Tag Archives: Don

Veteran Actor Pran To Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award

by Box Office India (April 12, 2013)

Veteran actor Pran, known for his negative roles in Hindi film industry will receive the prestigious 2012 Dadasaheb Phalke Award for a lifetime contribution to cinema by the Indian Government. Some of his memorable movies like Zanjeer, Don, Ram Aur Shyam, Amar Akbar Anthony, Sharaabi and Purab ...

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Open Sesame

by Sagorika Dasgupta, Soumita Sengupta, Shabdita Shrivastav (July 21, 2012)

Move over blockbusters… Out-of-the-box marketing strategies are tapping thebusiness potential of a wide range of Hindi films in the overseas market The foreign markets have becomea potentially juicy source of revenuefor the Hindi film industry. But there’s a change in focusas well, as a variety of films is drawing ...

Posted in Features | Tagged Agneepath, Band Baaja Baarat, Don, Don 2, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Ek Tha Tiger, I am Kalam, Rowdy Rathore | Leave a comment

My Word!

by Sagorika Dasgupta (March 31, 2012)

Now, film-based literature is feeding India’s cinematic appetite while filmmakers are using the printed word as an innovative marketing tool Watching films is a social habit that unites all Indians. But would cinephiles read film-based literature such as books and graphic novels with equal interest? The answer might surprise ...

Posted in Features, Future Of Entertainment / Go Tech | Tagged Agent Vinod, AR Rahman, Awaara, Don, Don 2, Don: The Origin, Inception: The Cobol Job, Mission Impossible, Mother India, Mughal-E-Azam, Mushtaq Shiekh, Pyaasa, Ra.One, Raajneeti, Raajneeti: The Film And Beyond, Shah Rukh Can, The Dialogue Of Devdas, The Mission: Impossible | Leave a comment

A Date With Diwali

by Box Office India (October 20, 2011)

In keeping with tradition, SRK’s RA.One is expected to hit the festival jackpot this year too. Diwali seems to be an auspicious time for Shah Rukh Khan. After all, the actor has delivered not one or two but eight blockbusters during this festive period, a trend that began with ...

Posted in Ticket Window | Tagged Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Don, Kal Ho Na Ho, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Mohabatein, Om Shanti Om, Ra.One, Shah Rukh Khan, Veer Zaara | Leave a comment

Don and his various Avatars!

by Box Office India (August 24, 2011)

Check out the various looks of Shah Rukh Khan in the movie Don-2

Posted in Trade Gup | Tagged Don, Don 2, shahrukh khan | Leave a comment

Underwater Stunt For Dharamji

by Box Office India (July 30, 2011)

Did you know that in a career spanning over four decades, legendary actor Dharmendra, who has played a myriad characters, has never played a Christian? But soon, he will slip into this role in Hema Malini’s forthcoming ambitious venture Tell Me O Kkhuda. Here, Dharmendra plays a don called ...

Posted in Showcase, Trade Gup | Tagged Dharmendra, Don, D’Costa, hema, Tell Me Oh Khuda | Leave a comment

Now Even Mafia Behind Don

by Box Office India (May 28, 2011)

Remember the famous dialogue from Don – “Mere peechhe gyarah mulkon ki police padi hai”? Now, director Farhan Akhtar, who is making a sequel of the Don remake, has added a twist. This time, we’re told, not only the police but the mafia too is against SRK, aka Don, ...

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Firangi Frontier

by Amrita Pandey (March 19, 2011)

Amrita Pandey, Senior Vice President – International Distribution and Syndication, Motion Pictures – UTV For the Hindi film industry to leave a firm global footprint, there are challenges to overcome and lessons to learn Bucking the trend for the first time in years, the third highest-grossing Indian movie ...

Posted in Columns | Tagged Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahaani, Dhoom 2, Don, Hindi film, Imran Khan, KANK, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Raajneeti, Ranbir Kapoor, Rang De Basanti, UTV | Leave a comment

‘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 ...