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Biggest achievement is my ability to get over my fears:

Actor Priyanka Chopra today said her greatest achievement has been her ability to consistently conquer fear and her biggest dream is to leave behind a legacy. The 35-year-old actor, however, became emotional when she said that her biggest regret would be not being able to spend enough time with her father, Ashok Chopra, who passed away in 2013 after battling cancer. "(My) biggest achievement is the ability to get over my fears. My biggest achievement is to turn my vulnerability into my strength because I'm usually emotional and I get affected by a lot of things. "I know I come across as as tough, sassy and witty. That is a big part of protecting myself. There has not been anyone holding out a safety net for me. So, I trust my instinct, so that even if I fail, it'll be my failure... My biggest regret is I didn't spend as much time as I did with my dad," Priyanka said. The actor, who was in the capital to deliver the Penguin Annual Lecture, was in conversation with NDTV ..

'I'm loving the term Bromantic hero,' says Kartik Aaryan

Kartik Aaryan, who got famous for his portrayal of Rajat in 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama', has reunited with his mentor Luv Ranjan again for his next film 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety'.The actor recently revealed that he is very happy with the positive response for the movie and especially with the new tag, Bromantic hero."After King of monologues, now I'm loving the term Bromantic hero. I'm glad that the youth feels connected with my characters and I'm thankful to my director, Luv sir, who gives me such relatable characters. I love the fact that I'm able to create my own niche which is different yet lovable at the same," he told ANI.Kartik Aaryan is playing Sonu's character in 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety', who is trying to save his friend, Titu, played by Sunny Singh, from the girl Sweety (played by Nushrat Bharucha), whom he is going to marry.While talking about his character in the movie, Kartik noted, "Sonu is a kind of friend you need to have and once you watch the movie you will crave for a Sonu .

Margot Robbie wants to surprise audiences with 'I, Tonya'

Australian actress Margot Robbie, who is a frontrunner in the race to the Oscars in Best Actress category, has revealed that she wanted to surprise her fans with this movie.According to Contactmusic.com, the 27-year-old actress feels that the characters in the movie are amazing, so flawed and wrong and you can see a bit of yourself in them at times.The 'Suicide Squad' star said, "You've got the mockumentary feeling, the very dark comedy, real life events, real life people. You've got an event people remember, but have very strong feelings about. These characters are amazing, so flawed and wrong, and yet you empathise with them in a weird way. You can see a bit of yourself in them at times. There was a real opportunity to surprise people."She also opened up about a bigger challenge that she had to face while shooting the movie.She shared that the biggest challenge for her was learning how to ice skate, adding, "I did four months of training, five days a week, four hours a day.""On ...

Curtail my sense of humour as a senior actor, says SRK

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is known for his sense of humour - that has many times put him into trouble too, says with time and maturity, he had to cut down on this on a public platform.

Still love winning awards, says SRK

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he loves winning awards as nothing can replace the excitement of holding a trophy.

Meticulous planning done before printing Class 9 book, HC told

The Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Publication and Curriculum Research has told the Bombay High Court that meticulous planning and preparations were done before the publication a Class 9 history and political science textbook. Sunil Magar, director of the textbooks bureau, filed an affidavit last week in response to a petition by city resident Amritpal Singh Khalsa, who has sought changes in the textbook. The petitioner has referred to a chapter in the textbook on 'Operation Blue Star', which describes Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and others involved in the Sikh struggle as terrorists. Khalsa has argued that the comments in the textbook were defamatory and made without any research, as there is no police record naming Bhindranwale in an FIR. The textbooks bureau in its affidavit denied the accusations and said meticulous planning and preparations precede the printing and publication of any textbook. The affidavit stated that the history and political science book was

Google Photos rolls out video collage of smiling pictures

Photo sharing and storage service Google Photos is rolling out short video collages called "Smiles of 2017" that displays smiling pictures of the users accompanied by a song in the background.

'Get Out' is a Christmas movie, jokes Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele, who's latest 'horror' movie 'Get Out' was labelled as a comedy by the Golden Globes, has revealed that the flick is actually a Christmas movie.The confirmation came when a Twitter user asked Peele, "Is Get Out a Christmas movie or am I about to upset my whole family?"To which, Peele responded, "Let's see... there's a man with a white beard, multiple deer, a fire place, a bunch of snowflakes, and a guy named Chris goes down a dark hole! I'd say go for it!"Recently, Peele responded to his debut movie getting nominated in the comedy category for the 2018 Golden Globes.The 38 years old actor-turned-director tweeted, "Get Out is a documentary."Many people took to Twitter to bemoan the category choice and argued it was an example of white privilege.Ultimately, Peele said fans can "call it what you want, but the movie is an expression of my truth, my experience, the experiences of a lot of black people and minorities".

SRK sings birthday song for Salman Khan

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan sang a song to wish Salman Khan in advance for his birthday and said he loved watching the latter's latest movie "Tiger Zinda Hai".

Music fest TIMEOUT 72 to begin from tomorrow

Multi-genre music festival TIMEOUT 72 will kick-off its first ever edition at Vagator in North Goa from tomorrow. According to the organisers, arrangements have been made to ensure that the festival is free of drugs. Music biggies such as Wiz Khalifa, Jason Derulo and Martin Garrix would be performing at the event, which runs till December 29. "Everywhere on social media to websites we have made it clear that the festival is a drug-free zone. The notices are also put up at the venues to make it clear for the participants that we will not encourage any banned substance," Vishal Shah, promoter of the festival told PTI. He said sniffer dogs are also stationed at the venue to ensure that the banned substances are not brought in while police officers at the main gate would be involved in stringent frisking. The festival, which calls itself as multi-genre event has three stages, including the 3D stage where the headliners will be performing. "This is the biggest stage till ...

Benny Dayal, Guru Randhawa to perform in Delhi

Music artistes like Benny Dayal, Guru Randhawa, Papon and Raftaar will perform at the second season of Gaana Bollywood Music Project (BMP) here.

'Raees' most talked about Bollywood film of 2017 on Twitter

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's "Raees" was the most talked about Bollywood film of 2017 on Twitter, with Salman Khan's "Tiger Zinda Hai" securing the second place, reveals a report.

6th Bengal Classical Music Festival begins in Dhaka

To celebrate the collective legacy of classical music, deeply rooted in spiritual and ethnic traditions of India and Bangladesh, the 6th edition of Bengal Classical Music Festival began here today with a grand line-up of maestros from the two countries. Organised by the Bengal Foundation, the five-night musical fete will see eminent musicians from India including Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Ustad Rashid Khan. In its sixth year now, the musical celebration has seen an increase in people's taste towards Classical music with a visible rise in the number of attendees, according to the organisers . Speaking on the sidelines of the event, renowned flautist Rakesh Chaurasia said there was a renewed enthusiasm especially in the younger generation for classical music. "There's a great deal of freshness and energy in the younger generation today. No longer is it about how many white hair you have to consider how good you can be. Even in .

Amit Trivedi excited to join SulaFest line-up

Composer Amit Trivedi is excited to perform at the upcoming 11th edition of SulaFest, which will take place here in February next year.

Jessica Chastain criticises her all-white magazine cover

Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain has responded to the criticism over a recent magazine cover that she featured on, alongside some of the biggest names of the industry.The actress posed with Margot Robbie, Kate Winslet, Annette Bening, Diane Kruger and Saoirse Ronan on a magazine cover, released by a leading US publication.Under this image of five blondes and one redhead, the magazine cover had a shocking title of "A Shift in Focus."Chastain, who has been outspoken about issues regarding inequality in the past, responded to the criticism in a series of tweets and conceded that the cover was a "sad look".The 'Molly's Game' star wrote, "I agree. Major problem is the lack of WOC led films this year and EVERY year. A diverse group can't come together to promote their films if studios aren't inclusive in their storytelling. The industry has a lot of work to do, especially for WOC."She further added, "Its a sad look that there's no WOC in this pic of us promoting our female lead films. The

Here's who helped Ridley Scott in undercover recasting for 'All the Money in the World'

Veteran director Ridley Scott did the unthinkable when he replaced Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in his latest movie 'All the Money in the World' due to sexual misconduct allegations.And it looks we finally have a name of the person who helped the helmer in this undercover re-casting.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the screenwriter of the film 'All the Money in the World' David Scarpa shared that it was none other than 'Wonder Woman' director Patty Jenkins who played a major role in replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer.In a recent interview, he said, "If it gets out, and we don't cast this and we can't make it happen, the movie is dead."Spacey was initially cast as the role of oil magnate J Paul Getty in 'All the Money in the World'.After principal photography had already wrapped, numerous accusations of sexual misconduct came out against the House of Cards actor, leading Scott to recast the role and execute hasty reshoots before the film's December release ...

India best place to be for classical music: Sitar player Purbayan

Sitar player and composer Purbayan Chatterjee said on Tuesday that India is the best place at the moment for classical music and it is a great time to work there as an artist.

Half-marathon in memory of Tom Alter in Mussorie

In memory of veteran theatre, television and film actor Tom Alter, a 21-km half-marathon was today organised as part of Mussoorie's Winterline Carnival in the queen of hills. Alter, a resident of Mussoorie, died of cancer earlier this year. Rajiv Namboori stood first in the men's category and Shobha Rana stood first among women in the half-marathon. A slew of entertainment programmes, including a picture exhibition on Mussoorie's 200 year old history, and cultural and musical events are to be held as part of the carnival which will conclude on December 30. Inaugurating the event yesterday, state minister Dhan Singh Rawat said the winterline carnival is attracting more and more tourists every year. This is the fifth edition of the carnival.

Safai karamcharis commission asks Salman, Shilpa to apologise

The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) has sought a public apology from actors Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty for allegedly making derogatory remarks against the Scheduled Castes on a TV show. The commission has sent a letter to both the actors, acting on a complaint that accused the actors of using derogatory words on a TV show which hurt the sentiments of the entire Valmiki community. "The Commission desires you to tender an unconditional public apology for your remarks within a fortnight of receiving this letter failing which the Commission would be constrained to recommend appropriate legal action against you under relevant laws," the letter by NCSK Deputy Director Varinder Singh said. Last week, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) had issued a notice to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the police commissioners of Delhi and Mumbai seeking action against the actors in accordance with the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes .

Shooting for 'Tiger...' was extremely challenging, says Salman

Riding high on the success of his latest spy thriller film "Tiger Zinda Hai", Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has thanked his fans for showering love on the movie and said that shooting for the project was "extremely challenging".