Chennai: Southern actor R Madhavan looks up to actor filmmaker Kamal Haasan as his deity, and when he met him recently at an award ceremony, he felt like a teenager again.
"Had a great time at the Vijay Awards. Met my god Kamal sir again after a while. (I) was a gaping teenager all over again," tweeted Madhavan.
Madhavan and Kamal bonded well at the 7th edition of Vijay Awards Saturday, which the former hosted. The two had worked together in Tamil films 'Anbe Sivam' and 'Manmathan Ambu'.
The award ceremony was also graced by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, with whom also Madhavan shared great time....
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05:52 PM, May 13, 2013
Chennai: Bollywood baadshah Shahrukh Khan was conferred with Chevalier Sivaji Award, constituted after veteran Tamil actor Sivaji Ganeshan, Saturday here at the 7th edition of Vijay awards. Shahrukh received the award from the hands of Kamal Haasan, Vijay and members from the family of Sivaji Ganeshan. "I have enjoyed working with Kamal Haasan and Ajith Kumar in my career. I may be the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL...
10:01 AM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Veteran actor Pran received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to cinema at his residence in Mumbai. Due to health reasons, the actor could not travel to New Delhi earlier and was presented with award by I&B minister Manish Tewari at Pran's residence today. The 93-year-old Pran, whose real name is Pran Krishan Sikand, has appeared in 350 films from the 1940s to the 1990s and...
12:47 PM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: On the 93rd birthday of Oscar winning American graphic designer Saul Bass, we bring to you an old picture of Bass holding his Oscar award. Saul Bass won an Oscar in 1968 for directing a short documentary film called 'Why Man Creates'. ...
11:00 AM, May 08, 2013
Salim Ahamed's critically acclaimed debut feature 'Adaminte Makan Abu' picked up four national awards in 2011 and was India's official entry into the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars that year. Screened at every major international film festivals, it went on to win accolades from the national and international media. Director Salim Ahamed joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his film 'Adaminte Makan Abu' and new projects. Q....
06:31 PM, May 06, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Basu, who started his direction career with 1996 hit daily soap 'Tara', says films should not be considered superior to television and adds that filmmaking is easier. He also directed TV shows 'Star Bestsellers' and 'Koshish... Ek Aashaa' before making his big screen debut with 2003 movie 'Saaya' starring John Abraham and Tara Sharma. "I don't feel that films are superior to television. I don't know why...
05:13 PM, May 06, 2013
Mumbai: Ex-Roadies Aanchal Khurana, who won the best actress in a negative role trophy at the 12th Indian Telly Awards, says she can't believe that she has won the award. The actress, who started her career by winning the eighth season of 'Roadies', said that she felt the same when she won the reality show. "I can't believe that I won the award. Even when I won 'Roadies', I was...
11:04 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Legendary actor Pran could not make it to the 60th National Film Awards ceremony Friday here to receive Dadasaheb Phalke honour for health reasons. However, no one from his family was present either to receive the award on behalf of the 93-year-old. The actor, who acted in over 400 movies in a career spanning over six decades and played a vast range of roles - from a hero...
12:23 PM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: The controversy surrounding 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and the National Film Awards has been resolved. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry will invite the two sound engineers whose names were left out from the awards list earlier, to the presentation ceremony on Friday evening. The controversy started when sound engineers Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair were pronounced as the winners of the Best Audiography National Film Award for Anurag...
01:30 PM, May 03, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' won the National Film Award for best sound recording, but he will boycott felicitating ceremony on Thursday evening. This comes after two of his award-winning sound team members were not invited for the presentation ceremony. Sound engineers Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair couldn't contain their joy when they were pronounced as the winners of the Best Audiography National Film Award for...
09:53 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: If media reports are to be believed then Mala Sinha is very upset with the committee responsible for giving Dadasaheb Phalke Awards. Earlier, her name was announced along with Asha Bhosle, Rajesh Khanna and Yash Chopra for 'Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards'. She is reportedly angry over the fact that her name is missing from the invitation card. Mala Sinha is known for films like 'Hariyali Aur Rasta', 'Dhool...
01:25 PM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: The Cricket Board (BCCI) has recommended the names of young batsman Virat Kohli for the prestigious Arjuna award and former captain Sunil Gavaskar for the Dhyanchand lifetime achievement honour to the sports ministry. Confirming this, BCCI sources said that Tuesday was the last date for recommending the awards to the sports ministry. "We have recommended only these two names," the sources informed making it clear that no cricketer's name...
06:58 PM, Apr 30, 2013
London: Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the London stage at the Olivier Awards Sunday, while compelling, canine-titled teen drama 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' emerged as best in show with seven trophies. Mirren, 67, was a popular and expected best actress choice for her regal yet vulnerable Queen Elizabeth II in 'The Audience,' Peter Morgan's behind-palace-doors drama about the relationship between Britain's queen and its...
10:48 AM, Apr 29, 2013
London: Still to win any trophies with Tottenham, Gareth Bale collected the top two awards in English football on Sunday to cement his status as one of the sport's most talented players. The Wales forward was voted player of the year and the young player of the year by his fellow professionals in English football. "It's a massive honor," said Bale, who was also voted player of the year in...
09:02 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Kolkata: Flying Sikh Milkha Singh on Saturday lashed out against the authorities for giving Arjuna Awards to undeserving sportspersons and rapped athetes for taking banned drugs to enhance their performance. The 77-year-old Milkha, who gave the country four gold medals from the Asiad and one from the Commonwealth Games, said the Arjuna should be given to the best of athletes. "I returned the Arjuna Award (in 2001) because they gave...
10:45 AM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Major Anup Joseph Manjali was on Saturday awarded the second-highest peacetime gallantry award Kirti Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee for killing three foreign militants in Jammu and Kashmir. 12 defence personnel were awarded the Shaurya Charkra for their acts of bravery including Captain A Rahul Ramesh and Naik Krishna Kumar who were given the honour posthumously. Manjali, who was deployed in Jammu and Kashmir with the 24 Rashtriya...
11:40 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Yash Chopra, Rajesh Khanna, legendary playback singer Asha Bhosale are among those Bollywood legends, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards here on April 30. Bhosale will be presented with the Phalke Ratna Award for her contribution in the field of music for five decades. Late Yash Chopra will be conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for his services to the Indian film industry...
07:24 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Anurag Basu's critically acclaimed and commercially successful movie 'Barfi!' leads the nominations for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2013. Movies like 'Vicky Donor', 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' and 'Agneepath' have scored major nominations too. The IIFA Voting Weekend was held in March, and the resultant nominations list reflects the diverse and thriving landscape of the Hindi film industry at present. The maximum 15 nominations have been bagged by 'Barfi!',...
02:01 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday presented to Sikkim an award for "extraordinary and innovative" work done by the state's Rural Management and Development Department. The prime minister presented a medal, a scroll and cash award of Rs 5 lakh to DR Nepal, secretary, Rural Management and Development Department, Sikkim, for exemplary performance of civil servants in the organizational category for year 2011-12, said a statement issued by...
06:04 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Veteran actress Dimple Kapadia recently received Padma Bhushan from President Pranab Mukherjee on behalf of her late husband Rajesh Khanna. ...
11:53 AM, Apr 21, 2013
