Cast: Adil Hussain, Amey Wagh, Bhanu Prakash, Veena Sajnani, Uttara Baokar, Roshni Achreja
Director: Unni Vijayan
Rating: 3 out of 5
"Never run away from things that terrify you," was a lesson that JA Krishnamurthy had instilled in his daughter Smriti when she was young, and he probably regrets doing so, for the results could be terrifying. A reality one should wake up to....
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01:55 PM, Dec 21, 2012
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06:06 PM, Dec 13, 2012
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11:56 AM, Dec 08, 2012
New Delhi: Adil Hussain, who has films like 'Ishqiya', 'Life of Pi' and the recent 'English Vinglish' to his credit, has bagged the best actor award at a US festival for his role in Unni Vijayan's 'Lessons in Forgetting'. Directed by Vijayan, the film is an adaptation of Anita Nair's book by the same name and is a gripping and heart warming story of redemption, forgiveness and second chances. The...
10:56 AM, Oct 12, 2012
London: Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton shares a close bond with her brother-in-law Prince Harry and has been giving him cooking lessons in her free time. Kate's husband Prince William is away and busy with his work as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot, so she has been using her free time to give Harry some domestic tips, reported Femalefirst online. "Kate is a whizz in the kitchen, while Harry's skills are...
02:52 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: The impunity with which a woman gate-crashed India's parade at the Olympic opening ceremony would have surprised only the most reclusive Indian. It has been established that the "over excited" Madhura Honey was a member of the cast from the extravaganza and not a security threat. But her ingenuity has become the subject of debate for international media. Most Indians have a delightfully childlike trait; to assume that...
07:19 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: The government will sensitise children about the importance of taxes in nation building through text books. "In line with the government's emphasis on promoting voluntary compliance of tax laws and recognising the role of that today's children will play in tomorrow's society, we need to educate them on importance of taxes for the nation building process," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in his address to top officials of...
03:27 AM, Jun 12, 2012
Bangalore: Faced with its ministers and lawmakers getting involved in various scandals in Karnataka, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to give them lessons in morality and discipline later this month. "We will hold 'chintan-manthan' (brain storming session) in Bangalore on Feb 24 and 25," state BJP chief K.S. Eswarappa told reporters after the party's core committee meeting here Tuesday. The focus of the meet, party sources said, will...
05:52 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Each year the movies teach us different lessons. Last year we learnt that greed is good, and that Akshay Kumar isn't funny anymore. This year we have new lessons. Pay close attention and you'll be wiser going forward. Here's presenting the 5 Lessons We Learnt at the Movies in 2011. Akshay Kumar needs to reinvent himself...quick! On the same show last year, we came to the conclusion that Akshay Kumar...
07:48 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Three years have passed since the horrific events of 26/11 held us hostage for 62 hours, from the night of November 26 to the morning of November 29, 2008. A significant element in those attacks was the visible engagement of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in a frontal gun battle with Indian security forces. Earlier terror attacks had generally involved simultaneous bomb blasts in crowded market places, religious sites and...
02:05 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Ok, ok, so you do remember it all, dont you? That Dhoni six that sealed the World Cup. Those stories that appeared soon after about team spirit and leadership. And the paeans of praise for a leader who could do no wrong. Ah, those were the days. Suddenly, it seems to have all gone wrong. The Indian team has slipped in the world rankings, lost every international game on the...
12:58 PM, Sep 27, 2011
As I write, I hear some of the most tragic news stories from all over the world: Mumbai is racked by explosions yet again; a suggestion is put forth to end "Islamic terrorism" in India by disenfranchising Muslim citizens unless they admit to their Hindu ancestry; a European ultranationalist guns down scores of young people at a camp while detonating a bomb in the government headquarters in Norway; the American...
11:37 AM, Aug 05, 2011
Saif Ali Khan has been busy brushing up on his Hindi. The actor who plays a school teacher in director Prakash Jha's Aarakshan is required to speak in chaste Hindi and at times even Sanskrit for the movie. So Saif sat like a good student in his room for days and learned Hindi and also took up Amitabh Bachchan's suggestion to keep saying his dialogues through the day. After Omkara,...
11:57 AM, Apr 04, 2011
Rajeev Masand points out five lessons from the performances of the movies in 2010. Akshay Kumar isn't funny anymore! The puerile humor in 'Housefull' may have been the last straw. The dismal response to 'Khatta Meetha', 'Action Replayy' and 'Tees Maar Khan' has proved that the Khiladi Kumar needs to reinvent himself… and quick! There's more to Deepika than those long legs! Unlike fellow newbie Sonam Kapoor who was mostly...
10:46 PM, Dec 31, 2010
Karari: Shortly after reciting 'Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim' from the Holy Quran, hundreds of students at a madrassa here fall in line for their first lesson of the day - yoga taught by a Hindu teacher. Imdadul-Jamia-Uloom Madrassa in Karari town in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district has introduced yoga lessons for its 600-odd students. "The main objective behind starting the yoga class is to make our students mentally and physically fit,"...
03:20 PM, Dec 24, 2010
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01:32 PM, Dec 17, 2010
New York: India struck back at Pakistan for its Foreign Minister's remarks in the UN General Assembly. A day after External Affairs minister S M Krishna said he was disappointed by S M Qureshi's speech that criticised India for the violence in Kashmir, Krishna got tougher during his address at UN General Assembly, telling Pakistan to stay out of Jammu and Kashmir. The two foreign ministers were due to meet...
08:53 PM, Sep 29, 2010
Galle: Trisha Chetty spent a productive day on either side of the stumps as South Africa kicked off their women's Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable six-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka in a Group B match on Wednesday. South Africa captain Mignon du Preez put Sri Lanka in after winning the toss and had every reason to feel vindicated as the home side slumped to 34 for 6...
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