Dharmesh Darshan opens the millennial account with Mela . Will his third outing to the b.o. prove to be as rewarding as his previous ones with Lootere and Raja Hindustani?

The name isn’t a marquee favourite. Not as yet. But Latif Binny’s recently released Dahek is a bold and positive effort to go into an area of cinematic romance that filmmakers en masse consider taboo.

Dil Bhi Kya Cheez Hai fast progressing
Producer Pappu Verma and cinematographer-director Lawrence D’Souza completed a 15-day marathon schedule for their Kush International’s maiden venture Dil Bhi Kya Cheez Hai on December 30

Chipping has begun
Aishwarya Rai is, undoubtedly, the strongest contender for the numero uno position in the coming millennium. With Taal and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, she has endeared herself to cinegoers as well as critics.

Box Office

Hope for better
The just concluded year could not bring cheers to the film industry as majority of the films were croppers at the box-office. According to Santosh Singh Jain, president of the Central Circuit Cine Association,

Ali's Notes

God reads ‘SCREEN’ only
Time, time, oh sometimes sweet, sometimes treacherous time... Suddenly one morning I wake up and I find that I have grown old, very old, ancient, but still armed with the gift to love,

High drama at FFI meet
Gangadharan chosen chief

Noted Kerala hotelier, businessman and film maker PV Gangadharan who was elected as an interim president of the Film Federation of India following the untimely death of G.Hanumantha Rao,