Bollywood’s favourite movie couple Shahrukh Khan and Kajol Devgan will grace the BBC Asian Network with their presence for ‘Shahrukh Day’ on 5 February. Joined by film director, Karan Johar, they will all speak to the network about their lives and their upcoming movie My Name is Khan. Dedicating much of the day’s programming to the Bollywood greats, the station...

Karan Johar tells us that he thinks his mother has stopped asking him to get her a bahu because she does not wish to share her jewellery with any one else. Why did you chose to make a serious issue based film like My Name Is Khan? I am often asked as to why I chose to go down the serious path and set out to make a serious film like My Name Is Khan. Earlier I had made internal...

Filmmaker Karan Johar whose much awaited Shahrukh Khan starrer ‘My Name is Khan’ hits theatres next month, confesses that the success achieved by Aamir Khan’s ‘3 Idiots’ will be a difficult feat to match. The film directed by Rajkumar Hirani has become the highest grosser in the history of Indian cinema, beating the last number one ‘Ghajini’...

Rang De Basanti is a 2006 Indian drama film written and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. It features an ensemble cast comprising Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Madhavan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth Narayan, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni and British actress Alice Patten in the lead roles. Made on a budget of Rs. 250 million (US$5.5 million), the filming was shot in and around...

Post 9/11, there’s anger, distrust, suspicion, uneasiness all around. Not a day passes when you don’t hear of terrorists killing civilians in the name of religion.Many storytellers have, in the past, narrated stories about terrorists and their nefarious and despicable plans. But let me state one thing categorically. You haven’t watched a more profound,...