The wax statue of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Times Square, New York City, on August 12th coinciding with the DVD release of the award-winning actor’s latest film MY NAME IS KHAN which is now available in stores. AVS Viewers & readers can take advantage of a special buy one [...]
Continue reading...6. June 2010
Mumbai, June 5, 2010: IIFA stormed into its second decade of celebrations with a spectacular Awards night, with 3 Idiots winning a majority of the top awards, including the Best Film and Best Director Award. The Micromax IIFA Awards ceremony was held today at the Sughathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The legend of Indian cinema, [...]
Continue reading...27. May 2010
May 25, 2010 – Talk about Breaking Barriers - The Bilz & Kashif, who soared to neoDesi fame with their super smash hit 2 Step Bhangra are back with a vengeance, and fans clearly think that they are better than ever. A mere one day after releasing their sophomore record, Breaking Barriers, it has rocketed [...]
Continue reading...15. April 2010
Sometimes the greatest inspirations come from the moments in our life that are supposedly “breaks” in between life. As the famous quote by the late great John Lennon goes, “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” As such is the discovery of this very important book. I was gifted this amazing life-transforming [...]
Continue reading...16. February 2010
[New York - February 15, 2010] Karan Johar’s highly anticipated new film MY NAME IS KHAN performed better than expected on Sunday, February 14, grossing $761,000 for a 4% increase over Saturday. The film was initially expected to drop by 7% to $682,000. The Sunday figure now ranks as the highest one-day gross ever for [...]
Continue reading...4. February 2010
On February 1, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol became the first Indian actors to ring the opening bell of New York City’s NASDAQ stock exchange, the world’s largest stock market. The stars of director Karan Johar’s upcoming feature film MY NAME IS KHAN were surrounded by hundreds of fans in Times Square sharing the historic [...]
Continue reading...4. January 2010
On the anniversary of Rahul Dev Burman death — January 4th, 1994 — also known as the beloved composer of most of our lives’ soundtracks, I wanted to share a special film which is now available to all on a collector’s DVD from Shemaroo. I have been fortunate enough to have caught ‘Pancham Unmixed’ on [...]
Continue reading...21. October 2009
1. How did London Dreams happen? I was still shooting for Ghajini but Vipul had seen some of my South Indian films. So I got a call from him and he said he had a role of a headstrong talented girl in his next directorial venture after Namastey London. Obviously I was excited at the sound [...]
Continue reading...3. September 2009
“Welcome to Kashmir. The most dangerous place in the world.” Since this is my first blog on AVS, I thought of writing about my first day of shoot for my film Lamhaa, which I am directing. Lamhaa: Day 1. North Srinagar, a Vegetable Mandi (Wholesale Market) It was a cold winter morning. Most of the unit members, including [...]
Continue reading...16. July 2009
Hi this is Seema Rahmani. Its great to be in New York city, a place i felt was home even before i stepped foot in it. Over 25 years ago, a hopeful, wishful kid in an arabic speaking world where neither the desert environment nor the comfort afforded by its oil felt like the place where [...]
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13. August 2010
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