13 National Film Awards for Malayalam movies
by IANS
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy applauded the efforts of all the awardees who were present on Monday. ...  
08:13 PM, Mar 18, 2013

Depressed over exam performance, teen ends life
by IANS
Allegedly depressed because of her poor show in a board exam, a class 12 student committed suicide in New Delhi on Friday , police said. Kalpana, 19, residing in east Delhi's Usmanpur area had not performed well in her accounts exam held on Friday and feared that she might fail. ...  
02:08 AM, Mar 16, 2013

Kalpana Lajmi to direct a biopic on her relationship with Hazarika
by IANS
Mahesh Bhatt, who had written and directed celebrated films like 'Arth' and 'Zakhm' based on his own life, is set to pen another biopic -- this one based on the passionate 40-year-long relationship between legendary musician Bhupen Hazarika and filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, who will direct it. ...  
07:24 PM, Mar 12, 2013

RBI's Gokarn retires, monetary policy under Subbarao RBI Governor D Subbarao will now be directly in-charge of the monetary policy department which was under Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn who has retired. The Monetary Policy Department looks after policy issues, including interest rate. ...  
08:17 PM, Jan 01, 2013

2012: Year of small films at southern box-office
by IANS
Believe it or not but 2012 has sounded the death knell for hero-worshipping scripts. Out of the 423 films released to date in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, the most successful have been the ones sans any superstar or mega budget. ...  
03:50 PM, Dec 25, 2012

Malayalam Broadcast for 19 hours from Kochi fm All India Radio is all geared to add new colours to its Rainbow FMs. Starting Nov 12, Rainbow FM 107.5: The musical and entertainment channel of All India Radio Kochi will undergo several changes bringing new flavor and fresh programme content. Rainbow FM Kochi will start broadcast Malayalam programmes from morning 5 am and continue till midnight, a press release said. Apart from the time extension, the channel is all...  
03:44 PM, Nov 10, 2012

'Janleva 555' Review: It's a mish-mash of genres
by IANS
Cast: Kalpana Pandit, Anant Nag, Abrar Zahoor Director: Sandeep Malani Rating: 1 out of 5 'Janleva 555' is like a slow poison that slowly consumes you, leaving you feeling wasted and annoyed. The theme and treatment of the film is outdated and difficult to digest from the word go. It has all the ingredients of movies of the bygone era. Reminiscent of films of the 1970 and 1980s with 'nagins',...  
04:47 PM, Oct 19, 2012

Vyjayanthimala returns to big screen after 42 years
by IANS
Mumbai: Yesteryear actress Vyjayanthimala Bali has decided to wear the grease paint after 42 years for Sandeep Malani's issue-based movie 'Janleva 555' and urges everyone to watch this one of of its kind film. Last seen in 1970 release 'Ganwaar', the 76-year-old will be seen in a two to three minutes video to be played before the film, which talks about how to save cobra bitten children in villages. 'Janleva...  
04:42 PM, Oct 01, 2012

Kannada Review: 'Kalpana' is a good horror film A remake of Tamil film of director Lawerence, 'Kanchana' in Kannada as 'Kalpana' directed by one of the senior most directors of South India, Ramnarayan in his 125th film direction lends state of the art technology and stunning moments to the horror lovers of cinema. The film 'Kalpana' has many intriguing moments in the second half. The first half could have been pruned to reduce the length of the film....  
06:33 PM, Sep 28, 2012

Jaanleva 555: Kalpana Pandit's next production The US based emergency doctor Kalpana Pandit has rocked in the songs of 'Jaanleva 555' Hindi feature film. Hailing from Mysore district with roots in Nanjangud this high class beauty with brain was in Bengaluru on September 26 for the promotion of her feature film 'Jaanleeva 555'. Dr Kalpana Pandit works in USA as emergency doctor has a strong passion for films. Her last short film 'Jo Jo Laali' by...  
10:09 PM, Sep 27, 2012

It's 'Kalpana' v/s 'Sidda Ganga' on September 28 A wild and mild film are releasing on September 28 to treat the cine goers of Kannada cinema. The wild film is Upendra starring 'Kalpana' that is a remake of 'Kanchana' made by Lawerence in Tamil that was dubbed in to Telugu language too. Sri Thenandal Films of famous film maker and director Ramanarayan 125th film 'Kalpana' stars one of the top ranking actor and director Upendra in the lead...  
09:37 PM, Sep 27, 2012

Video: Trailer of Kannada horror flick 'Kalpana' The Kannada forthcoming horror flick 'Kalpana' directed by Rama Narayanan. The starcast are Upendra, Lakshmi Rai, Shruthi, Umasri, Achyuthkumar, Saikumar and others. ...  
09:05 PM, Sep 27, 2012

Kalpana: Audio release and U/A simultaneously It was a day of two activities for Thenandal Films of Ramnarayan the senior film maker and director of South India. At Renukamba Digital studio, the regional censor members given the 'U/A' certificate for 'Kalpana' and almost the same time at Solitaire Hotel the audio of the film 'Kalpana' was released in the presence of KFCC President KV Chandrasekhar, Sa Ra Govindu, Thomas D Souza, Upendra, Lakshmi Rai, Umasri, Shruthi,...  
10:39 PM, Sep 24, 2012

Kalpana: Director Ramnarayan's 125th film Known for super fast work director cum producer Ramnarayan is working on his 125th film with super star Upendra of Kannada cinema. The movie is the remake of Tamil film 'Kanchana' - that is 'Kalpana' in Kannada. The shooting and editing of the film has been completed for Sri Thenandal Films. Known for films with animals and latest gadgets Ramnarayan has worked as director in over 100 films in Tamil....  
08:45 PM, Sep 06, 2012

Upendra's next is a political satire Upendra is currently busy juggling between shoots for his two films, 'Topiwala' and 'Kalpana'. The actor will get more busy form his next venture, which he will be directing and acting as well. The film, which he plans to start under his home production will be announced on his birthday, falling on September, 19. It is learnt that Upendra will be doing the sequel of his film 'Upendra'. Our sources...  
03:57 PM, Aug 30, 2012

Sandeep's films to be screened at  AKKA conference According to the sources, as of now two Kannada films of Sandeep Malani will be screened at the 7 AKKA World conference at GICC in Atlanta, USA. Sandeep Malani has managed to get an entry for 'SMS 6260' and 'Jo Jo Laali', which would be viewed by the thousand of audiences at the mammoth event. 'Jo Jo Laali' is a story of a single mother, who is a classical dancer,...  
04:59 PM, Aug 29, 2012

Kasab should be hanged immediately: 26/11 martyr's wife

Kalpana Pawar, wife of slain police constable Ambadas Pawar, said that 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab should be hanged without further delay. ...
02:25 PM, Aug 29, 2012