Mumbai: Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee has defended the item number in his soon-to-be-released film, 'Shanghai', saying the song is indispensable as it takes the story forward. British model Scarlett Mellish Willson gyrates to the tune of 'Imported Kamariya' in 'Shanghai'. "Politics depends on item numbers to survive. In our film there is politics and for that there is item number to show how item number is important for politics and politicians....
01:04 PM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: Writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has been part of the Indian film industry for more than four decades, says so far only Bollywood has not suffered at the hands of Hollywood. "Hollywood is such a powerful film industry that it has ruined film industries of the world. Wherever Hollywood films reach, the original film industry of that nation got ruined, except India. Our film industry is flourishing be it Tamil...
02:22 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Vehemently opposing the decriminalisation of gay sex, various social and religious organisation on Wednesday contended before the Supreme Court that allowing such acts would lead to "horrendous" situation. Appearing before a bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya, they contended that homosexual behaviour is a disease, which should be cured through counselling and rehabilitation. "It would be a horrendous situation in Indian society if it is allowed....
11:44 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Itanagar: Nearly 75,000 devotees, including hundreds of sadhus from across the country, took a holy dip in Parshuram Kund in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday. Most of the pilgrims, from Nepal, Manipur, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and various parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh made a beeline to the holy site since January 13 last, Lohit deputy commissioner R K Sharma...
12:10 PM, Jan 16, 2012
As you visit any of the shops selling kites, you will discover the gloom that greeted one at the start of the week is replaced with a sigh of relief. After all, with the city's denizens on a kite shopping spree, traders who complained of lacklustre business till last week have finally got their smiles back. If you are wondering where to spot that Chinese-designer kite besides the humble paper...
08:54 AM, Jan 14, 2012
BANGALORE: The scene has shifted from Brigade Road and M G Road to the markets in the city " Jayanagar Fourth Block, Madiwala Market, Gandhi Bazaar and K R Market. While most of these markets buzz with activity in the evenings, on Friday morning, a visitor to the markets may be forgiven to have thought that its a weekend. Heaps of sugarcane, bunches of fresh turmeric, till seeds, mounds of...
08:44 AM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: The general notion is that Sandalwood has a limited market and not viable for producers to invest money on par with other language films. If the big-budget films that are set to hit the silver screen in 2012 are any indication, it seems that Kannada film producers have decided not to compromise with quality of the films anymore. Challenging Star Darshan's period flick 'Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna' is set...
06:29 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: Dismissing reports of differences within Team Anna, social activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asserted that senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan continued to be an integral part of the team. He said that Bhushan would continue to be a part of the core committee, adding that the comments of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare were misunderstood. However, he pointed that India against Corruption believed in the unity and the integrity of...
04:58 PM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: Prashant Bhushan's attackers got a pat on the back from the Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray who also slammed Anna Hazare for not criticizing senior lawyer's comments on Kashmir. Thackeray was also very critical of Bhushan's comments on plebiscite for Kashmir, indirectly supporting the Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena members who attacked the lawyer. In an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna', the Sena supremo wrote that the people...
11:28 AM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: Upset over the attacks on senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan and Anna supporters, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal will head to Ralegaon Siddhi on Friday to have a discussion on the issue with the Gandhian. Talking exclusively to CNN-IBN, he said, "These attacks have raised many questions. Police role is also under scanner. All of this happened in front of police but they did nothing to prevent this. Were...
07:32 AM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: Two days after the brutal attack on senior lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan, the men who allegedly assaulted him will be produced in a Delhi Court on Friday. The group they belong to, the Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena was involved in another scuffle with Anna supporters on Thursday. The incident at the Patiala House court took place shortly after Tejinder Singh Bagga and Vishnu Gupta, the...
06:54 AM, Oct 14, 2011
Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena members on Wednesday attacked Prashant Bhushan over his comment on Kashmir. ...
11:50 PM, Oct 13, 2011
A day after senior advocate Prashant Bhushan was assaulted inside his chamber in Supreme Court, the Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena on Thursday attacked Anna Hazare supporters outside a Delhi court. ...
11:22 PM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: After thrashing senior lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan on Wednesday, members of the Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena on Thursday manhandled Anna supporters outside the Patiala House Court in Delhi. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denied any Sangh Parivar's links with the attack on Prashant Bhushan even as one of the attackers, Tajinder Singh Bagga, could be seen with L K Advani in an old picture....
09:44 PM, Oct 13, 2011
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