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  • Arjun & Kareena sizzle in the irresistible ‘Ki And Ka’

    Arjun & Kareena sizzle in the irresistible ‘Ki And Ka’

    The first look of R Balki’s Ki And Ka featuring Arjun Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan, has been released. The unconventional jodi had raised many eyebrows, but the first look poster of the movie has taken the audience by surprise.

    In the picture, Kareena and Arjun share a sizzling chemistry striking a romantic pose as they stand together against a train.

    This is the first time that Arjun and Kareena will be seen romancing each other and going by the first look, Arjun and Bebo’s chemistry is to watch out for. The one minute video gives us a sneak peek into the making of the film.

    ‘Ki And Ka’ is a story about a young, married couple whose relationship challenges the gender roles placed upon women and men in Indian society.

    Apart from the fact that the Kabir-Kia duo looks absolutely comfortable in this sneak peak, this film will also have other attractions in the form of megastar Amitabh Bachchan and wife Jaya in a special appearance.

    While the movie has been creating a lot of buzz on social media for it’s unusual casting and unique story line, the year 2016 boasts of other fresh pairings too for the movie buffs. ‘Ki and Ka’, one of the most awaited movies of 2016, is slated to release on April 1, 2016.

    Photo credit: Twitter

  • KARDASHIAN TO LAUNCH HER OWN EMOJIS

    KARDASHIAN TO LAUNCH HER OWN EMOJIS

    Kim Kardashian is set to launch her own range of emojis, creatively called Kimojis, which feature a contoured face, a waist trainer, and that infamous Kim K booty.

    Kim, 35, announced the news on Instagram shortly after celebrating reaching 55 million followers on the picture-sharing app, mirror.co.uk reported.

    Clearly very excited by a second chance to #breaktheinternet, she wrote: “KIMOJI’S APP LAUNCHES TOMORROW!!!” Kim first announced the idea in July stating, “I wanted to do really fun, different emojis that you don’t see on your phone…I don’t want any family members on it. They’ll all want a piece… But I love a waist trainer, and a Kylie lip…”

  • REESE WITHERSPOON SELLS DIVORCE DRAMA

    REESE WITHERSPOON SELLS DIVORCE DRAMA

    Actress Reese Witherspoon has sold her divorce drama ‘Please Don’t Go’ to television network ABC. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ writer Meaghan Oppenheimer will pen the script for the show, said The Hollywood Reporter. ‘Please Don’t Go’ follows the personal and professional life of a ruthless divorce attorney in Dallas.

    Raised in the trailer parks of Texas, she has left behind a life of struggle amid squalor, working her way into a corner office and mansion in Dallas’ most prestigious neighborhood. But beneath her facade of togetherness, she is plagued by self-destructive tendencies and long-hidden family secrets that begin to unravel her life. Oppenheimer will exec produce the ABC Studios entry alongside Witherspoon and her studio-based Pacific Standard topper Bruna Papandrea.

  • NICE PHASE TO BE IN BOLLYWOOD NOW: KAJOL

    NICE PHASE TO BE IN BOLLYWOOD NOW: KAJOL

    With artistes getting their due credit in Bollywood now, superstar Kajol says it’s the best time for an actor to be in the Hindi film industry.

    Kajol, 41, who made a comeback on the silver screen after a gap of five years with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Dilwale’, said Bollywood has films for every performer be it male or female dominated. “Our film industry is in a wonderful phase, where we are at right now. As actors, we have a world in front of us. “Male, female, hero, heroine and what we used to call character actors, everybody has the chance to have a film that centres around them with nobody taking away anything from anyone. Right now, it’s a nice place to be an actor,” Kajol said. Asked her opinion on the female pay disparity in Bollywood and Hollywood, the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ star said it’s a global issue. “I think it’s definitely prevalent in Bollywood. It’s world over. It’s a male dominated business. I also think we have a Meryl Streep, who has done ‘Mamma Mia!’. We have Julia Roberts, who has done ‘Notting Hill’. I cried in ‘Skyfall’ after watching Judi Dench. We have so many actresses, who have done so much fantastic work today despite being paid less.”

    Kajol said it’s completely fine for a middle-aged actress if she is not getting to play a college girl. “If you talk about typical typecast of a herione, may be they cannot currently play a 16-year-old bubbly girl and rejecting or not getting roles, that is perfectly fine. You have to find a film that works for you.” But the mother of two is happy that the scenario is different in the small screen. “TV has only women-centric shows. On these shows, men are playing the side roles.

  • EVERYTHING I SHOT FOR MASTIZAADE WAS NO BIG DEAL: SUNNY LEONE

    EVERYTHING I SHOT FOR MASTIZAADE WAS NO BIG DEAL: SUNNY LEONE

    Being a sex comedy, Milap Zaveri’s ‘Mastizaade’ is bound to have some bold scenes, but actress Sunny Leone says shooting for the film was “no big deal” for her.

    An Indo-Canadian porn star, who took to Bollywood films with erotic thriller ‘Jism 2’, Sunny told IANS: “In the US, there are cult sex comedies. None of the scenes that we shot (for
    ‘Mastizaade’) are a big deal anywhere else… It’s only big deal here (in India). “Okay, I understand people are conservative here in India. It’s understandable. But for me, everything that I shot for ‘Mastizaade; was no big deal. I have seen it all in American TV and that’s okay with me.”

    ‘Mastizaade’ also features Tusshar Kapoor and Vir Das.The film was delayed due to certain distribution issues. However, Sunny says that one has to wait for all “good things”. “If you have a good product, people are going to wait for it,” she added.

  • DILWALE | MOVIE REVIEW

    DILWALE | MOVIE REVIEW

    STORY: SRK is Kali in Bulgaria and Raj in Goa; Kajol is Meera in Bulgaria and Mata Hari otherwise. They hate the fact that they love each other so much…

    DILWALEmovREVIEW: Rohit Shetty’s films are big-ticket adventures; a genre unto themselves. Low on content — plot lines borrowed (in this case Hum and Kasme Vaade), incohesive screenplay and lowbrow dialogues (Sajid-Farhad) — the film leans heavily on Shah Rukh’s mega-stardom, Varun’s effervescence, breathtaking locales (Iceland and Bulgaria), orchestrated car chases and over-the-top situations, which have you chuckling.

    Raj, a car modifier from Goa dotes on his younger brother, Veer (Varun), who is happy-go-lucky, romantic and lives in fear of his big bro. When Veer crosses paths with a lunatic don, King, whose henchmen are peddling drugs across an open counter in broad daylight, the baddies beat him up. In retaliation, his bade bhaiyya wears a hood and pummels the goondas to pulp. He leaves a warning, “King ko bolo Kali aaya tha.” OMG! That’s when you realise that Raj has a past.

    Cut to Bulgaria, 15 years ago. A young Kali is zipping around in mean machines pulling off heists. He oversteps, when he robs gold belonging to his father Randhir’s (Vinod Khanna) mafia rival Malik (Kabir Bedi). Malik hollers, “Randhir’s trump card is Kali. Finish him.”

    This is followed by a turn of events. Kali knocks down a pretty tourist called Meera (Kajol). The accident injures her leg and his heart. After some foolhardiness and the hauntingly-shot Gerua, he discovers that she is no damsel in distress. She’s opposition. His big, brown eyes beg for love while hers breathe fire. She wields a gun too. Ooh…what is actually meant to be their betrothal meeting turns into a bloody battle.

    By sheer coincidence, Kali and Meera move to Goa. Now chhota bhai Veer falls for Meera’s younger sister Ishita. For their love to fructify, they must first pacify the DDLJ Lovers.

    Where Comedy Nights with Kapil and Comedy Nights Bachao are staples, Rohit Shetty is big boss! So just LOL! Or even better just seek solace in SRK’s outstretched arms.

  • BOLLYWOOD FILM-MAKER MADHUR BHANDARKAR HONORED IN PAKISTAN

    BOLLYWOOD FILM-MAKER MADHUR BHANDARKAR HONORED IN PAKISTAN

    LAHORE (TIP): Bollywood film-maker Madhur Bhandarkar, who traversed borders to attend this year’s Rafi Peer International Film Festival (RPIFF) in Lahore, received a warm welcome and a top prize at the event. He was overjoyed to be the recipient of the Memorial Award at the RPIFF, which was presented to him by acting veteran Zeba.

    “I’m happy that the Rafi Peer administration conferred the Memorial Award on me and agreed to screen Chandni Bar (2001) at the film festival upon my request,” he said while speaking to the press during the three-day film festival that took place from December 17 to 19 at Alhamra Arts Council. Bhandarkar addressing media, told  “Feeling honoured to receive the RafiPeer Memorial Award from veteran Pakistani actor Zeba ji. in Lahore,”.

    Lauding Bhandarkar, Tasneem Pirzada, director of communication at Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop, told media, “Madhur Bhandarkar is a wonderful film-maker and his works has contributed to the society at large without looking into borders point of view. “It’s because of his relentless efforts in the world of film-making that we presented him with the award.”

    Tasneem Pirzada shared how Bhandarkar’s Chandni Bar has encouraged discourse on societal issues, such as prostitution. “The issue of prostitution was under discussion in India when Madhur was contemplating the film. The then government had shut down Chandni Bar to curb the increase in prostitution but after the bar’s closure, the phenomenon only augmented,” . Tasneem Pirzada said Madhur made Chandni Bar as an eye-opener for the government and its success was a factor that led to the continued running of such bars in India.

    Of his film, Madhur Bhandarkar shared, “I’m happy that Chandni Bar became my identity. People around the world recognize me for this film.” Madhur Bhandarkar went on to say that If he had not had Chandni Bar to his credit, people wouldn’t have recognized him as a producer and director today. “In fact, many Pakistanis around the world have told me they especially bought a DVD of Chandni Bar.” Madhur Bhandarkar,is best known for films, such as Chandni Bar, Page 3, Traffic Signal and Fashion. Apart from Bhandarkar, veteran actor Om Puri was also present at the film festival to attend the screening of his film “My Son the Fanatic in Lahore”.

  • ANISTON, THEROUX’S MARTIAL ARTS WORKOUT

    ANISTON, THEROUX’S MARTIAL ARTS WORKOUT

    Star couple Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are obsessed with martial arts workouts.

    The former “Friends” star has been enjoying yoga-style exercise Budokon for years and has now tempted Theroux to join her for similar training to improve their upper body strength and cardio.

    “They’ve become great sparring partners. Jen’s been into Budokon for years, and she and Courteney (Cox) used to do classes with well respected martial arts teacher Cameron Shayne,” an insider told the entertainment website National Enquirer, reports femalefirst.co.uk

    “Jen swears by it for upper body strength and cardio and Justin’s really into it now, too. It’s fast becoming an obsession for them,” the insider added. he ‘Wanderlust’ actor is said to have been initially ‘reluctant’ to do martial arts alongside his 46-year-old wife because he was scared of harming her.

  • PREGNANT ANNE HATHAWAY WORKS OUT IN GYM

    PREGNANT ANNE HATHAWAY WORKS OUT IN GYM

    Actress Anne Hathaway, who is expecting her first child with husband Adam Shulman, was spotted doing a high-energy workout at a gym here.

    “She spent over an hour on the cardio equipment looking as beautiful as ever,” a source told the New York Post’s Page Six column, reports femalefirst.co.uk

    Once the actress gives birth, she isn’t planning on rushing back to the gym to get her post-baby body back. “Anne wants to be healthy and because she doesn’t want to rush back into a film role, she’s not going to put herself under pressure to slim quickly. She does yoga every day and eats mainly organic food, although she has been tempted by bagels and doughnuts recently to combat morning sickness,” a source had shared earlier.

    “The Princess Diaries” actress may have more time for the gym after the birth of her little one as she is also said to be planning to “take a break from Hollywood” following the baby’s arrival.

    “Anne can’t wait to be a mum. She’s been wanting it for a long time and waited until the right time to take a break from Hollywood. She feels she’s achieved so much already, it’s time to take a break from acting. She’s told friends she wants to put her career on the back burner for a while and concentrate on being a full-time mum,” the source added.

  • Salma Hayek is Back with ‘Everly’ – MOVIE REVIEW

    Salma Hayek is Back with ‘Everly’ – MOVIE REVIEW

    STORY: The feisty Everly (Hayek) is an escort who works for a gangster named Taiko (Watanabe). Taiko finds out she has betrayed him (by working with the cops to bring him down) and wants revenge. She then finds herself trapped in an apartment where she has to battle wave after wave of Taiko’s goons.

    EverlyREVIEW: Salma Hayek in her barest essentials, oozing tough-girl sexuality? Check. Salma Hayek in the skimpiest of clothes and with all guns blazing while mowing down bad guys by the truckload? Yes indeed.

    If you’re a diehard Salma Hayek fan and want to see her in a role she’s probably never done before, you’ll get that here too. But while the blood, gore and body count
    (not to mention some typical action movie style one-liners) goes through the roof here, the action fest does get a bit repetitive and monotonous after a point. This is also largely due to the fact that most of the fighting takes place in an apartment. Whether intentional or not on the part of the filmmaker, this closed-structure shooting adds to a sense of claustrophobia that is slightly reminiscent of 2002’s Panic Room that also played out mostly indoors.

    Apart from trying to break away from her captors, Everly is also worried about her family (mother and daughter). But there’s a stream of creatively-named villains (eg, The Sadist and The Masochist), who are out to get her, courtesy a cruel game being played on her by Taiko.

    It’s almost impossible not to see Tarantino and Sam Peckinpah-style influences creeping in here. The action puts the ‘G’ in gratuitous. Also unexplained is how Everly becomes a commando-grade expert in the use of guns and cutting weapons, seemingly all of a sudden. Her transformation from victim to vixen is rocket-fuelled.

    On the plus side, the action scenes are slick and stylish. But as mentioned earlier, too much of it does weigh a bit heavily on you. But all said and done, this is Salma Hayek channeling her inner GI Jane. It could have been way more ambitions though.

  • SUNNY LEONE IS ‘MOST GOOGLED INDIAN IN 2015’

    SUNNY LEONE IS ‘MOST GOOGLED INDIAN IN 2015’

    She’s bold, she’s beautiful and she’s always surrounded with some or the other controversy. To put it mildly, Sunny Leone has had an eventful 2015.

    If she’s not battling an obscenity case filed by a vile housewife, she’s dealing with ridiculous claims linking her condom ad or with reports of her being thrown out of her apartment.

    The actress even took everyone by surprise when her brilliant act in Ek Paheli Leela became the talking point and not her super hot bod she so generously flaunted. With so much going, why wouldn’t she be one of the most searched Indian on the internet?

    The actress, for the second time in a row, has made it to the top spot in the ‘Most Googled Indian of 2015’ list, leaving Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and other A-listers behind.

  • SONAKSHI SINHA: I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT

    SONAKSHI SINHA: I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT

    Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who started her career as a costume designer, says she wanted to be an astronaut and that it was fate which crafted her switch from fashion to cinema. The daughter of Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha forayed into the Hindi film industry with Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg in 2010.

    SONAKSHI SINHABollywood’s “Shotgun Junior” shared her sentiments in an interview on Colors Infinity’s show “Born Stylish” with host and designer Pria Kataaria Puri. She said: “To be honest, I wanted to be an astronaut, my math was so bad though that no institute would have given me admission. I love sports, I like to swim and play tennis so I also thought of becoming a swimmer once. “Being in fashion designing, I used to sketch well, I thought of becoming an artist also but eventually, I landed up being an actress. There were a lot of people from different walks of life who inspired me while making a career choice. I was always a courageous girl!”A simple dialogue like Thappad se darr nahi lagta saab ji. pyar se lagta hai from ‘Dabangg’ is still a rage among cinema buffs.

    The actress, who is busy shooting for her upcoming films ‘Akira’ and ‘Force 2’, says she “never thought a heroine can get famous for her dialogue”. She said: “For me, the switch from fashion to cinema was all destiny. Arbaaz (Khan) spotted me at one of the fashion shows and approached me for the movie ‘Dabangg’, though I never wanted to be there, it was an offer I could not say no to. I had never thought a heroine can get famous for her dialogue; my father’s expertise has clearly rubbed-off on me”.

  • Sorry Daddy – MOVIE REVIEW

    Sorry Daddy – MOVIE REVIEW

    STORY: Inspector Ravi Sharma’s daughter Aneeshka seeks his help in finding her friend Aditya, who goes missing. As Ravi begins his search, he excavates the details of a syndicate that is forcing young children into beggary.

    CAST: Shamim Khan, Tinu Verma, Mukesh Tiwari, Raghubir Yadav, Razzak Khan, Gayetri Singh
    DIRECTION: Shakur Sir, Vijay Pal | GENRE: Action | DURATION: 2 hours

    MOVIE REVIEW Sorry DaddyREVIEW: This film will surely be the latest entrant on your list of the so-bad-it’s-good variety of films. It is a must watch, just for the sake of guilty pleasure. This garish offering takes tackiness to an altogether new high. At a time when Indian cinema is upping its game, such run-in-the-mill formulaic films are so unabashedly and confidently giving the term ‘eye-sore’ a new meaning.

    Sorry Daddy is a full-blown ham fest with unintentionally funny dialogues. The film’s story revolves around the cop and how he busts a major nexus that thrives on the business of beggary. This is an outdated idea and the makers make no attempt show any flair in reinventing the concept. Using the stocks props of the genre, the film shifts between its heroes, villains and their altercations over gimmicky punchlines.

    The film puts on a 70s’ cloak but doesn’t have the benefit of a solid story. A series of scenes sewed together in a loose narrative fails to make an impact.

    The acting department puts together ludicrous histrionics in dialogues that will put Kanti Shah’s Gunda to shame. Aapke wajood ka ansh mere wajood se judd gaya hai is how a woman announces her pregnancy. If you are looking for two hours of laugh-out-loud moments, resort to this unapologetic film. You wish the makers were half as sorry as their title claims.

  • Alia Bhatt Suffers Burns at Award Show

    Alia Bhatt Suffers Burns at Award Show

    New Delhi:   Actress Alia Bhatt sustained burns on her arms from a firecracker while performing at the Big Screen Awards in Mumbai on Sunday. The actress was reportedly given first-aid and rushed to a nearby hospital. (Also Read: Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt’s Film Begins Work in January, KJo ‘Excited’)

    alia bhatAlia thanked her fans for their concern in a Twitter post today and assured them of her well-being.

    The actress, however, did not divulge any details about the incident. The Times of India had earlier reported that the mishap occurred when Alia tried to shield her face from the firecracker ‘as it hurled itself in her direction’. “She sustained burns on her left elbow and also suffered bruises on the forearm. She was in a lot of pain but still managed to complete her recording,” the article stated.

    Pictures of the actress on her way to hospital found their way online and clearly show burns on her arm.

    Alia Bhatt, who was last seen in Shaandaar opposite Shahid Kapoor, is currently filming Kapoor and Sons and Udta Punjab. She also stars in director Gauri Shinde’s next film opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
  • X-Men Apocalypse trailer – Villain compared with Lord Krishna

    X-Men Apocalypse trailer – Villain compared with Lord Krishna

    Hindus are upset over comparison of blue-colored villain “Apocalypse” with their deity Lord Krishna in the recently released official trailer of “X-Men: Apocalypse” action-adventure Hollywood mutant movie releasing in May 2016.

    Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that such trivialization of Lord Krishna, who was highly revered in Hinduism, was quite inappropriate and disturbing to the devotees.

    Lord Krishna was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not for pushing movies for mercantile greed of filmmakers, Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out.

    This trailer shows the villain Apocalypse as saying: “I have been called many things over many lifetimes—Ra, Krishna, Yahweh”.

    Zed urged director Bryan Singer to delete all the references to Lord Krishna from the trailer and the final movie, unless those were true to the scriptures. Inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts for commercial or other agenda was not okay, it hurts the devotees and confuses non-Hindus about Hinduism.

    Hinduism is one of the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought and it should not be taken frivolously. Symbols of any faith, larger or smaller, should not be mishandled, Zed noted.

    Lord Krishna, usually depicted as blue-skinned, is the eighth avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu and subject of major Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord) and Bhagavad-Purana. There are about three million Hindus in USA and moksh (liberation) is the ultimate goal of Hinduism.

    “X-Men: Apocalypse” of 20th Century Fox stars Golden Globes nominated James McAvoy, Oscar nominated Michael Fassbender and Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence. Its official website talks about Apocalypse as: Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god.

     

  • Dev Patel of ‘Slumdog’ to play math genius Ramanujan

    Dev Patel of ‘Slumdog’ to play math genius Ramanujan

    Since his movie debut in 2008 in “Slumdog Millionaire” the 25-year-old Dev Patel has been picked to play the role of the math genius Ramanujam in a new film on the life of the Indian legendary.

    math genius RamanujamPatel’s latest film “The Man Who Knew Infinity“, based on the life of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, was screened at the International Film Festival of India in Goa last month.

    In a phone interview with Reuters, Patel spoke about his role in the film, how “Slumdog Millionaire” changed his life and why he wishes people were color blind. He said, “It’s interesting because there is no real footage or sound clippings of him. So, the element of mimicry is not there. In a way, that’s quite freeing for a performer. We did do research though, and I read the book that the film is based on. I worked on my accent a lot and the main thing was to get the restraint and resilience that he had about him. He probably experienced a great deal of prejudice, especially in Cambridge. I wanted to capture that.”

    As per Patel, the director had the script with him for nine years. I worked on it as well with him. We worked on trying to flesh out the two characters. The masses wouldn’t really connect with the complex mathematics of it all, so the idea was to bring the humans behind the maths forward. And two very different human beings: man from middle-class India – a poor clerk, and one of the greatest mathematicians in Britain who was an emotionally stunted human being and had to care for this young man. It was two worlds colliding together. Jeremy (Irons) attached himself to the film after I did, and the rest of the cast just fell in place.

    The Young Patel, who had shot to fame, with his role in Slum Dog Millionaire, says, “It did make my career, there’s no two ways about it. It put me on the map and opened the doors to India for the West. Now there is a renewed interest in India and storytelling from here in the West. I am one of the actors who have been able to enjoy the benefits of that.”

    The 25 year-old says, “I have come to embrace my heritage and I feel lucky that it has given me such a uniqueness in the industry. I feel lucky that I can bring stories from culture to the world. On the other hand, sometimes you wish people could be colour blind and you could be play an average Joe, no matter what his name is. That is changing though, slowly.

    “Hollywood is becoming very diverse. At the end of the day, most of the time, the best actor will get the job. My focus is on not forcing people to cast me because I am brown… but because I am talented.” According to Dev, “There are already so many amazing actors in Bollywood, and I don’t think they are starving for talent there. I don’t know if I quite pass the muster there or not.”

  • PRIYANKA IS SEXIEST ASIAN WOMAN, ONCE AGAIN

    PRIYANKA IS SEXIEST ASIAN WOMAN, ONCE AGAIN

    Priyanka Chopra has been making India proud with her act in the international TV series, Quantico. Even while the show is on, she has once again brought India into limelight by winning the Sexiest Asian Woman poll conducted by a UK-based newspaper. The thing to note is that Priyanka had also won the same title last year. So, the actress is now on a hat-trick. She has expressed happiness at the result. But she has also given a piece of advice to females stating that sexiness is all in the mind. Priyanka is readying herself for the release of her flick, Bajirao Mastani on December 18.

    PRIYANKA IS SEXIEST ASIAN WOMAN

  • Bollywood star Rani Mukerji gives birth to baby girl ‘Adira’

    Bollywood star Rani Mukerji gives birth to baby girl ‘Adira’

    MUMBAI (TIP): Rani Mukerji, daughter of filmmaker Ram Mukerji and singer Krishna Mukerji, and Aditya Chopra, son of filmmaker Yash Chopra and singer-producer Pamela Chopra, have been blessed with a baby girl on  December  9.

    The baby has been named Adira – a combination of the parents’ names.

    The award-winning actress, 37, has starred in many hit films and worked with Bollywood’s biggest names.

    Chopra, 43 has produced and directed several hit films, including one of Bollywood’s biggest romances -Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead. He also directed Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Mohabbatein.

    Yash Raj Films studio, of which Mr. Chopra is the chairman, announced the news of the birth on Twitter.

    The couple, who were dating for several years, married in Italy in April 2014.

    Yash Raj Films was established by Chopra’s father -Yash Raj Chopra – and the studio has helped establish some of Indian cinema’s biggest names, including Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.

  • KATIE PRICE PLANS AN INFIDELITY GIFT FOR HER HUSBAND

    KATIE PRICE PLANS AN INFIDELITY GIFT FOR HER HUSBAND

    Former model Katie Price insists she and ex-husband Kieran Hayler have moved on from his infidelity, but she will ‘never’ forgive him.

    The 37-year-old was left devastated when she discovered Hayler had cheated on her with friend Jane Pountney in May 2014. “I’ll neither forgive, nor forget. You just learn to deal with it. It’s Christmas and it’s been 19 months,” she said.

    Price plans to buy her husband a gift to mark the two-year anniversary of his infidelity.

  • GWYNETH PALTROW’S SHOP ROBBED

    GWYNETH PALTROW’S SHOP ROBBED

    Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop pop-up store in New York has been targeted by thieves, who escaped with more than USD 173,000 worth of merchandise.

    The 43-year-old actress opened the temporary shop, titled goop mrkt, in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle last month and has blogged about it on her lifestyle site.

    It appears thieves were attracted to the designer goods and other luxury items.

    The store suffered a security breach over the weekend, when staff members had to call in police officials to investigate a serious theft.

    “There was an isolated incident Saturday afternoon involving a very limited number of items, which was reported to the NYPD (New York Police Department),” a goop spokesperson said. “While the store was crowded during one of our busiest days, thankfully the NYPD responded quickly, our customers and staff are safe, and we remain open for business with proper security precautions in place.” Authorities have yet to name any suspects or make any arrests. Paltrow, who has also debuted pop-up stores in Los Angeles, Dallas, Texas and Chicago, Illinois, has yet to personally comment on the incident.

  • In The Heart Of The Sea | MOVIE REVIEW

    In The Heart Of The Sea | MOVIE REVIEW

    STORY: Set in 1820, this is the story of a whaling ship that meets with disaster in the then-uncharted Open Ocean. Eager to fill the Essex’s hold with whale oil after an initially disappointing catch, Captain George Pollard, Jr. (Walker) and first officer Owen Chase (Hemsworth) are driven by greed to venture out into treacherous waters. It is poetic justice then, that one of the very creatures they are hunting wrecks their ship as well as the crew.

    REVIEW: This film is set in a time when things like ethical concerns regarding the brutality of whaling, were non-existent. Back then concepts like species being endangered probably didn’t exist. In today’s world, whaling is banned almost globally. But back then, as depicted in the film, whaling by itself was probably more dangerous for the crews than the whales. A large sperm whale could reduce the wooden ships then in use, to matchwood. And that’s exactly what happens here, when Pollard, Chase and their fellow sailors are dumb enough to try and bite off way more blubber than they can chew. When they set out from Nantucket and head on down the Americas to a spot of ocean 200 miles off their planned course, they find themselves in a veritable whalers’ paradise. But an alpha-male bull sperm whale proceeds to teach the sailors the lesson of a lifetime.

    The story does play out a little in flashback, as one of the survivors of the ordeal, Thomas (Gleeson) recounts their reckless tale. The period detailing (even things like the era’s spoken word accents) is superb and the performances pass muster, but are nothing special. The 3D certainly helps a lot, especially in the whale-hunting as well as the underwater sequences. But ironically enough, you might end up rooting for the whales instead of the humans! After all, the crew only got what they deserved. And when the sailors are left for the dead, driven almost insane and at nature’s mercy, you don’t feel any empathy for them. That said though, this is definitely a gripping tale that’s worth watching.

  • TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON ACTRESSES TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY: KAJOL

    TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON ACTRESSES TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY: KAJOL

    Bollywood diva Kajol, returning to the big screen after a gap of five years with Dilwale, believes there is too much pressure on actresses to look good which often takes the attention away from their work.

    “There is too much pressure to look a certain way and it is wrong. Somewhere down the line you don’t have a life beyond that. Every morning you are getting up and getting dressed. It takes the attention away from your work,” Kajol said in an interview to a news agency.

    The actress, 41, faced criticism for her public appearances in the beginning of her career and though her style sense has evolved over the years, Kajol is still not bothered by what people think about her looks.

    “There is too much importance attached to it but at the same time it is there. You can’t get away from it. You can adapt to it or not. You have to take a stand… I have figured a way around it so I am comfortable with it myself. I don’t exactly make a fool of me in public anymore.

    “But after a point you will see me in my pajamas. It is something innate in me. I can’t be bothered about everybody’s opinion.”

    Kajol’s look in her upcoming film Dilwale is getting her a lot of appreciation from fans and the actress is happy that things have worked out well.

    “I know for a fact that I am looking good in the film. The reaction has been overwhelming… Everything has turned out well and it has been great. The reaction has been fantastic. Manish (Malhotra) has done the clothes in the movie,” she says.

    There were reports that she had a fall out with the designer but Kajol dismisses it with a hearty laugh. “We are too good friends to have differences.”

    Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol make one of the most successful on-screen pairings in Bollywood. Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale, slated to release on December 18, will reunite them for the seventh time and the actress says it was one of the reasons for her to do the movie.

    “I liked my character in the movie and thought I could do something with it and Rohit was directing the film. I have known Rohit for years and the fact that SRK was producing and starring in it. It has to be a combination of everything to say yes. Also, her daughter Nysa had a big role in her decision to star in Shetty’s action-comedy.

    The director has worked with husband Ajay Devgn on Golmaal, All The Best and Singham.

    “My daughter wanted me to do this film. She does not like to see me cry on screen, she is very clear about it. She keeps telling me ‘Why can’t you do films like papa does.’ And the next thing is Rohit offering me this script. I thought God is giving me a sign,” she says.

    Kajol, however, says the film, despite being a typical Rohit Shetty entertainer, has something more to offer with its two love stories.

    “It is definitely in the action comedy zone. It is a typical Rohit Shetty film but he has concentrated a lot more on relationships and love aspect with SRK and me and Varun Dhawan-Kriti Sanon’s tracks. It is a nice mix of everything despite the many cars that he has destroyed in the film.

  • Hate Story 3 | MOVIE REVIEW

    Hate Story 3 | MOVIE REVIEW

    STORY: Siya (Zareen) appears to be the bone of contention between warring businessmen Aditya (Sharman) and Saurav (Karan). But this one runs deeper than your average love triangle.

    Hate Story 3REVIEW: Aditya and Siya are a happy couple. They are shown making passionate love in repetitive montages, kissing, feeling, titillating; while a reprised version of the ’90s track Tumhe Apna Banane Ki Kasam plays soulfully. This compatible couple readily agrees on everything in the bedroom or the boardroom. But their bliss is interrupted when a gift-wrapped orange Audi arrives in their lives. Instead of zooming into the sunset, they go seeking the mystery man (Saurav) who gifted it to them.

    Without as much blinking or arching his bleached, tweezed eyebrows, Saurav propositions Aditya. He says he can bankroll him, provided he allows him to sleep with his wife for one night. This bit is tacky because Saurav is neither as suave as Robert Redford from The Indecent Proposal nor is Siya as irresistible as Demi Moore. The similarity to the Hollywood film ends with Aditya reacting as violently as Woody Harrelson.

    While the inevitable must happen, Siya plays coy; Aditya plays spoilsport and Saurav has to stay content with having sex with Aditya’s disgruntled secretary, Kaya (Daisy Shah) who gives him a skin show, writhes like a pole dancer and kisses willingly. The plot remains unhurried as another round of those erotic montages shot against chart-busting tracks try to keep the audience hooked.

    In an attempt not to make these films seem like pure steam fests, the makers usually thrown in a revenge drama angle. So true to the fabric of this franchise, here too there’s a suspense drama around some ugly sibling rivalry woven in. However, while the film is good-looking, the plot is convoluted. There’s bizarre justification for the poison-ivy women and avaricious despots. But then again, these sequels are about erotica being served piping hot Bollywood style.

    So indulge in some guilt-free ‘entertainment’ and don’t go looking for soul. In the performance section, Sharman seems odd when he is shirtless but sincere when he’s buttoned-up. Karan caresses Zareen, his object of desire with his eyes even better than he does with his hands.

  • Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra in New York to promote her upcoming film ‘Bajirao Mastani’

    Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra in New York to promote her upcoming film ‘Bajirao Mastani’

    NEW YORK (TIP): Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra arrived in New York, December 10, to promote her upcoming film “Bajirao Mastani” which is to be released on 18th December.

    (In Pictures Below – By Photos / Mohammed Jaffer – Snapsindia)

    Priyanka Chopra is being received by EROS International President Ken Naz at Loews Regency Hotel, New York City where she talked about the film at a press conference, December 10.

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    Priyanka Chopra poses for a photograph at the press conference. Seen in the picture, from L to R: Ken Naz President Eros International (right) Priyanka Chopra , and Prem Parameswaran CFO

    Priyanka Chopra poses for a photograph at the press conference

    Priyanka : Different Strokes

    Priyanka - Different Strokes Photos : Mohammed Jaffer-Snapsindia

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  • Church of England’s condemnation of cinemas showing Hindu film ‘out-of-line’

    Church of England’s condemnation of cinemas showing Hindu film ‘out-of-line’

    LAS VEGAS (TIP): Hindus term The Church of England’s condemning United Kingdom (UK) cinemas for showing a Hindu-themed short animation film as “out-of-line”. The Animated Superhero Movie is on Hindu Deities undirected by Indian American Director Sanjay Patel.

    Rajan Zed, in a statement from Nevada said that accusing UK cinemas of “hypocrisy” and “on-the-hoof policy making” for exhibiting a Hindu-themed animation film was simply out-of-line for The Church of England which talks of “strengthening community life” and which “seeks to build up good relations with people of other faith traditions”.

    Religious organizations should not be in the business of condemning businesses for what they decide to do with the products highlighting “other” religions, Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, added.

    Zed noted that despite our seriously different traditions, we as religions; should promote love, harmonious living, mutual loyalty; as we are headed in the same direction. And we should at least cooperate in common causes such as social development, peace, ecological responsibility, etc.

    sanjays-super-team-pixar-2“Sanjay’s Super Team”, a recently released seven minute animation Pixar film nominated for Annie Awards, revolves around Hindu gods.

    About Sanjay’s Super Team: theindianpanorama.news/united-states-america/animated-superhero-movie-on-hindu-deities-indian-american-director-sanjay-patel-article-2015-48016.html