Blog Posts by Sayoni Sinha

For the first time, ace director Anurag Kashyap turns script doctor for his Phantom collegue Vikas Bahl

What does a director do when he needs to bounce-off some ideas for his film? Well, he gets in touch with another director. That’s what Vikas Bahl did when he wanted third-eye perspective for his script. Bahl roped in his Phantom Company colleague Anurag Kashyap as his script doctor.
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Says a source, “A director always finds it very difficult to bounce off ideas and discuss his script with someone else. At the same time, it is very necessary to do so. Hence Phantom has now started this trend which is widely followed internationally. Phantom which is the first of its kind is an absolutely no ego zone as to think of it directors which are in a way competing with each other otherwise with their films are now all working together as one entity.”

Internationally once the script is complete, it always goes to the script doctor for a better perspective and to

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Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Bhoot Returns’ receives an 'A' certificate for its trailer

Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Bhoot Returns’ has received an 'A' certificate for its trailer from the Censor Board. Bhoot Returns is a sequel to the 2004 horror film ‘Bhoot’, which had Urmila Matondkar and Ajay Devgn in lead roles. This installment also marks the comeback of Manisha Koirala in Bollywood.

According to the director, fear works best when it happens where you least expect it and to people with whom everyone can identify. 'Bhoot' dealt with a simple everyday couple who get subjected to a ghost in a haunted apartment. Carrying that tradition forward, ‘Bhoot Returns’ will be about a family trapped in a terrifyingly supernatural situation.The film features a little girl playing with a partly visible spirit in the living room in the wee hours and the scene is being captured on a webcam. Also, Varma has made use of optical illusion to lend a frightening effect to the little girl's image on the movie poster.

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The Delhi High Court has upheld the appeal to show Kareena Kapoor smoking on-screen in 'Heroine'

Makers of ‘Heroine’ can heave a sigh of relief. The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of the film and has upheld the appeal to show Kareena smoking in the film . A few days ago, Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film had run into trouble with the Censor Board for the scenes which show Kareena lighting up. The board wasn't too pleased to see the actress blowing smoke on screen.
Pics: Kareena’s Heroine look

Following the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting diktat, the board asked the makers to run an anti-smoking ticker in each scene. Not too happy with the decision, the makers of the film approached the High Court and appealed against this decision of adding a ticker, now that the film is complete and is ready to hit the theatres next week.
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Finally relieved with the decision, a spokesperson from UTV issued a statement saying, "We are happy that the High Court

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