
Cast: Raghuvir Yadav, Raj Tandon, Anya Anand, Yashpal Sharma and Manjusha Godse Director: Gitanjali Sinha It was that great poet-thinker Harindranath Chattopadhyay who said: "It's very simple to be difficult, but very difficult to be simple." By that logic, debutant director Gitanjali Sinha has pulled off a reasonably admirable feat in this simple staright-from-the-heart film about the relationship between a neglected boy Avinash (Raj Tandon) and his lonely grandfather. The...

04:57 PM, May 25, 2012

New Delhi: Bollywood stars have always made news with their hefty remuneration but veteran actor Raghubir Yadav says not all are paid that great. Raghubir, who has been in the industry for more than two decades and has worked in hits like 'Peepli Live' and 'Lagaan', said it is only the Khans and Kapoors that are paid well in this industry. "We are paid really less. The money we get...

06:47 PM, Apr 16, 2012

By Mehul Choksi The Gems & Jewellery sector is not only a major employment generator but also makes a major contribution to India's export earnings. As per the white paper issued by FICCI gems & jewellery group - the total size of the gems & jewellery sector (both domestic and exports) was about Rs 4,15,000 crores. The significant increase in growth of the export sector has been primarily because of...

07:21 PM, Mar 07, 2012

HYDERABAD: After the recent 108-hour-long Akhanda Sahasra Sankeerthana for Annamayyas 602nd birth anniversary and Srikanth Gouds make-up of 103 classical dancers in 100 minutes, here is another cultural effort to record yet another Guinness entry at the Ravindra Bharati. Christined after one of the most inspiring poets, Rabindranath Tagore, the theatre is celebrating a two-day Rabindra Nrityotsav, a unique dancing Guinness record feat, marking his 150th birth anniversary celebrations and...

08:27 AM, Jan 30, 2012

Kolkata: The scalpel gives way to a harmonium and the surgeon in 80-year-old Samir K Gupta steps aside for the artist as he gives musical life to some poems of 'Gitanjali' by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Gupta, who runs a city orthopaedic clinic, is a devoted doctor during the day and spends long hours of his nights composing music and writing books. " 'Gitanjali' has 157 poems, of which Tagore...

03:57 PM, Dec 01, 2011

Life has come a full and happy circle for Indian filmmaker Gitanjali Rao. While her animation short film "The Printed Rainbow" had won the Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, she has now been invited to be on the jury this year. The 64th Cannes Film Festival runs from May 11 to 22, 2011, and Rao will be on jury of the...

10:46 AM, Apr 30, 2011

The revised tax rates will certainly mean greater disposable income. ...

05:47 PM, Feb 26, 2010

Mehul Choksi aims to be the biggest jewelry retailer, growing bigger than Tiffany. ...

09:57 PM, Oct 12, 2009

Jewellery brand ropes in Salman to help the under-privileged. ...

06:06 PM, Sep 16, 2009

A German national has come forward claiming to be Gitanjali's husband. ...

03:31 PM, Sep 09, 2007

Doctors feel young adults take addiction very lightly. ...

10:20 PM, Sep 04, 2007

A drug addict, Geetanjali Nagpal, has been finally put under psychiatric care. ...

12:00 AM, Sep 04, 2007