New Delhi: It seems that viewers are liking Akshay Kumar in his action hero avatar in 'Rowdy Rathore', which earned Rs 29.8 crore on the first two days. 'Rowdy Rathore' is Akshay's widest release so far on 2,800 screens in the country, said a statement. Made on a budget of Rs 45 crore, the film released Friday and grossed Rs 15.10 crore on the opening day. Directed by Prabhu Deva...
10:59 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Kollam: Over 150 Sri Lankan refugees have been detained from a boat near the Kollam coast. The refugees include 19 women and 22 children. The police say they paid between Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to an agent who promised to take them to Australia but brought them to India instead allegedly for trafficking. The agent is now absconding along with the boat's driver and a helper. All...
09:38 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Patna: On the first anniversary of the police firing at Forbesganj in which four members of the minority community were killed and many others injured, the Opposition parties on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the incident. Demanding the probe, RJD state unit chief Ramchandra Purve who led an 'Aakrosh March' in Patna during the day alleged that atrocities against the minorities have increased during the NDA rule. Slamming the...
08:12 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar is elated with the response to his recently released film 'Rowdy Rathore' and insists that he would continue doing movies of all genres. Having begun his career with action films, Akshay later took a break to star in romantic, comedy and dramas, delivering hits like 'Dhadkan', 'Hera Pheri', 'Namaste London', 'Welcome' and 'Singh is Kinng'. "When I used to do action movies earlier, everyone used to...
07:23 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Priyamani has signed on a tri-lingual film titled as 'Charulatha', to be made simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. The film is inspired by the 2007 Thai movie 'Alone', which had Thai-German pop singer Marsha Wattanapanich in lead role. "Some changes have been made to the original script to suit the taste of south Indian audience," said a press release from the production house, Global One Studios. The Telugu version...
11:54 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Uma Bharti is expected to lead a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)-sponsored, parallel Amarnath pilgrimage from Jammu on Sunday. The leader has been demanding that the Amarnath Yatra be allowed for two months. The Jammu and Kashmir government has allowed the yatra, which begins on June 15, to proceed for 37 days. ...
11:28 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The early Box Office figures are in and going by the trend, Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha's Rowdy Rathore is already on its way to becoming a huge hit. Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh said it was the third biggest opener of 2012. "#RowdyRathore is the third biggest opener ever, after #Agneepath and #Bodyguard. Incidentally, all three films are remakes," Adarsh tweeted, giving the area wise break-ups. "#RowdyRathore...
04:35 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Mumbai :Besides the premiere of Dibakar Banerjee's political thriller 'Shanghai', the 13th annual IIFA awards will also showcase excerpts from Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming film 'Ferrari Ki Sawari'. Directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and dialogues by acclaimed director, Rajkumar Hirani, the film is a moving story about how the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality. 'Ferrari Ki Sawari'...
04:06 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Payakaraopeta: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy would have to face a jail term of 14 years, if the charges levelled against him were proved in the illegal assets case. Kiran Kumar Reddy was campaigning in Payakaraopeta Assembly segment in Visakhapatnam district on Friday. Addressing a gathering at panchayat office centre, the chief minister made it clear that Jagan was behind the bars as...
03:19 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Karthi may not have made an impression with 'Malligadu', but 'Sakuni' presents him a good opportunity to strike back with gusto even better than he did with Na Peru Shiva. Directed by Shankar Dayal, this political satire is produced by Bellamkonda Suresh in Telugu. The film is not a routine political thriller where the hero beats up the baddies or dons the role of a politician to teach his villain...
01:49 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Priyamani has bagged a new project in Kollywood. The National Award winning actress will play the lead in a film titled 'Charulatha', to be directed by Pon Kumaran, a former associate to K Bhagyaraj and KS Ravikumar. To be produced by Global One Studios, the banner which was behind many television programs and Cheran - Pasupathy starrer 'Raman Thedia Seethai', 'Charulatha' will have Mollywood actor Skandha as protagonist. Seetha, Saranya...
12:31 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Director Rajkumar Hirani, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and actor Sharman Joshi talk about their upcoming movie 'Ferrari Ki Sawaari'. ...
12:04 PM, Jun 02, 2012
This week, Rajeev Masand reviews Prabhudeva's 'Rowdy Rathore' starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. ...
11:52 AM, Jun 02, 2012
'Ulaganayagan' Kamal Haasan is guarding his forthcoming bi-lingual 'Viswaroopam' like an eagle would be an understatement. Kamal has now unveiled the film's teaser's making video. The making video has Kamal in discussion with his crew and is edited in a way where we can see the teaser taking shape as Kamal is visualizing it and giving directions for the teaser to his crew. Starring Kamal, Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose and...
11:43 AM, Jun 02, 2012
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