INDIA Cinema News, Aug 13, 2011

Drive to be different The Hindu Outcome: Ranks on top of the new generation actors Katrina Kaif This girl is out to prove a point. Labelled a good-looker who can only enhance a movie, Katrina made it a point in every interview to emphasise she also had acting skills. ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Just good and bad movies The Hindu Some parallel-cinema actors did cross over into the mainstream, but little movement took place in the other direction. If a superstar like Amitabh Bachchan tried to step out of his larger-than-life screen image by playing Everyman in a “small” film ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Whose India is it anyway? Hindustan Times Nothing had prepared me for the thrill of being part of a large Indian movie audience. I saw Lagaan in July 2001, at the grand but somewhat dilapidated Chanakya cinema in Delhi. The Chanakya seated 1080 people, though I suspect there were many more in ... See all stories on this topic » Hindustan Times

Blast from the past - Prahalada 1939 The Hindu HM Reddi, founding father of South Indian Cinema, created history by making 'Bhaktha Prahalada', the first Telugu talkie in 1931. The earliest silent version was made in 1917, twice in the same year. One version was made as recently as 1983. ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

'Aarakshan', a well-crafted film on the need for education - Movie Review by ... Daijiworld.com The portions where we see Prabhakar Anand's awakening as a grassroot educationist is so closely aligned to Amitabh Bachchan's image of the actor of the masses that you feel the idealism of the educationist somewhere noiselessly mingles with the actor's ... See all stories on this topic »

Views unreserved BehindWoods Security has been beefed up for the lead actors of the film who merely chose to be a part of a film with a real-time issue-based message. And when we get producers who dare to invest in such kind of commercial cinema instead of the million other love ... See all stories on this topic »

A different beat The Hindu He gives a synopsis of the movie, “The plot is about four aspiring musicians, two in the US and two in India. They all want to become experts in their fields—Rock, Instrumental, Indian Classical and Indian Folk and want to bring the music into a ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

UA plans deluxe cinema in Macau Film Journal (blog) The Thailand Film Office has been receiving requests for filming, mostly smaller movies and TVcommercials from North America and Europe. However, one area of the world that has not taken advantage of Thailand's locations and world-class production ... See all stories on this topic »

Why hotels have a back story Hindustan Times In the Batman TV show, we did not really care where Alfred came from or what his motivation was. In the first few Batman movies (the franchise developed by Tim Burton and wrecked by his successor), Alfred was just a butler. But then, Christopher Nolan ... See all stories on this topic » Hindustan Times

Salman Khan biggest star in world of gangsters: Anurag Kashyap Filmi Tadka They aren't actually on chummy terms, but director Anurag Kashyap doesn't mind accepting the fact that actor Salman Khan is the biggest movie star in India. Anurag has recently stated that a large part of his upcoming film, 'Gangs of Wasseypur' pays ... See all stories on this topic »

No, there was no 'brawl' Philippine Star According to Daryl Zamora, Aljur's handler at GMA Artist Center, the actor was the victim because an Indian national, who was also going to watch a movie like Aljur, got jealous of Aljur. Allegedly, the Indian national was with his girlfriend who kept ... See all stories on this topic »

Actor Dharmendra beats Hrithik Roshan in TV Trp ...it's all about Hindi Cinema, Hindi Movies ... has evolved as a competitive medium for the actorswho are trying their luck with television these days. ... he yet again proved that he is still the one of the most bankable stars of Indian entertainment industry. ... john-villain-in-shootout-at-wadala-news- details ... www.supergoodmovies.com/.../dharmendra-beats-hrithik-new...

email: info@als-alexander.org or interalex2@gmail.com