Mumbai: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has thanked his fans for giving 'Rowdy Rathore' the biggest solo opening of his career. "I owe a HUGE thank you to my audience! You are the only reason behind the biggest opening weekend of my career! Love Rowdy," Akshay tweeted. The film, directed by Prabhu Deva, is Akshay's widest release so far. It opened on 2,800 screens in the country. Made on a budget...
04:31 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Mollywood has a fair record of artists who won the hearts of audience as chubby child artists and later sashayed down the tinsel town as adroit actors. To name a few, we have Baby Sumathi, Master Reghu, Baby Anju, Master Vineeth, Baby Shalini and Baby Sanoosha in the group. The new entrant to this league is Mithun Murali, who is familiar to Malayali audience as Appu in Pramod Pappans movie...
04:31 PM, Jun 04, 2012
He began as an assistant director, before switching careers with a stint as RJ at World Space Satellite in the city. It was only in 2008 that Naveen Kumar Ghanta, better known as Nani, became an actor with the movie, 'Ashta Chamma'. Now, 10 movies old, Nani is also known to Tamil audiences, thanks to last years 'Veppam', where he played an engineering student. Next up is S S Rajamoulis...
04:25 PM, Jun 04, 2012
A book showcasing life and times of late movie icon Dr. Raj Kumar, who had worked in more than 205 Kannada films and one of the greatest performers on the Indian silver screen, was released Saturday here. The 727-page book titled "Naa Kanda Appaji" in Kannada, which means 'Appaji in my eyes', was simultaneously released along with its English version 'Dr Raj Kumar - Personality Behind the Person' by his...
03:54 PM, Jun 04, 2012
The audio of MS Raju's directorial, Tuneega Tuneega, is scheduled on June 10. The film stars Sumanth Ashwin (Raju's son) in the lead role. He is paired with Riya. Presented by Dil Raju, it has music by Karthik Raja. Dialogues are by Paruchuri Brothers. Cinematography is by S Venugopal Reddy. Lyrics are by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Speaking about the movie, Dil Raju has said that he is proud to present...
03:05 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Paruchuri Murali is happy that Adhinayakudu is being described as a family drama. When he wanted to make a film with Balakrishna, he ventured out with the endeavour of presenting him in three different shades. "The character of Harischandra Prasad reminds one of Vivekananda. That's how much idea he is. Balakrishna's performance is being highly appreciated. We have not criticised anyone in the film. Adhinayakudu has nothing to do with...
02:50 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Akshay Kumar's 'Rowdy Rathore' is all set to take the world by storm. The film collected Rs 48.5 crore in first three days, a record for any Hindi film in a non holiday weekend. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweets, "RowdyRathore has a M-A-S-S-I-V-E Sunday. Emerges the biggest non-holiday opener ever in Bollywood history." He further tweets, "RowdyRathore has smashed previous records by a big margin. Collects a colossal...
10:59 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Kollam: Over 150 Sri Lankan refugees have been detained from a boat near the Kollam coast. The refugees include 19 women and 22 children. The police say they paid between Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to an agent who promised to take them to Australia but brought them to India instead allegedly for trafficking. The agent is now absconding along with the boat's driver and a helper. All...
09:38 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Patna: On the first anniversary of the police firing at Forbesganj in which four members of the minority community were killed and many others injured, the Opposition parties on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the incident. Demanding the probe, RJD state unit chief Ramchandra Purve who led an 'Aakrosh March' in Patna during the day alleged that atrocities against the minorities have increased during the NDA rule. Slamming the...
08:12 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar is elated with the response to his recently released film 'Rowdy Rathore' and insists that he would continue doing movies of all genres. Having begun his career with action films, Akshay later took a break to star in romantic, comedy and dramas, delivering hits like 'Dhadkan', 'Hera Pheri', 'Namaste London', 'Welcome' and 'Singh is Kinng'. "When I used to do action movies earlier, everyone used to...
07:23 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Priyamani has signed on a tri-lingual film titled as 'Charulatha', to be made simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. The film is inspired by the 2007 Thai movie 'Alone', which had Thai-German pop singer Marsha Wattanapanich in lead role. "Some changes have been made to the original script to suit the taste of south Indian audience," said a press release from the production house, Global One Studios. The Telugu version...
11:54 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Uma Bharti is expected to lead a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)-sponsored, parallel Amarnath pilgrimage from Jammu on Sunday. The leader has been demanding that the Amarnath Yatra be allowed for two months. The Jammu and Kashmir government has allowed the yatra, which begins on June 15, to proceed for 37 days. ...
11:28 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The early Box Office figures are in and going by the trend, Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha's Rowdy Rathore is already on its way to becoming a huge hit. Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh said it was the third biggest opener of 2012. "#RowdyRathore is the third biggest opener ever, after #Agneepath and #Bodyguard. Incidentally, all three films are remakes," Adarsh tweeted, giving the area wise break-ups. "#RowdyRathore...
04:35 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Mumbai :Besides the premiere of Dibakar Banerjee's political thriller 'Shanghai', the 13th annual IIFA awards will also showcase excerpts from Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming film 'Ferrari Ki Sawari'. Directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and dialogues by acclaimed director, Rajkumar Hirani, the film is a moving story about how the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality. 'Ferrari Ki Sawari'...
04:06 PM, Jun 02, 2012
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