New Delhi: Actor Yashpal Sharma, who has been part of films like 'Lagaan', 'Gangaajal' and 'Aarakshan', will next be seen playing an item boy in Anurag Kashyap's upcoming film 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. The 45-year-old essays the role of a singer in the movie, who thinks of himself as a Kishore Kumar but in reality is a terrible singer. And although he has a small part in the film, which recently...
04:01 PM, May 25, 2012
It's the final frontier, our 2000 kms journey from source to sea has now come to an end. Our Environment Editor travels to Sunderbans to meet the scientists who are counting tigers in what is considered to be the most dangerous place on planet earth. Bahar Dutt on the last leg of her Ganga journey. ...
04:59 PM, May 19, 2012
The Sunderbans: The Ganga ends its journey in the Bay of Bengal, forming one of the largest delta in the world. Here, the nature is at its pristine best. Despite the difficult terrain, scientists are now using modern technology to count tigers. An odd-looking camera trap, with a sensor inside it, is used to click pictures of the big cat. For this, the scientists must select an ideal spot, where...
11:30 AM, May 18, 2012
Puri Jagannadh is not at all worried about the peak expectations from cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu. It is because he has immense faith in the story of the film, which will go on the floors in the month of June. When PJ narrated the story to Pawan Kalyan recently, the latter was visibly thrilled and excited. He said to the director that the story was hair-raising. "After listening to my...
11:24 AM, May 18, 2012
In the presence of 105 years old Sri Shivakumara Swamiji the audio of the film 'Sidda Ganga' was released at Renukamba Digital theatre with KV Chandrasekhar, Thara Venu, KCN Chandrasekhar, Producer Nidasale Puttaswamiah, director G Murthy and others. After taking the 'Paada Pooja' the walking God in Karnataka Dr Shivakumara Swamiji took a view of the film for a few minutes. In his address he stated that the people with...
12:13 PM, May 14, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
05:30 PM, May 12, 2012
Jajmau: A cocktail of chemicals is being dumped into the river Ganga in Kanpur. What is even worse is that Rs 900 crore of the Ganga Action Plan have simply gone down the drain. In the historic city of Kanpur, a thriving leather industry is central to the crisis facing the Ganga. Rakesh Jaiswal, an eco-crusader, explains, "This is a failure of the Ganga Action Plan. The water that should...
10:53 AM, May 11, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
05:38 PM, May 05, 2012
Varanasi: For thousands of years, people have been thronging the ghats of the ancient city of Varanasi to offer prayers. It is here that the circle of life and death is completed. Cruising down the river Ganga, one reaches the ancient city of Varanasi... and one NGO has shown that all is not well with the river here. Once a week, volunteers from the Sankatmochan Foundation give the holy waters...
08:59 AM, May 04, 2012
Mumbai: After his father Amitabh Bachchan acted in three Bhojpuri films, son Abhishek is set to follow suit. The junior Bachchan is most likely to appear in the upcoming film of the megastar's make-up man Deepak Sawant. "One fine day, Abhishek had asked me as to why I am not casting him in my film. The offer to work in Bhojpuri cinema came from Abhishek himself. All I can say...
03:25 PM, May 03, 2012
Haridwar: At the temple town of Haridwar lies the Samadhi of Swami Nigamanand, a man who gave up his life to save the Ganga after being on a 100-day fast. He fought a lone battle against stone crushers and illegal mining mafia operating on the river. And at his Samadhi, now sits another holy man. "I consider Ganga my mother. And I cannot see my mother in such poor condition...
07:59 AM, May 03, 2012
It was earlier reported widely that Devi Sri Prasad would play the music for Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu, but of late, Puri has had second thoughts about it. He finally zeroed in on Mani Sharma's name. This happens to be the first film in the combination of Puri and Mani four years after the release of Chirutha. The combination is sure to raise the expectations many notches higher, since Pawan...
02:07 PM, May 02, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
10:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
10:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
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