When we first heard the song 'Chillane', we suspected something in its lyrics that posed a contempt on the tenderness of female psyche. But after watching the movie, which intelligently narrates the transformation of a gullible, 22 year girl into bold, tough women, in between the repetition of the same song in the title cards and final credit rolls, we are in all admiration for you, Aashiq Abu. You definitely...
10:15 AM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: They are in themselves formidable power centres in India. And they are all women. Mayawati, J Jayalalithaa, Mamata Banerjee and Sheila Dikshit form the awesome female quartet who have not only defied the glass ceiling of India's politics marked by patriarchy and sycophancy, but have also proved to be larger-than-life figures within their parties. Despite their aura and popularity, all's not well in the powerful female quartet's camps....
04:19 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Aamir Khan-hosted Satyamev Jayate has made a definite impact on Sunday morning programming, according to the latest TAM data released by Star Plus. The first episode of the show on female foeticide opened with an aggregate rating of 4.09 across the country. It was reportedly viewed by 27 million viewers. This figure holds true for the entire country including cable and satellite (C&S) households and terrestrial homes...
12:00 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: After the opening episode of the Aamir Khan-hosted Satyamev Jayate that focussed on female foeticide cases in the country became a talking point with the Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot himself meeting with the star to apprise the latter of the state's endeavour to put an end to this practice, Rajasthan's minister of state for health Rajkumar Sharma hit back recently, saying that Aamir was doing this just...
09:34 AM, May 17, 2012
The 18th of May was scheduled to witness at least five releases in Mollywood. Hero, Thiruvambady Thampaan, Namukku Parkaan, Ezham Sooryan and Vaadhyar were all trying to be on theatres to make the best of the summer holidays. But the latest report says that all these films are now shifted to coming weekends due to unavailability of release centers. An interesting position that was never witnessed in Mollywood, the problem...
03:18 PM, May 16, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fahad Fazil, the latest heartthrob in the Malayalam film industry, has played down his disastrous debut despite being launched by his illustrious father Fazil in 2001, saying the failure was his and not that of his father. "Please don't blame my father for my failure because it was my mistake that I came into acting without any preparation," said Fahad who returned with a bang in his second outing....
03:59 PM, May 15, 2012
Jaipur: A Rajasthan minister has hit out at Bollywood star Aamir Khan for sensationalising female foeticide cases in the state, saying the government was already working on the issue before the actor's campaign. Minister of State for Health, Rajkumar Sharma said that it was not right on the part of Aamir to highlight Rajasthan as the only state where the cases of female foeticide are rampant. "There was an impression...
10:53 AM, May 15, 2012
(The fact that we need an education from a Bollywood actor being paid an astronomical sum to understand our social woes is as much a ...
10:51 AM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: The second episode of Aamir Khan's much talked about television show Satyamev Jayate deals with the issue of child abuse. Given the huge positive feedback generated by the pilot episode that tackled the contentious subject of female foeticide both in rural and urban India, the second episode is even more explosive in form and content. According to the sources, Aamir has been working with a string of NGOs...
11:54 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: It's not easy to get the kind of response Aamir Khan's show 'Satyamev Jayate' is receiving. The TV show has generated a lot of enthusiasm towards the issue of female foeticide. The first episode of 'Satyamev Jayate' had featured some alarming stats about the mindset of the society towards different sexes. However, some of the states have shown the will to change the mindset as an after-effect of...
01:14 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: The second episode of Aamir Khan's much talked about television show Satyamev Jayate deals with the issue of child abuse, according to sources. Given the huge positive feedback generated by the pilot episode that tackled the contentious subject of female foeticide both in rural and urban India, the second episode is likely to be even more explosive in form and content. According to the sources, Aamir has been...
03:23 PM, May 11, 2012
Jaipur: Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court Arun Mishra has given an in-principle nod to set up a fast track court for expediting trial in cases of female foeticide. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met the Chief Justice over the matter on Wednesday night, official sources said on Friday. Strongly taking up the issue on his show 'Satyamev Jayate,' actor Aamir Khan had met Gehlot on Wednesday evening requesting him...
02:17 PM, May 11, 2012
Aamir Khan's debut on the small screen, Satyamev Jayate, which has captured the imagination of a large number of people and has been a constant talking point across the social networking platforms, has earned a rating of 3.8 in the three Metros of Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai on Star Plus, according to TAM data released by the channel. That is higher than the IPL 5 ratings (based on the released...
10:30 AM, May 11, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra government has sought the support of Bollywood star Aamir Khan in their campaign against female foeticide, a day after the actor had taken up the issue with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. In a letter to Khan, state Health Minister Suresh Shetty, while highlighting the steps taken by the government in this regard, congratulated him on raising the issue of female foeticide in his TV reality show 'Satyamev...
02:59 AM, May 11, 2012
Aamir Khan, who had raised the issue of female foeticide on his show 'Satyamev Jayate', met Ashok Gehlot in Jaipur on Wednesday. ...
11:25 PM, May 09, 2012
Jaipur: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Wednesday met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over the issue of female foeticide, raised in the first episode of his television show 'Satyamev Jayate'. Addressing mediapersons after the meeting, Gehlot said that he had called an emergency meeting to discuss the issue after hearing about the episode. "Aamir's programme has created an environment against female foeticideI congratulate Aamir for finding time out of his...
06:32 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Three days after actor Aamir Khan's TV show Satyamev Jayate on female foeticide was aired, the Madhya Pradesh Health Department has suspended the licences of 65 Medical Termination of Pregnancy centres for not submitting their reports on the prescribed form. The suspension will be revoked if the centres submit their updated forms by Monday. Meanwhile, Aamir Khan will meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday. He is...
03:46 PM, May 09, 2012
Jaipur: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is slated to meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Jaipur on Wednesday in connection with his plea for speedy trial of female foeticide cases, official sources said on Tuesday night. Khan had said in a TV programme recently that he would request the Chief Minister to set up a special court for speedy trial of such cases in the state. Superstar Aamir Khan, whose...
11:40 PM, May 08, 2012
After the spirited success of his latest '22 Female Kottayam', director Aashiq Abu has announced his next. Also a seemingly different attempt, the movie has been interestingly titled as 'Da Thadiya'. Aashiq Abu will present two new faces Sekhar Menon and Sreenath Bhasi, the popular DJ's as heroes through this movie, which will be another unconventional flick from the director. To be scripted by his regular scriptwriters Abhilash Kumar, Dileesh...
01:55 PM, May 08, 2012
Just when you thought that the news media was dissipating itself in the purposeless eddies of irrelevance, trying to keep people excited without engaging them ...
03:16 PM, May 07, 2012
