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There are some friendships that make you excel, according to debutant director Munish Bhardwaj, and his Moh Maya Money stars have the best of that.

Moh Maya Money is a story about Aman (Ranvir Shorey), who is a real estate broker working in a multinational. Aman often skims money from his company for the want of a better life. His greed leads him to a series of unfortunate events which snowball beyond his control putting his and his wife Divya (Neha Dhupia)’s life in jeopardy. As a solution to the fix he finds himself in, he gets desperate enough to involve his begrudging wife in a white collar crime which entangles completely innocent strangers in it, leading to an end neither could imagine.

Through the film there are many complex scenes and both Ranvir and Neha ensured that they were there for each other, even times when they had the day off.

This year, the Jio Mami 17th Mumbai Film Festival With Star India introduces the Movie Mela – a one-day celebration of cinema. On Saturday, October 31st, when delegates of the festival walk into Mehboob Studio, they will enter a different world – a world of movie characters, movie merchandising and above all, movie conversations.

The Jio Mami Movie Mela With Star India is a platform for movie fans to connect with the films, actors and filmmakers they love. The one day event, which is open to all delegates of the Jio Mami 17th Mumbai Film Festival with Star India is choc-a-bloc with filmy sessions and activities. One of the major highlights of the event will be a panel discussion with veteran actors Anil Kapoor and Sridevi along with Satish Kaushik and producer Boney Kapoor as they journey back in time to share their experiences from the making of the much loved 1987 cult classic ‘Mr.

Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Aftab Shivdasani and a host of other cast and crew members from the film Mr India are going to come together and share their experience of making the film with movie lovers at Mehboob Studio on Saturday, 31st October, at Jio Mami Movie Mela.

This year, the Jio Mami 17th Mumbai Film Festival With Star India introduces the Movie Mela – a one-day celebration of cinema. On Saturday, October 31st, when delegates of the festival walk into Mehboob Studio, they will enter a different world – a world of movie characters, movie merchandising and above all, movie conversations.

One of the major highlights of the event will be a panel discussion with veteran actors Anil Kapoor and Sridevi along with Satish Kaushik and producer Boney Kapoor as they journey back in time to share their experiences from the making of the much loved 1987 cult classic ‘Mr.

The 17th edition of India’s biggest film festival, the 17th Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival in association with the Star India, announced its stellar program line-up which includes new programming sections, special screenings and events. Taking place from October 29th to November 5th in Mumbai, the film festival celebrates the diversity of Indian and international cinema, showcasing the latest cutting-edge independent projects, avant-garde art house films, alongside genre offerings from Bollywood and Hollywood, with a focus on international cult movies.

The festival’s presenting sponsor is Reliance Jio Infocomm (Rjil) and Associate Sponsor Partner Star India. Mrs Nita M. Ambani, Founder & Chairperson, Reliance Foundation has been announced as Co-Chair, Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (Mami) along with Chairperson Kiran Rao. The Festival Director is renowned writer and film critic, Anupama Chopra.

Other members of the new Board of Trustees of Mami are Filmmakers Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar,...

After a grand wedding reception with who’s who of the Bollywood at the Palladium hotel in Lower Parel, Mumbai on July 12, 2015, newlywed couple Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput organized a lavish dinner party for the Bollywood’s biggie directors on Thursday at their Juhu residence.

All Btown directors who share a good rapport with Shahid, took their time off and headed to greet Shahid and Mira last night. The guest list included director Vikramaditya Motwane with wife Ishika Mohan, Kick director Sajid Nadidwala with wife Warda Nadiadwala, Vishal Bharadwaj with his wife Rekha and son and designer Masaba Gupta along with her husband Madhu Mantena. Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl were also presented at the low-key party. Check out the pictures of the guests arriving fro the the party!

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2014 covered an expansive genre of music with a strong focus on complimenting the respective film’s tone and background rather than opting for safety of conventionalism. Sneha Khanwalker re-defined the rom-com landscape with Khoobsurat while Highway and Queen mapped two very different but unforgettable coming of age journeys with equal parts skill and heart. Read on to find out which albums. Read on as Bollyspice unveils the top 10 albums of 2014.

10. Kill Dil

The soundtrack of Kill Dil was a labour of love from Shaad Ali, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Gulzar. It is clearly apparent from the brilliant mix of tracks delivered. The orchestrations and melodies employed were some of the best ones from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The range of vocal artists ranged from the veterans like Sukwinder Singh to novices like Nihara Joshi making the album all the more enjoyable. Moreover, the expansive genre and brilliant renditions (Arjit Singh – ‘Sajde’, Sunidhi Chauhan and Siddharth Mahadevan...

2013 has been a stellar year for soundtracks, with constant innovation and the odd chartbuster that eventually tops your most played list on your iPod. There was a lot of fabulous collaborations like Vishal Bharadwaj and South-African band Umoja for Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola or the full on Southie beats for Chennai Express. There was a lot of regional flavour and experimentation with music directors like A.R. Rahman and Amit Trivedi looking to the sounds of Banaras and Gujarat for their fantastic albums. Whoever says there’s a dearth of good soundtracks, then look no further than our list of top albums of the year!

10. Kai Po Che

Amit Trivedi appears twice on our list, because he proved that quality trumps quality with his three-song album that perfectly conjured up that Gujurati flavour with his consistently inventive stamp. Who could have thought that bagpipes would go seamlessly well with shehnaii...

2013, the extra special year marking the centenary of Hindi Cinema is almost coming at an end.

To celebrate, BollySpice briefly explores the theatrical roots of Bollywood, expanding on the contribution of William Shakespeare, the famous playwright who has continuously intrigued the Indian film industry since the beginning of the Hindi film industry.

We explore selected Bollywood “Romeo and Juliet” interpretations and how they disturbingly reflect South Asian cultural issues related to “love”.

Theatrical Beginnings

When “sound” arrived into the world of Hindi cinema in 1931, it threatened the existence of the Parsi Theatre – a popular culture of performing arts that formed the foundation for what we now call “Bollywood”.

Not only had theatre formed an important foundation, but continues to be reflected through Bollywood – through more ways than one.

Popular Parsi theatrical productions were made into Hindi films. Famous theatre playwrights, as well as singing-dancing theatre performers joined the film industry; dramatical,...

Multi Screen Media Private Limited is producing a slew of movies this year through its motion pictures division. Bajatey Raho is the first movie to release on 26th July which has been co-produced with Eros International. It is a revenge comedy starring Dolly Ahluwalia, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Ravi Kissen & Vishakha Singh. The next movie is being produced in association with Kepl and is titled Mango.

Mango, directed by Abbas Tyrewala, also marks the return of Kepl with a romantic comedy after Saathiya. Set in the heart of Goa, Mango is all set to recreate the same magic that Abbas created in his directorial debut movie, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Cast of the movie includes Rannvijay, the winner of Roadies and an accomplished host who has made his mark in the film industry with his Hindi and Punjabi films. Also starring is the critically acclaimed Chandan Roy Sanyal, best...

Ekta Kapoor, Huma Qureshi and Emraan Hashmi have been invited to the Maha Kumbh by the Honourable H.H Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Founder of Ganga Action Parivar, President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, to attend the Mahayagna on February 9th. This mahayagna is being organized especially for the forthcoming film Ek Thi Daayan to calm the negative spirits attached to the film. It is believed to be happening for daayan mukti.

The cast of Ek Thi Daayan is going to the Mahakumbh for a holy dip in the Ganga on the famous mauni amavasya to seek divine blessings and remove every negativity that could get associated with a title like Ek Thi Daayan, a supernatural thriller. Ekta is deeply spiritual in her outlook and has firm faith in the healing powers of the various spiritual teachings of Indian masters and vedas.

The mauni amavasya snaan is a very important...

Music composers and songwriters in Mumbai will soon challenge a Mumbai High Court decision that was passed last week in Supreme Court. The verdict says that Indian Performing Right Society Limited (Iprs) that safeguards the copyright of music composers and lyricists is not entitled to claim or demand royalty or license fees from FM Radio channels for the songs and music they broadcast.

They voiced their concerns in a press conference on August 2, 2011 in Mumbai which was attended by Javed Akhtar, Ravi Shankar Sharma (Chairman – Music Composers Association of India), Anand, Vishal Bharadwaj, Sameer Anjaan, Loy (Shankar Ehsaan Loy), Ram Sampat, Jalees Sherwani (President – Film Writers Association), Anand Shrivastava (President – McAi), Milind Shrivastava, Sajid-Wajid, Sulaiman, Lalit Pandit, Surender Sodhi, Aashish Rego and Shameer Tandon.

The decision of the High Court effectively means that there is no copyright incorporated in a sound recording and that it is owned solely by the music label.

It was a star-studded night as the crème de la crème of the Indian music fraternity converged at the second edition of the Airtel Mirchi Music Awards 2009 held on Wednesday, 10th February 2009.   All roads led to the Bandra Kurla Complex, as Radio Mirchi announced its winners for the finest talent in Hindi Film Music at the awards night. This year saw Lic, Airfone & Parle Krackjack as associate sponsors while Airtel was the Title Sponsor, Dell as style partner, Galaxy as Indulgence Partner and Make My Trip as Exclusive Travel Partner, Whyte and Mackay as Partner, Bright Advertising as Outdoor Partner and Times Now as New Partner.  The evening shone bright, as Stars, Celebrities and Super talents of Bollywood paraded down the Red Carpet to celebrate the best in Hindi film music for the year 2009.   Electrifying performances by singers like Kk, Sunidhi Chuahan, Rekha Bhardwaj, Himesh Reshamiya and Usha Uthup.

For the first time Sathyaraj and Karan are acting in the movie titled Irandu Mugam. Sathyaraj is donning the role of an Ias officer. There is no pair for him. Karan is donning the role of a politician. New face Suhani is pairing with Karan. Anu Haasan is donning an important role in this film. Livingston, M S Bhaskar, Ganja Karuppu, Sukran, Kumaresan, Jyothi Lakshmi, ‘Anni’ Malavika, Anuradha and new face Anika are also starring in this film. Bharadwaj is composing the music.

Aravind Raj who directed Oomai Vizhigal, Uzhavan Magan, Thai Nadu and Karuppu Nila is directing this. Udayar Studios is producing this film. This film is a full length political film. The film has a backdrop of Chennai and Salem. More importance is given for comedy in this film.

New Delhi, Vidya Balan reportedly had a family get-together of sorts on the sets of Vishal Bharadwaj's "Ishqiya". According to a unit member, Vidya's 80-year-old aunt accompanied Vidya's mother and sister to the shoot in Wai, Maharashtra."It was quite a sight to watch the women interacting with each other. Vidya's aunt was pretty excited to watch the film shoot. It was the first time her aunt was watching one," the unit member said.Shahid Kapur also stars in the film by Bharadwaj, who has earlier made films like "Maqbool" and "Omkara".