Tag: multi-starrer

  • Jaspal Bhatti joins Sahara’s ‘Karishma’ starcast

    Jaspal Bhatti joins Sahara’s ‘Karishma’ starcast

    MUMBAI: They say “laughter is the best medicine”. Sahara Manoranjan seems to have followed the ‘classic’ prescription when it added popular actor-comedian Jaspal Bhatti to the starcast of its show Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny .

    The show is reportedly struggling in the popularity charts.

    Bhatti will launch his histrionics from the eiposode number 235 onwrds, states an official release.

    The multi-starrer, mega serial features Karisma Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Arshad Warsi, Sheeba, Jugal Hansraj, Mayuri Kango, Tinnu Anand, Deepshika, Ayub Khan, Vijay razz and Vikas Bhalla among others, adds the release.

    The serial produced by Sheeba Akashdeep & Abu Ali Shroff of Cinetek Telefilms has Bollywood director Akashdeep as its creative director.

  • ‘LOTR’ tops BBC’s film of the year poll

    ‘LOTR’ tops BBC’s film of the year poll

    MUMBAI: After being ignored for two years in a row The Lord Of The Rings could finally win some serious gold at the Academy Awards. A recent BBC poll conducted for its show Film 2003 has revealed that the final installment in the trilogy The Return of the King has been chosen by the viewers and by important people in the film industry as their number one choice.
     
     
    The show hosted by Jonathan Ross airs on BBC One in the UK. The other films in the top ten included Quentin Tarantino’s violent blood splattered Kill Bill, Disney’s summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean, Finding Nemo, Brazil’s City of God and the Russell Crowe seafaring adventure Master and Commander. Britain’s multi starrer romantic comedy Love Actually with the who’s who of British cinema also features on the list as expected.

    Celebrities shared their views on which films influenced them the most this year. LOTR star Sir Ian McKellen revealed that Calendar Girls moved him to tears. Ben Affleck, whose romance with Jennifer Lopez has made headlines throughout the year chose Love Actually.

    Any film seen in cinemas in Britain this year was eligible. The vote closed on 16 December.