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To say that St Bede's College—covered in pristine rhododendron, pine and spruce trees—has been featured in several scenes in Bollywood movies like Kya Kehna, Black and the forthcoming Aamir Khan film The Three Idiots, is to scrape the mere surface of its star quotient.

Arthur Dent is hitchhiking through the galaxy again, Dracula glides through the London fog once more, and Winnie the Pooh is back to toddling around the Hundred Acre Wood.

Dipti Nagpaul-D'Souza does the math on which on-screen couple is likely to create magic at the movies Katrina Kaif-Ranbir KapoorAjab Prem ki Ghazab KahaniWith promos on air, bets are already being placed on this pairing as the Next Big Team on screen.

Gabbar on your jacket, Anarkali on the coffee table and filmi bric-a-brac everywhere. The market for Bollywood kitsch has something for everyoneBasanti is a sunny yellow Ambassador with a blockbuster star cast. She has a babe on her bonnet (Rekha, in Umrao Jaan finery, hand raised in an aadaab) and an angry young man on her luggage rack (Amitabh Bachchan as, but of course, the Coolie).

Abhishek Bachchan on how he was stunned to see Amitabh as a 13-year-old in Paa How did Paa happen?The director Balki one day came to us with the script, which I have not read so far, and told us, 'I want you to play father and son.' And I was like, 'What's new in this?' Then he added, 'I want you to play the father and Amitji to play your son.' It was an opportunity of a lifetime.

READ ALL THIRD EYE STORIESMail to authorKabir Bedi is an actor who has worked in Bollywood, Hollywood and European television.

Screen presenceThe presence of films made by the students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has been a regular feature in the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Lists are meant to be picked holes in, especially when they are someone else's.

The Time Traveler's Wife is based on a book by the same name by first-time author Audrey Niffenegger, apparently written at a time when she was disappointed in love.

Exploding, hypersonic riffs, insane guitar licks and dizzying solos laced with hard-hitting lyrics — these can best describe Megadeth's twelfth studio album Endgame.

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh talks about his unpredictable nature, hobbies he is passionate about and desire to work in romantic films After rendering one of his favorite songs- Zindagi Khwab Hai from the movie Jagte raho, which was sung by his grandfather Mukesh and after sharing his experience about singing his first play back - Saayian ve in the movie Jail, actor Neil Nitin Mukesh had the crowd ravi

What's on your iPod?A large random collection of music ranging across Alter Ego, Prodigy, Aerosmith, Bubble, Frou Frou, Sean Paul, Death Cab For Cutie, Reverse Polarity, Shkabang and Pentagram.

Shailendra Singh on his film based on Kolhapur and his venture into making a fictional biopic on Lalit Modi Shailendra Singh, head, Percept Pictures Company, announced the first brand film, Welcome to Kolhapur, with Sanjay Ghodawat Group.

Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan and Balki narrate their experiences of working with the legendary Amitabh Bachchan in Paa It is a role reversal of sorts on screen with Abhishek Bachchan playing the role of the father and the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, his son.

Party pooper SRKHe's called King Khan but we've heard that Shah Rukh Khan is not quite the king when it comes to hosting the press at his house.

Neha Dhupia, now a household name in the West, talks about her choice of small-budget films back home She may not have created a stir in her home country, but Neha Dhupia, who bagged a key role in the American tele series Bollywood Hero, followed by a part in Hollywood actress Jessica Simpson's show Price of Beauty, has been dominating billboards, posters and television promos in the States of lat

Soha Ali Khan hates the rains and thinks Kunal Deshmukh is sadistic to make a movie like Tum Mile Like your character in Tum Mile, you also suffered an ordeal during the July 26 cloudburst in Mumbai.

Mohammed Akram wants to be a filmmaker when he grows up. Holding a camera for the first time in his life, this Class-IX student from Daulatabad in Andhra Pradesh has already made five films that will be entered in the Golden Elephant 16th International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI) at Hyderabad.

He may be a man besieged nowadays, but the connoisseur in him has not given up.