October 1st, 2009

Her fans have often referred to her as Kat, but now actress Katrina Kaif has a new nickname – Sambo – courtesy her “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani” co-star Ranbir Kapoor. “Ranbir coined the name on the sets of the movie when both were required to shoot for an action sequence,” said a unit source. [...]

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta will be seen as husband-wife in an ad for Emami’s health product Chyawanprash. Shah Rukh will play a commoner in the ad and for the first time will be seen with Rituparna. If a source is to be believed, the actress was “super excited and [...]

Bhubaneswar, Actress Nandita Das, the newly appointed chairperson of the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI), promises to bring maximum number of kids to the children film festival, starting Nov 14, despite the fact that kids are hooked to reality shows. “My top priority at this moment is to attract large number of children from [...]

Mumbai, R.D. Burman’s music continues to inspire today’s filmmakers. While “Kaminey” had two tracks of the late composing legend, now one of his songs will be heard in the forthcoming movie “Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna”. The legend’s composition “Bade achche lagte hain yeh dharti, yeh nadiya, yeh raina aur tum” makes a vital appearance in [...]

New Delhi, Ninety-year-old playback legend Manna Dey – who belted out evergreen songs like “Ae mere pyaare watan” and “Zindagi kaisi hai paheli” – is being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest honour in Indian cinema, his family said Wednesday. “We got a call from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry Tuesday to inform [...]