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I'm an action freak: Ssharad

Actor Ssharad Malhotra calls himself an action freak.

Bollywood celebrities come out in support of Tanushree Dutta

Actor Tanushree Dutta has finally found support in her Bollywood colleagues with many of them admiring her for her courage, two days after she alleged that Nana Patekar harassed her on the sets of a film in 2008. In a recent TV interview, Dutta had said Patekar misbehaved with her on the sets of "Horn Ok Pleasss" 10 years ago. The actor also alleged that Patekar had the tacit support of the film's makers. In a lengthy Twitter post, journalist Janice Sequeira narrated her account of the incident, provoking many from the Hindi film industry to react to Tanushree's allegations. "This thread is very telling. @janiceseq85 was there at the time of the incident being debated today," Farhan Akhtar wrote late Thursday along side Sequeira's account of the incident. "Even when #TanushreeDutta had career concerns to keep quiet 10 years ago she did not and her story hasn't changed now. Her courage should be admired, not her intention questioned," he added. "Agreed... The world needs to ...

DJ Snake, Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B unveil new track

"Taki Taki" by DJ Snake featuring singers Selena Gomez, Ozuna and rapper Cardi B is out now.

Transgender band 'The Six Pack' to perform at Tomorrow's India Global Summit

India's first transgender band, 'The Six Pack Band' will perform at the fourth edition of Tomorrow's India Global Summit, to be held on October 6.

'Sui Dhaaga: Made In India': Heart-warming but predictable (IANS Review, Rating: **1/2)

Film: "Sui Dhaaga: Made In India"; Director: Sharat Katariya; Cast: Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma, Raghubir Yadav and Namit Das; Rating: **1/2

Hunar roped in for 'Patiala Babes'

Actor Hunar Gandhi will play a "classy and ambitious lady" in the upcoming show "Patiala Babes".

'Uri' teaser: A glimpse into Indian military's defining moment

Teasing his fans and escalating their curiosity, Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal has unveiled the official teaser of his much-awaited action-thriller 'Uri'.The 'Raazi' star who plays an army officer in the Aditya Dhar directorial, shared a one-minute clip having glimpses of him gunning down terrorists and leading army men in the surgical strikes following terror attacks on the Indian Army Camp in Uri, Kashmir.With powerful sound effects and spectacular visual effects, the film promises a good cinematic experience."A defining moment in India's military history. A moment that paved a path to a new, stronger India. Here's presenting, #URITeaser," tweeted the 'Love Per Square Foot' actor.In July this year, the 30-year-old had injured his right arm badly during the shooting of an action sequence in Serbia. Despite the injury, Kaushal resumed the shoot following a short break during which he returned to Mumbai for a few days.The 'Sanju' star also underwent training as the film requires him to

Of love, secrets, and an arranged marriage (IANS Books This Weekend)

Flick through a story of thwarted desires, of love and its loss, of losing and finding oneself, and of falling and learning to rise; read the story of a man whose dead wife's messages come to him though another woman; read a story around an arranged marriage, where the the twenty-year-old bride-to-be discovers that she has no say in the matter and decides to carve out the unlikeliest of silver linings; and know of an unusual tale, set in the last years of the British Raj, about being torn between two worlds.

Music palette of Indians are very cosmopolitan: Davey Cashin

Davey Cashin, founding members of Irish music band The Kilkennys, which is set to perform in India, says that the music palette of the audience in India is very cosmopolitan which also makes them welcoming to new genres.

Macaulay Culkin asks J K Rowling to cast him in a movie

"Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin wants to be part of J K Rowling's Harry Potter universe. The 38-year-old actor, tweeted at Rowling Wednesday to see if he could land a role in one of her next films. Culkin began by defending Rowling's choice to cast a well-known snake in the Harry Potter books as an Asian woman in the upcoming "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald", a choice some fans called "racist". "Hey @jk_rowling I'm with you! Nagini can be whatever she wants to be! She's a strong woman/snake," Culkin tweeted. "Also, can you write me into the next movie? I'm Macaulay Culkin (From Home Alone: The Movie) and I was also a Pagemaster (experienced with magic)" he added. The actor also reached out to actor Dan Fogler to recommend him to Rowling. Fogler plays Jacob Kowalski in the latest series of films on which Rowling is working. Culkin is best known for his role Kevin McCallister in 1990''s "Home Alone", in which his character is left home alone during Christmas and has to ...

Divya Dutta lends her voice to TV show

National Award-winning actress Divya Dutta has been roped in as the narrator of the upcoming mythological show "RadhaKrishn".

Never expected Hirani to become such a great filmmaker: Nawazuddin

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who featured in a bit role in Rajkumar Hirani's "Munna Bhai MBBS", says he never expected the filmmaker to become so "great" all over the world.

Xender, SONY India join hands to create Indian version of 'Netflix'

Xender, a leading offline mobile file transfer and sharing app, has taken another giant stride by tying knots with SONY India for its MovieChain project.For the movie industry, this partnership between Xender and SONY India has reached a whole new level in the content business.After Xender kicked off its MovieChain project, SONY India is the sixth mainstream movie studio that has agreed to join this venture. Earlier, Xender closed deals with several top-notch Bollywood movie studios including PVR, EROS, Yash Raj Film, Shemaroo, Viacom18."Earlier, Chinese companies could only enter the Indian market by importing Indian movies or exporting Chinese movies, but now Xender has created an innovative and revolutionary model based on thousands of millions of Indian Xender users and a decentralized Device to Device offline distribution mechanism. This product is expected to flip the movie industry around starting from mobile terminals," said senior specialist from SONY Pictures, Gaurav ...

Bollywood celebs wish Lata Mangeshkar on 89th birthday

As melody queen Lata Mangeshkar turned 89 on Friday, celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Madhur Bhandarkar wished her good health and long life.

'Sui Dhaaga...' threads delicate pastiche of joy, sorrow (Movie Review)

Film: "Sui Dhaaga - Made In India"; Director: Sharat Katariya; Cast: Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma; Rating: ****

I am an accidental actor, says Jay Patel

An entrepreneur by profession, Jay Patel never thought that he would be acting one day. Patel says he became an actor by "accident" and he never contemplated it as he was happy in his work space. "It was very accidental. I was hanging out with my friends Tigmanshu Dhulia and Rahul Mittra in Gujarat seven or eight years ago when he was shooting for 'Sahib Biwi aur Gangster' and during that time I just told him that I want to be part of a film. "It was like every Indian kid who has watched a lot of movies and wishes to be a part of them. I just said in a casual way and was not serious," Patel told PTI in an interview. The budding actor will be seen in Tigmanshu Dhulia's next "Milan Talkies" and alongside Sanjay Dutt in thriller "Torbaaz". He is also part of remake of 2010 Telugu hit "Prasthanam" where he is playing a hardcore politician. He says that out of nowhere Dhulia called him up, saying he has a role for him in one of his films. "I was in New York and one day he called me and ...

Apt to describe 'Aye Zindagi' as 'Avengers' of singles: Sonu Nigam

Singer Sonu Nigam, who is a part of the unique multi-artist collaboration single "Aye Zindagi" -- which also has the voice of Asha Bhosle, Suresh Wadkar, Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Shaan -- deems it fit to be called the "Avengers" of singles.

Alia, Deepika to be first guests on 'Koffee With Karan' season 6

Bollywood actresses Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone will be the first guests on the sixth season of filmmaker Karan Johar's chat show "Koffee With Karan".

Jamie Lee Curtis was asked to audition for 'The Exorcist'

Veteran actor Jamie Lee Curtis has revealed she was asked by the makers of 1973 horror film "The Exorcist" to audition for the central part of Regan MacNeil. According to Entertainment Weekly, the producer of the William Friedkin-directed film had approached Curtis' mother, "Psycho" actor Janet Leigh, to let her audition for the role. "When I was 13 years old, (a producer) called my mother and said, 'Will you let Jamie audition for a movie?' My mother said, 'No'. The movie was 'The Exorcist'," Curtis said. The role of MacNeil was ultimately played by Linda Blair.

After 'FRYDAY', Abhishek Dogra to direct romantic-comedy film

Abhishek Dogra's second directorial "FRYDAY" will hit the screens three years after his debut film "Dolly Ki Doli" released. He won't take that long to move on to his third one as he has already signed on to direct a romantic-comedy film.