Hrithik Rosahn is brand ambassador fo new Cinthol

Cinthol the popular and much-loved brand of Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL), unleashed '24-hour confidence' with its new range of soaps, talc and deo sprays in three exciting fragrances - Classic, Cologne and Sport in a trendy new packaging. Even its earlier products Cinthol fresh soap and Cinthol regular soap will now be available in a new and exciting packaging.

Speaking at the launch, Mrs Tanya Dubash (Executive Director and President-Marketing of Godrej Industries), said "The new Cinthol range stands for confidence of achievers who constantly strive to realize their aspirations without stopping. Cinthol gives them '24-Hour Confidence' and enables them to lead a 'Don't Stop Life'. Hrithik Roshan was chosen as the brand ambassador as he exudes confidence and doesn't stop till he meets the high benchmarks he sets for himself"


Hrithik added, "It's an honour for me to be associated with a brand like Cinthol which has such a strong legacy. As Cinthol is all about '24- Hour confidence', energy and a 'Don't Stop Life' attitude, it was very natural for me to associate with this brand. Its in perfect sync with my lifestyle and attitude"

So, get ready to see Duggu flaunt his macho look for this commercial soon.

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The Other Boleyn Girl

Aside from the frolicking of the Greek gods, the bedroom high jinks of the European royals may be the closest thing we have to a ready-made literary-historical soap opera. The saga of Henry VIII has always had a special contempo juiciness. Yes, it happened 500 years ago, but it hinges on

the invention — or, at least, the popularization — of divorce, a fact portrayed with indelible flair in such pop cultural touchstones as A Man for All Seasons and The Six Wives of Henry VIII. The latest incarnation of the saga, The Other Boleyn Girl, is a classy romantic cocktail distinguished by its tart yet breezy bite. It was written by Peter Morgan, and here, as in the two celebrated films he scripted in 2006 — The Queen and The Last King of Scotland — Morgan displays a breathless fascination with the lace-on-steel intricacies of power. He turns gossip into art, or tries to.

Early in The Other Boleyn Girl, we're asked to marvel at the unseemliness of the Boleyn men, as they engineer a liaison at the family's country estate between their eldest eligible lass, the dark-haired flirt Anne (Natalie Portman), and King Henry himself (Eric Bana), whose queen has failed, over and over, to provide him with a male heir. It's funny, in a grand way, to see a scandalous extramarital fling orchestrated with the pomp of a debutante ball. At the estate, Henry has a hunting accident that results, indirectly, from Anne's hubris. He returns, in a huff, to the royal court, and the only way that the family can get back in his good graces is to offer up its other daughter, the wholesome, honey blond Mary (Scarlett Johansson). Which makes the whole sordid setup feel like a glorified act of pimping.

The king takes to Mary — to her curves and her amber waves of hair, to her gentle supplicant nature. (Few actresses know how to submit with the parted-lip sensuality of Scarlett Johansson.) That's how the Boleyns, with an ambition that is literally naked, open the door to power. Yet the quality that Morgan, as a screenwriter, is most drawn to is the power of persuasion — the kind that intrigues with its duplicity, that harvests bold choices from limited opportunities. Thus the agent of action the movie revolves around is Anne, who after a brief exile to France returns, ready to exert her influence in a way that's both cold and admirable, ruthless yet nobly feminist. She will have the king after all, but on her own terms. And she'll make him think it was on his.

The Other Boleyn Girl offers the pleasures you want, and expect, from a middlebrow royal-court soaper. The actors playing the scheming Boleyns flex their eyebrows on dastardly cue, and the director, Justin Chadwick, shoots the castle interiors with a grandeur just primitive enough to make parlors barely distinguishable from tower prison cells. As Henry, Eric Bana, huge and mighty and bearded, his eyes aglow, wears his big square layers of decorative fabric with majestic physicality. He's courtlier, less infantile, than the Henrys we're used to, until he gets to the bedroom, where he treats women like legs of mutton — as tasty treats to be devoured.

A disenchanted fairy tale about what happens after its sister Cinderellas move to the castle, The Other Boleyn Girl is crisply enjoyable, its cynicism polished to a high sheen, yet there's also something rigid and slightly locked-in about it. Morgan's characters are a little too abstract this time. They manipulate engagingly, yet they don't fully breathe. Adapting a novel by Philippa Gregory, Morgan imposes a structure that is nearly always visible — far more so than in his modern political dramas (like The Queen or the rise–of–Tony Blair teleplay The Deal), in which the psychology of the scheme is all. Henry, after countless mistresses, is supposed to finally fall hard for the one woman who will stand up to him. But the way the film presents it, his latent swooning is just another piece in the puzzle. You don't quite buy it.

What you do believe is the self-deluded treachery of Portman's Anne. There's a bold new authority to the actress' sensuality. She sparkles with deception, daring to flaunt passion as well as ambition. Anne, a woman ahead of her time, isn't quite shrewd enough about her own time. Yet as she uses her wiles, not merely to seduce the king but to render that seduction legitimate, she fulfills herself and destroys herself, making the world safe for social climbers everywhere. B

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The Akshay Kumar In The Thums Up Ad Making

Check out the pacey, racy and rocking ad where the cool dude and stunning Akshay Kumar chases a truck just to taste the thunder. A Must Watch Making. Take a look!

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Shahrukh Khan more popular than Tom Cruise

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A year ago, Shahrukh Khan was asked how he felt about a report that 3.2 billion people knew him, while only 2.7 billion across the world knew Tom Cruise.Replying with his trademark humility, Khan pointed out that Cruise still made more money thanks to Hollywood's marketing and pricing power. "So there, we do fall short," he had said.



But,recent indications show that King Khan will have less room to complain in the ears to come. Bollywood cash flow has just begun to build up in tandem with its
effort to build global scale and reach. And last month, there was an opportunity
to guage the current market appeal of both Khan and Cruise. Lions for Lambs,
directed by Robert Redford and starring Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep released
about the same time as Om Shanti Om (OSO), directed by Farah Khan and starring
Shahrukh Khan and debutante Deepika Padukone. Cruise's movie, which had consumed
$35 million in production, garnered $10.3 million in 45 markets on its opening
weekend. Khan's movie, also his home production, grossed $19 million worldwide
in its opening weekend.



But the most thumping show of the rising might of Indian films came Tamil Superstar
Rajinikant's Sivaji , which collected between Rs 100-150 crore worldwide —
the highest for any Indian film so far. While OSO and Sivaji are just like oases
in a desert, they show that Indian movies have it in them to be global
offerings.



Bollywood is sure to make a determined bid to narrow its revenue gap with Hollywood, experts say. Advances in digital technology have brought down the cost of prints — a ig cost element — by as much as 90%. That has made it easier for Indian
film producers to put out many more prints for distribution. So a movie like OSO
is today able to release with a simultaneous print run of 1,400, of which 500
are digital.

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Weekend Hollywood Box Office - Dec 21 - 25 weekend

This Wk	Last Wk	Title	Dist.	Weekend Gross	Cumulative Gross	Rlse Wks	# of Theaters
1	-	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	$65,444,195	$65,444,195	1	3832
2	-	I Am Legend	Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	$47,685,378	$150,950,671	2	3620
3	-	Alvin and the Chipmunks	20th Century Fox Distribution	$38,609,310	$94,476,107	2	3499
4	-	Charlie Wilson's War	Universal Pictures Distribution	$15,952,430	$15,952,430	1	2575
5	-	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures International	$13,635,390	$13,635,390	1	1249
6	-	Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem	20th Century Fox Distribution	$9,515,615	$9,515,615	0	2563
7	-	P.S. I Love You	Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	$9,283,468	$9,283,468	1	2454
8	-	The Golden Compass	New Line Cinema	$6,950,000	$51,379,000	3	2953
9	-	Juno	Fox Searchlight Pictures	$6,817,494	$9,802,170	3	998
10	-	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Sony Pictures Releasing	$6,257,174	$6,257,174	1	2650

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Neha Dhupia Photoshoot-Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama

Cast : Neha Dhupia, Rati Agnihotri, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Aashish Chaudhary, Amrita Arora, Mona Thiba, Sanjay Mishra, Razzak Khan, Allan Kapoor, Zia Biswas, Riya Biswas

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Shah Rukh Khan's new role as Nokia handsets Promoter

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Shah Rukh Khan appeared at a media
event in Mumbai, Sunday, December 23, to promote Nokia cell phones.
This is the first time since Nokia's entry into India that a celebrity
has been roped in for their brand campaign.

Rattled by the increase in the market share of rivals Motorola
and Sony Ericsson, brands promoted by Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek
Bachchan respectively, the Finnish cell phone giant has roped in Shah
Rukh Khan to promote their products.

Shah Rukh Khan at a media event in Mumbai, Sunday, December 23, to promote Nokia cell phones. Photo Credit: Sawf News

Shah Rukh appears in a television commercial launched Dec 21, shot by Pradeep Sarkar, who directed films such as Parineeta and Laaga Chunari Me Daag.

The promo shows Shah Rukh on and off the sets, balancing his work and life by staying connected through his Nokia.

He is shown using different Nokia products such as checking his
e-mail on one of the phones and interacting with his fans as they take
his pictures on Nokia handsets.

"Shah Rukh Khan represents youth, he is trendy and also tech
savvy. He has been a Nokia user for the last ten years and hence, this
association," explains Devinder Kishore, Director Marketing, Nokia
India.

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Making of Aamir's Taare Zameen Par

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Taare Zameen Par EXCLUSIVE New Promo / Trailer

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Movie Review : Taare Zameen Par

By indiafm

Tuesday Dec 18 3:10 PM

Come to think of it, after two back-to-back hits [RANG DE BASANTI, FANAA], Aamir Khan
could've given a positive nod to any masala flick and chosen to work
with anyone he desired. But he preferred to make a film on a dyslexic
kid, make him the focal point of the story and don three caps-
producer, actor and director.

At the very outset, let's make one thing clear. TAARE ZAMEEN PAR
isn't one of those films that merely entertains, but also enlightens.
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR is one film that makes you peep into a child's mind
and how some parents, in their pursuit to make them 'stronger'
academically, forget that there's hitherto untapped talent that needs
to be nourished and encouraged.

TAARE ZAMEEN PAR drives home a strong message, making you empathize
with the kid, compelling you to draw parallels with your life, making
one realize that some of the renowned geniuses were once scoffed at,
but the world had to bow down to their intellect later.

Sure, TAARE ZAMEEN PAR boasts of a story that strikes a chord, but
most importantly, it has been treated with such sensitivity and
maturity that you're left shell-shocked in amazement by the sheer
impact it leaves at the end of this 18 reeler.

TAARE ZAMEEN PAR heralds the birth of a topnotch storyteller-Aamir
Khan. To choose a story that's a far cry from the mundane stuff that's
being churned out like factory products, requires courage and
conviction and to execute it with panache is a rarity.

Those who somewhere nursed a grudge that the camera follows Aamir in
all his films, will chew their words once they watch TAARE ZAMEEN PAR.
Yes, Aamir has a key role to portray as an actor, but the camera
captures the child's emotions like never before in a Hindi film. Also,
let's also clear the myth about TAARE ZAMEEN PAR being a kiddie film.
It's not! It's about children. Note the difference! >>>more

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Salman Khan's Wax - Madame Tussaud At London 2008 EXCLUSIVE

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Salman Khan & SRK Hot Shots In KBC (My Signature Collection)

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Top 10 Songs of this Month

• Dus Dus Dus (Dus Kahaniyaan)

• Khushboo Sa Woh Meri Saason Mein (Khoya Khoya Chand)

• Kholo Kholo (Taare Zameen Par)

• Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)

• Yoon Shabnami Phele (Saawariya)

• Aaja Nachle (Aaja Nachley)

• Taare Zameen Par - Title Song (Taare Zameen Par)

• Ishq Ka Kalma (Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal)

• Labon Ko Labon Pe (Bhool Bhulaiyaa)

• Khwabon Se Nikal Ke To Aaja (Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama)

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Rocking premiere of Dus Kahaniyan

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Secrets of Success Behind " OM Shanthi OM"

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is credited with the healthy box-office run of "Om Shanti Om”, has attributed the film’s success to debutant actress Deepika Padukone.

Khan, 42, is seen in every frame of the film either pulling off hilarious antics or flaunting his six-pack. His shirtless song-and-dance sequence has been one of the main reasons behind the film’s success.

The actor, however, says the main attraction of the film is his co-star Padukone, a model and daughter of India's renowned badminton player Prakash Padukone.

"Om Shanti Om" is the story of a struggling junior actor who is killed. He is reborn to become a star who goes on to seek the killer and his lady love (Padukone) from the previous birth.

"The star of the film is Deepika. She has done a great job in the film. We all tried to outdo her by our performance but she has managed to beat us all," Khan said during an event held late on Wednesday in Mumbai.

"Her acting in the film is excellent and she has the potential to become a great actress in the future."

Seven days into its release "Om Shanti Om" is still running to packed theatres across India. Analysts say the popularity of Bollywood's most bankable actor will see the film set new records in box office collections.

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HOLLYWOOD BOX-OFFICE REPORT

1.Enchanted

Weekend Gross: $16,403,316
Gross To Date: $70,000,316
Last Week's Rank: 1
Weeks In Release: 2
Number of Theaters: 3,730
Theatre Avg: $4,397
Percent Change: -52%


Beowulf

Weekend Gross: $8,208,565
Gross To Date: $68,939,986
Last Week's Rank: 3
Weeks In Release: 3
Number of Theaters: 3,249
Theatre Avg: $2,526
Percent Change: -50%

This Christmas

Weekend Gross: $7,941,068
Gross To Date: $36,431,987
Last Week's Rank: 2
Weeks In Release: 2
Number of Theaters: 1,858
Theatre Avg: $4,273
Percent Change: -56%

Hitman

Weekend Gross: $6,021,927
Gross To Date: $30,426,328
Last Week's Rank: 4
Weeks In Release: 2
Number of Theaters: 2,468
Theatre Avg: $2,440
Percent Change: -54%

Awake

Weekend Gross: $5,856,872
Gross To Date: $5,856,872
Last Week's Rank: New
Weeks In Release: 1
Number of Theaters: 2,002
Theatre Avg: $2,925
Percent Change: New

Fred Claus

Weekend Gross: $5,501,437
Gross To Date: $59,784,054
Last Week's Rank: 6
Weeks In Release: 4
Number of Theaters: 3,420
Theatre Avg: $1,608
Percent Change: -48%

August Rush

Weekend Gross: $5,021,435
Gross To Date: $20,225,907
Last Week's Rank: 7
Weeks In Release: 2
Number of Theaters: 2,310
Theatre Avg: $2,173
Percent Change: -47%

Stephen King's The Mist

Weekend Gross: $4,553,008
Gross To Date: $19,563,276
Last Week's Rank: 9
Weeks In Release: 2
Number of Theaters: 2,423
Theatre Avg: $1,879
Percent Change: New

Bee Movie

Weekend Gross: $4,444,798
Gross To Date: $117,616,494
Last Week's Rank: 5
Weeks In Release: 5
Number of Theaters: 3,150
Theatre Avg: $1,411
Percent Change: -62%

No Country for Old Men

Weekend Gross: $4,385,290
Gross To Date: $22,914,851
Last Week's Rank: 11
Weeks In Release: 4
Number of Theaters: 995
Theatre Avg: $4,407
Percent Change: -44%

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BOLLYWOOD BOX OFFICE REPORT

TOP 5 FILMS

1. OM SHANTI OM
2. SAAWARIYA
3. JAB WE MET
4. BHOOL BHULAIYA
5. LAAGA CHUNARI MEIN DAAG

OM SHANTI OM
Director: Farah Khan
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal,
Shreyas Talpade
Plus Points: Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan at helm, hit music and mammoth publicity
Weak Points: Arjun Rampal as villain, second half less entertaining compared to first half
Box-Office verdict: Smash Hit

SAAWARIYA
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan
Plus Points: Sanjay Leela Bhansali at helm, debut of star kids Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, massive publicity
Weak Points: poor story, no visual relief, loopholes in script, Ranbir as a loser
Box-Office verdict: Average

MUMBAI SALSA
Director: Manoj Tyagi
Cast: Linda Arsenio, Indraneel Sengupta, Dilip Thadeshwar, Manjari Phadnis, Vir Das, Neelam Chauhan, Ray Irani
Plus Points: writer of acclaimed Page 3 turning director, expertise of Vikram Bhatt as producer, targeted at youth with glamour
Weak Points: Lack of face value, limited appeal of the subject, unconventional and dry first half
Box-Office verdict: Flop

SPEED
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Cast: Zayed Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Aftab Shivdasani, Aashish Chaudhary, Sanjay Suri, Tanushree Dutta
Plus Points: Solo release of the week, decent star cast, Vikram Bhatt whose forte is thriller
Weak Points: Poor replication of Hollywood flick Cellular, poor music, poor screenplay
Box-Office verdict: Flop

LAAGA CHUNARI MEIN DAAG
Director: Pradeep Sarkar
Cast: Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Abhishek Bachchan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kunal Kapoor
Plus Points: banner of Yash Raj Films, Pradeep Sarkar, whose last film 'Parineeta' was hit, excellent performances.
Weak Points: Predictable plot, cameo role of Abhishek (his fans expected more of him in the film), poor music despite a film from YRF
Box-Office verdict: Flop

BHOOL BHULAIYAA
Director: Priyadarshan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Amisha Patel, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Paresh Rawal
Plus Points: Akshay Kumar who is riding high on success, successful combination of Akshay with Priyadarshan, hit number Hare Ram Hare Krishna
Weak Points: weak music barring one song, halfhearted performance by Shiney Ahuja, little lengthy second half.
Box-Office verdict: Hit

GO
Director: Manish Srivastav
Cast: Gautam Gupta, Nisha Kothari, Rajpal Yadav, Kay Kay Menon
Plus Points: Backed by Ram Gopal Varma, couple of action scenes
Weak Points: Outdated plot, childish direction, irritating Nisha Kothari and loads of weak points
Box-Office verdict: Flop

CHHODON NAA YAAR
Director: Dilip Sood
Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Kim Sharma, Mahak, Kabir Sadanand, Vinod Nagpal
Plus Points: True to its title nothing worth mentioning here
Weak Points: unsolved mystery, poor narration backed by poor performances, misguiding promotion
Box-Office verdict: Washout

IT'S BREAKING NEWS
Director: Vishal Inamdar
Cast: Koel Puri, Harsh Chhaya, Vinay Apte, Atul Parchure, Virendra Saxena
Plus Points: Engrossing story, good performances and direction
Weak Points: Lack of face value, low publicity, wrong time of release
Box-Office verdict: Washout

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Videocon Shahrukh Dhoni 'Brothers' Commercial

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Saawariya – the saga in green posture

Yet another grand presentation by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Saawariya feature debutants Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Ranbir – son of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, and Sonam daughter of Anil Kapoor. Rani and Salman also make special appearances in the movie. The Diwali release is already making rave news with the theatrical trailers being released. Enjoy the first publicity posture released officially!

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