mothballed devices, including a terminal illness – a deep tumour in the brain, no less – to add a tragic tinge to the mayhem. Sloppy writing and an abject absence of editorial sharpness are the film’s principal bane.

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Ghayal Once Again : Movie Review

Movie :- Ghayal Once Again
Ratings :- 1.5/5 Starts
Casts :- Sunny Deol, Om Puri, Shivam Patil, Aanchal Munjal, Soha Ali Khan, Tisca Chopra
Director :- Sunny Deol

Ghayal Once Again is a Indian action drama film directed by Sunny Deol and produced by Dharmendra.It is the sequel to the 1990 super-hit film Ghayal and will continue from where the first version left off.
It is amply clear from the very outset that the quaintly antiquated Ghayal Once Again is unlikely to achieve its avowed goal - help Sunny Deol's dhaai kilo ka haath regain its lost box-office potency.Several other Bollywood stars have since moved into the fists of fury space and the deadly Deol's dumbbells and decibels are no longer as saleable as they once were.
On his part, the actor, coming out of a longish hiatus, has left nothing to chance. He has produced, written and directed the film himself, thereby ensuring that he is in virtually every frame.

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Priyanka Chopra @ the Oscars

Not depending on cameos or selfies with Hollywood stars, Priyanka Chopra is counting on her talent to establish herself in the international scene.
The international films he has been part of may have won the Academy but Irrfan, despite all the success, hasn’t yet made it to the Oscar stage. Now, that’s where Priyanka Chopra is a first. The popular Indian actress has been selected alongside Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore and a bunch of other international talents, as a presenter at the upcoming 88th Academy Awards.

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