She hails from a musical dynasty family and says that she feels she was always meant to be a singer. Her first big break was at age 12 when she sang for the Ost of Mohabbatein and from then on she has worked with some of the best music directors both in the Hindi and South film industries. Not only recording for the films as a playback singer, she is also the lead singer on Ar Rahman’s world tour. We are talking about the fabulous Shweta Pandit. She has been the voice on some hit tunes and most recently you have heard her wonderful vocals on the Mere Brother Ki Dulhan soundtrack on both ‘Madhubala’ and ‘Do Dhaari Talwaar’ and ‘Thug Le’ from Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl. Stacey got the exciting opportunity to quiz her on many different aspects about being a singer in the film industry and boy did...
- 2/19/2012
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Director Mani Shankar has always been known for his fiercely original films like 16 December, Mukhbiir and Rudraksh. Reacting sharply to the plagiarism charges against his latest film Mani, Shankar completely turns the argument on its head by arguing that the film which Knock Out is supposed to have copied is itself a copy. Argues Mani, "First of all just because my film shows some shots of a man in a phone booth being targeted by a man with a gun, it doesn't mean I've made Phone Booth. How utterly ridiculous! It's like saying every love story which has a climax on the airport is copied." Then Mani adds the clincher. "Phone Booth itself is apparently a copy of Kari Skogland's Liberty Stands Still. So I don't see how charges of plagiarism can be levelled at us when the film is itself is not the epitome of originality." L. K. Advani...
- 10/12/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Director Mani Shankar has always been known for his fiercely original films like 16 December, Mukhbiir and Rudraksh. Reacting sharply to the plagiarism charges against his latest film Mani, Shankar completely turns the argument on its head by arguing that the film which Knock Out is supposed to have copied is itself a copy. Argues Mani, "First of all just because my film shows some shots of a man in a phone booth being targeted by a man with a gun, it doesn't mean I've made Phone Booth. How utterly ridiculous! It's like saying every love story which has a climax on the airport is copied." Then Mani adds the clincher. "Phone Booth itself is apparently a copy of Kari Skogland's Liberty Stands Still. So I don't see how charges of plagiarism can be levelled at us when the film is itself is not the epitome of originality." L. K. Advani...
- 10/12/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
New Delhi, She came into the limelight with her coffee bean complexion in "Ajnabee" and was called a scorcher for her skin show in "Jism". But Bollywood beauty Bipasha Basu, who turns 30 Wednesday, has now moved on from being just a sex icon and is signing on mature roles. Voted the Sexiest Asian woman in 2007 by the British weekly newspaper Eastern Eye, the starlet of films like "Rudraksh", "No Entry", "Omkara" and "Dhoom 2" is taking steps towards signing on for serious roles."If I don't like what's being offered, I won't sign anything (any more)," Bipasha had earlier told Ians in an interview.Her stint with arthouse movie started with Prakash Jha's 2005 political drama "Apaharan". He presented her in a deglamourised role, but it was Ajay ...
- 1/6/2009
- Bollywoodworld.com
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