Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt took the term ‘power couple’ to a new level hogging the coveted Best Actor and Best Actress trophies at the 64th Filmfare awards night in Mumbai on Saturday, 23 March. Kapoor’s performance in the Sanjay Dutt biopic, Sanju (2018) earned him the award, while Bhatt won it for her performance … Read more
Last year’s big hit family drama Badhaai Ho has been embroiled in a controversy after one of its credited writers, Jyoti Kapoor, filed a complaint against producers Junglee Pictures for taking her name out from the Filmfare award nominations. Kapoor had filed a complaint about this with the Screen Writers Association. Now Junglee Pictures and director … Read more
Producer Boney Kapoor is set to remake last year’s hit Hindi film Badhaai Ho in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Badhaai Ho, which stars Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana and Sanya Malhotra, is based on the story of an elderly couple who are expecting their third child. According to IMDb customer ratings, Badhaai Ho … Read more
Writer Jyoti Kapoor was miffed earlier this week when her name was removed from the Filmfare nominations for Badhaai Ho (2018). The writer took to Facebook to state her stand. In a recent interview, Kapoor clarified that she has approached the Screen Writers’ Association (SWA) to help reinstate her name in the nominations. The issue … Read more
Smaller budget films that won audiences over last year have picked up most of the nominations at this year News18 Reel Movie Awards 2019. Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi, starring Alia Bhatt as a spy, leads the pack with 14 nominations, while Sriram Raghavan’s Andhadhun with Ayushmann Khurrana as a blind piano player picked up 10 nominations. … Read more
Film producer Priti Shahani, who has commercially successful films like Badhaai Ho (2018) and Raazi (2018) to her credit, says though once a particular kind of film becomes a superhit, it becomes a trendsetter, it is certainly not a rule. Talking about how the receptive audience is encouraging new narrative to earn box office numbers, … Read more
Two of actor Ayushmann Khurrana’s films, Andhadhun (2018) and Badhaai Ho (2018), have cracked the list of IMDb’s Top 10 Indian Movies of 2018. While Sriram Raghavan’s Andhadhun comes in at number one, Amit Sharma’s Badhaai Ho holds steady at number five. The online list is determined by users who rank the films on a … Read more
After a disastrous opening weekend and first Monday, Dr Chandra Prakash Dwivedi’s Mohalla Assi continues with its losing streak. The film, starring Sunny Deol, Sakshi Tanwar, Saurabh Shukla and Ravi Kishan, earned only Rs1.73 crore in its entire first week, as per figures shared by Boxofficeindia.com. It earned Rs20 lakh on Monday (19 November) and … Read more
Director Amit Ravindernath Sharma has begun working on his next project, a biopic on the former India football coach Syed Abdul Rahim. The film is likely to feature Ajay Devgn in the lead role, with Sharma currently busy with his research for the project. The director shared pictures of himself with former India players Fortunato Franco and Tulsidas … Read more
Ayushmann Khurrana has scored his maiden Rs100 crore hit with Badhaai Ho. It is a moment to celebrate not just for Khurrana, but also for director Amit Ravindernath Sharma. Speaking to Cinestaan.com, Sharma said, “It’s overwhelming to see Badhaai Ho cross the Rs100 crore mark. Feels like a dream. A big thank you to the audience for … Read more