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Hyderabad, Nov 9: A veteran of over 500 films, AVS aka Aamanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam is no more. The actor passed away at his residence in Hyderabad on Friday evening. AVS who has been diagnosed with a liver ailment a few years ago had been admitted in a super specialty hospital for 10 days recently and was discharged after the doctors declared that his illness was incurable. A native of Tenali

Mumbai, Nov 8: Rohit has delivered hits like `Golmaal` series, `Singham` and the most recent being Shah Rukh Khan starrer `Chennai Express`. The film was screened on television last month and garnered a good response. "It is not a habit to make hit films, it just happens. You cannot plan out such things (hits and flops). The reaction to a film is upto the audience. I am thankful to audience for

Mumbai, Nov 8: Veteran Bollywood scriptwriter Salim Khan says there cannot be love between his son Salman Khan and superstar Shah Rukh Khan as they are "rivals". "They are two individuals... Grown up people. I think there cannot be love between rivals. There can be courtesy. To have love between Salman and Shah Rukh is not possible. One should not expect that if Shah Rukh's film is a success then

Mumbai, Nov 7: Actress Deepika Padukone, who will play an out-of-work bar dancer in 'Happy New Year', says she is working hard to be a great dancer in the film. "Farah had a list of do's for the actress. I will prepare for it like any other film. If I am required to be a great dancer in the film, I will have to work damn hard. She wants a girl who is Maharashtrian, good dancer and a specific look

New Delhi, Nov 7: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has now got more than 7 million followers on popular social networking site Twitter. Big B's popularity obviously knows no bound, as in August the veteran actor had more than 5 million like on his Facebook account in just one year! The 71-year-old actor, who had beaten Priyanka Chopra last year to become the most popular celebrity on the micro

Mumbai, Nov 6: Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan says she does not mind actor-husband Saif Ali Khan getting intimate with other heroines on-screen. "We do not feel insecure. This is my professional life and my personal life has got nothing to do with it (professional life) at all. They are two separate areas of my life. There is no insecurity that I feel (when Saif getting intimate with any heroine). He

Nov 6: In what is seen as the growing impact of Hindi cinema week after week, Rakesh Roshan's super-hero thriller Krrish3 has shattered all box office records. The film opened wide, with a count of 3,700 screens in Hindi, while 500 extra were allotted for Tamil and Telugu. This Bollywood offering started with an approximate `21.5 crore on Dhanteras. But distributors and exhibitors across the

Mumbai, Nov 6: The diamond studded crown of India's Srishti Rana, who has been crowned Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 in Busan South Korea, was seized today for not paying customs, a senior customs official said. 21-year-old Rana was intercepted by the Customs after she landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here, sources said, adding that she was asked to pay the duty as the crown

Mumbai, Nov 5: Bollywood's superhero hero franchise 'Krrish 3' starring Hrithik Roshan has entered the coveted Rs 100 crore club on the fifth day of its release on Tuesday (November 5). Third film in the series, 'Krrish 3', has become the latest film to enter the Rs. 100 cr club collecting Rs. 108.71 cr. Interestingly the film, even created history by registering the highest collections ever on a

New Delhi, Nov 5: Vivek, 37, who essayed the super villain Kaal in 'Krrish 3' opposite Hrithik Roshan, said for an actor it takes some amount of courage to opt for a negative role especially when one has an image of a "hero" in the movies. "When you have the image of a hero, a lead man in the movies, I think it becomes a brave and fearless decision to take on a super villain role. It took a lot of