Producer Ekta Kapoor says filmmaker Karan Johar is the father of "high school" film genre right from the time of his debut directorial "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", which released in 1998. "Hey Karan Johar, for all the world who thinks I'm spinning off 'Student Of The Year' (with) 'Punch Beat', (it) is not that! But since you are the father of this 'g...
I can't believe Sonam is getting married. When I first saw her, she was little more than a child on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Black", bustling around trying to make herself useful. Dressed in a suitably... umm... black Salwar-Kameez, she was every inch the functional assistant on the set. Clearly, she was enjoying the...
Actress Mahira Khan will be representing Pakistan at the 71st Cannes Film Festival later this month. The actor, who was named the first Pakistani brand ambassador for make-up giant L'Oreal last year, took to Instagram to share the news, Geo News reported. Mahira shared a photograph of Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 1977 Cannes and caption...
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan,one of the most widely followed Indian celebrities on Twitter, has once again written to the micro-blogging platform's management requesting them to increase the "number" of followers. Big B on Friday tweeted that he has been posting a lot and even asked the if something else needs to be done to increase the number of fol...
Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is gearing up for the release of his Marathi debut production "Bucket List", hopes to be lucky for the film and and its lead actress Madhuri Dixit-Nene. "'Bucket List' is even more special to me because it's releasing on my birthday. I hope I am lucky for the 'Bucket List' and for Madhuri. And I am sure I will be," ...
The world knows him as Bollywood's "Shahenshah", but he prefers to be known as the son of late eminent poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he has been in public life from the day he was born, but has no legacy of his own to leave behind. The actor, who has successfully transitioned from Bollywood's "Angry young man" to ...
Whether it is standing up for the rights of stuntmen in the Indian film industry or training girls for self-defence, supporting the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' or narrating the story of a man who took up the cause of menstrual hygiene -- National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar has dabbled in it all. He says his social work is a result of compass...
Comedy is gaining a lot of momentum in India and the challenge lies in monetising this space, says comedian-entrepreneur Adnan Nalwala, adding that comedians in this country need to come out of their "local" shells if they are to make a mark on the world stage. "The comedy space (in India) is gaining a lot of momentum. There is a trem...
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has wished good luck to film producer Ameya Khopkar for an A capella rendition by Marathi celebrities. Amitabh on Thursday, tweeted a link of the song and captioned: "A first by Marathi film... an Acapella rendition made by AVK Entertrainment, and Ameya Khopkar best wishes to you." Titled as "Marathi Celebrity ...
She is not in her 20s, is a single mother of two, stays in Kolkata instead of the 'film capital' Mumbai, and gets to play diametrically disparate roles of a hooker and a conservative Pakistani woman. Clearly, actress Ekavali Khanna has broken convention in more ways than one in her film journey. "The Hindi film world is amazing... ...
