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It is a known fact that Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi and film maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali do not share a good rapport. Yet, while the actor dropped in to see his friend Hrithik Roshan on the sets of the director’s ‘Guzaarish’, he decided to wish the director also. But Bhansali is ...

Ace filmmaker, Yash Chopra who has made highly successful movies like, ‘Waqt’, ‘Deewar’, ‘Kabhi Kabhie’, ‘Lamhe’, ‘Darr,’ ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’, and ‘Veer-Zaara’ will be honoured at this year's Pusan International Film ...

Manu Rishi, who is an award-winning writer, has been hired by Bollywood actor, Anil Kapoor to write dialogues for Sonam Kapoor’s next film ‘Ayesha’.
 
Manu Rishi said, "Anil Kapoor met me and said that he had seen 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'. He also told me, 'You're very ...

Bollywood chocolate boy, Shahid Kapoor is on cloud nine after the huge success of his last release ‘Kaminey’. According to sources, the actor has become pricey and is charging fifteen crores for a film.
 
The sources revealed that the actor has demanded fifteen crore from none ...

Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy will soon be seen in an item number in Kumar Mangat’s untitled next. The film is directed by ace filmmaker, Priyadarshan and according to sources it was director’s idea to star Sameera Reddy in sensuous item number.
 
A source said, "It ...

The new celebrity chat show of Farah Khan, ‘’Tere Mere Beech Mein' is becoming popular day by day as it reveals many hidden secrets of Indian celebrities. The show is based on different theme. The celebrities falling under the theme are called on the show. This Sunday's episode theme ...

India’s nightingale Lata Mangeshkar will be crooning for a Bengali song which will be shot on the Bollywood actress Rituparna Sengupta, who has expressed that, it is definitely a ‘double honour’ for her. Lata Mageshkar has not lent her voice for any Benagli movie for quite a ...

Bollywood choreographer-turned-director, Farah Khan ahs put an end to all the rumours that she has roped in Big B to be a part of the cast of her forthcoming movie, ‘Happy New Year’.
  
According to the `Om Shanti Om` director, her best friend SRK is the only star who has ...

Bollywood filmmaker, Karan Johar is all set to set the silver screens on fire with the remake of 1990 hit Agneepath which starred Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role. There were rumours that Hrithik Roshan or Abhishek Bachchan will play the male lead role in the film but Karan Johar has clarified ...

Bollywood’s well known director Ken Ghosh is set to rock the screens with his forthcoming movie Chance Pe Dance, which stars Shahid Kapoor and Genelia D'Souza in the lead roles.
 
"Yes, my film would be called 'Chance Pe Dance'. It's final and in fact the first ever title for ...

Amol Gupte, an acclaimed writer-actor, thought that someone is playing a prank on him when he was first approached for the role of Maharashtrian Mafioso in Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminey.
 
"I thought it was a crank call. A man named Honey introduced himself as Vishal Bharadwaj's casting ...

Shekhar Kapur, who is known internationally for his movies like ‘Elizabeth’ and ‘Bandit Queen’, is pretty impressed with Vishal Bharadwaj's latest flick ‘Kaminey’ and claims that he has taken cinema beyond (Quentin) Tarantino’.
 
"The greatest ...

“Tere Mere Beach Mein”, Farah Khan’s new show on Star Plus, will have Salman Khan and his mother, Salma, in the first episode. According to her, this decision is a conscious one. She also added that the last episode of her chat show will have none other than her friend and ...

Bollywood music director Vishal Dadlani has composed and sung a song for forthcoming Hollywood animation movie “9”.
 
The track 'There Will Be Nine' is composed by the music director for the Hollywood flick “9”, which is produced by “Tim Burton production” ...

A MoU has been signed between A R Rahman's KM Music Conservatory and Britain's Middlesex University for a programme focussing on blending Asian and Western music. 
This tie up is also meant to look at opportunities to provide a collaborative three-year music programme. 

Rahman, who ...

According to sources, A R Rahman will be holding a music concert in Australia, as an expression of distress he felt due to the attack on Indian students in Australia. This musical concert will not be charged by the musical maestro.
 
Rahman told: “Considering the recent hassles that ...

Indian musical maestro A.R. Rahman will not be able to attend the Michael Jackson tribute concert in Chennai as he has commitments for a Hollywood project.
 
"The Chennai concert, which is a tribute to Michael Jackson organized by my friend, will be a great show. However, unfortunately ...

Book: "The Idea of Justice"
Author: Amartya Sen
Publisher: Penguin-Allen Lane
Price: 25 pounds (Rs.2,000)
 
With this book, Amartya Sen is trying to explore what justice means and has come up with an alternative to the existing model. While doing so, he is also creating an urge ...

Pop singer Leona Lewis wants to live a normal life in London with her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa and is considering abandoning her celebrity lifestyle.
"Career-wise, Leona's dreams have come true. But she doesn't really seem to socialise in Los Angeles because she misses Lou so much. I think she ...

After the pop king, Michael Jackson, died, there had been a controversy as to who will be adorned with the title of “King Of Pop”. But now, Kanye West, the hip-hop star, has come up with a claim that he is the right person to be given that title.
 
He feels that he is as popular ...

Tarun Mansukhani who had made his directorial debut with "Dostana" under Dharma Productions has revealed that he has no plans to shift to any other production house despite being flooded by offers. He says his loyalty to Dharma Productions is "too strong" to be ...

Indian film director and screenwriter, Anurag Kashyap, will be the part of International Jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
 
The Venice Film Festival will start from September 2 and the Jury will be headed by Academy –winning “Ang Lee” and they will be judging ...

P. Sukumaran, cinematographer-turned-director, whose Swantham Lekhakan stars Gopika and Dileep is making a fast progress. Gopila is making her comeback with this movie. The film is scripted by Kalavoor Ravikumar and produced under the Colour Factory banner.
 
Dileep plays a journalist ...

According to Hira Singh Gabria, tourism and Cultural affairs minister, a music institute will be set up in memory of the late Voice of India winner, Ishmeet Singh. He was speaking at a function organised on his first death anniversary in Ludhiana on Friday.
 
He said that the academy ...

The bollywood director Karan Johar seems to be on world tour as from past few months he is spending more time visiting different cities of the world like London, Los Angeles. San Francisco.
 
Karan Johar claims that he is enjoying it.
 
The director states, “I like London, but ...

Rakhi Sawant who has changed her image from an outspoken item girl to a coy bride is now facing the question whether she will actually get married through her televised 'swayamvar'.
 
The "wedding" is slated for Sunday on her show "Rakhi ka Swayamvar" with the level of ...

The ace Malayalam director Adoor Gopalakrishnan refuses to accept that he only makes art films.
 
"I'm in the middle of a mainstream movie so it is wrong to say that I only make art films. This is an absolutely wrong statement," Adoor told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram on ...

Indian writer-director Anurag Kashyap of "Dev D" fame has been names as a member of the international jury at this year's Venice Film Festival.
 
Kashyap will be in the jury headed by Academy winning auteur Ang Lee that will judge the films screened in the ten day long ...

The filming of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai starrer "Raavan" was hindered when an elephant ran amok in the jungle where it is being shot. The shooting will be continued on Friday. This information was given by cinematographer Santosh Sivan in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. ...

Ace Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam has entered into a partnership with media and software company Cinsay to bring the star closer to his fans and consumers in the United States.
 
"The Internet is clearly the future of entertainment, and I am very excited to be collaborating and working ...