Category archives for: Bollywood

Guess what Priyanka models for…

Priyanka Chopra is well known in India having acted in more than forty films. She is a great actress and now she takes on the wider world by modelling for Guess,  a famed spot that has previously been occupied by  Claudia Schiffer,  Anna Nicole Smith,  Drew Barrymore  and  Kate Upton to name a few.   […]

Bollywood in ten minutes in Short+ Sweet

  Starting from tomorrow, Wednesday the 19th of February 2014,  ‘100 years of Indian cinema in 10 minutes’ is being staged by Aishveryaa Nidhi and her Abhinay School of Performing Arts is the highlight of the week at Short + Sweet Theatre Festival. Action packed Bollywood hungaama at Short+Sweet  creates a bit of a Bollywood […]

Yes! Newcastle goes Bollywood this week

  Dr Vikrant Kishore – bringing Bollywood to Newcastle by Neena Badhwar Yes Bollywood has arrived in Newcastle as the city gets ready for a packed event: ‘Bollywood 101 Film Festival’ this Thursday and Friday February 20-21, 2014. And why do you call it ‘101’ – a strange name, explains, the organizer, Vikrant Kishore, “101 […]

New Bollywood releases in Feb/March

    Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra in ‘Gunday’ February and March are busy months with following Bollywood releases. Look forward to seeing beautiful Sonam Kapoor in ‘Bewakoofian’, Madhuri Dixit in ‘Gulaab Gang’ and handsome Ranveer Singh with beautiful Priyanka Chopra  in ‘Gunday’: 1.  Heartless  07 Feb 2014:   Director:  Shekhar Suman;  Producer: […]

Great Suchitra Sen no more!

Neena Badhwar The only ‘Paro’ of Sharat Chander Chattopadhayay’s novel ‘Devdas’ can be none   but the one and only Suchitra Sen – the   most beautiful Bengali actress who acted in about seven Hindi films and all of them quite memorable. Her screen presence, her acting and her ethereal beauty carried a mystique yet […]

Sydney remembers Manna Dey, the great!

  Manna Dey a loving father with wife Sulochana Kumaran and daughters  Shuroma and Sumita By Neena Badhwar Manna Dey performed in Sydney around half a dozen concerts and won us all as we became his ardent fans and devotees of his music. I remember once he came and the concert organiser had put up […]

‘Don’t judge me, come and watch my films’ says Sunny

Sunny Leone with Kaizad Gustad and Sachin Joshi at the premier of  ‘Jackpot’   By Neeru Saluja Her entry to Bollywood was a major controversy, and so was her entry to Sydney. Despite opposition from the Indian community for her appearance at the India-Australia’s Friendship Fair, actress Sunny Leone extended her hand of friendship to […]

Kapil Sharma made Sydney laugh

By Manju Mittal When it comes to making people laugh and laugh out loud, Kapil Sharma needs no introduction. In a world that is full of sadness and pessimism at times there are a few who make it their profession to make other people laugh and at least momentarily make them forget their worries and […]

Waheeda Rehman receives inaugural centenary award

Waheeda Rehman is India’s most beautiful and a famous actress of Indian cinema. Her ethereal beauty and chiselled features attracted the great director Guru Dutt whose black and white camera  fell in love with her. Totally besotted with Waheeda on screen and off screen Guru Dutt made some of the most memorable movies of the […]

Geeta Dutt Roy, an unlucky skylark

(23.11.30 – 20.7.72) By K. Raman In memory of her birthday exactly 83 years ago on November 23, Geeta Dutt – the great singer whose songs are still in huge demand by Sydneysiders in concerts by local singers”¦ “Yaad karoge Yaad karoge, Ek din hamko yaad karoge” That is exactly what we are doing here […]