Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Anushka Sharma has completed 10 years in the movie business and the actor believes the reason for her successful run are the “unconventional” choices she has made as a performer, producer and an entrepreneur. Anushka, who carved a niche with films like “Band Baaja Baaraat”, “PK”, “Sultan”, “NH10”, made her debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in 2008 blockbuster “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”.”I have always made unconventional choices because it comes from my instincts. I have been successful with those unconventional choices. I have made a career with unconventional choices…

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Supriya Pathak, who has worked in all the mediums of storytelling, believes nothing can beat the cinema experience. Pathak says web is the strongest medium currently as it has the ability to reach out to more people and engage viewers with interesting and layered stories. “When TV came, it was a very strong medium. It reached out to so many people and it could have made difference but we got into mundaneness of it. I think it will not hopefully happen to this new medium. It has lot of scope. “I…

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Moving far away from the love and laughter of Disney’s The Jungle Book, actor director Andy Serkis says he has tried to assimilate the complexities of Rudyard Kipling’s classic, including his complicated relationship with India as an imperialist, in his new film Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle. Andy Serkis said his take on Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 classic The Jungle Book, about man-cub Mowgli who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of India, is dark and closer to the original story. Rudyard Kipling was born in Mumbai (then Bombay)…

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An old interview of Johnny Depp has resurfaced where the actor talks about of his fear of getting replaced by Tom Hanks from his breakout film “Edward Scissorhands”. In the 1990 dark fantasy feature, directed by Tim Burton, Depp played an artificial man named Edward who has scissor blades instead of hands. The film was instrumental in the success of Depp and his co-star Winona Ryder and it is considered a cult classic by many film aficionados.The interview, conducted by host Charlie Rose in 1999, was unearthed by The Hollywood Reporter.…

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British-Indian actor Banita Sandhu, who made her debut with “October”, says she does not want to limit herself to a particular genre.The 20-year-old actor says she enjoys commercial cinema and she wants to be associated with good content. “I don’t want to box myself into anything. I have done ‘October’ and I am super happy. I want to be versatile and work with different creative people. If it is a massy film, great or if it is going to be independent film with first time director, that also will be great.…

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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas got married in a lavish, Hindu ceremony that ended in the early hours of Monday here, tying the knot twice over after a Christian “I do” wedding the night before.Doffing their hats to their Indian and American origins, the Indian actor and the American singer exchanged wedding wows for the Christian wedding on Saturday evening at the glittering Umaid Bhavan Palace and went through a traditional ceremony Sunday evening.Priyanka, 36, wore a red sari, while Jonas, 26, was dressed in a traditional outfit and turban,…

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Bollywood is recognised for its elaborate musicals but Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman says Indian independent music is yet to take off globally. With the boom of digital media, there is a surge in internet sensations but Rahman believes there is also a lot of clutter.”There are so many now and there is clutter. One might get better quality person (referring to singer). But a ‘besura’ singer is rejected as there are thousands who can sing. So, on the internet, it is about what new you can bring.”All this is good…

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Soha Ali Khan says she is excited for her niece Sara Ali Khan’s acting debut in Bollywood and is hopeful that she will make a big impact with her work.Sara, daughter of Soha’s brother Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Sigh, will be seen in Abhishek Kapoor’s “Kedarnath”, opposite Sushant Singh Rajput. The film releases on December 7.Sara’s also has “Simmba” with Ranveer Singh in her kitty and the Rohit Shetty-directed film is set to hit cinema houses on December 28.When asked about Sara’s two big back-to-back films, Soha said, “She…

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From the skeletal insomniac in “The Machinist” to the pot-bellied con artist in “American Hustle”, Hollywood superstar Christian Bale is that rare artist who stops at nothing to get under the skin of his characters.This “transformation” is the key to his acting and keeps the process intriguing and interesting, Bale said in an interview to DIN.”It’s not necessarily what everybody does. I greatly admire people who are able to be themselves and be entertaining and be one thing all the time. There is an incredible talent to that. I don’t…

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Actor Farhan Akhtar says he feels a sense of guilt for not being aware of the indecent behaviour of his cousin Sajid Khan, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several women.Sajid was accused of sexual harassment by two women — actor Saloni Chopra and a journalist, following which he stepped down as the director of “Housefull 4”. When the allegations had surfaced, Farhan, who has been a vocal supporter of #MeToo movement, was one of the first celebrities to react and had termed them as “shocking.” “Everytime something like…

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