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8 articles from 2009


Live Chat: Amitabh Bachchan as Auro on November 30 at 1700 hrs Ist

27 November 2009 8:07 AM, PST | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »

He is a living legend who has entertained us for four decades and still continues to do so. He was rightly anointed the 'Superstar of the Millennium' for it's indeed rare to find a complete actor like him. He is none other than the one and only Amitabh Bachchan. Big B, as he is addressed by his fans world over, has shown his incredible flair for acting in countless films be it Saat Hindustani or Zanjeer, Amar Akbar Anthony or Deewar, Sholay or Mr. Natwarlal, Laawaris or Kaalia, and more recently Black or Sarkar. Now he is all set to don a completely new avatar and play a 13 year old boy in the forthcoming film Paa. If the promos of this film are anything to go by, this one promises to be yet another power packed performance from Big B. And here's a big surprise coming your way! For the first time ever, »

- Bollywood Hungama News Network

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Shikha Puri Impresses as Parveen Babi

21 November 2009 9:30 AM, PST | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »

American actress Shikha Puri impressed her director Reynold Baines when he recently met her for the launch of work on the movie The Three Kings. Aimed at the international market primarily, the much-anticipated film is based on the tragic story of beautiful flower child Parveen Babi, who breezed through Bollywood in the 1970s having affairs with a number of leading men and directors. Characters in the movie may be recognisable as Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Mahesh Bhatt, Kabir Bedi and Danny Denzongpa. Parveen had her biggest hits in movies with Amitabh such as Amar Akbar Anthony and Don.

Shikha appears to be taking the controversial route into Bollywood, trailblazed by others such as Rakhi Sawant, Mallika Sherawat and Sherlyn Chopra. She recently appeared topless in a movie with Fashion's Harsh Chhaya called Dog, aimed at the international festival circuit. "The shoot went off well and I had no qualms taking my top off, »

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Live Chat: Amitabh Bachchan on October 27 at 1330 hrs Ist

26 October 2009 9:04 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »

He is a living legend who has entertained us for four decades and still continues to do so. He was rightly anointed the 'Superstar of the Millennium' for it's indeed rare to find a complete actor like him. He is none other than the one and only Amitabh Bachchan. Big B, as he is addressed by his fans world over, has shown his incredible flair for acting in countless films be it Saat Hindustani or Zanjeer, Amar Akbar Anthony or Deewar, Sholay or Mr. Natwarlal, Laawaris or Kaalia, and more recently Black or Sarkar. Now he is all set to entertain his fans once again through his portrayal of 'Genius-the Genie' in Sujoy Ghosh's Aladin. Bollywood Hungama gives you all an opportunity of a lifetime to get up, close and personal with one of the greatest actors this country has ever seen- Mr. Amitabh Bachchan only on Celeb Chat on Tuesday, »

- Bollywood Hungama News Network

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Live Chat: Amitabh Bachchan on October 27 at 1330 hrs Ist

26 October 2009 9:04 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »

He is a living legend who has entertained us for four decades and still continues to do so. He was rightly anointed the 'Superstar of the Millennium' for it's indeed rare to find a complete actor like him. He is none other than the one and only Amitabh Bachchan. Big B, as he is addressed by his fans world over, has shown his incredible flair for acting in countless films be it Saat Hindustani or Zanjeer, Amar Akbar Anthony or Deewar, Sholay or Mr. Natwarlal, Laawaris or Kaalia, and more recently Black or Sarkar. Now he is all set to entertain his fans once again through his portrayal of 'Genius-the Genie' in Sujoy Ghosh's Aladin. Bollywood Hungama gives you all an opportunity of a lifetime to get up, close and personal with one of the greatest actors this country has ever seen- Mr. Amitabh Bachchan only on Celeb Chat on Tuesday, »

- Bollywood Hungama News Network

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Shikha Puri to play Parveen Babi

12 October 2009 12:06 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »

Looking remarkably similar, American actress Shikha Puri is expected to play the part of Parveen Babi in a film currently called The Three Kings and based on the tragic life of the Bollywood actress. The film is likely to be shot in a mixture of Hindi and English and is intended primarily for the international audience.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Parveen Babi played alongside the greats of Bollywood in movie such as Deewar, Shaan and Amar Akbar Anthony. She was linked to amorous relationships to Mahesh Bhatt and Kabir Bedi, amongst others, and it is likely that the movie will explore this aspect. Mahesh Bhatt has earlier touched upon his relationship with her in the movie Woh Lamhe. Not your typical Bollywood heroine, it is rumoured that Parveen had experimented earlier in life with drugs and was once diagnosed as schizophrenic. It’s possible that she felt abused by »

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“Doubles” homage party for Amitabh Bachchan

10 October 2009 7:41 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »

Amitabh Bachchan has been invited to a promotional event for his upcoming film Rann by producers Sheetal Talwar and Madhu Mantena at 7 pm today. It is actually an event held to celebrate his forty years in the film industry on the eve of his 67th birthday.

Forty of his actor fans have been chosen to play Amitabh’s most unforgettable characters and recite his dialogues. The homage will start with Amitabh’s Saat Hindustani, which was his debut film. Some of the characters will be from his films Sholay, Zanjeer, Deewaar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Black, etc.

Gathering. »

- realbollywood

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Reliance will re-release Big B's blockbuster films to celebrate his 40 yrs in industry

16 June 2009 2:06 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »

The general saying goes as 'Whatever a King does, he does in style'. But, in Bollywood, whatever its King (aka Amitabh Bachchan) does, it becomes a style in itself! We are very sure that this piece of information will sound like music to the ears of one and all. If the hush-hush market buzz is to be believed, a major event is being planned by the entertainment major Reliance, to celebrate Amitabh Bachchan's whopping 40 years of being in films! According to the most reliable sources of Bollywood Hungama, we discovered (read 'uncovered') the news, that the above mentioned mega event will also see the re-release of several of his blockbuster films in cinema halls like Shakti, Do Aur Do Paanch, Zanjeer, Hum, Amar Akbar Anthony...to name a few. This is being done for the younger generation to come face to face with the films with the evolution of »

- Bollywood Hungama News Network

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Reliance will re-release Big B's blockbuster films to celebrate his 40 yrs in industry

16 June 2009 2:06 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »

The general saying goes as 'Whatever a King does, he does in style'. But, in Bollywood, whatever its King (aka Amitabh Bachchan) does, it becomes a style in itself! We are very sure that this piece of information will sound like music to the ears of one and all. If the hush-hush market buzz is to be believed, a major event is being planned by the entertainment major Reliance, to celebrate Amitabh Bachchan's whopping 40 years of being in films! According to the most reliable sources of Bollywood Hungama, we discovered (read 'uncovered') the news, that the above mentioned mega event will also see the re-release of several of his blockbuster films in cinema halls like Shakti, Do Aur Do Paanch, Zanjeer, Hum, Amar Akbar Anthony...to name a few. This is being done for the younger generation to come face to face with the films with the evolution of »

- Bollywood Hungama News Network

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