New Delhi: The script has changed in Bollywood in the last 60 years - the women are more worldly, the men more macho and the cinema itself more techno-savvy, almost as good as Hollywood, says veteran cinema writer and critic Bhaichand Patel. "The women in Hindi cinema are more assertive though no less beautiful (than yesteryear ones), they often smoke on screen and they are equal to men. Mainstream cinema...
11:28 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Bangalore: As school admission fees are becoming a burden on the parents, the Karnataka government has fixed a 30 per cent profit margin for private schools. This after parents protested against the alarming rise in the admission costs. The ever rising cost of a school education is a biting reality for parents and Ashok Kumar Adiga President of the Parents' Association last year decided to fight against it. "What is...
06:23 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Hindi cinema has perhaps rarely seen another actor with the refined, understated craftsmanship of Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly, better known by his screen name, Ashok Kumar. Here was an actor who straddled Hindi cinema from the mid-1930 to the 1990s, who pioneered the concept of 'natural acting' at a time when theatrical acting was the norm. As Hindi cinema's first superstar, he, nevertheless, took box office risks. 'Kismet', in which he...
03:03 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Panaji: Ashok Kumar, better known as ‘Dadamoni' and an iconic figure in Indian cinema, used to sketch paintings in the bathroom in the nude, his granddaughter Anuradha Patel said. Kumar, a versatile actor, first made waves with his performance in 1936 with the film Achhut Kanya. "Dadamoni used to paint with water colours in the bathroom… in the nude," said Patel, who along with the rest of the Ganguly (Ashok...
06:20 PM, Nov 23, 2010
After 1987, for 15 years till his death, Ashok Kumar, fondly called Dadamoni, didn’t celebrate his birthdays. There was a strong emotional reason behind it. It was on his birthday that year his younger brother, Kishor Kumar had passed away. This in a way sums up the kind of person Ashok Kumar was. Ashok Kumar (Kumudlal Ganguli) was born in Bhagalpur to a lawyer father Kunjilal Ganguly and mother Gouri...
02:04 PM, Oct 13, 2010
Ashok Kumar Shinde had earlier taken on the PWD with a string of RTIs and a PIL for their work. ...
11:59 AM, Jul 17, 2010
Book written by his daughter-in-law Dr Meena Umesh Dhyanchand. ...
10:50 PM, Nov 19, 2008
Jeev Milkha Singh battled through a neck sprain to record his personal best finish of fourth. ...
02:48 PM, Oct 13, 2008
Jyoti Randhawa's bid for a third successive title lay in tatters. ...
09:31 PM, Oct 11, 2008
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board has shortlisted former South African coach, Mickey Arthur, for the post of head coach of the national team. An official source in the board confirmed that Arthur was one of the five candidates finalised by the special committee, which was formed by the board to recommend former coach Waqar Younis' replacement. The committee, headed by ex-Pakistan captain, Intikhab Alam, shortlisted Australia's Dean Jones, former England...
02:48 PM, Mar 10, 2008
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