Kambakht Ishq- remake of Pammal K. Sambandam

Akshay Kumar starrer new upcoming movie Kambakht Ishq is remake of tamil film "Pammal K. Sambandam" which was relesed in year 2002. The movie was biggest hit in 2002. The movie stars Kamal Haasan, Simran Bagga, Sneha, Abbas, and Ramesh Khanna. In the tamil movie, kamal hasan played a role of stunt master where as in Kambakht Ishq the same role is done by Akshay Kumar. On the other hand, Simran, a sworn spinster is replaced by Kareena Kapoor in Hindi version who is a a super model. Other cast of the movie includes Aaftab Shivdasani, Amrita Arora and Dara Singh.Sajid paid Rs. 75 lakh for gaining the remaking rights. The movie is directed by new debutant Saabir Khan. It is said to have cost over Rs. 60 crore. Incidentally, the movie’s release has been postponed due to the face-off between multiplexes and producers/distributors. Instead of 29th May, it may now come in August or July.

Tasveer 8X10 - Biggest flop so far

As the four months have been passed of the current year and many movies have been released in this four months. But Akshay Kumar's TASVEER 8X10 has proven to be a biggest flop of the year as yet. In the first week, film has gatherd less than 8 crores at the box office. If we compare this Nagesh Kukunoor film with some other movies that have released this year, it only paints a sorry picture. Only RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES and DEV D has left the impact on the audience and become two successful films of the year so far. RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES and Dev D had earned 20 crores and 8.5 crores respectively in their opening week. But Tasveer 8X10 is at the bottom among all the flop in the current year like LUCK BY CHANCE (10.5 crores), BILLU BARBER (18 crores), DELHI 6 (22 crores), CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA (26 crores). Before this movie, Akshay Kumar has given another flop CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA to industry. But CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA was much better condition then Tasveer 8X10. Thus, movie breaks all the records at box office this current year!!

Oscar - Slumdog Millionaire with 10 noms

After swept the Golden Globes, Britain's Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, comedy-drama about an orphaned boy of the streets whose life lessons pay off on a game show, has been got ten nominations across nine categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted screenplay, Cinematography, Film editing, Sound editing, Sound mixing, Best Music and Best songs at 81st Academy Award on Thursday. Slumdog Millionaire got the second highest number of Oscar nominations Thursday at 81st Academy Award after David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttton", has begged 13 nominations. Three Out of 10 nominations for Indian musician maestro A R Rahman for his original score and two songs composed by him. He got the nomination for two songs composed by him "O Saya" and "Jai Ho". There is already a strong buzz going around that after his Golden Globe win, Rahman will definitely be winning the coveted Oscar trophy.

"When we first began working on the film I don't think any of us ever imagined that we might end up attending the Oscars ceremony as a result," said Patel after hearing of the nominations. "I'm just so proud to be a part of this project and I have been overwhelmed by the positive reaction to the film," he said. Rahman, the film's composer, also expressed his appreciation for the nominations. "Slumdog Millionaire has paid magical dividends for so many people around the globe. I am deeply honoured to be a part of a film that has inspired so many," he said.

Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle received his first nomination for best director, alongside Britain's Stephen Daldry for The Reader and Benjamin Button's Fincher. On getting nominate for Oscar Danny Boyle said "I am fantastically happy and honoured. Not just for myself but for Vikas Swarup's wonderful novel without which I would have never started my journey to the world's Maximum City, Mumbai". The heart-warming story Slumdog Millionaire won four Golden Globes earlier this month - for best picture, best director, best screenplay and best soundtrack - and has 11 Bafta nominations in total. This past weekend, the film climbed to number 10 on the North American box office chart and has grossed $44.2 million to date. It is currently the number one movie in Britain and releases in India Jan 23.

The Oscar awards, to be hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, will be announced on 22 February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles which will televised on ABC.