I love Deepika Padukone, she is amazing: John Travolta

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/deepikapadukonefeatured3_4.jpg?1398657458" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/deepikapadukonefeatured3_4.jpg?1398657458" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Hollywood actor John Travolta was all praises for Ram-leela star Deepika Padukone as he attended IIFA gala in US.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "I recently saw the Romeo and Juliet film, Ram-leela. In that the first musical number was wow. I love the actress in Ram-Leela, (Deepika Padukone) she is amazing," he said.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Travolta will be honoured with the most popular International star of all time award at IIFA.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "I think awards like IIFA has a lot of credibility. I am happy to be a part of the grand celebration this year. There are so many awards (in the west) that the charm of the Oscars have diminished, no one can see the difference between the Golden Globes or the Oscars, I think in yours this (IIFA) is the big one and your country and people approve that," he said.</div> </div>

HollywoodNews I love Deepika Padukone, she is amazing: John Travolta

Hollywood actor John Travolta was all praises for Ram-leela star Deepika Padukone as he attended IIFA gala in US. "I recently sa...

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James Bond 24: Continuing Skyfall?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/danielcraigjamesbond_0.jpg?1399436737" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/danielcraigjamesbond_0.jpg?1399436737" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> New Delhi, May 7 -- James Bond might have been on the big screen for over fifty years with numerous car chases, fight scenes, passionate love affairs and showdowns with despicable bad guys, but there's no rest for the wickedly charming.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> What's more, the present Bond, played by actor Daniel Craig, will return in the role of James Bond next year, in a sequel that's been dubbed James Bond 24. Director Sam Mendes recently also spoke about continuing Skyfall's story. "I started a number of stories that were incomplete. I cast a new M (Ralph Fiennes), I cast a new Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), I cast a new Q (Ben Wishaw), I cast a new Tanner (Rory Kinnear). There was a missing piece now. I felt like there was a way to create the second part of a two-part story. And then I got really interested again, when they agreed to wait a little longer and not go immediately," Mendes was quoted as saying on Screenrant.com.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The film's screenwriter John Logan, too, spoke about giving the new characters more screen space. "What we tried to do, and audiences seemed to embrace in Skyfall, was that for the first time characters were allowed to acknowledge the passing of the years," Logan said.</div> </div>

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Sanam Puri sings for Amazing Spider Man 2

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/sanampuri_0.jpg?1398399940" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/sanampuri_0.jpg?1398399940" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Singer Sanam Puri, who's riding high on success with his romantic ballad song Ishq Bulava from the movie Hasee to Phasee (2014), has recently composed and sung the song Main Hoon for the Hollywood film, Amazing Spider Man 2.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The 24-year-old sounded ecstatic, and said, "After Ishq Bulava, I am getting a lot of offers but this was something different. I got a call from the producers of the Amazing Spider Man 2 and they wanted me to compose a song for the film." It took him merely half a day to compose the number. "After I got the brief, I started working on the song with full concentration. It just took me half a day to compose it. My brother Samar wrote its lyrics," he says.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ask him if he is featuring in the video and he says, "Yes, it's very sweet of the production house to let me feature in the video as well because I feel the singer can convey much more to the audience that way." Sanam was also happy that the makers of the film in America liked his song but at the same time is disheartened because his song was finalised at the last moment, so it couldn't make to the album.</div> </div>

HollywoodNews Sanam Puri sings for Amazing Spider Man 2

Singer Sanam Puri, who's riding high on success with his romantic ballad song Ishq Bulava from the movie Hasee to Phasee (2014), ha...

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Spiderman: Casting a web at the BO!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/amazingspiderman2poster_0.jpg?1399437930" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/amazingspiderman2poster_0.jpg?1399437930" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mumbai, May 7 -- It has always been a popular franchise in India, so it comes as no surprise that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has fared impressively at the Indian box office.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Andrew Garfield-starrer's all-India net box office collection was over ' 28 crore on the opening weekend. The film hit screens on May 1 (it was released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telegu). With that figure, it has surpassed the collections of several Bollywood films, like Main Tera Hero, Bhoothnath Returns, Queen, Dedh Ishqiya, which released this year.  </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Makers of the Spider-Man film claim that their latest movie has crossed the record set by its predecessor. According to the official press release, it has posted the highest-ever opening for a Hollywood film in India (it apparently grossed ' 41.7 crore on its four-day opening weekend).    </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "It's a huge franchise that already has a big connect with audiences. Plus, with the kind of cinematography, special effects and budgets such films have, people are bound to be in awe of their larger-than-life treatment," says trade analyst Taran Adarsh.    </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Going by the figures this year, only Jai Ho (over ' 58 crore), Gunday (over ' 40 crore) and 2 States (over    ' 36 crore) have got bigger opening weekend than the Hollywood film. "Spider-Man is possibly the most famous superhero amongst kids in India. Iron Man, Captain America and the others are becoming famous now," says exhibitor-distributor Akshaye Rathi.    </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> And experts agree that such a response is largely reserved for big-ticket franchises and not every film made. Film-maker Milan Luthria adds, "Also, thanks to Hollywood films, a number of subjects that otherwise wouldn't have found acceptance, have an audience now," he says.</div> </div>

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Is Irrfan the new Spidey villain?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/irrfankhanfeatured_4.jpg?1399693844" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/irrfankhanfeatured_4.jpg?1399693844" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mumbai, May 10 -- He played Dr Rajit Ratha in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). But now, we have learnt that if things go well, Irrfan Khan will portray one of the villains in the third instalment (scheduled for a 2016 release) of the superhero franchise.    </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Irrfan is in the running to play one of the Sinister Six, a group of villains that is hinted at the end of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. And apparently, the actor has already been asked to play a part, which is being described as an important one.    </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Irrfan and Marc (Webb; director) share a great rapport ever since he worked in the first film. And although his role was a small one, Marc has been keen to work with Irrfan again. He has been approached for the part but things are yet to be finalised," says an insider.    </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> When contacted, Irrfan, who has just returned from the US after having shot for Jurassic World, says, "I don't know about it (this role). No one has approached me for the film yet. Their film is still in the theatres. I think they will finalise the script and decide other things later."</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> When we contacted the studio (India division that is behind the franchise), one of the spokesperson's said it was "too early to comment on something like this."</div> </div>

HollywoodNews Is Irrfan the new Spidey villain?

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Emma Watson in Paani?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/emmawatson_0.jpg?1400050902" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bollywood.com/sites/default/files/emmawatson_0.jpg?1400050902" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Hollywood actor Emma Watson may soon be in a Bollywood movie. Speculation is rife that the Harry Potter star may feature alongside Sushant Singh Rajput in filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor's Paani.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It's believed that only Kapoor and producer Aditya Chopra are in the know about it. "The casting decisions are being kept secret. A huge announcement is planned soon," says an insider.</div> <br /></div>

HollywoodNews Emma Watson in Paani?

Hollywood actor Emma Watson may soon be in a Bollywood movie. Speculation is rife that the Harry Potter star may feature alongside Sush...

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