New Delhi: Naxals on Sunday night ambushed a CISF patrol party near an NDMC plant in Chhattisgarh's Kirandul. Sources said six CISF personnel and the driver of the patrolling jeep were killed in the Naxal attack in Dantewada. Sources said that the CISF personnel were on a night patrol when they were ambushed. It is suspected that Naxals ambushed the vehicle and IED was used to target them. The jawans,...
11:11 PM, May 13, 2012
Hyderabad: Four people died on Friday after consuming illicit liquor in Vijayawada town of Andhra Pradesh, police said. According to police, two others are stated to be in critical conditions. The incident took place on Friday morning at Brahmanaveedhi in the old town of Vijayawada in Krishna district, about 300 km from here. A police officer said all the six were suspected to have purchased and consumed liquor from the...
02:09 PM, May 11, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Vikas Bahl is all set to make a chick flick, titled 'Queen', with Kangana Ranaut. Vikas, who tried his hands on direction with 'Chillar Party' that won National award, would be directing 'Queen'. "I am in the middle of scripting stage. All I can say is it is a chick flick, titled 'Queen'. The pre-production work is going on," the director-producer Vikas Bahl told PTI. Kangana Ranaut will...
01:39 PM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: Director Sanjay Gupta is at the end of his tether. Barely weeks before the shooting of a mujra sequence with Bipasha Basu for his under-production film Shootout At Wadala, there is no song for the situation. Apparently, the director has requested various composers to create a traditional mujra in a language that will appeal to today's youngsters. But the tune is yet to be delivered. Says a source close...
05:38 PM, May 06, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said that his government had formed a committee under former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Nirmala Buch to look into the cases against tribals as per the Maoist demands, who had pressed for the release of innocent tribals from jail in exchange for abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon. Said Raman Singh, "It will help create a positive environment in the area....
12:58 PM, May 04, 2012
Raipur: Even as efforts are on for the release of the kidnapped Sukma district collector, four police personnel were injured on Wednesday when a group of Maoists allegedly opened fire at a police van in the neighbouring Dantewada district. One of the injured is reported to be critical. Chhattisgarh Additional Director General of Police (naxal operations) Ram Niwas told said that while the team of policemen was patrolling in the...
04:25 PM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, who is busy filming underworld drama 'Shootout At Wadala', says he has pushed the film's release to next year as he does not want it to clash with 'Talaash' and 'Dabangg 2'. "Our original release date was Dec 7. Later 'Talaash' was announced for Nov 30 release. So it's obvious that when an Aamir Khan full-fledged mainstream film releases after almost three years, distributors and exhibitors...
03:54 PM, May 02, 2012
Nawada: Two schoolgirls who resisted a molestation attempt were deliberately hit and run over by a jeep leading to their deaths in Bihar's Nawada district on Saturday, police said. The Class X students boarded a jeep after collecting money from their school at Sitaram village under Mufassil police station, the sources said. The money was given to them under the Chief Minister's Uniform Scheme for purchasing uniform and educational material....
10:53 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sonu Sood is excited to essay underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in 'Shootout At Wadala', and he is doing his bit to carry off the role perfectly. "I am super excited to play Dawood Ibrahim. My homework is on. I am reading about him and doing research on him. I am all set to play the role," Sonu told IANS. Sonu says "Shootout At Wadala", based on the...
07:53 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Anil Kapoor, who will soon be seen in Priyadarshan's upcoming film 'Tezz', feels people are tired with excessive film promotions, and says he is glad 'Tezz' isn't a part of that rat race. "People are tired now with so many promotions. The film should be good. There are so many films that are promoted on a large scale, but do not live up to the expectations," the 52-year-old...
02:11 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Mumbai: John Abraham says his upcoming movie, 'Shootout at Wadala', in which he will be seen as gangster Manya Surve, will be a career defining film. "People ask me what is this film for you? I say that this film is my 'Vaastav' (which had Sanjay Dutt in the lead role). On a serious note, it's a career defining film and it's something that I have taken very seriously," the...
04:36 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood, who essays the role of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in 'Shootout at Wadala', says doing so was a huge burden for him. "We talk about power. I remember watching his images in the stadium during cricket matches. In fact, now that you are playing the same character, you feel a heavy burden on your shoulders as you are playing such an important role and it's such...
01:22 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Mumbai: John Abraham, who will be seen as gangster Manya Surve in 'Shootout at Wadala', defends the glamour quotient attached to underworld-based movies, saying they are not trying to make heroes out of gangsters. "Gangsters will always be gangsters. The way they used to work, the language they used and their behaviour - we are not changing anything. We are not making heroes out of gangsters. We are showing what...
12:09 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Mumbai: A Mumbai sessions court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of filmmaker Sanjay Gupta who was booked for sending out invites for his movie's event on a letterhead resembling that of the city police chief, police said. "Gupta's anticipatory bail plea has been rejected by the sessions court today (Monday). We had opposed the plea as his explanation for the same was not satisfactory," said Senior Police Inspector...
12:26 PM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: Tusshar Kapoor had a dream debut in Satish Kaushik's 'Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai' but some bad decisions hampered his career afterwards. Then the success of 'Golmaal' series fetched the filmmakers' attention towards him. 'Shootout at Lokhandwala', and 'Shor in the City' showcased his range. Tusshar is again all set to hit the screens with 'Chaar Din Ki Chandni'. Tusshar talks about his career and journey so far in...
12:47 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Mumbai: John Abraham says he has worked hard to get into the character of Manya Surve, the gangster who was shot dead by Mumbai police in 1982, for the movie 'Shootout At Wadala', inspired by the real life incident. "I can honestly say that I have put in every kind of effort to study this character, to work on the way he supposedly behaved. In fact, me and Sanjay (Gupta)...
05:01 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar, who would be seen next as a police inspector in gangster movie 'Shootout at Wadala', says he is an actor by default. "I did this film because of Sanjay Gupta. It was Gupta who introduced me to Hindi film industry as an actor. And I am not a passionate actor, I am an actor by default, I am a lazy actor," Mahesh told reporters here. Mahesh...
04:17 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Mumbai: Anil Kapoor has said no to Rensil D'Silva's second film to be produced by Karan Johar. Apparently his character was that of a cop gunning down an anti-social element. And Anil is already playing that - in Sanjay Gupta's 'Shootout At Wadala'. This is the latest in a series of missed collaborations between Anil Kapoor and Karan Johar. Apparently the two are quite fond of each other. Several roles...
12:17 PM, Mar 02, 2012
