Mumbai: Pakistani actor Ali Zafar doesn't believe in being overworked as he loves to spend quality time with family.
"I am very happy with the kind of scripts that I am getting right now, but more than that I am happy that I am distributing a lot of time to my family and not burning out myself with work," Ali told IANS
"I want to balance myself between work and family and I am happy that I am managing it quite well," he added.
Since his debut in Bollywood with the 2010 film 'Tere Bin Laden', the musician-actor has worked in movies like 'Mere Brother Ki Dulhan', 'London, Paris, New York' and 'Chashme Baddoor'....
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New Delhi: Veteran goalkeeper Sandip Nandy on Wednesday signed a one-year deal with Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan after he was released by I-League winners Churchill Brothers of Goa. The 38-year-old Nandy, who returned to Kolkata after a gap of one year, had a brilliant I-League season with Churchill which earned him a recall to India team in the international friendly against Palestine in February. "We are extremely pleased with the...
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New Delhi: A 35-year-old businessman was on Sunday stabbed to death in Delhi by his jobless younger brother over a property dispute, police said. Mukhtyar Ali, who used to run an air-conditioner repairing shop, was stabbed in the chest with a pair of scissors by Dilshad, 30, at his house in central Delhi's Chandni Mahal area around 10.45 am, police said. Police said Dilshad is absconding. The two brother had...
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