London: Odisha-based sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik beat stiff competition from nine participants to win an international sand sculpture championship in Denmark on Friday, making India proud at the first such event in Copenhagen. Pattnaik's 2.5 metres high sand sculpture of a mermaid pleading for human effort to save the oceans was declared the winner of the championship. The Puri-based sand artist, known for his sculptures that send out strong topical...
08:57 AM, Jun 01, 2012
As per the latest schedules, Mollywood Superstar Mohanlal will have three more films to release this year. After his 'Grandmaster' which had a different Lal in the offering, the coming movies will also display the best in the star. The immediate release of the star will be the movie with Ranjith titled 'Spirit' which is into its post production. The movie which teams up the duo after five long years...
11:03 AM, May 20, 2012
Dr Rajakumar award to RN Sudarshan, Puttanna Kanagal to CV Shivashanker, Dr Vishnuvardhana award for producer Ankalagi, best actor award posthumously to Dr Vishnuvardhana received by Dr Bharathi Vishnuvrdhana, best actress award to Anu Prabhakar and 20 other awards plus the national award winning films Kanasemba Kudureyaneri, Bettada Jeeva, Hejjegalu and Puttakkana Highway were given away by the Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda in the presence of Home and...
04:49 PM, May 17, 2012
Mumbai: Although director Priyadarshan has apparently apologised to Ajay Devgn for the dismal performance of Tezz at the box office, industry sources say the actor may not work with the director again. Priyan had been quoted saying that since the actor had trusted him completely with the film, he feels he has let him down. "I'm deeply ashamed and embarrassed," he recently said. Our source points out, "No doubt Ajay...
03:37 PM, May 08, 2012
TIRUMALA: YSR Congress Party president and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy landed in a controversy when he went in for a darshan of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala without signing the formal declaration of his faith in the Lord as required by temple rules for non-Hindus.Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is a practising Christian, is learnt to have refused to sign the form despite being told repeatedly by TTD staff about...
08:44 AM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor, who re-united with director Priyadarshan in 'Tezz' after a gap of 14 years, says the filmmaker has a lot of potential in him but hasn't realised it yet. The 52-year-old actor worked with Priyadarshan first in the 1997 film 'Virasat' and thinks that the filmmaker is one of the best directors in the country. "The problem with Priyadarshan is that he doesn't even know...
01:35 PM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: For someone who has been a crowd-puller with his comedies, it seems director Priyadarshan has got it wrong with his action film Tezz this time. Meanwhile, trade experts refer to Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi as a non-starter. However, this week's Hollywood import The Avengers not only opened with good numbers, but looks to sustain for another week as well. Pegging the first three day's India net collections of...
12:01 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: Superstar Aamir Khan is likely to feature in Priyadarshan's much-awaited film based on AIDS. "The project on AIDS is on, but the script is not yet ready... (I had) too many schedules and things to do so couldn't finish the script. I had discussed it with Aamir earlier and that time he wanted to do the film," the director told PTI. The 55-year-old filmmaker has been talking about this...
12:21 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Mumbai: At a time when South film remakes are popular in Hindi, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal feels that even if various elements are added to the content, the soul of the original is lost when it is re-produced in different languages several times. Priyadarshan's psychological thriller, 'Bhool Bhulaiya' was a remake of Malayalam film, 'Manichitrathazhu' that had Mohanlal as the lead. Later several Hindi films including 'Wanted', 'Singham' and 'Bodyguard' followed...
02:02 PM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Ajay Devgn, who has been doing action and comedy films lately, says he is keen to star in a romantic movie but he is not being offered good scripts. The Bollywood star gave romantic hits like 'Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha', 'Dil Kya Kare' and 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' in the beginning of his career but his past few hits like 'Golmaal 3' and 'Singham' have been...
01:35 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai: Often in Bollywood, item numbers have proved to be quite beneficial to an actress' career. However, for Mallika Sherawat, it proved to be quite the opposite. After learning that her dance number in Priyadarshan's next is not so impressive, the makers of her upcoming film with Sachiin Joshi have simply decided to do away with her. That too, just a month before the shoot starts. On top of that,...
11:08 AM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: After entertaining people with comedy capers like 'Hera Pheri' and 'Bhool Bhulaiya', filmmaker Priyadarshan is set to regale audiences with some high octane stunts in his forthcoming multi-starrer 'Tezz'. Made on a budget of approximately Rs 40 crore, the film features an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Ajay Devgn, Kangna Ranaut, Sameera Reddy, Boman Irani with southern superstar Mohanlal in a cameo. Anil returns to Priyadarshan's...
06:44 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Anil Kapoor and Ajay Devgn talk about their next release 'Tezz'. ...
04:43 PM, Apr 24, 2012
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