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Big B vs King Khan of Bollywood

By Gul Raiz • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Indian movie actor Amitabh Bachchan has apologised for having compared the “Kaun Banega Corepati” (KBC) edition hosted by him and the one hosted by Bollywood’s current top leading man Shah Rukh Khan. KBC is the Indian version of the British television game-show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Bachchan is in Cannes these days to [...]



Not quite the party animal

By Tazeen Javed • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

I have been told that there is something seriously wrong with me. Some think it is physiological, some think it is psychological and some consider it to be psycho-physiological, but the fact remains, I dread going to parties and it is deemed to be abnormal by most of my peers. I am still young, social [...]



Shoaib Akhtar Meets Shahrukh Khan

By Amna Gilani • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Shoiab Akhtar is a strange specie. I, honestly do not understand him. I mean I have yet to see him bowl consistently and continuously and I have yet to see him complete any domestic or foreign tour without trouble and scandal. He even hasnt shown us his true mettle, and his career is already in [...]



Bollywood Takes Aim at Hollywood

By Amna Gilani • Jan 12th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Ronnie Screwvala is the front runner in the race to become Bollywood’s Jack Warner—the man who transformed parochial American cinema into its modern global form. Yet Screwvala is rarely picked out of a crowd in India, let alone in the United States. Still, Hollywood insiders know him well for producing the “The Namesake,” the [...]



We didn’t want to make anything artistic - Farah Khan

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 4th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Amidst taking congratulatory calls and making her hospital visits for regular check-ups, Farah Khan still continues to be her spirited best even as her Om Shanti Om is now all set to be year’’s biggest box office success.
“Audience has given a big thumbs up to Om Shanti Om and this is what that matters most”, [...]