19 women among Padma award winners
January 25th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Nineteen women, including veteran actor Shabana Azmi and director Mira Nair, have won this year's Padma awards announced Wednesday.Azmi, Nair and educationist Vidya Dehejia are ... Read more...
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Mario Miranda, Bhupen Hazarika in Padma honours list (Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) India's highest civilian awards, the Padma awards, would be conferred on 110 eminent people, including the late Bhupen Hazarika and cartoonist Mario Miranda, showbiz ... Read more...
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Five Indians in list of top 100 women
March 8th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 8 (IANS) Five Indian women, including high-profile author Arundhati Roy and rights activist Jayshree Satpute, figure in the list of 100 of the world's most inspirational women prepared ... Read more...
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Kal Penn returns to White House
November 17th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) Indian-American actor Kal Penn, who is best known for his role in the "Harold and Kumar" movies, has returned to the White House after a ... Read more...
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Movie Review: Amelia (2010)
March 12th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Amelia: Is a boring bio-picRating: 2 out of 5*Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregorDirector: Mira NairThe film narrates the tale of Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) the first woman to ... Read more...
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Is Abhay Deol getting lucky with Mira Nair?
March 27th, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Abhay Deol's been a welding student in New York for a while now.And he's been socializing a lot too these days.He was spotted with director Mira Nair at the star-studded India ... Read more...
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Shabana Azmi keeps her date with Nepal
January 6th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 6 (IANS) Though Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan dropped his plans to visit Nepal in view of the growing dispute over the revered Pashupatinath temple, another cinema icon from India, Shabana ... Read more...
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After shelved ‘Shantaram’, ‘Amelia’ is Mira Nair’s pet project
October 22nd, 2008 - 9:38 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) US-based Indian director Mira Nair was disappointed when her much publicised film "Shantaram" was shelved, but she is now happy with her latest prized project "Amelia", which stars ... Read more...
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New York woos Indian tourists, opens office in Mumbai
October 14th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 14 (IANS) In a big push to attract more Indian tourists, New York City's marketing agency has opened an office in Mumbai and is launching a promotion campaign featuring ... Read more...
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Shekhar Kapur takes over Anthony Minghellas last film
May 27th, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by admin
Johannesburg, May 27 (ANI): Indian director Shekhar Kapur is all set to take over an unfinished project written by British filmmaker Anthony Minghella shortly before his death last week.The helmer, who ... Read more...
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Global Campfire - film fest beamed live across four continents
May 11th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) In a unique initiative, a short film festival was beamed live across four continents. The city's National Centre for Performing Arts was one of the hosts of this ... Read more...
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I am a filmic writer: Gregory David Roberts
April 1st, 2008 - 11:47 am ICT by admin
(Interview)
By Shweta Thakur
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Gregory David Roberts, author of the bestseller "Shantaram" that is now being made into a movie by director Mira Nair, says he always knew that his ... Read more...
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Irrfan Khan, Natalie Portman in Mira Nair’s next
February 27th, 2008 - 9:20 am ICT by admin
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) Director Mira Nair is going to cast the intense Irrfan Khan and Hollywood stunner Natalie Portman in her next directorial venture "Kosher Vegetarian", a love ... Read more...
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Discovery Channel to launch ‘Discovery Atlas’ on Republic Day
January 25th, 2008 - 8:59 pm ICT by admin
By Juhan SamuelKochi, Jan 24 (ANI): Discovery Channel will launch 'Discovery Atlas', a portrait of the world's greatest and unique nations seen through the lives of their extraordinary people, on Republic Day. ... Read more...
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