T-Series Vexed with Google, YouTube

Bollywood entertainment house T-Series is frustrated that YouTube (owned by Google) has failed to take cognizance of the Delhi High Court’s interim order in November restraining YouTube and Google from infringing its content and plans to file a contempt petition. T-Series has filed a suit against Google and YouTube for a permanent injunction and the case is […]

Adlabs Cinema Chain Follows Pyramid Saimira to U.S.

Indian entertainment conglomerate Adlabs Films (majority-owned by Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group) plans to operate a 200-screen cinema exhibition chain in the U.S. that will show both Bollywood and Hollywood movies. Adlabs’ plan is to have a nationwide footprint covering 28 cities across the U.S. including the key desi hotspots on the East Coast, West […]

Aaja Nachle – A Damp Squib

Madhuri Dixit’s comeback vehicle Aaja Nachle turned out to be quite a bit of disappointment. A lightweight film with few rewarding surprises, there’s not much going for Aaja Nachle besides fine performances by Konkona Sen and Kunal Kapoor and an average performance by yesteryear Bollywood queen Madhuri Dixit (now living in the U.S.) Most of all, […]

Om Shanti Om Trounces Saawariya at U.S. Box Office

Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan’s reincarnation-based film Om Shanti Om handily beat Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya featuring debutantes Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor at the U.S. box office for the November 9-11 opening weekend. According to U.S. box office numbers, Om Shanti Om came in at a respectable No-11 with a weekend gross collection of $1.76 million. […]

Om Shanti Om – a Breath of Stale Air

When limitless ambition collides with limited talent on the Bollywood Highway, the end result is a road wreck called Om Shanti Om. A dispiritingly commonplace theme of reincarnation packaged in a disjointed, tracing-paper-thin plot with ho-hum performances by the lead actors renders a mediocre movie that only addled fans of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan would love. Shahrukh Khan’s […]

Hey Baby, Here’s a Jet for You

India’s richest man and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has gifted his wife Neeta a luxury jet for her birthday. The birthday gift – a snazzy Airbus 319 valued at $60 million (Rs 242 crore) - is fitted with the works including entertainment cabins, a sky bar and fancy showers. Several commercial airlines including Spirit Airlines, […]