The terror attacks on Mumbai seem to have severely affected film business.

The two new releases, ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ and ‘Sorry Bhai’, have taken a harsh beating at the box-office. While ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ showed 15% - 20% occupancy over the weekend, ‘Sorry Bhai!’ too seemed to be in doldrums almost everywhere. The management of many theatres/plexes were forced to call off shows due to lack of audiences.

Renowned Kazakh film maker Sergei Dvortsevoy’s film “Tulpan” won the Golden Peacock award and a cash prize of Rs 4 million on the closing day of the 39th International Film Festival of India in Panaji.

In the past, ‘Tulpan’, has also won the best feature film and the Golden Eye awards at the Montreal Film Festival and Zurich Film Festival respectively.

The film is also Kazakhstan’s official entry for the forthcoming Oscar awards in the foreign film category.

LONDON, Dec. 2 - The law firm of Carter-Ruck has sent a letter to several British newspapers warning them not to harass its client, television personality Simon Cowell.

Cowell is a judge on the U. K talent show "The X Factor," as well as on the U. S. singing competition series "American Idol."

At the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAS) ceremony, Slumdog Millionaire, an English movie based on the award-winning novel of Indian Diplomat Vikas Swarup, won the award in three different categories including best film, best director and best newcomer (for its British lead actor).

The story of the Danny Boyle’s movie featuring Anil Kapoor focuses on a Mumbai teen who amazes every one by doing well on ‘Kaun Banega Karorpati’, Indian edition of ‘Who Wants To Be a Millionaire’ quiz show.

Ace Bollywood actor Aamir Khan will grace the cover of an upcoming issue of India’s leading magazine ‘GQ’.

The famous Life style magazine is a ‘December edition.’

The more interesting fact is that the editor of GQ is Bollywood’s very own ‘Midas Man’ Karan Johar, who has taken perfectionist’s interview for the first time.

Aamir Khan’s much-awaited film Ghajini is ready to hit the theatres on Christmas