New Delhi: Akshay Kumar's 'Rowdy Rathore' is all set to take the world by storm. The film collected Rs 48.5 crore in first three days, a record for any Hindi film in a non holiday weekend. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweets, "RowdyRathore has a M-A-S-S-I-V-E Sunday. Emerges the biggest non-holiday opener ever in Bollywood history." He further tweets, "RowdyRathore has smashed previous records by a big margin. Collects a colossal...
10:59 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Mumbai: He's back in his element, ready again to play around with his palette and his melodies. So far he's been busy, checking out his sister Bela Sehgal's film trailer, discussing the hoardings for his upcoming production and figuring out a new TV show. But when Sanjay Leela Bhansali walks into the room dressed in all white kurta-pyjama, you know he's ready to talk about all the things that lie...
12:07 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan makes her acting debut with 'Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi'. Farah Khan has been cast opposite Boman Irani in the film. Directed by Bela Sehgal, 'Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi' is produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Sunil Lulla. Here is the first poster of the film. ...
11:32 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: If you recall the sheer opulence of Baz Luhrmann's musical Moulin Rouge, complimenting Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries's music, you will find it easier to justify Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Devdas' place in the '10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium' list compiled by the Time magazine. A decade after it was released in seven languages, the grandeur of Devdas continues to enamour an audience in the...
05:24 PM, May 24, 2012
Washington: Time magazine has ranked Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 film 'Devdas' eighth among the ten greatest movies of the millennium with 'WALL.E' at the top and 'The Artist' in the tenth spot. It described Shah Rukh Khan as an 'all-world charismatist' and Madhuri Dixit 'a hot number who danced flamencos on men's libidos'. "A year after 'Moulin Rouge!' had its world premiere at Cannes, another visually intoxicating musical...
05:23 PM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: Designer-turned-producer Shabina Khan says that Kareena Kapoor will always be her first choice for the films she would be producing. Kareena appears in a song in Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha starrer 'Rowdy Rathore', co-produced by Shabina. "I wanted her to be a part of my first film for emotional reasons. She is my close friend. Obviously I wanted her to be a part of my first film but she had...
05:10 PM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: 'Balika Vadhu', the popular show on Colors TV, is set to reach a milestone on Monday and has managed to withstand the test of time for over four years. The serial will complete 1,000 episodes on Monday and has a one-hour special plan for its fans. It started its journey in 2008, pegged on the issue of child marriage, and used a perfect village setting to tell the story...
09:22 AM, May 14, 2012
'Man could perceive some unseen, unheard, untouchable, non-aromatic divine power only after the evolution of his imagination.' Ajay Kansal in his latest book 'The Evolution of Gods' attempts to explain religious scriptures from the world over. He talks about how most religions claim that God has made man, although no supernatural power has been identified by science that created and governed humans. According to the author, men could perceive gods...
03:08 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Parliament will celebrate its 60th anniversary on May 13, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday. "There will be special sessions of both the Houses on May 13. Later, President Pratibha Patil will address members of both the Houses," Bansal told reporters. He clarified that the president will address the members of both Houses in a function and there will be no joint sitting...
10:16 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's ultimatum notwithstanding, government on Monday expressed confidence that her party will be on board to ensure passage of the Budget and the Finance Bill for 2012-13 by May 8. Plans are afoot to have a discussion and voting in the Lok Sabha on the Finance Bill on May 7-8 with government managers hoped to address the issues raised by the West Bengal Chief...
04:38 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Chandigarh: On the lines of MNREGA, the UPA government is considering a scheme for urban areas, Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Saturday said. "The main problem that the country today is facing is un-employment and like MNREGA, same scheme is likely to be started in urban areas also," said Bansal, union parliamentary affairs minister. The UPA Government has started the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee programme with a...
01:50 AM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: The dates of Union Budget 2012-13 and Railway Budget 2012-13 have been finalised. While Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the Budget on March 16, Railway Budget will be presented on March 14 by Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi. The Economic Survey 2012-13 will be released on 15. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that dates of the Budget session were finalised at the Cabinet Committee ...
02:20 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry has reacted to a CNN-IBN report about how the UP government had violated environment rules and diverted wetlands in Greater Noida's Dadri to the Ansal group. The ministry has ordered that the work on the project should be stopped. It has also issued a show cause notice. The Uttar Pradesh government sold 2400 acre of wetlands, home to over 5,000 migratory birds. As the area...
07:31 PM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has ordered an investigate into the sale of wetlands in Greater Noida's Dadri by the Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh government sold 2400 acre of wetlands, home to over 5,000 migratory birds to a private builder. "We are extremely concerned about the project on wetland in Greater Noida. A fact-finding team has been sent to Greater Noida this morning. If...
11:39 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Greater Noida: In a fresh controversy surrounding the Mayawati government ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls, it has allowed the sale of wetlands near Noida to a private builder. Hundreds of acres of wetlands visited by migratory birds from as far as Siberia and Spain were sold to Ansals for a mega housing project in Greater Noida. Angered by the move, the Union Environment Ministry has asked the state government...
06:48 PM, Jan 19, 2012
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