As you all know we LOVE the glitz and glam that is synonomous with the largest film industry in the world – Bollywood. On Sunday’s show we celebrated the 56th Filmfare Awards – The Indian Film Industry’s equivalent of the Oscars held at Movie Mogul’s YASH CHOPRA’s STUDIOS. The awards were first introduced in 1954, and were initially referred to as the Clare Awards after the editor of The Times of India - Clare A Mandy.
Bollywood has started this year with a bang - WHO KILLED JESSICA - has done really well; YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA has the cash registers ringing world wide and DHOBI GHAT is set to more than recoup its investment.
It's been a week of Bolly Waxing ‘n Washing for us – what do we mean ?
Well we just hope it’ll all come out in the wash! Last week saw the release of Yamla Pagla Deewana and it’s a double dhamaka for the Deols. Their first family trio starrer – Apne – was a hit and now YPD is bringing in the dollars for the Deols as the film is a world wide hit. Director Samir Karnik told us all about working with the magical trio and how wonderful Dharam Ji is. He also revealed he must have been a Punjabi in a previous life as he loves all things to do with the state. He even took Salman Khan to the Golden Temple in his last movie Heroes.
It's all systems go for us after the hurly burly of the festive season – 2011 is all set to be a bumper year for Bollywood. Last week saw the release of the powerful “Who Killed Jessica” which saw powerhouse performances from Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan. Vidya joined us last Saturday fresh from winning the Best Actress Award at the Start Screen Awards for her role as the revenge driven wife in “Ishqiya”. She told us she had organised a special screening for Rekha and promised to give Madam R a big Raj&Pablo hug!
We were joined by Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and chroeographer turned director Farah Khan at Television Centre in London over Christmas.
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