cinema
Bollywood discovers Style
The style of Bollywood has not always been very cool. The fashion was always a decade out of date, the make-up was always more wax paint than Max Factor and the seams showed in hastily produced garish costumes for the musical numbers. Bollywood has made a lot of style faux pas over the [...]
Bollywood Producers vs Multiplexes
Bollywood film producers and multiplex cinema owners are at loggerheads regarding the split of revenues. Until the dispute is not resolved, there is a likelihood that no Bollywood films will be shown in multiplexes as of April 2009.
Major producers including the likes of Yash Chopra (Yashraj Films), Mahesh Butt, Ramesh Sippy, Mukesh Butt and Sandeep [...]
Seven BAFTA’s for Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire once again was triumphant at yet another awards ceremony – the BAFTA’s (British Academy of Film and Television Arts). The British equivalent of the Oscars saw Slumdog Millionaire walk away with seven awards, including Best Film and Best Director.
Facing competition from other big Hollywood titles, Slumdog was defiant in its wins. Having been [...]
Bollywood on Strike
Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan joined over 130,000 members of the Bollywood film industry and domestic Indian television workforce in a pay-dispute strike. The strike started on Wednesday 1st October 2008, is in protest of low wages, late or non-payments and use of non-union staff by the Indian film and television industries.
The Federation of [...]
Shahrukh Khan Wallpapers
A DESIblitz wallpaper special presents a set of uniquely created suave and gorgeous Shahrukh Khan wallpapers for your desktop.
Select the size (suitable for your screen resolution) and wallpaper design of your choice from the selection below.
Click on the wallpaper image thumbnail. This will open up the wallpaper image in our photo viewer.
Right click on the [...]
Bangkok for 2008 IIFA Awards
The International Indian Film Academy awards weekend between the 6th-9th June 2008 will take place in the capital city of Thailand – Bangkok.
The four day prestigious event will be attended by many Bollywood stars, directors, producers, playback singers and technicians with the finale being the awards ceremony which is synonymous to the Oscars for Bollywood.
Amitabh [...]
Amitabh Bachchan
This DESIblitz SpotLight lands on Amitabh Bachchan, a huge Bollywood star and household name, who has spanned decades as an actor and become a unique icon for Bollywood.
Born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Amitabh was originally named Inquilab Srivastava. He was re-named Amitabh Bachchan, fostering the pen last name of his father, [...]
Bollywood gone too far?
Is the new era of Bollywood films now going to far with the way it portrays scenes of an intimate and sexual nature? Many films seem to be veering towards the Hollywood approach of sexual content.
Or are audiences finding this an acceptable format for Bollywood to adopt due to the influence of Hollywood, Satellite TV [...]