New Delhi: Two Indians were among the 193 victims of Sunday's plane crash in Nigeria. One was the co-pilot, Mahendra Singh Rathore, and the other was Kerala engineer Rijo Eldos. The families are hoping to get the bodies soon, though rescue workers have been able to find just about 130 bodies. An initial probe claims that the pilot of the Dana Airline flight sounded an SOS of engine failure right...
08:05 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Thanks to Aamir Khan's TV show 'Satyamev Jayate', Love Commandos has become a familiar term for thousands of television viewers. Fifth episode of 'Satyamev Jayate' talked about the issue of honour killing in India. Sanjay Sachdev, chairman of Love Commandos was interviewed by Aamir during the show. The name of this organisation sounds like a Bollywood film and they are the real heroes for many couples. In a...
06:37 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Arulnidhi and Poorna are teaming up for 'Sambhavam' which will be helmed by Ganesh Vinayak. The film will go on floors in Chennai on June 4. 'Sambhavam' will be produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri under the banner Cloud Nine Movies. Music is by 'Thenmerku Paruvakatru' fame Ragunathan. TS Suresh is the editor of the project, stunt is by Dilip Subrayan and art is by Vithesh. 'Sambhavam' deals with the lives of...
12:14 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: As soon as actor Tusshar Kapoor tweeted a photo of him posing with his butt peeking out of his low waist jeans, Twitter users eagerly rose to the challenge of dissing the actor and cracking jokes at his expense. The pose is similar to that of John Abraham's in the film 'Dostana'. Tusshar clicked this one for his upcoming film 'Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum'. He said in...
01:23 PM, May 16, 2012
Ilayathalapathy Vijay's forthcoming, 'Thupaki', is much expected due to reasons many reasons. And boy oh boy, has the director roped in the best of talents for the cast and crew. The film boasts off some of the finest technicians in the country for the crew. This project helmed by AR Murugadoss has music by Harris Jayaraj who has managed to make the Ilayathalapathy croon for a track after quite some...
12:13 PM, May 16, 2012
MAHABALIPURAM: Pattali Makkal Katchi leaders painted Anbumani Ramadoss, son of the party founder S Ramadoss, as the Chief Ministerial candidate for the next State Assembly election due in 2016, during the Chithirai Full Moon Vanniyar Youth Festival, here on Saturday night.Almost all functionaries, including GK Mani, AK Moorthy and R Velu during their invocations anointed Anbumani as the CM candidate and called for the support of the entire community to...
08:56 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Born on May 1, 1919, Prabodh Chandra Dey, popularly known as Manna Dey, is a highly acclaimed singer in several languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, and Malayalam. With more than 3500 songs to his credit, Manna Dey represents the golden era of Hindi film songs. He along with Mohammad Rafi, Kishor Kumar and Mukesh made Hindi film songs an integral part of a common Indian audience's life....
05:08 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Parliament House complex will soon be guarded by a special commando-trained squad of CRPF which will be armed with modern weapons and communication gadgets. The elite squad will be called the Parliament Duty Group (PDG) and this is the first time that the historic building will have a system of "uniform armed protection" for itself, a CRPF officer said. The Union Home Ministry had recently approved the creation...
04:39 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: The first look of Tamil film 'Thuppaki' is out. The film stars Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. Directed by AR Murugadoss, the film is an action thriller centered around an encounter specialist. ...
01:07 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss and nine others in a Delhi court in a corruption case. Ramadoss allegedly misused his position to give clearance to a medical college in Indore in 2008. According to the chargesheet, Ramadoss, two doctors of the Safdarjung hospital in Delhi, and owner of Index Medical College, Indore are the main accused...
05:52 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Mumbai: Not many of us can easily forget John Abraham's introductory sequence from Dostana. He emerged out of the water, wearing a pair of tiny yellow trunks, which he tugged down just a little! And guess who hopes to replicate that exact same scene. Well, Tusshar Kapoor believes he can pull off something like that in his forthcoming comedy flick, and is prepping for it too. The scene will be...
03:32 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Mumbai: For the first time in his 50 years of illustrious career, veteran actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan will take up brand endorsements. The 57-year-old has signed up with celebrity and talent sourcing and management firm Alliance Media and Entertainment Private Ltd for the purpose. "Kamal Haasan is a truly global Indian icon -- a great actor, writer and film maker, who is immensely respected not only for his strong contribution to...
12:15 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: The code to make an exuberant comic entertainer is not easy to crack. But for the duo of Rafi and Mecartin, making a comic drama is not something they sweat over. In fact, it's a challenge that they are always eager to take up. The writers-turned-directors are coming up with a new movie this year, their third flick with Mohanlal. "Our next directorial venture will have Mohanlal playing...
03:18 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Kolkata: The climax of 'Kahaani' unfolded on a Doshomi (Durga idol immersion) day ending in the death of Milind Dhamji played by Indraneil Sengupta, but the actor's tryst with Doshomi has not ended with that. Sengupta, 37, is reinventing himself in Bengali film 'Doshomi' which revolves around five days of Durga Puja festivity and the equation between a boy, who owns a cyber cafe, and a girl, who is his...
12:43 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Mumbai: Director Madhur Bhandarkar might direct the Hindi remake of superhit Tamil movie 'Ramana'. There is a buzz that Madhur Bhandarkar would direct the Hindi version of 'Ramana' of the 2002 Tamil blockbuster movie, which was written and directed by AR Murgadoss, who also made the super hit 'Ghajini'. "Nothing has been finalised on the hindi remake of the tamil film Ramanna. Its too early to say anything on it!!!,"...
01:34 PM, Mar 21, 2012
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