Posts Tagged ‘british’

Meet ‘Patiala House’ star Armaan Kirmani

He is the Cambridge graduate who swapped a career in law for a part in a major Bollywood film. Meet Armaan Kirmani (Jaskaran), Akshay Kumar’s brother in Nikhil Advani’s highly anticipated Patiala House .

AR Rahman nominated for a BAFTA for 127 Hours

The maestro is being honored again with a nomination for Best Original Music for his work on 127 Hours at the prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. This is the second time AR Rahman has been nominated at the BAFTA’s, he took home the trophy for Best Original Music for Slumdog Millionaire in 2010. Also nominated in the category are Danny Elfman – Alice in Wonderland , John Powell – How To Train Your Dragon , Hans Zimmer – Inception and Alexandre Desplat – The King’s Speech

Meet the People of Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se

On December 3rd, Ashutosh Gorwariker’s period film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se will release in theaters. Starring Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone , the film is based on the book DO and DIE: The Chittagong Uprising 1930-34 by Manini Chatterjee. Read on to find more about the story and to meet the characters who make up the world of KHJJS.

Bipasha signs her first Hollywood movie!

Bollywood beauty Bipasha Basu is all set to star opposite Hollywood heartthrob Josh Hartnett in her first Hollywood film titled Singularity . Singularity is a passionate love story, set against the backdrop of the first Anglo-Maratha war, about an Indian bodyguard, played by Bipasha, and a British soldier, played by Josh Hartnett. Expect there to be romantic scenes between Bipasha and Josh Hartnett, and Bipasha says she has no problem with that, “If I can do kissing scenes in India then why not for a Hollywood film?” The film will not only see Bipasha play a romantic lead but will require the actress to do a variety of stunts including horse riding, deep sea diving, and fencing.

BollySpice attends launch of Life Goes On

Bollywood actors Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan and Om Puri announced the release of Life Goes On at a special screening in London on Thursday. The film, a multi-cultural adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear , set in a contemporary British Asian context, is helmed by first time director Sangeeta Datta. The project tells the story of a grief stricken British Bengali doctor (Girish Kanard) who struggles to cope with his three daughters after the unexpected death of his wife (Sharmila Tagore)