
Anurag Basu's 'Barfi', chronicling the tender romance of a hearing and speech impaired boy, is out of the Oscars race as the Academy announced the list of nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 85th Academy Awards. ...

12:51 PM, Dec 22, 2012

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has vented his anger over the gang-rape of a Delhi student in a moving bus, saying that even an animal wouldn't have behaved in this manner. The 70-year-old actor said on Twitter that he had a lot to express about the Sunday night incident but he was too disturbed by the atrocity of it. "Wanted to say so much of the day.. but so disturbed by...

04:54 PM, Dec 19, 2012

Mumbai: From Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif to newbies like Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor and Yami Gautam - creme da la creme of Bollywood ramped up the glamour quotient at the Big Star Entertainment Awards held here Sunday night. The most deserving entertainers and achievers across 27 categories, including film, television, music, dance and sports were honoured at the ceremony held at the Andheri Sports Complex. Those who...

01:35 PM, Dec 17, 2012

New Delhi: The first poster of 'Gunday' is out. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film stars Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan in the lead roles. The film is set in Kolkata and deals with the story of black marketers. ...

05:10 PM, Dec 14, 2012

New Delhi: It was Kabir Bedi who set the cat among the pigeons recently when he tweeted, "I mean the demise of the word, Actress. It has great mystique. I find it hard to refer to legendary actresses [Garbo, Dietrich, Crawford, Leigh, Monroe, Taylor, Hepburn, Kelley] as actors!" At a recent party, my opinionated friend - the original argumentative Indian - took off precisely where the hunk had left. "Kabir...

11:25 AM, Dec 09, 2012

New Delhi: Katrina Kaif has seen off competition from Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra to emerge as the most downloaded celebrity on mobile phones in the year 2012. The 'Ek Tha Tiger' star continued to maintain the leading position in the category of images downloaded for the fourth consecutive year, followed by Kareena, Priyanka, Anushka Sharma and Vidya Balan, according to the findings of Airtel Mobitude 2012. Shah Rukh Khan...

05:06 PM, Dec 06, 2012

London: Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra has won the 'Worlds Sexiest Asian Woman' crown, according to an on-line survey conducted by a weekly magazine. Priyanka, 30, defeated reigning champion Kareena Kapoor and three-times winner Katrina Kaif to claim the crown of sexiest Asian woman on the planet this year. "Priyanka Chopra secured top spot with Kareena Kapoor coming second and Katrina Kaif third," Asian weekly Eastern Eye said. A permanent fixture...

01:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012

Mumbai: Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom is happy that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is going to essay her life and times in a biopic. "Any actress is good enough to play my role. They are all talented. I am happy that Priyanka is doing my role," Mary said at an event here. Asked if she would make her silver screen debut with the movie, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, she...

10:51 AM, Dec 05, 2012

Mumbai: After releasing her international single 'In My City', actress Priyanka Chopra now features in a song called 'Erase', a new original track by The Chainsmokers, comprising New York-based producer/DJ duo Andrew Winter and Alex Pall. "Music for me has been a very organic process. I have been fortunate enough to work with the best and the most passionate people in the business. I have my team to thank for...

07:13 PM, Nov 23, 2012

Mumbai: Bollywood's desi girl Priyanka Chopra has reached Hyderabad for the shooting of the 'Zanjeer' remake and actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has warned her against doing too many remakes and getting typecast. "In Hydrabad for 'Zanjeer'. Starting a new film always makes me nervous," Priyanka tweeted. Amit Mehra is producing the film, which was originally made by his late father Prakash Mehra in 1973 with Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya in the...

12:27 PM, Nov 19, 2012

Mumbai: After his super hit directorial debut 'Agneepath', Karan Malhotra is busy scripting his second film with his wife and says that it will be an original film. "My film is in its scripting stage. We are on the verge of finishing the script. Me and my wife Ekta are scripting the film and hope to finish it as soon as possible," Malhotra told IANS. Ask him about the genre...

12:31 PM, Nov 14, 2012

Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra, whose debut single 'In My City' sales reportedly crossed 100,000 mark within a week of its release, is amazed at the response and hopes it opens up doors for aspiring artists. "I don't think anybody expected that, you know, these kind of numbers would happen in India, a market where you don't see that kind of numbers for music. It's really fascinating and exciting for us...

05:25 PM, Nov 08, 2012

Mumbai: Ali Abbas Zafar says though major parts of 'Gunday' will be shot in Kolkata, he will create Howrah streets here only. "My film 'Gunday' will go on the floors from Dec 7. Since it's a period film, we are working too much on the pre-production. Major portions will be shot in Kolkata but we are creating the streets of Howrah in Mumbai and it will take some time," Zafar...

10:54 AM, Nov 08, 2012

The buzz is that Priyanka Chopra is being considered to play the role of Mary Kom in a biopic based on the life of the boxing champ. ...

05:52 PM, Nov 06, 2012