MANOJ KUMAR (chairman)
A post-partition refugee who earned the coveted Padma Shri for his contribution to cinema, Manoj Kumar makes for an ideal tinseltown success story.

Whatever is happening to Ms Sanyan?
Remember Satarupa Sanyal? You probably do not, since with her first directorial venture, Anu, she did not manage to impress. It did find inclusion at the IFFI ’99 in Hyderabad in January 1999.

Mujhe Meri Biwi...
Producer Prakash Mehra and director Harry Baweja have resumed the regular shooting of Prakash Mehra Pictures (P) Ltd’s Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachao from January 3 for ten days at Gemini House,

Lovable rascal
Om Puri is a die-hard Kamal Haasan fan and years ago, just after the release of Ardh Satya, he had written to Kamal asking for work. Alas! he never heard from his hero until Chachi 420 was launched.

Box Office

Pathetic condition
The film industry seems afflicted by a jinx for the last six months. Otherwise there would not have been so many debacles one after the other. One hoped the new year would bring some relief.

Ali's Notes

The sky’s no limit for Anil
Seventeen years ago, I was still learning the ropes, the rules of the game. It took me time to understand the machinations, manoeuvrings and manipulations. I have still not been able to understand them, thank God.

It is award time again and nostalgia runs high as the memories of the last five years crowd one’s mind on the eve of our sixth annual event this week-end.

Film production on upswing
764 censored, 203 imported

The production of feature films which was on the downward trend since 1991, and had touched rock-bottom with 693 in 1998, shows a marked rise with 764 films certified in 1999 by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), an increase of 71 features over 1998.