These are the men who stay in the background, but it's their work which speaks - literally! Meet the men who wrote some memorable lyrics for the music albums that came in 2006.1. Sayeed Quadri [Wo Lamhe, Bas Ek Pal, Anwar]Sayeed Quadri has…

First weekend performance of latest releaseThere was absolutely no surprise when 'Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana' came on Friday and opened to miserable houses. A stuck project with minimal publicity and practically zero awareness, the film marks a disastrous beginning to 2007. The film doesn't…

Coming close to the cinematic release of 'Guru', DVDs/VCDs of 'Umrao Jaan', last film that had Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai as a pair, have hit the stands.Though the film boasted of some lilting music by Anu Malik and competent performances by both Abhishek…

I don't fear the Public, I am the Public'This is one of the catch-lines hogging attention in the newspaper advertisements of Mani Rathnam's 'Guru'. The main catchline ' Villager, Visionary, Winner'.Continues to be the mainstay'This has to be said that in its final stage of…

Toronto mayor David Miller has personally invited Abhishek Bachchan and the star cast of 'Guru' for the world premiere of the film 'Guru'- India 's first mainstream international premiere in Canada.Says Mayor Mr. David Miller, 'It's a pleasure to host the world premiere of…

As he spoke with confidence and passion about his craft, Hollywood script writing guru Syd Field enthralled the high profile crowd of Indian cinema through his words of wisdom. Invited to India by UTV Motion Pictures, Field, who is delivering a two-day long seminar on…

In a era of characters being an integral part of a script rather than a super-hero or a super-villain, it is hard to choose between a lead role and a supporting role. Can there be a Munna without a Circuit? Would the case have been…

Director of 'My Brother Nikhil' and 'Bas Ek Pal' has certainly been going places - literally!Onir has been invited to be in the panel for the upcoming Berlinale Talent Campus. The panel is called "By popular demand ' the challenge of producing local content…

Normally bubby and ever so smiling Dia Mirza is sad...and she is weeping inconsolably!In her upcoming film 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.', she plays the role of a Gujarati girl named Shilpa who has just got married to Ranvir Shorey. Unhappy with her marriage and…

Coming Friday sees the release of 'Anwar' that stars Siddharth Koirala in the title role. Pitted against 'Guru', it is indeed a tough task for 'Anwar' to make its presence felt at the box office but by the look of things; it does appear to…