Ek ajeeb si ladki, Vani
I promised you I would tell you more about a wonder girl called Vani Tripathi, one of those girls who has genuinely brought joy into my life, whose voice once heard in the morning helps me to take on all the struggles and upheavals of the day in my stride.

Jet, set, go
Rani Mukerji lives out of suitcases. She really does. Back after putting up 35 shows on her month and a half long Euro-American tour with Aamir-Ash-Akshaye, she shot off to Jodhpur that very day for Pranlal Mehta’s Govinda starrer.

Mahendra Shah launches Be-Khabar
Roopa Films’ Be Khabar was launched on October 10 with a seven-day shooting schedule. Amit Shah sounded the clapboard, Roopa Shah broke the coconut while Aruna Shah lit the lamp for the muhurat shot.

Caution: Lean days ahead
The film industry seems in for a few lean months. With very few films in the pipeline, the growing number of theatres in the country could soon find films are in woeful short supply.

News Flash

Love Story ’98 is now Love Story Deewano Ki
Bappi Lahiri’s musical venture Love Story 98 is now titled as Love Story Deewano Ki. The entire shooting and post production work of the film was completed recently at BR Theatre and the film is ready for release in December all over.

EIMPA VS FILMS DIVISION:

Round two for the exhibitors!

New Delhi: The controversy relating to the Films Division’s Indian News Reel (INR) has taken a new turn. The Eastern India Motion Pictures Association has obtained a stay order from Calcutta High Court on the FD’s demand.

RAM GOPAL VARMA

Moving on to fresh challenges

As the reports of his latest film, Mast trickle in Ram Gopal Varma remains true to the spirit of the film. Not really bothered with box-office verdict, he remains calm and thoughtful,

What a Gesture!

It was a moment when tears of joy (call it some “very strange happiness”) bordered on every eye-lid and threatened to flow. Lata Mangeshkar had just completed singing one more song for Dev Anand (“whose fan I have always been”) and his company.

BR Chopra wins Phalke at last

BR Chopra, the 85-year-old filmmaker who has won almost all the major awards in the country, now has a new one to top them all, the Dadasaheb Phalke for 1998 for his long and outstanding contributions to Indian cinema.