Mumbai: She isn't in filmdom for either fame or money, rather Soha Ali Khan wants to do good work and also clarifies that doing a remake of her mother's film is not on her wish-list.
Daughter of veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and late cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Soha said: "Why would I want to be in my mother's remake film? That would be like suicide for me because I am inviting people to compare me to her. Rarely people will make favourable comment. The idea is to do something new and fresh. If it's a contemporary adaptation then it's okay."
Actress of films like 'Rang De Basanti' and 'Khoya Khoya Chand', Soha, who doesn't have too many hits to her credit, says she is not 'commercially focused'.
"My motivation is not how much my film will make? My motivation is, it should be a good film and will I enjoy working in it? I am not interested in making a lot of money. I am fortunate to have financial securities and that's (money) never been a motivation factor for me."...
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06:07 PM, May 19, 2013
Guwahati: The recent Delhi gangrape shook the conscience of the nation, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said and underlined the need to ponder and "reset the moral compass" of the society during this difficult time. "Sometimes certain events shake the national conscience. Recently the brutal rape on a young woman in Delhi shook the conscience of the whole nation and it compelled us to sit back and think where we...
09:25 PM, May 13, 2013
Mumbai: Actor Saif Ali Khan, who is seen mouthing bad words in his upcoming film 'Go Goa Gone', says, his mother Sharmila Tagore is concerned about it while wife Kareena is supportive. 'Go Goa Gone' a zombie-comedy film will see Saif in a never before seen avatar. He is also seen mouthing bad words. Asked about the reaction of his family to this, Saif says "my mother thinks it is...
09:58 AM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: At a glitzy ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday honoured the 108 Padma Award winners. This year's winners include DRDO chief Dr Vijay Saraswat, cricketer Rahul Dravid, Olympic medallist boxer Mary Kom, actress Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi. Actor Rajesh Khanna and comedian Jaspal Bhatti were honoured posthumously. Here is the list of awardees: Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra, Art S Haider Raza,...
12:07 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Kareena Kapoor, who wed Saif Ali Khan last year, says being married is not a crime for an actress. She believes personal and professional aspects of life must not be mixed. ...
07:11 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Sharmila says that punctuality was another virtue which she had to learn very quickly after her marriage to Tiger. ...
04:46 PM, Mar 03, 2013
The 34-year-old is appreciative of the kind of cinema the Indian film industry is witnessing currently. ...
01:34 PM, Mar 03, 2013
The inaugural Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial lecture was unfortunately missed by the late cricketer's immediate family members. ...
01:51 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The inaugural Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial lecture was unfortunately missed by the late cricketer's immediate family members with wife Sharmila Tagore being hospitalised because of bout of food poisoning. ...
09:26 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the state government on a petition filed by members of the erstwhile royal family of Bhopal, including Sharmila Tagore, on the issue of government's "interference" with the 800 acres of land near Bhopal's Upper Lake. ...
10:40 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Sharmila Tagore pledged to work for children's survival and development. ...
11:14 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor today said that post-marriage, she has transformed herself into a begum (princess). Kareena and Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan tied the knot in Mumbai in October last year after a five-year courtship. ...
11:04 AM, Feb 07, 2013
Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore Friday opposed capital punishment for rape saying death is neither the ultimate punishment nor a deterrent. "I don't think death is the ultimate punishment. It is not a deterrent because when the person is committing the crime, he thinks that he is not going to be caught. ...
10:02 AM, Feb 02, 2013
A mother of two, Sridevi started her career with the 1975 hit,'Julie'. ...
06:00 PM, Jan 26, 2013
108 personalities from various fields have been selected for the Padma Awards this year. ...
09:50 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Late actor Rajesh Khanna and late satirist Jaspal Bhatti are among Padma Bhushan recipients this year. Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, will also be given to actor Sharmila Tagore, boxing champion Mary Kom, cricketer Rahul Dravid. Rajesh Khanna and Jaspal Bhatti, who died in 2012, will receive the award posthumously. ...
09:29 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Deceased actor Rajesh Khanna and former Censor Board chief Sharmila Tagore are likely to be awarded the Padma Bhushan, sources said on Friday. ...
12:32 PM, Jan 25, 2013
It's the second day of the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday. Film personalities Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi and Sharmila Tagore and UIDAI Chairperson Nandan Nilekani will be among the key personalities attending the festival on Friday. ...
11:26 AM, Jan 25, 2013
Sundance-Mahindra Global filmmaking award supports the emerging independent talent from around the world. ...
12:44 PM, Jan 23, 2013
The board on Tuesday said the India-England Test Series is played for the Anthony De Mello trophy instituted in 1951 in the name of the first Secretary of the BCCI. ...
07:34 PM, Nov 06, 2012
