Rome: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has expressed "great satisfaction" over the release on bail of two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen, but said the final objective of his government is to ensure their return to the country. "I express my own and the government's great satisfaction for the liberation, under bail conditions, of our marines. An important objective has been reached," Monti said in...
01:50 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmakers rarely applaud each other's work but Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee are all praises for each other. After watching 'Shanghai', Kashyap has declared it is the best film he has ever watched and Banerjee is the country's best director. "It's a film that should be made compulsory for everybody to watch. This is the most powerful and the best film I have seen in a long time," Kashyap...
04:06 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, India's most literate state with the best socio-economic indicators, has ironically a history of political killings in which virtually every party is involved. A recent RTI inquiry revealed that 56 people fell victim to internecine violence in Kannur in the decade from January 1997 to March 2008. Not everyone who dies is a political activist. Often, innocent citizens die in turf wars in which they have no stake....
12:52 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Launching an austerity drive to contain expenditure, the government today banned creation of new posts in its departments and holding their meetings in five-star hotels besides imposing curbs on foreign travel. The Finance Ministry has also asked all ministries and departments to reduce non-Plan expenditure by 10 per cent in the current financial year. "There will be a total ban on holding of meetings and conferences in five-star...
06:21 PM, May 31, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Three months after being jailed for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen, the Kerala High Court granted bail to two Italian marines on Wednesday. The court asked the marines to deposit Rs 1 crore as personal bond. But the Italians cannot leave Kochi as their passports are with the police. The court also asked two Indians to stand as surety for the Italian marines. The Italian marines' lawyer Rajender Nair...
02:32 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is making a good name for itself, especially after getting featured at the Cannes International Film Festival. The promos of the film suggest that the music is going to play a crucial part in the narration. Music director Sneha Khanwalkar lives up to the expectations. Her new album has 14 songs, mostly with a rustic touch. Varun Grover has penned down the first...
01:38 PM, May 30, 2012
Mumbai: After scorching the screen with his uninhabited act (of Babloo " the driver) in 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster', Randep Hooda has developed a distinct image among his female fans. And the actor admits he has no qualms with doing intimate bedroom scenes. Though initially, he was a little embarrassed when his female fans made some quirky requests, he is clear that he has no apprehensions getting cosy on the...
10:44 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Air India, which is operating a curtailed global flight schedule due to the pilots' strike, is likely to reopen international bookings and firm up a fresh operating schedule by this weekend with the help of 130 executive pilots. The airline said the three-week agitation by over 200 pilots has seen a drop in the number of its international passengers by about 3,000 and that its financial loss had...
07:47 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Model Poonam Pandey, who posted a nude picture of her on twitter to celebrate Kolkata Knight Riders' win against Chennai Super Kings at the IPL season five finale, was soon trending worldwide. The nude photo got Poonam trending on twitter as people tweeted about the pic and KKR's win. "This is called PoonamPandey effect. 1st India lifts WC, and Now KKR wins IPL," wrote on user, while another...
06:41 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who played an abusive officer in 'Kahaani' and an informer in 'Paan Singh Tomar', says training is must for every actor. "Training is very important - be it a theater actor or a movie actor. Right kind of training brings out various shades of an actor and it is appreciated by the audiences," Nawazuddin told IANS. The actor is on a roll as his two...
12:20 PM, May 28, 2012
Mumbai: Tannishtha Chatterjee feels Indian films still have a long way to go when it comes to getting recognition in the international arena. The actress, known for her role in 'Brick Lane', points out that the focus is not on the right kind of cinema or actors in the country. Producer Sheetal Talwar, who produced 'Dharm', has gone on record to say Bollywood representation in the Cannes International Film Festival...
12:07 PM, May 28, 2012
Paris: Battling to be in the top 10 before the June 11 cut-off mark for the London Olympics, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were drawn against the French team of Marc Gicquel and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in their men's doubles opening round of the French Open. Bopanna and Bhupathi, ranked 12th and 13th respectively, need to be in top 10 to make a direct entry into the men's doubles event of...
11:49 AM, May 28, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated Kolkata Knight Riders team for winning IPL title for the first time beating two-time champion Chennai Super Kings in final by five wickets. "I'm happy over the victory of KKR. All the teams played well. In a game, there is victory and defeat. I congratulate KKR team specially for winning the title," she said. Shah Rukh, co-owner of KKR, is the brand...
12:48 AM, May 28, 2012
Cannes: The longest-running entry in this year's Cannes festival, a five-hour Indian gangster epic, won a warm welcome at the Riviera event, even drawing parallels with Quentin Tarantino. Anurag Kashyap, who directed the five hour 20 minute 'Gangs of Wasseypur', described the film to AFP as 'a Bollywood-influenced gangster epic, part Western, part documentary.' With a folk-meets-dubstep soundtrack and a basis in true stories, the film follows three generations of...
01:08 PM, May 26, 2012
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
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