Mumbai: The legal and property disputes between Sridevi and her sister Srilatha are a thing of the past. Now they have established a comfort level with each other, thanks to Boney Kapoor's mediation.
Things have improved so much that on Monday evening Srilatha and her husband threw a grand party in Chennai to celebrate Sridevi's Padma Shri honour.
The night before, Sridevi and Boney were in Hyderabad to attend a party in Sridevi's honour hosted by her cousin Maheshwari.
"Why should I not be proud of my wife? You name me one other actress who has had a 40-year innings as an actress and who made a comeback like she did. Do you know 'English Vinglish' has earned $5 million worldwide. It was released in Hong Kong in March where it has become the second-most successful Hindi film after '3 Idiots'. For a heroine-centric film that's quite an achievement," said Kapoor....
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06:38 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Chennai: Media baron and sports administrator B Sivanthi Adithan, who passed away after a brief illness, was on Saturday cremated in Chennai with scores of leaders and artistes paying their homage. The body of 76-year-old Adithan, owner of popular Tamil daily 'Dina Thanthi', was taken in a procession from his Poes Garden residence to the electric crematorium at Besant Nagar, where it was consigned to flames. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime...
11:04 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday conferred the Padma awards on several eminent personalities including industrialist Adi Godrej, Olympic medal winners Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar, actor Nana Patekar and designer Ritu Kumar. Professor Roddam Narasimha, a internationally renowned expert on fluid dynamics and famous painter Sayed Haider Raza were given the prestigious Padma Vibhushan at an impressive ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Padma Bhushan awardees who were honoured...
05:46 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Noted Marathi writer and Padma Shri awardee Laxman Mane, who had been absconding, has surrendered after being accused of sexually exploiting 6 women. 63-year-old Mane allegedly raped and molested the women employees at a charity home where he was the working president. ...
10:29 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Satara: After being on the run for a fortnight, noted Marathi author and Padma Shri awardee Laxman Mane, booked in half a dozen separate rape cases, on Monday surrendered before the police here in western Maharashtra. Mane, who has rejected sexual assault charges levelled against him, went to Satara tehsil police station at around 4.00 pm and was arrested. "Mane surrendered in Satara rural police station. He has been arrested,"...
11:36 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Bollywood's first superstar Rajesh Khanna, who was not considered for Padma awards during his lifetime, could get one posthumously. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is understood to have recommended Khanna's name for Padma Vibhushan under the arts category to the Home Ministry. Names of filmmaker Ramesh Sippy and singer Kailash Kher are being recommended for Padma Shri, sources in I&B Ministry said. Khanna, who was also a Congress...
11:19 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Thilakan had starred in over 200 Malayalam films and was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009. ...
11:33 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Gandhian writer Giriraj Kishore has said that he will return his Padma Shri to the government to protest Gandhi item auction. This came a day after a pinch of soil and blood-stained blades of grass from the place where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 sold for 10,000 pounds at an auction in London on Tuesday that also saw many other Gandhi memorabilia going under the hammer including...
10:55 PM, Apr 18, 2012
On the eve of the Republic Day, the Government of India announced the list of 2012 Padma awardees. We did a little number crunching and plotted the data on charts to reveal hidden dimensions that might not be obvious in the long list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardees. ...
07:49 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: Former India hockey captain Zafar Iqbal and archer Limba Ram were among the sportspersons chosen for the prestigious Padma Shri awards announced on the eve of the Republic Day. Iqbal was a nippy winger whose deft stick-work and speed made him a star during his playing days. Iqbal was a member of the 1980 team that won the last Olympic Gold Medal in hockey for India. He captained...
05:52 PM, Jan 25, 2012
The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise five Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There are 19 women among the awardees. Padma Awards, the country's highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma...
02:20 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Kolkata: Legendary Bengali playwright Badal Sircar, who gave Indian theatre a new dimension with plays like 'Pagla Ghoda' and 'Ebang Indrajit', died at his north Kolkata residence on Friday evening. He was 86. Sircar, who was awarded a Padma Shri in 1972 and offered a Padma Bhushan in 2010, which he declined, had been suffering from prostate cancer and chronic lung disease, The Telegraph newspaper reported. His body has been...
12:16 PM, May 14, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to Padma Shri Usha Uthup on India @ 9. ...
11:03 PM, Jan 26, 2011
Mumbai: She has been honoured with Padma Shri now and Bollywood actress Kajol, who is among this year's recipients of the India's fourth highest civilian award, is on top of the world. "It's an honour and a pleasure when you are selected for the Padma Shri and I thank all those who thought me worthy of it. I am very, very happy with the way this year has started," Kajol...
01:39 AM, Jan 26, 2011
Take a look at the names of the people conferred with the Padma awards this year. ...
10:31 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New Delhi: Singer Usha Uthup, veteran Kannada filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli, Malayalam director Shaji N. Karun and actor Jayaram Subramaniam are among the recipients of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. Uthup, 63, a pop singer, is well-known for her heavy voice and linguistic versatility as she can sing in 16 Indian languages and several foreign languages as well. Her songs "Ek do cha cha cha", "Shaan se", "Hari...
07:38 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New Delhi: A list of 128 names-13 Padma Vibhushans, 31 Padma Bhushans and 84 Padma Shri awards, was announced on Tuesday. There are 31 women in the list. Former national security advisor Brajesh Mishra and Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia were amongst the 13 people awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian awards announced Tuesday. Actress Kajol is amongst the people conferred with the Padma Shri. There...
07:20 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New Delhi: Talented Bollywood actress Kajol, and versatile actors Tabu and Irrfan Khan were named for the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour on the eve of Republic Day on Tuesday. Daughter of veteran actress Tanuja and late Bengali filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee, Kajol made her Bollywood debut with not so successful movie Bekhudi in 1992 at the age of 17. But the 35-year-old tasted commercial success with her second...
07:09 PM, Jan 25, 2011
