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Bollywood goes Twitter crazy!

Bollywood goes Twitter crazy!

By Amit | July 12, 2010

More and more stars from the world of Bollywood; the big names in Indian cinema, are joining the Twitter social network. The ease of use and the ability to ‘tweet’ messages simply from mobile devices gives the stars a straightforward method of communicating with their fans directly, and fellow stars and friends. DESIblitz has pulled [...]

Categories: Bollywood
Tagged: Aamir Khan, aamir_khan, Abhishek Bachchan, account, akshay kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, bolly, BollyTweets, Bollywood, cinema, Deepika Padukone, hindi, hrithik roshan, iamsrk, id, indian, name, photos, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor, real, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahrukh Khan, SRK, tweet, tweets, Twitter, verified

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Bollywood discovers Style

Bollywood discovers Style

By Sripurna Basu | January 9, 2010

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 The fashion was always a decade out of date, the make-up was always more wax paint than Max Factor and the seams showed in hastily produced garish costumes for the musical numbers.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 years. However, [...]

Categories: Fashion
Tagged: 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, aishwariya, beauty, Bollywood, cinema, designer, Fashion, hot-pants, jeans, kareena, Miss World, pageants, Priyanka Chopra, style, vogue

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Bollywood Producers vs Multiplexes

Bollywood Producers vs Multiplexes

By Baldev Sahota | April 8, 2009

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 [...]

Categories: Bollywood
Tagged: Aamir Khan, Bollywood, bollywood films, cinema, distributors, film, India, mahesh butt, movie, multiplex cinema, multiplexes, producers, profits, revenue share, Shahrukh Khan, yashraj films

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Seven BAFTA's for Slumdog Millionaire

Seven BAFTA’s for Slumdog Millionaire

By Nazhat | February 9, 2009

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 [...]

Categories: Bollywood, Brit-Asian
Tagged: a r rahman, BAFTA, bafta awards, BAFTAs, best adapted screenplay, best director, Bollywood, British, cinema, danny boyle, directors guild of america, film, music, Screen Actors Guild, slumdog, writers guild of america

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Bollywood on Strike

Bollywood on Strike

By Amit | October 1, 2008

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 [...]

Categories: Bollywood
Tagged: Amibtabh Bachchan, Bollywood, cinema, film industry, indian, money, pay, Shahrukh Khan, strike, union

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Shahrukh Khan Wallpapers

Shahrukh Khan Wallpapers

By DESIblitzer | July 2, 2008

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 [...]

Categories: Downloads, Wallpapers
Tagged: Badshah, Bollywood, cinema, hero, indian, King Khan, shahrukh, Shahrukh Khan, SRK, star, Tempation Reloaded, wallpaper shah rukh khan

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Bangkok for 2008 IIFA Awards

Bangkok for 2008 IIFA Awards

By Amit | May 31, 2008

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 [...]

Categories: Bollywood
Tagged: awards, Bangkok, Bollywood, cinema, Fashion, fashion show, film, IIFA, indian, International Indian Film Academy, Thailand

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Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

By Sam | April 27, 2008

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 [...]

Categories: SpotLight
Tagged: ABCL, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya, Amit, amitabh, Amitabh Bachchan, bachan, bachchan, bhagbhan, BigB, blog, Bollywood, cinema, concert, coolie, Europe, hindi, indian, Jaya, jhonny depp, music, sholay, singer, UK, USA

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Bollywood gone too far?

Bollywood gone too far?

By Amit | April 11, 2008

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 [...]

Categories: Debate
Tagged: Bollywood, cinema, content, directors, explicit, features, film, hollywood, hot, indian, sensual, sex, sexual

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