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Watching movies is one of India’s favourite pastimes. But have you ever wondered what actually goes into making a movie? Get ready as BBC World gets up close and personal with Bollywood biggies and examines the film industry through a business lens. An eight episode series titled India Business Report: Bollywood Inc. takes an in-depth look at the corporatisation of Bollywood. Leading filmmakers, financial firms and cinema analysts reveal modes of financing, in-film branding, international marketing and overseas sales. Learn the impact that newage technology and fancy multiplexes have on the industry. Observe the evolution of an actor into a superstar and explore the relationship between Bollywood’s famous song-and-dance routines and some of the greatest blockbusters. So every Sunday at 10 pm in July and August learn the secrets from leading filmmakers of making a mast masala movie in one of the fascinating film industries in the world. A comic act
SHE is a mother-in-law every girl prays she won’t get. Viewers simply love it when she plots evil schemes. But Sudha Chandran is bored of being bad. And what’s more, she’s agreed to do a comic role in Hum Paanch to ensure that she doesn’t get typecast as a vamp. Sudha, who’ll be playing the role of the dead wife, the one essayed with so much aplomb by Priya Tendulkar in the original Hum Paanch, is extremely excited about the image shift. "I know that the character of Ramola Sikand in Kahiin Kisi Roz has given a new meaning to my career but I want to do something different now. I want to show producers that I can be more than just a wicked saas. That’s why I jumped at Balaji’s offer," says she. Though she’ll be confined to a photoframe throughout the sitcom the role is certainly challenging. Now it remains to be seen whether Sudha will be able to make a smooth transition from vicious to virtuous. Sister act
SHE’S the new kid on the block. And a sought after sensation at that. Ever since she scorched the Mumbai theatre scene as the lead in Kya Karen Control Nahin Hota, Gauhar Khan has serial makers hot in pursuit. Sister of TV star Negar Khan, Gauhar, a stunning supermodel who turned heads with several of her ad campaigns and ramp shows, looks all set to storm the small screen. In Kya Karen Control Nahin Hota, she plays a vivacious girl Pinky who gets two very unexpected suitors, Motilal and Champaklal played by Sudhir Panday and Paintal. The old coots are totally besotted by her and refuse to be shaken off even when she tells them she’s happily married. What follows is some side-splitting stuff`A0 Says Gauhar, "I am having a ball doing the play but what I am really looking forward to are TV offers that I’ve got. You’ll be seeing a lot more of me now." If sis Negar’s hot music videos are anything to go by then viewers can expect Gauhar to carry on with the fireworks. — NF |
