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NEHA DHUPIA IS PREGNANT, ANGAD BEDI ANNOUNCED

Yes, NehaDupia is pregnant and husband AngadBedi announced the big news with adorable photos on Instagram. On Friday, Angad posted monochrome photos with his wife NehaDhupia, where the actress’ baby bump is visible. Angad captioned the post: “Ha! Turns out this rumor is true. Three of us.”NehaDhupia also Instagrammed her pregnancy photos on her respective […]

Vinod Khanna: 6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017

‘A DEAR FRIEND HAS GONE’ Little did I realize when met Vinod Khanna at the shooting for my friend producer-director Gul Bahar Singh’s film Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi Thi a few months ago at Madh Island where he shot with Hema Malini that it would have been my last meeting with the suave ever […]

“ARTISTES OF MY AGE GROUP ARE NOT NEEDED TODAY” – HARIHARAN

Hariharan, who has come up with a breezy single called HAULE HAULE for singer Sadhana Jejurikar tells his friend from the school days Jyothi Venkatesh that he has never believed in promoting himself as a music director.  NRI Achievers reproduces that conversation for our readers here in this vignette …   You have composed the […]

HINDI CINEMA COMES OF AGE WITH REALISTIC SMOOCH SEQUENCES

A peck on the cheek or a kiss on the lip onscreen is no longer something which can scandalise the viewer. The new crop of actresses today may not be brazen but are certainly bolder than the earlier coy actresses who were content running around trees to show their affection for their leading men. With […]

MIKA SINGH – “A REAL PERFORMER SETS THE STAGE ON FIRE”

Mika Singh, singer, songwriter, composer and performer with a wide catalogue of songs, prominent among which are “Bas Ek King” (Singh Is Kinng), “Mauja Hi Mauja” (Jab We Met), “Ibn-e-Batuta” (Ishqiya), and “Dhanno” (Houseful); took time out to speak to NRI Achievers about his work and his approach to it.  Excerpts from the dialogue we […]

AARTI RANA – “OPEN TO BIKINIS IF MAHESH BHATT OFFERS ME A ROLE”

The smart and petite lass Aarti Rana is indeed a sheer delight to watch on the TV screen. The actress who left audiences spellbound with her dramatic performance in the SAB Sony Comedy show ‘Pritam Pyaare aur Woh,’ the thriller based show ‘Haunted Nights’ and ‘Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat’ on Colors in a sensuous and traditional […]

PRIMA-DONNA OF INDIAN CINEMA

“MY WORST FILMS TOO HAVE CLICKED AT THE BOX OFFICE” – REKHA In this issue of NRI Achievers our Mumbai bureau has managed to pencil in Rekha, noted for her elusiveness and maintaining a safe distance from scribes. Sex-bomb of the the Hindi screen of yesteryears who used to rank a third in the race […]

FACE CHANGING GAMES – STARS PLAY

Acting is by no means an easy job. To get into the mold of the character that an actor is portraying, he has to do a lot of homework and footwork in order to get his teeth into the skin of the character.  Quite often this obsession of actors to act is stretched to abysmal […]

NIHARICA RAIZADA …. I HAVE NO INHIBITIONS

Our Bollywood maven J V managed to catch up with the sexy and beautiful Niharica Raizada, who per happenchance is the granddaughter of the well-known, great and late music director OP Nayyar.  Chatting up with her, NRI Achievers comes off with the conviction that acting is indeed her passion. Here are excerpts from the conversation […]

VARUN DHAWAN – A STAR ON HIS OWN STEAM

The affable actor who has come to in his own right up the ladder of success after his humble debut with Karan Johar’s THE STUDENT OF THE YEAR and proved his mettle in films like MAIN TERA HERO, HUMPTY SHARMA KI DULHANIYA, BADLAPUR, ABCD 2 and DILWALE tells Jyothi Venkatesh that though he finds the […]

Pratyusha Banerjee death:Suicide or homicide ?

April 2,2016. The death of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee is suicide or homicide ? It is saying that it could be homicidal hanging and not suicide.Police are probing this case from this polint of view also.In the mean while Mumbai police on Saturday summoned television actor Rahul Raj Singh for questioning in connection with the […]

KAJOL…. I HAVEN'T DONE ANY FILM OUT OF PRESSURE

In this interview at the Red Chillies office, spitfire actress Kajol talks about her role in Dilwale and the reason why her chemistry on screen with SRK is smoother than her chemistry with husband Ajay Devgn. An NRI Achievers feature. In what way is DILWALE similar to DILWALE DULHANIYA LE JAYENGE ? I feel quite […]

ALL ABOUT IFFI & THE FILM BAZAR AT GOA

With the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2015, India’s annual film extravaganza, having just come to an end, NRI Achievers brings you a bouquet of interesting nuggets from Goa, written specially for our readers by Jyoti Venkatesh, our cinema maven.  Sit back in your chair, and plunge headlong into it.  You will enjoy it. […]

SEX MOVIES: MINIMUM INVESTMENT, MAXIMUM RETURNS……

Even as big budget films continue to bleed producers (e.g. SHAANDAAR, SINGH IS BLING etc.,) the trend today is to make small budget films sans stars with minimum investment and gain maximum returns at the box office. One of the best options for this to make sleazy films. Sex sells. Neha Dhupia went on record […]