Pachmarhi: Veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri, who drew flak for his controversial comments against parliamentarians, landed himself in another row by calling Naxals "fighters not terrorists". The 61-year-old actor, who is in Pachmarhi to shoot for Prakash Jha's 'Chakravyuh', said Naxals were fighters who did not trouble the common man. Justifying the kidnapping of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, Puri said that the Naxals kidnapped him because he supported...
05:38 PM, May 18, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Priyadarshan has worked with Paresh Rawal in most of his Hindi films, but he claims he doesn't believe in favouritism. In fact, he says he casts actors only according to the script's requirement. "I do not believe in favouritism. The actors are cast according to the script once it is complete. That is the way I always function," said Priyadarshan. The filmmaker is currently busy shooting for his...
07:28 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Om Puri returns to the small screen after over a decade as a 'sutradhar' or storyteller for new TV show 'Chhal Sheh Aur Maat'. But the veteran actor feels today's television is frivolous and lacks meaningful content. "Television back in the 1980s had meaningful content. Serials like 'Hum Log' and 'Buniyaad' had much to share, but the small screen has now become very frivolous," Om, 61, told IANS...
03:29 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D'Souza, Om Puri, Tinnu Anand Director: Mandeep Kumar When you know that the lead pair of a film is already married, you expect some kind of chemistry between them but most of the time they just fail to bring that off-screen tuning on to the screen. The first half of 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya' demonstrates just that, however the experience and understanding of each others...
01:37 PM, Feb 25, 2012
New Delhi: The exhausting promotions, the multi-city tours and the endless interviews have all led up to this moment. Having established his domination over the Asian drug world, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is back in the theatres this Friday reprising his earlier role as Don 2, the sequel to the 2006 remake of the Amitabh Bachchan classic, hits the screens. The film has already been released in the UK...
03:08 PM, Dec 22, 2011
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11:05 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: Facing privilege motion in Parliament, Actor Om Puri on Monday apologised for making derogatory remarks against politicians and said he is ready to appear before MPs if summoned. The 61-year-old Bollywood veteran also denied that he was drunk at the time when he made a no holds barred attack on politicians at Ramlila maidan on Friday where Anna Hazare was on the 11th day of his fast. Puri...
05:54 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Actor Om Puri has expressed his regrets over calling politicians 'anpadh' (illiterate) at the Ramlila Maidan. ...
01:46 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's associate Kiran Bedi and Bollywood actor Om Puri are in trouble for lampooning MPs and politicians during the anti-corruption agitation at Ramlila Maidan. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has accepted a privilege motion against the duo for their antics at Ramlila Maidan. Meira Kumar said she had received notices from PL Punia, Jagadambika Pal, Ramashankar Rajbhar, Lalchand Kataria, Mirza Aslam Beg, Praveen Aron and Shailendra Kumar....
11:35 AM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's associate Kiran Bedi and Bollywood actor Om Puri are in trouble for lampooning MPs and politicians during the anti-corruption agitation at Ramlila Maidan. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has accepted a privilege motion against the duo for their antics at Ramlila Maidan. Meira Kumar said she had received notices from PL Punia, Jagadambika Pal, Ramashankar Rajbhar, Lalchand Kataria, Mirza Aslam Beg, Praveen Aron and Shailendra Kumar....
11:35 AM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: After the outrage over his remark on politicians, actor Om Puri apologised on Sunday for the kind of words that he used. The actor had in a speech at Ramlila Maidan attacked politicians calling them illiterate, rustic and useless. Puri's apology came during a discussion on the channel 'IBN 7'. "I am unhappy with myself over two of the terms that I used. The first is 'uneducated' and...
08:14 AM, Aug 29, 2011
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.jpg "The new trailer of 'Don 2: The Chase Continues' shows Shah Rukh Khan’s bad side. Actor Boman Irani and Kunal Kapoor make their appearance and Lara Dutta is given more screen space.")
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.jpg "It is the sequel to the 2006 film, Don: The Chase Begins Again, which itself was a remake of the 1978 film Don.")
