Lata At Leisure Loves Watching ‘KBC’, ‘CID’

Mumbai, Oct 22 – She has stopped her riyaz and spends time catching up on her favourite TV programmes, including Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ and popular crime series ‘CID’. Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, 81, is enjoying her well-deserved leisure time after more than 60 years of singing. The Nightingale also prefers to be extremely [...]

TV Reality Shows Sidelineing Women Viewers?

New Delhi, Oct 22 – Larger than life characters on Indian TV soaps have always cast a spell on women. But with star-studded reality shows now clashing at prime time they are finding themselves sidelined as viewers. To the dismay of most single TV households, there’s not much that television channels are willing to do [...]

Pakhi Wangles Early Entry Into Husband’s Film

Mumbai, Oct 22 – It pays to be the director’s wife, specially if you happen to be as spirited as Pakhi who makes her debut as a leading lady in Abbas Tyrewala’s ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’. Pakhi’s character was to enter the narrative after more than 30 minutes. The debutante actress felt that was way too [...]

Rajeev Khandelwal Chops Off Long Mane for Movie

New Delhi, Oct 21 – One-film old Rajeev Khandelwal has come out of his shell and will be seen in a new avatar – the actor has done away with his long locks for his next film ‘Soundtrack’. The actor will sport a new hairstyle in the film, produced by Saregama India Ltd. Last seen [...]

‘Make Food Security Act More Comprehensive, Meaningful’

New Delhi, Oct 21 – Ahead of the next meeting of the National Advisory Council (NAC) Oct 23, a number of civil society groups Thursday urged its chairperson Sonia Gandhi to make the proposed food security act more ‘comprehensive’ and ‘meaningful’. They also called for early passage of the bill. In a letter to Gandhi, [...]

Imran, Deepika Paired Again

New Delhi, Oct 21 – Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone will once again be seen together in Homi Adajania’s yet untitled film. The makers of the film were in a dilemma for a long time about whom to cast opposite Imran in the quirky comedy. However, after watching Imran-Deepika’s chemistry in trailers of Kunal Kohli’s [...]

Lonavala Civic Body Orders Eviction of ‘Bigg Boss’ Team

Lonavala, Oct 21 – The controversial ‘Bigg Boss’ show on Colors TV received another jolt when the Lonavala Municipal Council (LMC) ordered the channel management to immediately stop its shooting, an official said here Thursday. Confirming the development, a spokesperson for Colors TV said in Mumbai that the channel had received the notice but added [...]

Lonavala Civic Agency Orders Stop to ‘Bigg Boss’ Shoot

Lonavala, Oct 21 – In a surprise development, the Lonavala Municipal Council (LMC) Thursday slapped a notice on Colors TV, ordering it to stop shooting of the controversial show ‘Bigg Boss’ in this Maharashtra hill station, an official said. The notice has been served for change of user of the abandoned factory where the show’s [...]

Sanjay, Maanyata Become Proud Parents of Twins

New Delhi, Oct 21 – Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and wife Maanyata Thursday became the proud parents of a baby boy and a girl at the Breach Candy Hospital. ‘Maanyata gave birth to twins between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. through caesarean section. She is absolutely fine,’ a source from Breach Candy Hospital told IANS. [...]

From Farmer to Scribe: Natha of ‘Peepli Live’ Does ‘Patna Live’

New Delhi, Oct 21 – After playing the role of villager Natha in ‘Peepli Live’, actor Omkar Das Manikpuri is set to portray the character of a journalist. He will be seen covering the Bihar elections for news channel Live India. He will be part of Live India’s show ‘Patna Live’, which will be dedicated [...]

Not Just Kids, Adults Too are Hooked to Kids Art Show

New Delhi, Oct 21 – It’s not just children who are looking forward to unleashing their creativity and imagination with kids’ channel POGO’s art show M.A.D — show-host Rob reveals that parents and grandparents too are great followers of the show. ‘Our show does target children falling in the age group of four to 14 [...]

Bipasha’s Role Was Slashed in ‘Aakrosh’

Mumbai, Oct 21 – It’s never happened to her before. In her latest release ‘Aakrosh’, actress Bipasha Basu’s role had been cut substantially. But she is not sulking! In fact, she seems quite happy to be in the shadows. ‘I knew from the start that my role was comparatively small. But I wanted to be [...]

I Would Love to Do a Musical: Irrfan Khan (Movie Snippets)

New Delhi, Oct 21 – After carving a niche for himself by playing unconventional roles, actor Irrfan Khan now wants to do a musical film. ‘I want to do action films, comedy films and I want to be part of a musical. I want to do a character who sings or plays something,’ Irrfan told [...]

She’s Danish And Sings Peppy Numbers in Punjabi

New Delhi, Oct 21 – Her peppy numbers in Punjabi are a hit and only that tiny hint of anglicized accent suggests she may not be of Indian descent. Meet Danish singer and songwriter Anita Lerche who performs in no less than 16 languages – but Punjabi is her favourite. People in the national capital [...]

Shilpa Wants Fair, Balanced Hearing on IPL Fiasco

New Delhi, Oct 21 – Actress-turned-businesswoman Shilpa Shetty, who’s distressed after the termination of her IPL team Rajasthan Royals (RR), says she wants a fair and balanced hearing over the matter. ‘It’s been a very distressing time for us all at RR after all we’ve put in (passion n time),’ Shilpa wrote on microblogging site [...]

Hrithik Staying Off Mumbai this Diwali

Mumbai, Oct 21 – Actor Hrithik Roshan has decided to celebrate this Diwali with family out of Mumbai to avoid cracker pollution, fretting bronchial problem of his son. ‘Diwali I am celebrating hopefully not in Bombay because I have problem with the pollution and my son has a bronchial problem,’ Hrithik told IANS in an [...]

Work Out a Compromise, Apex Court Tells BCCI And Modi

New Delhi, Oct 21 – The Supreme Court Thursday gave the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Lalit Modi six days to decide on the composition of the disciplinary committee probing alleged financial lapses by the former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner. The BCCI and Modi would reverse back to the apex [...]

I have Become More Disciplined in Life, Says Kangana

Gurgaon, Oct 21 – She started her Bollywood career at the age of 17, and over the period of four years, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut says, the industry has helped her realise the importance of being disciplined. ‘I have definitely changed a lot. I mean from a reckless teenager, I have become a very very [...]

I’m Far More Comfortable in Tamil Now: Aishwarya Rai

Mumbai, Oct 21 – After doing her fourth Tamil film, ‘Endhiran’, Aishwarya Rai claims to be far more comfortable working in the southern language. She also feels it is the kind of entertainer most leading actresses do though she hasn’t done too many of them. ‘I am definitely far more comfortable and more confident working [...]

Young And Zippy ‘Break Ke Baad’ Music Makes a Mark (IANS Music Review)

Film: ‘Break Ke Baad’; Music Directors: Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani; Lyricists: Vishal Dadlani and Prasoon Joshi; Singers: Vishal Dadlani, Alyssa Mendonsa, Neeraj Shridhar, Shekhar Ravjiani, Sunidhi Chauhan, Caralisa Monteiro, Mikey Mccleary and Nikhil D’Souza; Rating: *** Vishal and Shekhar know the pulse of youth and so their music is usually young, hip and zippy. [...]

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