Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s ambassadorship for Unicef has been extended for another two years and will be working on eradicating measles and rubella infections for children. Amitabh, who is a tuberculosis and hepatitis B conqueror, has been associated with various health campaigns like polio, hepatitis B, tuberculosis and diabetes. The 74-year-old thespian on Sunday night took […]
Monday 3 July The 2017 Westpac Indian Film Festival Sydney (WIFFS) is thrilled to announce festival dates Friday 18 – Sunday 20 August; with two venues, special screenings and more than ten curated films. This year the festival has selected the compelling Shab to open the festival. The film explores a complex narrative of power […]
Superstar Rajinikanth on Wednesday said the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to levy 30 per cent entertainment tax over and above the GST rate of 28 per cent will affect the livelihood of lakhs of people in the Tamil film industry. “Keeping in mind the livelihood of lakhs of people in the Tamil film industry, I […]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi He is known as Bollywood’s ‘Yamla, Pagla, Deewana’, but for long he was also seen as the macho hero of silver screen. Veteran actor Dharmendra says he feels he completed over five decades in showbiz in moments, and now wonders how it went by so soon. “‘Ek lamba safar lamhun […]
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi Aamir Khan’s filmography boasts of blockbusters like “Lagaan”, “Rang De Basanti” and “Dangal”. The credit, he says, goes to his heart, which he religiously follows while signing on the dotted line and he also shares his excitement on working with Big B. Since the 1980s, the 52-year-old has been fitting […]
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, apart from directors like Mrinal Sen, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Goutam Ghose are among the Indians invited to be a part of the Oscar Academy’s ‘Class of 2017’. The announcement was made on Wednesday. “We’re proud to invite our newest class to the […]
New Delhi Hindi film superstar Shah Rukh Khan, one of the world’s 100 highest paid celebrities, says the core of his job as an actor remains to spread happiness and that the money, awards and fame that come along are “peripherals”, which he is grateful about. The actor, whose TED Talk in Vancouver went viral […]