For filmmaker Karan Johar, 2001 was the turning point in Hindi cinema as two unique films — Dil Chahta Hai and Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India — truly set the ball rolling for change. “I think there are a lot of decades of brilliance. The 1940s and 1950s are considered golden ages of [...]
Filmmaker Ramesh Sippy was not happy with the way his magnum opus Sholay ended as he had to re-shoot the climax after the censor board objected to the violence in the original scene. Taking part in a debate on the use of cuss words and onscreen violence in cinema, Sippy agreed that filmmakers have a [...]
The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards will be bestowed on singer Asha Bhosle, actress Mala Sinha, late filmmaker Yash Chopra, and late superstar Rajesh Khanna among several others at a ceremony on April 30. Asha, who has regaled music lovers with her melodious voice in her over six decades old career, will receive the Phalke Ratna [...]
Not many know that Bollywood actor Vidyut Jammwal started learning an Indian martial art form, Kalaripayattu, when he was just three-years-old. Now, the 34-year-old actor is planning to open a university in Kerala where martial arts aspirants can seek expert training. “People know about world martial art forms like kung fu and karate. But they [...]
Seems like TV stars Vivian Dsena and Vabheez Dorabjee have caught the fancy of Tourism Australia. The group invited the celebrity TV couple to spend their honeymoon in the states of Queensland and Victoria. For Vivian (popular as RK of the hit TV serial Madhubala) and wife Vahbeez (of TV serial Pyaar Ki Ek Kahaani [...]
Bollywood actress Prachi Desai says her mother has sacrificed “her dreams for me and I owe everything to her”. She adds that she has yet to visit a theatre with her musm. The 24-year-old, who started working at the age of 17, said her mother has been her pillar of strength. “My mother used to teach [...]
Excited at the prospect of a reunion with fellow cast and crew members of the iconic Bollywood film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (QSQT), that completes 25 years this April, the film’s leading lady Juhi Chawla said the blockbuster was “magic which just happened”. “It’s been 25 years, unbelievable and it was on April 29 that [...]
Shraddha and Aditya have convincingly played their parts, yet both of them cannot do much for Aashiqui 2. The movie suffers because of a sluggish pace and director Mohit Suri is at fault here. Inspired from fifties Hollywood musical A Star is Born and Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar comes a tale of Aashiqui 2. RJ (Aditya [...]
Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor says that she feels blessed to be a part of Raanjhanaa. The actress will be seen playing different ages in the film and said that it was an incredible opportunity. “It was a great process. I play two different ages. You have to perform differently and your voice is different too. [...]
Farhan Akhtar, who has started an online campaign “Men against Rape and Discrimination” (MARD), says the responsibility to create a safer environment for women lies not just with the government, but with every citizen. “If we say that it’s only the police’s job and we only sit at home and play victim and keep watching [...]
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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