When 'Star Wars' Daisy Ridley had coffee with Harrison Ford!!

Rising star Daisy Ridley is who all set to create a name for herself with JJ Abrams much awaited Star Wars The Force Awakens releasing on 25th December, fondly recollects the first time she met Han Solo aka Harrison Ford and had coffee!!

When asked about her first time meeting with the veteran superstar Daisy said, “When I first met Harrison, we just sat down for a coffee together. He was talking about his experience in the whole thing, not just Han Solo, but the “Star Wars” saga. Then we all had dinner together, which was great”

The actress further showers effusive praise on Director JJ Abrams, who helped her immensely despite the pressures of an ensemble cast and ‘Star Wars’ expectations

“J.J. is amazing. I’ve never really been on a film set before, and everyone adores him. He's very kind, very generous. He was so great at the beginning because I was so nervous. He’s so patient, which is really important for me because I spent a lot of time going, I can’t do this. He made sure everyone on set was feeling great. There’s no one not worthy of a hello and a thank you. There have been so many moments when he’s gotten on the mic and told everyone that the work they’re doing is incredible, which it is. They’re getting that warmth from him that is needed. In such a big film personal relationships can be lost. But, because he is who he is, they’re not at all. Everyone feels praise. Everyone feels loved. Everyone feels appreciated. That is so important. He’s created this incredible world, and in the real world he’s this incredible man as well.” 

Daisy plays Rey , one of the leads of Star Wars: The Force Awakens releasing on 25th December 2015

JP Dutta glad with Ranveer Singh-Arjun Kapoor’s ‘Border Dubsmash’

Arjun Kapoor’s recent Dubsmash on the 1997 hit number ‘Sandese aate hain’ from JP Dutta’s Border has impressed the veteran filmmaker and his daughter Nidhi Dutta.

JP Dutta is glad the younger generation of actors like Arjun still remembers and cherishes movies which the filmmaker used to make and also the songs from the movies of the 90s.

Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor’s regular tweets and Dubsmashes dedicated to each other are known to all. Ranveer recently teamed up with Ayushmann Khurrana to dedicate a Dubsmash to Arjun. They lip-synced to ‘Pardesi pardesi jaana nahi’ to Arjun complaining about how Arjun has no time for him anymore and calling him back to the country.

In response to Ranveer’s complain, Arjun made a Dubsmash on ‘Sandese aate hain’ from Border by smartly picking up the line ‘Main vaapis aaunga’ from the song.

JP Dutta says, “It’s nice to see the young brigade of Bollywood reliving the songs of the 90s and making Dubsmash videos of the same which is also a testimony of the fact that the evergreen songs are still loved by all generations.”

Very soon the veteran filmmaker will be launching his daughter Nidhi Dutta with his home production, Jee Bhar Ke Jee Le, directed by Binoy Gandhi.

Mastizaade motion poster breaks the internet!

Sunny Leone, Tusshar Kapoor and Vir Das have been the talk of the country since the release of the first motion poster of their upcoming naughty comedy, Mastizaade, last night. The film is directed by Milap Zaveri.

The first motion poster that was released live on Tuesday (December 8) went viral and started trending on Twitter within a few minutes of its launch and has received an overwhelming response. The motion poster not only continued to trend for the next 10 hours but even hashtags associated with it like #Jan29, #Mastizaade and director Milap Zaveri’s Twitter handle started trending. The Mastizaade motion poster and Sunny Leone’s Lele twins in their glorious bikini best literally broke the internet much like Kim Kardashian on Paper magazine!

The excitement was so massive that leading Bollywood stars including Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anil Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Emraan Hashmi, Sidharth Malhotra, Esha Gupta, Shaad Randhawa and directors Mohit Suri, Sanjay Gupta and Sujoy Ghosh posted the Mastizaade motion poster on their personal Twitter and Facebook pages. The trade also responded massively, putting out the motion poster and commenting extremely positively on it. Amongst trade experts who did so were Taran Adarsh, Komal Nahta, Girish Johar, Amul Mohan, Akshaye Rathi, Raj Bansal and Harsh Jain.

The motion poster shares a sneak peek into the Mastizaade house, discovering the wild secret behind closed doors! Featuring hot pink rubber balloons, Sunny as the sexy Laila and nerdy Lily, and two crazy boys Tusshar and Vir, the motion poster is hot, steamy and naughty - everything that the film promises to be.

The crazy and naughty comedy co-written by Milap and Mushtaq Sheikh is a raunchy comedy of errors revolving around the hilarious and playful characters Aditya Chotia (Vir Das) and Sunny Kele (Tusshar Kapoor) who fall for the bombshell twin sisters, Lily and Laila.

Directed by Milap Zaveri, the naughty comedy features Sunny Leone, Tusshar Kapoor and Vir Das sharing the screen space together for the first time. It releases in theatres worldwide on January 29, 2016.

Giving a teaser of the masti the film has to offer, the motion poster will make your imagination go wild.

A landmark year for Universal Music Group at the 58th Grammy Nominations!

Label leads across categories with its artists Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd among Top Contenders!

The Official `2016 Grammy Nominees’ album will be released on Universal Music Group next month 

Nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced and leading label Universal Music Group has emerged on top once again. For over 5 decades, the Grammys have been recognizing brilliance in the music community and presenting the most deserving with what has become one of the most prestigious awards in the music business. This year, again saw some of the biggest names in the industry represented by Universal Music Group, garner the largest number of nods includingKendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, James Bay and Drake. 

Lamar, Swift and The Weeknd, all represented by Universal Music are this year’s most nominated artists withKendrick Lamar getting a phenomenal 11 nominations followed by Taylor Swift  and The Weeknd both with 7 nominations each!  

The label also owned the prestigious `Album of the Year’ category with all 5 of its artists nominated - Alabama Shakes, Kendrick Lamar, Chris Stapleton, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd. 

Universal also boasts three of the five Best New Artist nominees: James Bay, Sam Hunt and Tori Kelly. The Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack received 6 nominations, while Drake and Florence + the Machine each received 5 nominations. 

Of the six nominations in the Best Rap Performance category, four nominations have gone to Universal Music artists along with four of five for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Album, Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Country Album. 

To add to the plethora of nominations, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) writer/producer Jeff Bhasker is nominated for Producer of the Year and UMPG writer Lori McKenna is nominated for Song of the Year for Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush”. 

With a hefty roster that is diverse in its artists and genres, the record label can definitely expect to see many of their own take home the highest honors at the 2016 Grammys. 

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, Staples Center

THE 4TH EDITION OF DELHI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CAME TO AN END

The 4th edition of Delhi International Film Festival came to an end with a glittering awards ceremony at N.D.M.C Convention centre, Delhi. The festival which started with an amazing opening at Central Park with Kick starrer Jacqueline Fernandez saw the participation of delegates from more than 70 countries and showcased more than 200 films with an arts section as well. The week long festival was the centre of attraction in the city with many personalities paying their visit to the event.

Where the opening film for the festival was 'Definition of Fear', the closing film paid tribute to the legendary actor Raj Kapoor with the Russian film 'Comrade Raj Kapoor'.  

The guests for the closing ceremony was the National award winning Bengali actress 'Rituperna Sengupta' who presented the trophy and certificate to the awardees. 'Bhavatharna: Crossing Sansara' won the best film across borders. The lifetime achievement award was given to the 'Manjhi' director 'Ketan Mehta'. The Dhemaji Tragedy won the best documentary India. The much talked bout film 'The Lost Salesman of Delhi' won the best social film. The best actor award was given to Major Ali Shah Ali for 'Ruffian' and Martine Malali Zikkia had an emotional moment on stage while winning the best actress awards across borders for the film 'Utopia' and said "By films we do culture not politics".

Ram Kishore Parcha, the founder president of DIFF closed the evening by saying "in the coming years the DIFF will be bigger and bigger"