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Court summons for Preity Zinta on IPL ads
A court here Monday issued summons to Bollywood actor and Kings XI Punjab’s chairperson Preity Zinta and co-owner Ness Wadia for using pictures of freedom fighters in their Indian Premier League advertisements. The summons were issued by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Anshu
Shabana Azmi learns Punjabi while leg heals
Shabana Azmi has found an inventive way of spending her time while she waits for her fractured leg to heal. She has been learning Punjabi at home for the dubbed Punjabi version of Gurinder Chadha’s “It’s A Wonderful Afterlife”. And Shabana is having a ball. “I’ve been dubbing Gur
Anjaana Anjaani footage stuck in US
Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is back from the US with the unit of his forthcoming film “Anjaana Aanjaani”, but the negative stock of his shot footage is still in the US, awaiting a flight. This startling eventuality is because there was no direct flight from San Francisco to Mumbai
Dibakar Banerjee was recently mistaken as actor Rajit Kapoor
Dibakar Banerjee was recently mistaken as actor Rajit Kapoor, but the director has no qualms. “All my life I’ve been mistaken for Rajit. Even our voices are the same. So I’m not surprised. Many years ago when Rajit Kapoor was doing the serial ‘Byomkesh Bakshi’ on Doordarshan, I w
Kacheri Aarambam is a typical commercial potboiler
Film: “Kacheri Aarambam”; Cast: Jeeva, Poonam Bajwa, J.D. Chakravarthy, Vadivelu, Nisha Kothari; Director: Thiraivannan; Music Director: D. Imman; Jeeva delivers yet another commercial potboiler without bothering to worry about finesse. Debutant director Thiraivannan seems to be
SRK gives young ones tips for six-pack
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who flaunted six-pack abs in blockbuster “Om Shanti Om” but couldn’t maintain them later, is doling out fitness tips to youngsters through micro-blogging site Twitter. “Six-pack more to do with diet than exercise alone. You need to be very disciplined. (
Shahid Ranbir better dancers than Hrithik
Bollywood choreographer Ahmed Khan, who is awaiting the release of his first production venture “Paathshaala”, says Shahid Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor are better dancers than Hrithik Roshan, known for his flexible and smooth moves. “Shahid is the best dancer in Bollywood these days,
Arjum Rampal injured while shooting
Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal injured his knee while shooting a song for Karan Johar’s yet-to-be titled film, which is an adaptation of Chris Columbus’ 1998 comedy drama “Stepmom”. “…had a blast at the ‘Stepmom’ shoot, it’s a great song, full on rock and roll number. Banged my kne
Ramesh babu as a co producer for Mahesh Srinu Vytla film
It is known that Mahesh Babu’s upcoming film will be directed by Srinu Vytla and will be produced by Achanta Gopichand, Anil Sunkara and Achanta Ram jointly under the banner ‘14 Reels Entertainments Pvt Ltd’. The latest news is that Ramesh babu, brother of Mahesh will co-produce
Film Chamber angry with Yagam director
Navdeep, Bhumika, Kim Sharma starrer ‘Yagam’ has recently hit the silver screens. Yagam has been directed by Arun Prasad and the film chamber members are angry towards the director of the film since the film has a dialogue that is hurting the biggies who had participated against
Varudu heroine is from Amritsar
Allu Arjun’s ‘Varudu’ is gearing up for its release on March 31st. The film is directed by Guna Sekhar and produced by DVV Danayya under the banner ‘Universal Media’. Mani Sharma scored the music. Producer DVV Dhanayya has organized a press meet recently. “This film will showcase
Success made me cautious
After the success of ‘Malai Malai’, Arun Vijay is very cautious about his career path. The actor says that he had accepted ‘Manja Velu’ to maintain the success track constantly. Happy about Manja Velu outcome, Arun says that he is confident that the film will definitely bring suc
Dimples look in Tum Milo styled by late sister
Short, grey hair, stringed glasses and frocks picked up from the streets… Dimple Kapadia goes de-glam for her role as a Parsi woman in “Tum Milo Toh Sahi”, a look styled by her late sister Simple who died of cancer last year. “It was Simple who came up with the idea of giving Dim
Sarithiram finally gets its release date
Uyir and ‘Mirugam’ fame, director Samy’s much waited long time movie ‘Sarithiram’ has finally gets its release date now. Director says that the movie will hit the screens on coinciding the Independence Day, on Aug 15 this year. Samy says that the movie is almost at its completion
Badrinath to hit the floors from 25th March
Allu Arjun’s ‘Varudu’ is currently gearing up for its release on March 31st and now, the stylish star is getting ready for his next film titled ‘Badrinath’ under the direction of V.V.Vinayak. The latest news is that the film is planned to hit the floors from 25th March at Hyderab
Venky in the remake of a Malayalam film
The super hit Malayalam film titled ‘Bodyguard’ will be remade in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada soon and Victory Venkatesh will be playing the lead role in the Telugu version of the film. It is known that Venkatesh has given his nod for the remake of Aaptha Rakshaka (Chandramukhi-2)
Vikram Bhatt choses Ganesh Venkatraman
Young actor Ganesh Venkatraman, who played a police officer role in ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’, is going great in his career. The actor, who is working for the film ‘Muriyadi’ with Sathyaraj, has been roped in by Vikram Bhatt, bollywood’s top director. Recent reports say that the movie wi
Shaapit as Shaapam
Bollywood ace director Vikram Bhatt, who is well known for making horror films is coming with one more picture titled ‘Shaapit’ in Hindi after his earlier super hits ‘Raaz’ and ‘1920’. The latest news is ‘Shaapit’ has been dubbed in Tamil as ‘Shaapam’ and is produced by Vikram Bh
Rajini’s unique style in ‘Robo
Director Shankar’s ‘Robo’ is on fast face with its post production works to release the movie as soon as possible. On the other hand, there is a great buzz that Superstar Rajinikanth will play a role of scientist as well as robot in the film. And the latest news is that Rajini in
Deepika Padukone unfazed by rumours of link ups
Actress Deepika Padukone, who’s been linked to Farhan Akhtar, Shahid Kapoor and most recently liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s son Siddharth, is unfazed by the rumours and says she has learnt to accept the fact that all this comes with the work she does. “It makes no difference to me