Category: ENTERTAINMENT

fter its resounding success in 2017, the iconic ballet, ‘Swan Lake’, is all set to make a return to India with a multi-city tour in March this year. The co-production by the Royal Russian Ballet and Navrasa Duende will begin its tour on March 13 with 25 shows in Mumbai, followed by 5 shows each in Ahmedabad, Kolkata and New Delhi. Choreographed by Vladimir Troschenko and directed by Anatoly Kazatsky, the performances will see Matsak Natalia reprise her role as both the white swan and the black swan. Dinesh B…

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Days after a blaze at an upscale pub here killed 14 people, actor Riteish Deshmukh today said he is proud of the Mumbai Police. The actor posted a photograph of police constable Sudarshan Shinde on Twitter and said he saved eight people from the deadly fire at the pub. “Constable Sudarshan Shinde – saved 8 people. Extremely proud of our Mumbai police. Sudarshan Shinde I salute you,” Deshmukh tweeted. Fourteen people died in a massive fire at the ‘1 Above’ pub at Kamala Mills on December 29. The incident prompted…

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A senior member of the erstwhile Mewar royal family, Mahendra Singh, has questioned the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for endorsing Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’ claiming the film “misrepresents” revered heroic characters and may cause “social unrest”. In a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani and Minister of State Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Mewar royal alleged that CBFC chairman Prasoon Joshi had not considered all factors and “this public deception” suggested incompetence and complicity. “The movie is likely to cause social unrest and such hurried certification and…

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The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has decided to give Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” a UA certificate and has suggested the director to change the film’s title to “Padmavat”. According to a release issued by the CBFC, the board had a meeting of their examining committee on December 28 and decided to give the film a “UA certification along with some modifications and likely change of the film’s title on the basis the attributed material/creative source”. Bhansali, who appeared before a parliamentary panel, has said his lavishly mounted 150…

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Ed Sheeran said he has developed a “little obsession” for singer Robbie Williams. The 26-year-old singer said that his career path has similarities with that of Williams’. “I feel a weird affinity with Robbie. We email now and then but I’ve been reading up on him and his career is so similar to mine,” Sheeran told The Sun. “Like the way the album’s going, the way it went to stadiums, the way it was just like one lone man… a very lonely sort of life. I have a little obsession…

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Actor Zac Efron said that he almost died during a cycling trip with his “The Greatest Showman” co-actor Hugh Jackman. The 30-year-old actor recalled the incident during his appearance with Jackman and Zendaya on “The Graham Norton Show”. “I cycled with him in London, but I’m not one to ride a bike early in the morning in traffic so it turned out to be quite dangerous,” Efron told Norton when asked how he prepared for his role in the film. “I followed Hugh around a few cars and suddenly there…

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