The 18th Colors Screen Awards, 2012 was a night full of glitz, glamour and entertainment.

Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision’s ROCKSTAR shined at the glittering award show as it won three prestigious awards including The Best Actor, Best Playback Singer (Male) and Best Music categories.

While Ranbir Kapoor’s role in the film won him best actor award, composer A. R. Rahman, who has multiple national and international awards to his credit, was awarded the best music director’s trophy for his chartbusting music in ROCKSTAR.

Singer Mohit Chauhan won the best male singer trophy for the song ‘Phir Se Ud Chala’ in the musical romantic saga.

The evening was indeed an eventful one for team ROCKSTAR and we are sure that this is just the beginning to a very successful run at other award functions to come! Source

UTV Motion Pictures today announced the release date for BARFI! as July 13, 2012.
The film is directed by Anurag Basu and the cast is Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and newbie Ileyana, who are playing the lead roles. The music of the film is composed by Pritam.

BARFI! is a story of a young man who is cute but shrewd as well. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can’t speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Because he can’t!

BARFI! is a rollercoaster of emotions. Source

5) Don 2

Panned by many critics, this film makes it to the list for not only being the first genuinely slick action flick of Bollywood, but also because it brought  back memories of a Shahrukh Khan we didn’t despise. Don 2, despite its slow pacing and rather humdrum plot, worked rather gloriously because the Don himself got to deliver some fun punchlines; wear masks of actors far more good looking than him and romance the girl with the sexiest pout in Asia, Priyanka Chopra. Looking back at the year, this is the only mega hit of 2011 that was actually fun to sit through.

4) Stanley Ka Dabba

This film should be much higher up, if only it wasn’t for the lack of its mainstream elements. Yet, this is a small-scale, simple and spectacular film that works as effectively in providing a refreshing twist to the poor state of children’s cinema in India as it does in tugging at the heartstrings without trying too hard. The Partho kid is rather neat, but his father, director Amole Gupte (the writer of Taare Zameen Par) is the one who takes the cake here. A must-see!

3) Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

This film is in our list because this is, by far, the best looking flick of the year, a tour-guide to Spain that unimpressively breezed through much frivolity and mush before taking off the covers and showing us a heart and a soul. This was mainstream, commercial cinema that had something to say — and while the underlying theme was rather stale — the packaging was pretty damn great. Katrina rode a bike all the way through Barcelona only to give a man a kiss, Hrithik Roshan stood opposite her to complete the fantastic looking pair and Farhan Akhtar rose above the role to truly give a heartfelt performance.

2) The Dirty Picture

First banned and then unbanned in Pakistan, this gutsy film is perhaps the most unforgettable feature film of the year. The rigorously censored version in Pakistani theatres should be given a miss. This one is to be seen at home, late at night when kids and parents have been put to sleep. Revolving around a vulgar little South Indian item girl, The Dirty Picture is far braver an achievement than Delhi Belly — another push-the-envelope feature — simply because it uses a female to forward the theme. And what a female she is! Vidya Balan — a genuine actor revelling in her onscreen glory with such remarkable glee — is the one reason why this film is so high up on this list. Trendsetting stuff!

1) Rockstar

Take a bow, ladies and gentlemen. In a year when Aamir was absent, Hrithik was sleepy, Shahrukh and Salman were busy baking blockbuster recipes; one guy stood up and showed them all who the real daddy of performance is. Ranbir Kapoor and this realistic story of music, love and pain are not stuff that Bollywood is used to. Kapoor is a superstar and a spectacular actor who knows how to pull off both sides of him at the same time.

After the path breaking success of the first ever BIG Star Entertainment Awards last year (phenomenal record breaking 5.78 TVR) the team was back again this year with yet another night full of glitz, glamour and entertainment on 18th December at Bhavan’s College ground.

Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision’s ROCKSTAR, outshone from all its other contenders as it was one of the most nominated movies of this year. The movie was nominated in several categories like Most Entertaining Movie, Most Entertaining Actor in a Leading Role, Most Entertaining Director, Most Entertaining Song, Best Playback singer Male etc.

ROCKSTAR produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision was presented five prestigious awards including Best Romantic Film, Best Actor & Best Romantic Actor (both Ranbir Kapoor) along with Best Song – ‘Sadda Haq’ and Best Singer Male (both Mohit Chauhan)

The evening was indeed an eventful one for team ROCKSTAR and we are sure this is just the beginning to a very successful run at the other award functions to come! Source

The Kapoor boy is pitted against Khan for the most entertaining actor award at an event

Salman Khan is slated to get jiggy this Sunday at an entertainment awards event.

The star will dance to his popular dance numbers like Character Dheela.

Sallu has also been nominated for the most entertaining actor and will battle it out for the honours with Ranbir Kapoor.

No prizes for guessing who will win. Source

All things considered, writer-director Imtiaz Ali is most thrilled by the fact that Rockstar has evoked wildly different reactions, “a mix of thousand different things.”

Every person who Imtiaz has met so far has come up with his/her own unique interpretation of his ambitious musical.

Imtiaz himself, however, is of the view that he is never fully satisfied with any film. “I usually feel that there’s always something that I could have done better, that I could have done things differently,” he says. As Rockstar continues to be the talk of the town, Imtiaz speaks to Shaikh Ayaz from Delhi:

What are some of the best or worst reactions you have heard about Rockstar? More

Ranbir Kapoor starrer ‘Rockstar’ has got off to a flying start with the film managing to earn Rs 11 crore plus on the opening day itself. Directed by director Imtiaz Ali, known for making films like ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Love Aaj Kal’, the story revolves around a Jat boy who aspires to become a famous rockstar like Jim Morrison.

The interesting pairing of Ranbir and Nargis Fakri topped with melodious music by A.R. Rahman has managed to draw in the crowds.

According to a press release, the film has managed to earn Rs. 11.25 crore plus on the opening day Friday, across all cinemas in India.
Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri’s much awaited movie ‘Rockstar’ opens this Friday.

Even though the film has received a mixed response at the box-office, Ranbir’s performance has been appreciated by everyone – audience and the critics. More

Ranbir Kapoor, who is eight films old, will next be seen playing a rockstar in Imtiaz Ali’s film of the same name. “I have completed four years in the industry. My film Saawariya released on 9 November, 2009. But I feel that my journey has just begun. I have worked with very good directors. And I am looking forward to working with many more,” Ranbir said.

The actor, whose upcoming film Rockstar is ready for release, says that the past four years have been a great learning period for him. “I have learnt an important lesson in the past four years and that is to stay focused and concentrate on my work. Factors like fame, money are temporary in life. What stays till the end is the respect that we earn,” he said. More

The song Sadda Haq from Ranbir Kapoor starrer Rockstar has been in the news for all the right reasons. Until now.

A closer look at the song shows people waving the Free Tibet flag and it is this shot that has become a bone of contention between the Central Board of Film Certification and the film’s director, Imtiaz Ali. The board had asked Ali to blur the flag and the Free Tibet slogans but the director has reportedly refused to do that.

When asked whether he was concerned about the board’s stance, the director said: ” I am not concerned at all. I have been out of India for long and I am not concerned at all.”

The fear is that the song Sadda Haq, which translates into Our Right in English, may look like a promotion for the Tibetan cause,, a sensitive issue in India-China relations. More

Ranbir Kapoor’s role as the reluctant but ruthless politician in hit political thriller “Raajneeti” earned him a lot of praise, but his “Anjaana Anjaani” failed to garner the same response. Now the young actor is hoping to make a mark with “Rockstar”, releasing Friday, where his character goes through various shades.

For the film, he teamed up with young director Imtiaz Ali, known for making films like “Jab We Met” and “Love Aaj Kal”.

The musical drama with Delhi as its backdrop tells the story of Janardhan Jakhar (Ranbir), a Jat boy living in the middle-class locality of Pitampura who dreams of becoming a famous rockstar like Jim Morrison. More

The rockstar Ranbir Kapoor will launch a search for actors through a social networking site, Facebook and they will be auditioned on this global site for ” New Star of India”, a three-minute movie. The young star says that nobody has attempted something like this earlier. Watch the Video Ad Here

The 29-year-old, along with Nissan India, is searching for 20 contestants. The aspirants can join the talent hunt competition, which has already started, by uploading a short clip of themselves. Source

Thousands of fans gathered to cheer Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor at his first live concert, organised to promote his soon-to-be-released film Rockstar.

The event was held at Bhavans College ground in suburban Andheri here last night. At the concert, Ranbir was accompanied by the Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman, playback singer Mohit Chauhan, music arranger Ranjit Barot, percussion guru Sivamani and lead actress Nargis Fakhri, among others.

Saadda Haq, the song that has become quite a rage among the youth, was the highlight of the concert.  The ecstatic fans could be seen humming the lyrics of the song, when it was being played. More