Shoojit Sircar’s Vicky Donor has struck gold with critics as well as the box office but the director says he never expected the film would be lauded so much, especially by the general audience. Vicky Donor was Shoojit’s first release six years after Yahaan came and the filmmaker says before its release he was quite [...]
Actor Hugh Jackman is set to receive an honorary Tony Award for his outstanding theatre achievements and fundraising efforts. Even though Jackman’s most recent gig and one-man show, Back on Broadway, isn’t eligible for a nomination in either the play or musical category, the X-Men star will still be the toast of the 66th annual [...]
Their batting line-up is world class, but before the Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers tanked much before they were halfway with their chase. It’s time the Challengers sat up and contemplated their appalling dip in form despite a string of three consecutive victories. Well, for one, they are heavily dependent on their batsmen to deliver [...]
Actors crooning songs for their upcoming films has become a trend in Telugu and Tamil film industries. After Mahesh Babu, Nithin, Dhanush and Rajinikanth, Allari Naresh has jumped into the bandwagon. We hear that he has sung a song for one of his upcoming films, Sudigaadu. Bheemineni Srinivas Rao is directing the film and it’s [...]
Mazel tov, Maggie Gyllenhaal! The 34-year-old actress and hubby Peter Sarsgaard welcomed a baby girl, Gloria Ray, on April 19 in New York, her rep confirmed to E! News. Gloria Ray is the second daughter for the couple, who are also proud parents to 5-year-old Ramona. But don’t expect to see pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal’s [...]
After a brief hiatus, Nisha Aggarwal, the younger sister of Kajal Aggarwal, is back in Telugu cinema. She has signed two new films which will go on floors later this month. One of these two films, titled Alias Janaki was recently launched in Hyderabad and Nisha Aggarwal will be seen opposite Venkat Rahul. Sujeet is [...]
Singer Kelly Rowland has quit as a judge on The X-Factor music competition and has no plans to return to the popular TV show. No further details of her departure from the show were revealed, but before her official statement, she posted on Twitter: “Only god can judge me.” “I love the UK and being [...]
The first look of Kamal Haasan’s upcoming film Vishwaroopam was unveiled yesterday. Apart from playing the lead role in the film, Kamal Haasan has also written, directed and co-produced the film. Prasad V Potluri has also co-produced the film under the PVP Cinemas banner and it is touted to be one of the most expensive [...]
American model-turned-actress Nargis Fakhri, whose voice in her debut film Rockstar was dubbed due to her poor Hindi diction, is busy working on the language and reveals that finally she can read and write a bit of Hindi. “Everything takes time, it doesn’t happen like this. I was plucked out of the sky and put [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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