Armyman held for rape bid in Assam
July 15th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) An armyman has been arrested in Assam for allegedly trying to rape a village girl, police said Sunday.The incident took place in Dolopa village in upper ... Read more...
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‘Trishna’ a very beautiful yet tragic tale: Freida Pinto (Interview) (With Images)
July 15th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 15 (IANS) Freida Pinto, who became an overnight celebrity after the multiple-Oscar winning "Slumdog Millionaire", views her new film "Trishna" as a "very beautiful and yet tragic" ... Read more...
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Don’t look like village girl, so not in ‘…Wasseypur’: Kalki
June 4th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Kalki Koechlin, who has worked in her husband Anurag Kashyap's directorial ventures, is not part of "Gangs Of Wasseypur" because, she says, she doesn't fit ... Read more...
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‘Shikari’ - good attempt, despite flaws (Kannada Film Review)
April 1st, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Film: Shikari; Cast: Mammootty, Poonam Bajwa, Adithya, Mohan, Innocent, Neenasam Achyutha, Sharathi Lohithashwa, Sathish, Neenasam Aswath, Mathew, Sihi Kahi Chandru, and others; Producer: K. Manju; Story-Screenplay-Direction: Abhaya Simha; Cinematographer: Vikram Shrivastava; ... Read more...
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Agra’s unique Bhagat singing finds new patrons
March 28th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 28 (IANS) "Mere Babul Ka Beejna", a powerful theatrical presentation in the genre of old Bhagat singing peculiar to Agra region, was the climax of the 10-day Taj ... Read more...
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NGOs serve quit notice to Mizo women for marrying non-Mizos
October 21st, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Oct 21 (IANS) Non-government organisations (NGOs) in Mizoram have threatened to evict Mizo women from the northeastern state if they marry non-Mizos, official said here Friday."The NGO Coordination Committee ... Read more...
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Sur, saaz and rockstar: When music is Bollywood’s muse
October 19th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Music is an almost inseparable part of Indian films. And over the years, Bollywood has taken the association further by making it an integral ... Read more...
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Small six to keep box office busy till Eid
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Trade analysts are calling it the lull before the storm. Salman Khan-starrer "Bodyguard" will hit the screens on Eid, but several lesser known, small ... Read more...
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Ravichandran’s ‘Mallikarjuna’ fails to make a mark (Kannada Film Review)
May 28th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Film: Mallikarjuna; Starring: Ravichandran, Sada, Ramya Barna, Ashish Vidyarthi, Seetha, Ramesh Bhat, Aadi Lokesh, Hema Chowdhary; Producer: Dinesh Gandhi; Screenplay-Dialogues-Direction: Murali Mohan; Music: S.A. Raj Kumar; Camera : G.S.V. Seetharam; ... Read more...
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Nairobi-born author pens tale of women in Goa (IANS Books)
April 17th, 2011 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 17 (IANS) Mayola is an expatriate who has returned from Africa. Succorina is a village girl. Donna has been brought up in affluence in Britain. The three meet ... Read more...
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Sonakshi on weight lose spree for ‘Race 2′
February 3rd, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Sonakshi Sinha, who is in "Race 2", will have to rev up the feline quotient to the optimum as director duo Abbas-Mustan want to ... Read more...
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Sanskaar Lakshmi On ZeeTV Set To Greet Viewers!
January 11th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Television fans are set to be entertained by a new team and story in the shape of 'Sanskaar Lakshmi', a show set to be slotted on Zee TV. The storyline ... Read more...
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Bollywood Debutants 2010: Making A Mark
December 28th, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Bollywood has seen the biggest ever debuts this year than ever before. Be it in the directorial sector or the field of new talent in the acting sphere there has been ... Read more...
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When Bollywood actors went de-glam and geeky (2010 in Retrospect)
December 22nd, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Priyanka Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Glamorous looks and designer outfits have been synonymous with Bollywood, but 2010 saw a lot of mainstream stars going de-glam. From Bipasha Basu and ... Read more...
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Sonakshi denies posing in bikini for Maxim cover
December 14th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Actress Sonakshi Sinha has shot down reports that she posed in a bikini for the cover of Maxim magazine."Quite shocked to see India Today carrying an ... Read more...
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Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo: Can Laali Beat Loha Singh In The Elections?
December 2nd, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Now, as Laali is going to fight against Loha singh in the Gram Panchayat elections, there is a strong possibility of her winning the election. The reason behind this is her ... Read more...
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Vasundhra Chiyertra Sports A Sans Make-up Look In Her Next
November 23rd, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Vasundhra Chiyertra further explains that not only could she not apply make-up and visit the parlor for her primary skin care routine, the actress was also asked to leave her hair ... Read more...
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Review Of ‘A Flat’: A Fusion Of Several Bollywood Horror Films
November 15th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 15, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Film: A FlatStarring: Jimmy Shergill, Sanjay Suri, Kaveri Jha.Director: Hemant MadhukarRating: **A Flat is yet another typical Bollywood horror flick that falls flat without much to ... Read more...
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Kavita Raut: A poor village girl’s journey to sporting glory
October 10th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) It has been an arduous journey for long distance runner Kavita Raut, a poor tribal girl from Maharashtra, who got into serious athletics nine years ago, and ... Read more...
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Sonakshi Sinha Shed Her Dabangg Look For Narendra Kumar’s Killer Nari Look!
October 8th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 8, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire): Actress Sonakshi Sinha who charmed audiences with her demure village-girl look in the hit movie Dabangg was seen shedding her inhibitions not so long ago. ... Read more...
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Manoj put me at ease while doing intimate scenes: Aarti Chhabria
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Model-turned actress Aarti Chhabria says that Manoj Bajpayee, who is playing her love interest in the forthcoming comedy "Dus Tola", was very supportive while filming the intimate ... Read more...
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Kannada Director R Chandru Weds Yamuna On September 5
September 7th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 7, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Kannada movie director R Chandru, who has proved his talent even with his debut movie Tajmahal, has tied the knot with Yamuna, a poor village girl from ... Read more...
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Girl attempts suicide after boy circulates MMS
August 23rd, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 23 (IANS) A teenaged village girl in Jharkhand tried to commit suicide after discovering that a boy from her village her circulated a pornographic MMS involving her, police said Monday.
A ... Read more...
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Sadha Back In Kannada Films
June 9th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 9, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Actress Sadha, who has acted mostly in Tamil and Telugu films, is now coming back to Kannada films with two projects Mylari and Tunta Tunti. She ... Read more...
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I don’t doubt my capabilities as an actor: Neha Dhupia
June 5th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Unlike other actors, who feel making someone laugh is difficult, Neha Dhupia enjoys doing comedies and says she has never doubted her capabilities as an actor.
"I ... Read more...
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Busy Manmooty
June 3rd, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Malayalam superstar Manmooty is all set for his second Kannada film after Love (2005). He flew straight to Bangalore after vacationing in the US. The southern ... Read more...
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Minissha Lamba wants a self-made quiet man
May 22nd, 2010 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 21 (IANS) Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba, who is happily single, wants her "Mr Right" to be a self-made and quiet man.
Although the 25-year-old star, who has previously been linked ... Read more...
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Mammootty all set for Kannada film ‘Shikari’
May 20th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) Malayalam superstar Mammootty, who has just returned from a holiday in the US, is all set to put on the grease paint for Kannada film "Shikari".
The shooting for ... Read more...
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American virtuoso teaches violin to cleft-lipped children in Varanasi
May 12th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), May 12 (ANI): Famous American violinist Paul Peabody, who played the violin for the Hollywood flick 'Titanic', imparted violin-playing techniques to cleft-lipped children at the G S Memorial Plastic ... Read more...
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Rohit Roy to bring 10 short movies to TV
April 23rd, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Radhika Bhirani
Sialba Majri (Chandigarh), April 23 (IANS) Bollywood actor-producer Rohit Roy and his wife Manasi Joshi Roy are producing 10 movies exclusively for Zoom TV - the official announcement for which ... Read more...
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Marathi film ‘Baangdya’ selected for Cannes
April 22nd, 2010 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Marathi short film "Baangdya", about the plight of farmers' widows, has been selected for a world premiere at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, May 12-23.
"It's a ... Read more...
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Sada on Mylari and more
April 3rd, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Popular South Indian actress Sada, who is known to Kannada audiences for her films Monalisa, Jayam and Anniyan, spoke about her film Mylari recently.She stars in Mylari ... Read more...
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It was tough to play a girl with adifferent mindset in Well Done Abba especially since i have never been to a village all in my life- Minissha Lamba
April 1st, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 1, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): MINISSHA LAMBA , who is happy with the audience response to Well Done Abba, tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that though Kidnap did not do well at ... Read more...
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Narayani Shastri makes a comeback in B-town
January 12th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Actors striking a balance between big and small screen has become a trend now. Narayani Shastri of "Kesar' and "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi' is not a latest entrant though ... Read more...
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Sushmita shimmers, but ‘Dulha Mil Gaya’ is a mess (IANS Film Review; Rating:* 1/2)
January 9th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Film: "Dulha Mil Gaya"; Cast: Sushmita Sen, Shah Rukh Khan, Fardeen Khan, Ishita Sharma; Director: Mudassar Aziz; Rating: * 1/2There is only one reason why this hideous satire ... Read more...
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