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Mumbai, Feb 5: Kareena Kapoor Khan has been having a tough time with her choices of roles in the film industry. With 2-3 major releases that she let slip out of her hand, it was a wonder which role the actress will accept after all. Reportedly, Kareena Kapoor will be seen in Rajkumar Gupta’s next film, which hasn’t been named yet. The No One Killed Jessica director is making a film based on

Mumbai, Feb 4: The controversial AIB Roast video has been taken down from video sharing website YouTube two days after the Maharashtra government initiated a probe into allegations of "abusive and filthy" language used by Bollywood personalities in it. The video, which went viral on the online video sharing platform since being posted Jan 28, was pulled out Tuesday night. The official Twitter

Jaipur/Mumbai, Feb 4: Censor Board member and filmmaker Ashok Pandit today set off a controversy with his derogatory remarks against moviemaker Karan Johar over his expletive-laced comedy show which is being probed by the Maharashtra Goverment. The Maharasthra government said that it will only check if "AIB roast" had secured appropriate clearances, a day after announcing an inquiry into the show

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3: The Kerala government will respond tomorrow to superstar Mohanlal's offer to return Rs 1.63 crore, which he received for organising a stage show for the opening ceremony of the National Games but got entangled in a controversy. The event --Lalisom -- was a flop as some performers allegedly bluffed viewers by lip-syncing, forcing Mohanlal to make an offer to return the

Mumbai, Feb 3: Police have initiated an inquiry into a complaint against filmmaker Karan Johar, actor Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, which alleged that the trio had used "filthy and abusive language" on a TV show here. According to the written complaint by Akhilesh Tiwari, President of Brahman Ekta Seva Sanstha in Mumbai, filed at Sakinaka police station today, the trio, along with other

Srinagar, Feb 2: Bollywood actor Rahul Bhat, who is currently shooting for 'Fitoor' in Kashmir, today said the film deals with a love story and is not about terrorism. Bhat, a native of Kashmir, plays a key role in the Abhishek Kapoor-directed film, which is based 'The Great Expectations'. "It is an adaptation of the famous novel 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. There is no relation to

Mumbai, Feb 1: TV actor Gautam Gulati was tonight crowned the winner of the eighth season of reality TV show 'Bigg Boss- Halla Bol' as he beat four other contestants in the grand finale after his stay in the house for 132 days. The show, initially hosted by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, was extended for a month with director Farah Khan taking over the duties of the host. Farah handed the trophy

Mumbai, Jan 31: The censor board asked for the word "bloody" to be removed from a popularly used dialogue "bloody Indian" in Vibhu Puri's period film "Hawaizaada", which is set in colonial India. It has been replaced by "crazy". Puri said: "I had no choice but to replace the word 'bloody' in 'bloody Indian' with 'crazy'. I'm aware that the Britishers in our films have been shown to use the term

Jan 30: Akshara Haasan did not have any plans to turn actor but when the offer to star in 'Shamitabh' came her way, she could not say no. The 24-year-old actress, the younger daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika, worked as an assistant director for four years but never felt the need to shift to acting. It was while working with an ad agency, she met Balki and felt she was ready to switch and become

Mumbai, Jan 30: Ever since she got married to Saif Ali Khan in October 2012, Kareena Kapoor Khan has regularly become the target of certain religious groups, who have used her as the poster girl for ‘Love Jihad’ (a controversial term given by religious outfits to a Muslim man marrying a Hindu woman). Outraged by the concept, Saif feels that his actor-wife is being wrongly targeted by these groups