Tag Archives: Chak De! India

It’s A (Wo)Man’s World?

by Nitin Tej Ahuja (December 15, 2012)

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. That could well summarise the situation our leading men have found themselves in over the nearly century-long history of our industry’s existence. And with every poor box-office performance that a star delivers, he finds himself subject to much theorising and many ...

Posted in Take One | Tagged Agneepath, Chak De! India, Golmaal 3, Housefull 2, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Rowdy Rathore, Shah Rukh Khan, Taare Zameen Par | Leave a comment

Cast Away

by Rohini Nag, Soumita Sengupta, Shabdita Shrivastav (November 3, 2012)

The new wave of Hindi cinema is redefining the role of the casting director. What does it entail? A creative script is nothing if not essayed by a solid cast of talented actors. For too long, Bollywood has been all but monopolised by a handful of actors, A-list and ...

Posted in Features | Tagged A Wednesday, black friday, Chak De! India, Gangs Of Wasseypur, Kaminey, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Luck By Chance, Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Ragini MMS, Rang De Basanti, Vicky Donor | Leave a comment

Cutting Edge

by Shabdita Shrivastav, Soumita Sengupta (February 18, 2012)

In times of instant entertainment and clever story telling, a film editor’s role assumes crucial importance. An insight into what goes into the final cut and how it impacts on a movie’s run time Attention, attention, attention! That’s the hardest thing to capture for filmmakers. And with urban lifestyles ...

‘I’ve become a habit’

by Shah Rukh Khan (February 20, 2010)

Shah Rukh Khan on the overwhelming response he’s flooded with I never calculate or call up distributors and exhibitors to find out the business of my films. I make a film, go out in public and sense the feedback from my audience. I’ve been travelling a lot these ...

Posted in Columns | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Chak De! India, DDLJ, Dil To Pagal Hai, Don, Farhan Akhtar, Gauri Khan, ICICI, My Name Is Khan, Om Shanti Om, Priyanka Chopra, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Rishi Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, Swades, T-Series, Veer Zaara, Vinay Pathak, Zoya Akhtar | Leave a comment

The Wait Is On

by Box Office India (January 16, 2010)

Whenever Yash Raj Films delivers one dud after another, they turn to Shah Rukh Khan to rescue them. And Khan being the King Khan, always bails them out a la Chak De! India and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Now the latest news is that going by the number of ...