Mumbai: Veteran actor Asha Parekh on Saturday credited the late writer-filmmaker, Raj Khosla, with recognising her potential beyond the “glam girl” image by offering her “Do Badan”, a film that changed the trajectory of her career. At a retrospective event to mark Khosla’s 100th birth anniversary, Parekh said the filmmaker’s decision to cast her in…
Mumbai: Noted lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar said on Friday that he is doubtful that the relations between India and Pakistan will improve in the near future. Referring to South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a process that allowed victims and perpetrators of apartheid to come together, Akhtar said India and Pakistan missed a similar…
Mumbai: Actor Mukul Dev, best known for his roles in films such as “Son of Sardaar”, “Yamla Pagla Deewana” and “Jai Ho”, has passed away, his brother Rahul Dev said on Saturday. He was 54. “My brother Mukul Dev passed away peacefully last night at New Delhi due to ailing health,” Rahul Dev told PTI….
Vadodara: A man who allegedly issued a death threat to actor Salman Khan has been traced to a village in Gujarat’s Vadodara district and found to be mentally unstable, police said on Tuesday. The Mumbai police have issued a notice to the 26-year-old man, a resident of a village in Waghodia taluka here, to appear…
Mumbai: Akshay Kumar on Friday said only a fool would criticise his social dramas such as “Padman” and quickly backtracked when informed about Jaya Bachchan’s criticism of the title of his film “Toilet Ek Prem Katha”. “If she has said it, then it must be right. I don’t know. If I have made a mistake…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it seized Rs 1.5 crore in cash after searching the premises of a chit fund company owned by Gokulam Gopalan, one of the producers of the Malayalam movie L2: Empuraan, in connection with foreign exchange law violations. The federal agency said in a statement that the searches…
Mumbai: Family and close friends from the Hindi movie industry, including Ashoke Pandit, Prem Chopra and others, paid their final respects to late actor Manoj Kumar at his residence here on Saturday. The veteran actor-filmmaker died on Friday due to age-related issues at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. He was 87. A photo of a young…
Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar, who came be known as ‘Bharat Kumar’ for his series of popular patriotic films such as “Shaheed”, “Upkar,” and “Purab Aur Paschim”, died in a Mumbai hospital in the early hours of Friday. He was 87. The industry veteran had been ailing for a while and died of age-related issues around…
Jerusalem: In a first-of-its-kind gesture extended to welcome an incoming foreign diplomat, the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday evening screened the world premiere of The Diplomat, a film starring John Abraham, which is based on a real crisis that India’s new envoy, JP Singh, was involved in solving. Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, met Singh,…
New Delhi: “Sikandar”, starring Salman Khan and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead, has crossed Rs 50 crore at the worldwide box office on its opening day, according to the makers. Directed by A R Murugadoss, the film is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under his banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and released in theatres on March 30….
