Photos: Bollywood Stars at TOIFA 2013

TOIFA - "The Times of India Film Awards" is one of the most popular global democratic awards function that honors and recognizes excellence in Hindi Film industry.

TOIFA 2013 schedule:

Toifa 2013 date: The award function will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia from 4th to 6th April, 2013.

 April 4: TOIFA musical extravaganza at Pacific Coliseum.

 April 5: Screenings of popular Bollywood films in multiplexes across British Columbia.

 April 6: TOIFA Red Carpet and Awards ceremony at BC Place.

TOIFA will felicitate the very best from the fields of acting, directing, music, choreography and scripting. The voting is done by Hindi film fans across the world on the basis of nomination categories. There will also be 12 technical awards as well as critics awards which are chosen by the TOIFA advisory panel.

Some of the Bollywood’s biggest stars were caught & clicked at Vancouver international airport who arrived in town to participate and perform at the much-awaited TOIFA awards ceremony. Take a look on Bollywood stars attending TOIFA along with the nominations for TOIFA 2013 awards...

TOIFA 2013 awards for best film:
Barfi
Gangs of Wasseypur
Kahaani
Paan Singh Tomar
Vicky Donor

 

TOIFA award 2013 for best director:
Anurag Basu – Barfi
Anurag Kashyap – Gangs of Wasseypur
Gauri Shinde – English Vinglish
Shoojit Sircar – Vicky Donor
Sujoy Ghosh – Kahaani 

TOIFA awards for best actor male:

Hrithik Roshan – Agneepath
Irrfan Khan – Paan Singh Tomar
Manoj Bajpai – Gangs of Wasseypur I
Ranbir Kapoor – Barfi
Shahrukh Khan – Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Who will take away the award for best actor? Thoughts please...

TOIFA awards for best actor female:
Deepika Padukone – Cocktail
Priyanka Chopra – Barfi
Sridevi – English Vinglish
Vidya Balan – Kahaani  

Is Vidya Balan a strong contender for best actress? Share your views with us.

The Bombay Velvet duo Ranbir Kapoor & Anushka Sharma will get together for the very first time to host the TOIFA 2013 awards ceremony.

Are you excited to see rockstar Ranbir & sultry Anushka together on stage?

Ravishing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with hubby Abhishek Bachchan in Vancouver for the Times Of India Film Awards 2013 (TOIFA).

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan will perform together at the TOIFA Awards in Vancouver on April 6. 

Shiamak Davar is choreographing the couples (Aishwarya & Abhishek) performance for TOIFA awards nite. 

The 'Rockstar' actress Nargis Fakhri

Sensuous Chitrangada Singh and filmmaker Karan Johar will host the Technical Awards and the Fashion ball on 5th April 2013 for TOIFA 2013.

Best actress in supporting role:

Anushka Sharma – Jab Tak Hain Jaan

Dolly Ahluwalia – Vicky Donor

Ileana D’cruz – Barfi

Rani Mukerji – Talaash

Best actor in supporting role:

Annu Kapoor – Vicky Donor
Boman Irani – Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Krushna Abhishek – Bol Bachchan
Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Talaash

Best actor/actress in negative role:
Bipasha Basu – Raaz 3
Rishi Kapoor – Agneepath
Sanjay Dutt – Agneepath
Tigmanshu Dhulia – Gangs of Wasseypur

Best actor/actress in comic role
Abhishek Bachchan – Bol Bachchan
Ajay Devgan – Bol Bachchan
Akshay Kumar – Housefull 2
Annu Kapoor – Vicky Donor

TOIFA awards for best lyrics:

Amitabh Bhattacharya – Abhi Mujhme Kahin (Agneepath)

Gulzar – Saans (Jab Tak Hai Jaan)

Javed Akhtar – Jee Le Zara (Talaash)

Swanand Kirkire – Aashiyan (Barfi) 

Best playback female singer:
Kavita Seth – Tumhi Ho Bandhu (Cocktail)
Shalmali Kholgade – Pareshaan (Ishaqzaade)
Shreya Ghoshal – Itni Si Hasi (Barfi)
Suman Sridhar – Muskaane Jhooti Hai (Talaash)

TOIFA awards for best music director:

Ajay Atul – Agneepath
Pritam Chakraborty – Cocktail
Pritam Chakraborty – Barfi
Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani – Student of the Year

Best playback male singer:
Ayushman Khurana – Paani Da Rang (Vicky Donor)
Mohit Chauhan – Barfi (Barfi)
Nikhil Paul George – Aashiyaan (Barfi)
Sonu Nigam – Abhi Mujhme Kahi ( Agneepath)

TOIFA awards 2013 for debut female:
Alia Bhatt – Student of the Year
Huma Qureshi – Gangs of Wasseypur
Ileana D’cruz – Barfi
Yami Gautam – Vicky Donor
 

TOIFA awards for debut male:
Ayushman Khurana – Vicky Donor
Arjun Kapoor – Ishaqzaade
Varun Dhawan – Student of the Year
Sidharth Malhotra – Student of the Year

Sidharth or Varun - Who's your favorite 'Debut Male'?

The TOIFA Awards 2013 will be telecast on Sony TV in June month (subject to change). 

Tell us your predictions on the TOIFA 2013 awards winners from the above given nomination list in the comments section below.

Stay tuned with us for more latest Bollywood news on movies section of our site.

(Images courtesy: Twitter) 

Bollywood Stars & Indian Celebrity Birthdays in April

Blog friends, sharing with you a comprehensive list of Bollywood Stars & Indian celebrity upcoming Birthdays in April:

2 April - Ajay Devgan

Check out Ajay Devgn's Himmatwala movie review here...

3 April - Jaya Prada, Prabhu Deva

4 April - Lisa Ray, Parveen Babi

5 April - Rupali Anil Ganguli, Sunita Rao

6 April - Suchitra Sen, Sanjay Suri

7 April - Sugufta Ali, Jeetendra, Pandit Ravi Shanker

9 April - Jaya Bachchan

10 April - Kishori Amonkar, Narayan Rane, Ayesha Takia

11 April - Rohini Hattangadi

12 April - Deepak Anand

13 April - Gulshan Bawra, Satish Kaushik

14 April - Subodh Mukherjee, Rajeshwari Sachdev

15 April - Mandira Bedi

16 April - Salim Malik, Lara Dutta

18 April - Poonam Dhillon

19 April - Arshad Warsi, Vasu Bhagnani, Mukesh Ambani

20 April - Babita Kapoor, Mamta Kulkarni, Anjala Zaveri

22 April - B.R. Chopra

23 April - Shweta Menon, Manoj Bajpai, Yana Gupta

24 April - Mac Mohan, Sachin Tendulkar

25 April - Karan Razdan

26 April - Moushumi Chatterjee

27 April - Zohra Sehgal (100 years)

29 April - Deepika Chikhalia

30 April - Komal Nahata 

Among these who is your favorite star? Tell us in the comments section below.

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Buzzintown wishes Buzzin' Birthday to all these stars!

Nagarjuna & Nayantara Photos in Greeku Veerudu Telugu Movie

Greeku Veerudu is an upcoming Telugu movie written and directed by Kondapalli Dasaradh Kumar; produced by D Siva Prasad Reddy under Kamakshi Movies banner.

Greeku Veerudu star cast: The film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni and Nayantara in the lead roles. Veteran director-actor K Vishwanath, Meera Chopra, Bharath Reddy and Kovai Sarala are in supporting roles.

Sharing with you photos of Nayantara & Nagarjuna in Greeku Veerudu Telugu movie....

Greeku Veerudu is Nagarjuna’s second film in Dasarath’s direction after romantic Telugu movie Santhosham (2002). 

Stylish King Nagarjuna is playing a role of a NRI & he will be seen in a trendy mustache in this film. At 53 Nagarjuna looks dashing probably thats the reason he enjoys a HUGE female fan following. ;)

Greeku Veerudu movie plot revolves around a NRI's experience visiting India for the first time & his philosophy about the institution of marriage & love.

Sensuous beauty Nayanatara is pairing with Nagarjuna for the second time after successful Telugu movie Boss (2006).

Hey guys, excited to watch the crackling chemistry between Greeku Veerudu lead pair - romance king Nagarjuna & hot Nayantara again?

The film's soundtrack and background scores are composed by S. Thaman. 

Greeku Veerudu songs:

-I Hate Love Stories (Naveen Madhav, Ranjith)

-Osi Naa Bangaram (Hema Chanra, M M Manasi)

-Maro Janmae (Rahul Nambiar, Rita, Parnika, Bindhu)

-Yevaru Lerani (Mallikarjun)

-Ee Parikshalo Thanaki (Haricharan)

-O Naadu Washington (S.P Balasubramanyam)

-Ne Vinnadi nijamena (Ranjith, Rita)

'I hate Love Stories' song from Greeku Veerudu is already topping the music charts. Check out exclusive 'I Hate Love Stories' song making video...





Do you know that Greeku Veerudu movie audio is going to be launched today (3rd April, 2013, Wednesday) & the audio launch event will take place at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad.

Buzz is that audio launch for Greeku Veerudu is coming live on Maa movies from 7:30 p.m. onwards on 3rd April, 2013 & repeat on MAA TV (Nagarjuna is one of the major shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.) from 10 p.m. Will you watch this?

Greeku Veerudu release date: The film is slated to hit the silver screens on 19th April, 2013.

Are you looking forward for romantic family oriented entertainer Greeku Veerudu movie release? Share your opinion with us in the comments section below.

Do remember to visit movies section of our site for latest movie reviews.



(Images courtesy: greekuveerudunag Facebook)

Chashme Buddoor Photos, Songs, Trailer | Ali Zafar, Siddharth, Taapsee

Chashme Buddoor is an upcoming Bollywood comedy film directed by David Dhawan, the ‘king of commercial films’ in Bollywood & produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. It is a remake of the 1981 film of same name. The original 'Chashme Buddoor', produced by Gul Anand & directed by Sai Paranjpye starred Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani and Saeed Jaffrey in the lead roles.

Chashme Baddoor (2013) star cast: The film stars Ali Zafar, Siddharth, Taapsee Pannu, Divyendu Sharma & Rishi Kapoor in the lead roles. Juhi Chawla and Anupam Kher make a special appearance in the movie.

Chashme Buddoor story: Story of Chashme Buddoor revolves around three friends Sid, Jai and Omi (Ali Zafar, Siddharth and Divyendu Sharma respectively) who live together in a small house in Goa. Read Chashme Buddoor story here...

Post successful movies - Tere Bin Laden (2010),  Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011), London Paris New York (2012) (average), Chashme Baddoor is Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar's fourth Bollywood film. 

Ali Zafar will reprise the role of veteran actor Farooque Sheikh in this film for which Farooque Sheikh had also given his blessing & good wishes to Ali. 

Latest Chashme Baddoor Buzz is Ali Zafar won't be participating in CBD promotions in India due to visa problems but Ali has denied all such rumors stating he's away because he is busy shooting E. Niwas' "Aman Ki Asha", a film on India-Pakistan amity. 

Check out exclusive video of Chashme Buddoor movie promotion at Radio Mirchi Studios...


 
 

After doing serious characters in Bollywood movie Rang De Basanti (2006) and Midnight's Children (2012), top-most southern actor Siddharth Narayan will show his funny side for the very first time to Hindi audience in Chashme Buddoor. 

Actor Divyendu Sharma is all set to flaunt his poetic side in CBD remake after giving a rocking comedian performance as 'Liquid' aka Nishant Agarwal in his debut film Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011).

Divyendu will reprise the role played by Rakesh Bedi, the poet while Siddharth plays the role of late actor Ravi Baswani.

Popular South Indian actress Taapsee Pannu is making her Bollywood debut with Chashme Baddoor remake.

Taapsee will essay the role played by veteran actress Deepti Naval in the original version.

Buzz is that sultry Taapsee Pannu while working with actor Rishi Kapoor in Chashme Baddoor had confessed to him about her crush on his Bollywood actor son Ranbir Kapoor. 

Ali Zafar and Taapsee Pannu play the lead pair in Chashme Baddoor.

Ali Zafar and Taapsee in a still from Chashme Baddoor. 

Check out more hot Taapsee photos in Chashme Baddoor.

Tapasee makes a real hot jodi with Ali Zafar  
Divyendu Sharma
Siddharth?

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor sports a hippie look in this remake. Do you like Rishi Kapoor's tattoos? We simply loved them...

Do you know Rishi Kapoor will tap dance with actor Ali Zafar in the film? It is after 36 years that he has performed this dance form for a film.

Anupam Kher will be seen in three different yet interesting get-ups in the movie.

All songs of Chashme Baddoor movie have been well received by the music lovers especially 'Har ek Friend Kamina Hota' song is on the top chart busters. Music is composed by Sajid-Wajid & lyrics are penned by Neelesh Misra, Jalees Sherwani and Kausar Munir.

 Chashme Baddoor Songs:

-Har ek friend kamina hota (Sonu Nigam)
- Early Morning (Sonu Nigam)
- Dhichkyaaon doom doom (Ali Zafar, Shreya Ghoshal)
- Ishq Mohalla (Mika Singh, Wajid)
- Andha Ghoda Race Mein Dauda (Wajid Khan, Ali Zafar)

Which is your favorite song from Chashme Buddoor? Watch Chashme Buddoor trailer and other Chashme Buddoor videos of the songs here.

Chashme Buddoor release date: The movie is set to release on 5th April, 2013. Check out more Chashme Buddoor photos here...

Unlike Himmatwala (a remake of Jeetendra and Sridevi starrer mega-hit 1983 film), do you think that  Chashme Baddoor remake will be a hit at the box office & replicate the success of original Chashme Buddoor?

Share your thoughts in the comments section below.