Dabangg Stills

Dabangg, the 2010 Hindi action film directed by Abhinav Kashyap and produced by Arbaaz Khan, features Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha (daughter of Shatrughan Sinha) in lead roles. It is the debut film of Sonakshi Sinha as an actress, for Arbaaz Khan as a producer and for Abhinav Kashyap (brother of director Anurag Kashyap) as a director. The movie Dabangg also features Om Puri, Vinod Khanna, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar, Arbaaz Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Mahie Gill, Malaika Arora (item number) and Sonu Sood (main antagonist) in supporting roles.

Dabangg was released on 10 September 2010, and the film broke many records at the box office within the first week of its release. The film set the records of the highest opening day grosser and the highest weekend grosser of all time at the Indian box office, breaking records set earlier held by 3 Idiots. It is now the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time and the highest-grossing film of 2010.

Sonakshi Sinha went on a special diet and trained for two years in order to get into shape for her role of a village girl, reports said. The film was mostly shot in Maharashtra and a song and some other portions were shot in UAE.

The film Dabangg received mostly positive reviews from critics and was welcomed by audiences in packed cinema halls. Dabangg also received positive response in the overseas markets such as USA, UAE, UK, Australia, Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji, and some other territories of Europe, Asia and Africa.

The film was produced at a budget of Rupees 42 crore (US$ 9.11 million) and it could collect a gross revenue of Indian rupees 104 crore (US$ 22.57 million) as the initial 10-day collections. Producer Arbaaz Khan and elder brother Salman Khan are on cloud nine as the film did exceptionally well at the box office and they plan a sequel, Dabangg 2, about which Arbaaz Khan said, "Yes, there's a 110% possibility that we will start Dabangg 2, but when that will happen is yet undecided. See, Salman has several commitments to fulfill, so Dabangg 2 will take some time to start. But it's definitely on the cards."

The Great Bollywood Splitsville: Katrina-Salman

Reports say it's official: they have split! Who is the next Bollywood hottie on queue in Salman's life? I think you know it. The grapewine says that she is already in service of the HUNK! And what about Katrina? Let's see! I have stories to explode here, as a spybird from Mumbai just arrived, and I just have to stop and record the next biggest love/romance/marriage/split stories and come back! See ya after a couple of beers; no fears, come back after 3 hours for the GREAT BOLLYWOOD SPLIT MASALA ever for those American desis, who always demand more and are never satisfied, as Salman is!

Veer - the comeback film of Salman Khan?

Veer, originally uploaded by jaaneman.

The Bollywood film Veer, slated for release this month, directed by Anil Sharma of ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ fame, stars Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Zarine Khan, Lisa Lazarus, Neena Gupta and others. The screen play, written by Salman Khan, is an epic film set in 1820s. It is the love story of the warrior Veer of the Pindari clan of rulers who fight against the British forces. The trailer of Veer was released in November 2009 at the screening of Priyadarshan's De Dana Dan. The trailer was released worldwide and the first song promo ‘Salaam Aaya’ was released in December 2009. The music was composed by Sajid-Wajid and the lyrics written by Gulzar.

The year 2009 was not so good for Bollywood from the point of view of box office hits, excepting some films like the Aamir Khan starrer ‘3 Idiots’ that has been declared a super success. Some of the major Bollywood productions like KITES, Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming flick ‘My Name Is Khan’ are awaiting release this year. But most critics feel that ‘3 Idiots’ that surpassed the success of ‘Ghajini’ only because of Aamir’s ‘super marketing strategies’, and Salman Khan is also following similar tactics to market Veer by organizing contests to select the ‘brave people from the real life’ from all over the country, and honouring them at a special function in Mumbai. Salman, who did not have any big hits recently and had to be contented with average releases, is surely looking for a come back to the BIG HITS trail with Veer.

Sienna Miller in India to fight global warming with Salman Khan

Hollywood actress Sienna Miller and Bollywood actor Salman Khan arrive for a special screening of a new Hindi film "Partner" in Mumbai, India.