INFOTAINMENT

New Delhi, Aug 17: After finding global visibility with "The Lunchbox", Indian actress Nimrat Kaur has landed a chance to play a Pakistani character in the fourth season of hit American series "Homeland", set in Islamabad. The Punjabi girl, who has roots in Rawalpindi and Lahore, finds the opportunity "very interesting". Currently in Cape Town for a shooting schedule of the Emmy Award-winning

Kolkata, Aug 15: Married to actor Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor says she is happy that unlike other married actresses she is still signing films opposite top-notch commercial actors like Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn. "I am getting the opportunity to work with Ajay and Salman and I don't think a lot of married actresses get that opportunity actually. They all get into the art zone space in films

Mumbai, Aug 16: Ajay Devgn starrer franchise Singham Returns has got a huge opening day due to independence day at the box office . As per early estimates the film should collect Rs 310 milion (Rs 31 crores) net at the indian box office . The film opened well and the film also had a strong sixty percent occupancy . The film released India in around 3600 screens.The single screens collections were

Mumbai, Aug 15: Freedom is interpreted differently by the cast and crew of forthcoming Bollywood potboiler Happy New Year - for some it is about "freedom of expression", while others say when society will understand its "responsibility", we will be free. On the eve of Independence Day, the entire team got together for the trailer launch of Happy New Year, which has a patriotic element in the form

Hyderabad, Aug 15: Allu Arjun will be releasing a social awareness short film, I Am That Change, on Independence Day, which is directed by Tollywood director Sukumar. The film deals with everyday social issues that involve all of us, like a person talking on the phone while driving, trying to bribe the cops, a boy littering on the roads and realising his mistake, and a star bypassing a security

New Delhi, Aug 15: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has asked Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar to rein in the radio jockeys, who mimic parliamentarians in a derogatory manner besides using double-meaning words and cracking objectionable jokes on air. “Do you know what type of language the jockeys in private radio stations use and what type of jokes they share? They are

Hyderabad, Aug 13: Actor-filmmaker Prakash Raj Tuesday had a narrow escape when his car was rammed by a bus while waiting at a traffic signal. The actor, who was recently seen in Akshay Kumar-starrer "Entertainment", said that although he was "shaken" by the accident, he was absolutely fine. "Had a miraculous escape as a bus rammed into us from behind at a tragic signal. Cars jammed. Family thrown

Mumbai, Aug 13: Shah Rukh Khan feels that father-son relationship should be that of friends. The actor, who has always been vocal about his parents, has lent support for an upcoming film titled Ekkees Toppon Ki Salami by launching the trailer of the film along with the entire star cast here. Apparently, the film, based on father-son relationship, made Shah Rukh emotional and he decided to support

New Delhi, Aug 12: Married actresses not getting good roles is a thing of past in Bollywood, according to Kareena Kapoor Khan, who says her career did not suffer any setback after she tied the knot with Saif Ali Khan and she still gets to work with top stars like Aamir, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. The 33-year-old actress married Saif in 2012, and right after the wedding she starred opposite Aamir

Mumbai, Aug 12: Actress Priyanka Chopra says that "girls have the ability to transform their own lives and help grow India's economy". She feels that they should be given more opportunities to make a mark. "Girls have the ability to transform their own lives, develop their own enterprises and help grow India's economy," said Priyanka, the UNICEF India goodwill ambassador. Building Young Futures