INFOTAINMENT

Pune, Oct 13: A short film made to support the anti-superstition mission undertaken by slain rationalist Narendra Dabholkar will now become a vehicle for propagating the cause for which he campaigned relentlessly. A Mumbai-based duo - Amandeep Singh and Amarnath Chandaliya - closely associated with Dabholkar, has produced an 18-minute film titled `Bhooth Bada Ki Bhookh` (which is bigger - ghost or

Sydney, Oct 11: India's biggest film star Shah Rukh Khan says the family spirit of Bollywood movies is what makes them so popular while revealing he struggled to combine dance with serious acting. In a career spanning three decades, Khan has made himself one of the biggest box office draws in Bollywood as the hero of romantic dramas and high-octane action flicks, and he said he quickly learned

Mumbai, Oct 12: Bigg Boss has always courted controversies. From abusive language to extreme public display of affection, the show has had some sensational content, since it began. This season is no different. We’ve already seen an offensive war of words between Andy and Armaan Kohli while lovebirds Kushal Tandon and Gauahar Khan can’t seem to get enough of each other, literally. Taking note of

Agra, Agencies, Oct 11: The police in Agra filed a case against Miss Universe for conducting an unauthorised footwear fashion shoot at the Taj Mahal, insulting the monument’s caretaker. Twenty-one-year-old American, Olivia Culpo, wearing a long peach-coloured dress, visited the world famous monument on Sunday during a ten-day tour of India. “We have registered a case against Culpo and her team

Mumbai, Oct 11: Akshay Kumar starrer Boss has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest poster after beating Michael Jackson's This Is It. The 46-year-old superstar's fan club made the largest poster in the world in just four months after putting logistics into place. "It's a matter of honour. I thank everyone who made this possible," Akshay said in a statement. The poster is 58

Ahmedabad, Oct 10: At least 40 people belonging to the Rajput community were detained today at the airport after they protested against actress Deepika Padukone, who had come to city to attend a Garba event, police said. The Rajput community alleged that it has been "misrepresented" in the Hindi movie 'Ram-Leela', slated to release on November 15. Those detained were released after sometime

New Delhi, Oct 10: In an effort to check arbitrary bans on films, a central panel has recommended that states should not be allowed to invoke law and order reasons to stop screening of motion pictures and instead approach a tribunal. An empowered committee headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal, former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court, has suggested that the Film Certification Appellate

Mumbai, Oct 9: Director Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, will close the 15th Mumbai Film Festival. Condon's film, starring British actor Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange, made its world premiere as the opening film at the Toronto International Film Festival. Co-produced by DreamWorks and Participant Media, the story narrates how Assange and his colleague

Los Angeles, Oct 9: India's 'The Good Road', a Gujarati film by first-time director Gyan Correa, is among the 76 movies that will compete in the foreign language category at the 86th Academy Awards. 'The Good Road', a lost and found story of a boy in the desert of Kutch, created some uproar in India after it was chosen over more popular and festivals winner 'The Lunchbox'. Other notable entries

Oct 8: Celebrity mom Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has now come forward for a good cause. The mother of Aaradhya Bachchan is promoting stem cell banking among new mothers to ensure a safe future for their kids. A regular in anarkali, Aishwarya was quite a surprise in a black suit paired with stilettos at the launch of stem cell banking by Life Cell. The diva resembled a perfect working mom but her