
Mumbai: Bollywood star Aamir Khan and lyricist Prasoon Joshi are quite a team by now. They are working on their pet project on social awareness - films on malnutrition - and the writer says that they connect because they do not compromise on their principles. "Aamir and I have been invited by the prime minister of India to make campaign films against malnutrition. It's a project very close to our...

07:34 PM, May 07, 2012

New Delhi: After basking in the glory of the National Award for 'I AM', actor-producer Sanjay Suri returns to the big screen in the role of a school teacher for a new film 'Papa Please', which deals with the undue academic pressure on children. In 2008, actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan dealt with a similar issue in his blockbuster film 'Taare Zameen Par'. "The template is the same, but the story is...

01:11 PM, Apr 28, 2012

New Delhi: Bollywood star Aamir Khan on Wednesday said the issue of malnutrition is 'foremost' to him and that there is a lot be done to tackle the problem which is severely affecting children all over the country. "I realize there is a lot to be done and I hope that by lending my voice I can make a difference to the lives of children and thereby to the future...

11:53 AM, Dec 01, 2011

New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was today appointed the national brand ambassador of UNICEF to promote child nutrition and the actor said he takes his new job as a responsibility and not as a burden. Aamir is the third Bollywood celebrity after Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra to represent United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in India. The 46-year-old actor, who will be working towards solving the problem of...

07:34 PM, Nov 30, 2011

Panaji: If Aamir Khan's 'Taare Zameen par' (TZP) triggered a ripple of social consciousness vis-a-vis autism, three women have come to IFFI this year armed with scripts and story ideas, aimed to carpet bomb the 'intellectual disability' cause further. Shalini Gupta, Neena Wagh and Kusum Tiwari - all mothers of intellectually disabled children - will conduct a special workshop for potential filmmakers and scriptwriters at the ongoing 42nd International Film...

11:47 AM, Nov 28, 2011

Hyderabad: It was in the 20th century that Children's Film Society, India (CFSI) last released a film in the theatres. The millennium has changed, and so have the kids and the business of cinema. CFSI, sadly, seemed to have lost touch. Some of the best children's films of the new millennium -- 'Taare Zameen Par', 'Makdee', 'Chillar Party' and 'I Am Kalam' -- first came to CFSI, but were surprisingly...

12:35 PM, Nov 20, 2011

Bollywood fever is sweeping Africa's political capital, with a week-long festival of 14 films, including blockbusters like Sholay and 3 Idiots, enthralling cinegoers. The films are being screened at The National Theatre in downtown Addis Ababa. The Indian Film Festival, being advertised through the catchline 'Come, fall in love with the magic of Bollywood', kicked off with a screening of 3Idiots on 20th May. The film had powerful resonance with...

12:47 PM, May 25, 2011

New Delhi: Progeria, paraplegia, anterograde amnesia - Bollywood's current portrayal of unusual ailments might be drawing applause from the elite, but it is leaving front benchers baffled. If Hrithik Roshan's recent portrayal of a paraplegic who appeals for euthanasia in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish is any indication, the working class audience is ending up somewhat enlightened but also somewhat afraid. "If someone is really facing trouble due to health issues,...

03:38 PM, Dec 03, 2010

The actor was speaking at Forbes India's anniversary event ...

11:59 AM, May 21, 2010

The film fest, starting June 24, is being organised by The Indian embassy ...

01:21 PM, May 20, 2010

The 'Taare Zameen Par' actor is back with a new film ...

11:55 AM, May 10, 2010