Tag Archives: Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bachchan To Receive

by Box Office India (April 13, 2013)

Lata Mangeshkar will present the Deenanath Mangeshkar Award (Vishesh Puraskar) to veteran Hindi film actress and Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan on April 24. The actress will be presented with the award for her services to Indian theatre and cinema on the death anniversary of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar. Suresh Wadkar ...

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The Celluloid Man To Release

by Box Office India (April 12, 2013)

The feature-length documentary The Celluloid Man – a tribute to PK Nair the founder and former director of the National Film Archive of Pune – will find a theatrical release in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengalaru, Chennai and Pune, from May 3 at the PVR cinemas for evening shows daily. ...

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Silent March In Mumbai

by Box Office India (December 31, 2012)

Citizens of Mumbai including theatre and film personalities led a silent march at 5:30pm on December 29, 2012 from Juhu Beach Gandhi statue to Kaifi Azmi Park asking for Safety For India’s Daughters as a tribute to the deceased Delhi gang rape victim. Shabana Azmi, who lead the march ...

Special Screening Of Chittagong

by Box Office India (October 4, 2012)

Held in the memory of director and former NASA scientist Bedabrata Pain's deceased son Ishaan, producers Sunil Bohra and Anurag Kashyap hosted a special screening of the film Chittagong in Mumbai last evening. The film industry came out with a strong support for the film. In addition to the cast - ...

Posted in Events | Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Anurag Kayshap, Chittagong, Jaya Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rajkumar Yadav, Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Bohra, Veha Tamotia | Leave a comment

Asha Parekh’s 70th B’dy Celebrations

by Box Office india (October 3, 2012)

Yesteryear's actor Asha Parekh celebrated her 70th Birthday with much fanfare recently. Eminent personalities from the film fraternity like Amitabh Bachchan, Imran Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Sushmita Sen came in to be a part of the celebrations.

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Amitabh Bachchan At Ganga Devi Music Launch

by Box Office India (September 1, 2012)

Amitabh Bachchan launched the music of his upcoming Bhojpuri film Ganga Devi which has been produced by Deepak Sawant. Sawant has been Big B's makeup man for the last 38 years. The film is directed by Abhishek Chadha and features Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Dinesh Lal Yadav, Pakhi Hedge in ...

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Gattu Premiere At Delhi

by Box Office India (July 18, 2012)

Children’s Film Society of India’s (CFSI) first film Gattu, directed by Rajan Khosa had its premiered in Delhi on July 17. The event was attended by Jaya Bachchan, Shashi Tharoor with his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Nandita Das, Chairperson of CFSI, lead child artist Mohammad Samad along with the entire supporting ...

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Shoojit Sircar To Direct Big B Again

by Soumita Sengupta (June 23, 2012)

It’s everyone’s dream, so it didn’t come as a surprise when Shoojit Sircar said in an interview that he wanted to direct Amitabh Bachchan. In fact, they did a film together, Shoebite, which is still in the cans. But it looks like Sircar’s dream willfinally come true. Sources close to ...

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Hrithik Is Ultimate Style Icon: Yahoo! India

by Box Office India (May 2, 2012)

We Indians love our dream merchants but wouldn’t you just love to know the style quotient of Tinsel Town? No guesses who topped the rankings for the Ultimate Style Icon of India, in an online survey conducted by Yahoo! India. Hrithik Roshan, right? OK, that was easy. And how about ‘unique’ fashion sense? Ahem, the prize went to Vidya Balan, who’s in the news also ...

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Big B’s Make-Up Artist’s Bhojpuri Film In Hindi Too

by Soumita Sengupta (May 2, 2012)

When Amitabh Bachchan’s make-up artist Deepak Sawant thought up his next Bhojpuri film, Gangadevi, it was obvious that it would feature Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan in the lead. But Sawant is not stopping at that. He’s turned producer and plans to release the film in Hindi after rechristening it Smt Netaji to reach out to a wider audience. Asked why he decided to release the ...

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Will Shoojit Direct Big B Again?

by Soumita Sengupta (April 28, 2012)

Shoojit Sircar’s film with Amitabh Bachchan, Johny Mastana, is still in the cans. According to Shoojit, working with Amitabh Bachchan was one of the best things that have ever happened to him. Now we hear that Sircar is thinking of making another film featuring Big B and has even approached ...

Posted in Trade Gup | Tagged Big B, Direct, Jaya Bachchan, Johny Mastana, Shoojit, Shoojit Sircar | Leave a comment

Short Takes

by Box Office India (March 19, 2012)

• After acquiring the Hindi version of Telugu blockbuster Ready, Rajat Rawail has acquired the rights to Telugu film Seema Sastry featuring Allari Naresh. It was a run away hit and this family entertainer seems poised to be a big grosser. Wait and watch for a casting coup. ...

Posted in Trade Gup | Tagged Angelina Johnson, Anil Ambani, Bhushan Kumar, Jaya Bachchan, Salman Khan, Seema Sastry, Sher Khan | Leave a comment

Dipti Naval Replaces Jaya Bachchan

by Box Office India (March 17, 2010)

Dipti Naval is set to make her first-ever appearance in a Bengali film, titled Parapaar. Directed by Sanjay Nag and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films, Parapaar revolves around a Delhi boy who lands a job in an ad agency in Kolkata. The young man dies in a car crash and ...

Posted in Trade Gup | Tagged Dipti Naval, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Jaya Bachchan, Parapaar, Saarash, Sanjay Nag, Shree Venkatesh Films | Leave a comment

Her Next Armaan

by Box Office India (January 9, 2010)

Remember the talented writer Honey Irani, who turned director with Armaan? It seems she’s shifted permanently to Coorg in Karnataka, after her second dream project as director failed to materialise. This was to be a remake of the Hollywood classic, The Patchwork Quilt (1913), starring Jaya Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia and ...