TOP 2012 BOLLYWOOD SONGS greet 2013

Bollywood Hindi hits of 2012 greet the New Year. - Picture by: Thitimon Toyai At the sound of crackers and cheer, the Hindi Cinema Blog welc...

KAMAL HASSAN's DTH Revolution for VISHWAROOPAM

Kamal Hassan is reportedly exploring the possibility of releasing his new Tamil film, Vishwaroopam, through telecast on a DTH platform on T...

Hrithik Roshan launches Virtual Academy of Cinema

Whistling Woods International has recently launched the first ever Virtual Academy of Filmmaking, which has created its first online course....

TALAASH: A Puzzle Unsolved

**Review contains spoilers** After queueing for tickets unsuccessfully a few times, today I was finally able to enter the cinema hall to wa...

Shah Rukh Star Power in Marrakesh

The Marrakesh International Film Festival met with an euphoric crowd of more than 50,000 people at the Jemaa el-Fna square for several hours...

LIFE OF PI: Depths of a Soul's Ocean

  Not having read the book Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, I was skeptical about taking the “theatre leap” to watch a film based on such a univ...

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA in GOA 2012

“ Wow! Someone who says there is more to Goa than its beaches! ” a colleague teased me when he found out I was trying to reach Goa’s Maquin...

YASH CHOPRA Rest in Peace

To most Bollywood viewers abroad, the name Yash Chopra conjures memories of discovering the world of Indian cinema, its emotions, its romanc...

ENGLISH VINGLISH: A Queen Empowered

More than one 90s queen of Bollywood has set her sights on making a "comeback" with a film that showcases her middle-age talent an...

BHOOTER BHOBISHYOT: Spooky Wit Unleashed!

Today's film review may be coming a bit late but when the Hindi Cinema Blog comes across witty and fun cinema, we tend to say "bett...

Masterful Kapoor in BARFI!

Long before Ranbir Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz and Priyanka Chopra faced a stampede in Bangalore a few days ago, Barfi! had entered my consci...

BRAZIL GOES BOLLYWOOD with FANAA

Fanaa is being taken to Brazilian cinemas to woo audiences on the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema.The Kajol-Aamir Khan starrer is the fir...

EK THA TIGER Review: Romancing Masala

Once upon a time there was Tiger... A Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer... a full-blown masala entertainer... what could rake in more box...

INDIA INDEPENDENCE DAY: Celebrating Cinema

Independence Day in India: AP Photo from Sulekha.com As I wake up this 14 of August to merry music outside and talented high-pitched voices ...

TORONTO TIFF does it again: INDIAN PREMIERES

Still from Ship of Theseus by Anand Ghandi Next September's Toronto International Film Festival 2012 is again interested in what happens...

RAJESH KHANNA'S GREAT GIG IN THE SKY

Post by: Narendra Kusnur The Hindi Cinema Blo g would like to thank Narendra Kusnur for accepting to have his article, celebrating Rajesh Kh...