Mumbai: Actor Arshad Warsi feels Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif would be ideal to play Lord Ram and his wife Sita in a film on epic 'Ramayana'.
"I feel right now there is no other better actor than Ranbir Kapoor. He is brilliant and I think he will play Lord Ram's role better," the 45-year-old said here Thursday at the screening of 3D animation film 'The Croods'.
Among actresses, he feels "somewhere down the line, Katrina fits and Deepika (Padukone) is too exciting".
The actor feels that India has a rich mythology and added: "We have mythology in abundance and if it is made in the right way, then a good mythological film can be made." ...
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05:19 PM, Apr 19, 2013
MTV's new reality show will be a 12-part series, and a spoof on The Ramayana. ...
04:54 PM, Mar 15, 2013
Foreigners coming for the Maha Kumbh is not new. Now the tourists from foreign countries are trying to make things easier for Indian devotees. A groups of Australian tourists, who are in Allahabad, are making boats specifically for pilgrims, which is replica of the one used in the film 'Life of Pi'. ...
05:20 PM, Jan 15, 2013
In an embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party, a Madhya Pradesh Cabinet minister has stirred more controvery by making an irreponsible remark. He suggested that if women breach their moral limits they ask for punishment. ...
07:15 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Director Bapu is well-known among the film-lovers of the Telugu films. He is not just popular as director but also as a famous cartoonist and popular artiste. He entered the film industry as a director in 1967 with Saakshi and earned the limelight after directing 'Budhimantudu' of Akkineni Nageswara Rao in 1969. His films 'Sampoorna Ramayanam, Andala Ramudu, Mutyala Muggu, Bhakta Kannappa, Manavoori Pandavulu' and many other films earned enough...
03:30 PM, Dec 05, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, senior BJP leader and lawyer Ram Jethmalani criticised the Congress party as a government of crooks that had to be brought down and said that he will do so using "all his weapons". Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the outspoken lawyer said that he would not apologise to anybody for his remark on Ram, the protagonist in the epic Ramayana, whom he...
07:57 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: Senior lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ram jethmalani on Friday said that he had no regrets about his comment on lord Ram. Talking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Jetmalani said that his comment was not a mistake. Ram Jethmalani had on Thursday called Ram, the protagonist in the epic 'Ramayana', a bad husband. When asked whether the comment was an attempt to embarrass the BJP,...
01:42 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: BJP member and veteran Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani's comment on Ram, the protagonist in the epic 'Ramayana', has widened the divide within the party and also drawn ire from Congress and the Hindutva brigade. In an embarrassment to the national party which spearheaded the Ram Temple movement and Hindutva agenda, Jethmalani on Friday called Ram a bad husband for abandoning Sita when she was pregnant. While Ayodha...
12:48 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Vinay Katiyar on Friday backed senior member of the party Ram Jethmalani's controversial comments on Ram, the protagonist in the epic 'Ramayana'. Jethmalani on Thursday had referred to Ram as a bad husband for abandoning Sita when she was pregnant. While Katiyar said he agreed with his party colleague's opinion that Sita shouldn't have been banished, he also poked fun at Jethmalani. While making fun of...
11:47 AM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: In what could be a major embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior member Ram Jethmalani on Thursday called Ram, the protagonist in the epic 'Ramayana', a bad husband. Jethmalani was attending the release of a book on man-woman relationship when he made the remark. Responding to a query, Jethmalani said that Ram was a bad husband as he sent his wife Sita to exile for no...
06:34 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian animation industry is on a growth trajectory given not just the talent pool and lower costs but also the treasure trove of Indian mythology and folklore that can be retold through a new age medium, says filmmaker Ketan Mehta, who believes that 'own content' is the way forward. "We also have to graduate from providing slave labour for international animation product to producing our own content...
12:51 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Dara Singh is best remembered for his role of 'Hanuman' in Ramanand Sagar's Tv adaptation of 'Ramayana'. ...
04:58 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Mumbai: From playing the fearless 'Hanuman' on the small screen in the TV adaptation of the Ramayana to playing the tough grandfather on the big screen with films like 'Jab We Met', wrestler turned actor Dara Singh has been a part of over 100 films and numerous TV series. He was even nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2003. But much before acting, Singh was known for his wrestling. Born...
10:22 AM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: Film actor and wrestler Dara Singh Randhawa, popularly known as Dara Singh died at the age of 84. He was admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest. Born to Balwant Singh and Surat Singh Randhawa on 19 November, 1928 in the Dharmuchak village of Amritsar district in Punjab, he was expected to take up wrestling. His rural upbringing made him interested in the traditional Indian...
08:56 AM, Jul 12, 2012
Mumbai: Wrestler-actor Dara Singh continues to be very critical and is now undergoing dialysis, a doctor said. The 84-year-old was taken to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital following a severe cardiac problem. He remained critical, and his condition hasn't improved since. "He is still very critical. His condition has not deteriorated and he is holding up, but he requires a high dose of medication. The problem he came up with...
07:07 PM, Jul 09, 2012
We have seen Balala Ramayanam featuring Junior NTR, then newly in his teens, in the role of Lord Rama. It is now the turn of another child artist, Master Prabhat, grandson of Late P Janardhana Reddy, to transform himself into a child Vivekananda. This film, titled after the 19th century monk, will be directed by Suresh Bujji, a well-known publicity designer. Launching the film today, Bujji said that he would...
12:13 PM, May 17, 2012
Main samay hoon.... Announcer Harish Bhimani's bass voice set against the silhouette of the gently spinning wheel of time was a fixture at almost every Indian home during the serialization of one of the most dramatic Indian epics during the fall-summer seasons of 1988-1990. Bhimani, as the narrator of Mahabharata and the voice of time, signalled the start of every eagerly awaited episode on Sunday mornings when families gathered around...
12:15 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi University, under pressure from right-wing groups, on Friday finalised the ban on AK Ramanujan's famous essay titled 'Three Hundred Ramayanas'. An online petition against the ban has been floated and protests are planned next week. Delhi University's Academic Council met on Tuesday and came on the conclusion to drop the essay from the undergraduate course in Delhi University. The ban on the essay has become a source...
04:43 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: Tamil writer A A Manavalan has been chosen for the 'Saraswati Samman' 2011 for his book on Ramayana, the K K Birla Foundation announced on Thursday. Manavalan, 75, a retired professor and head of the department of Tamil in Madras University, will be bestowed with the prestigious award for his 2005 work 'Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas). The award-winning book is a comparative study of 48 Ramayanas...
04:38 PM, Mar 22, 2012
