New Delhi, March 6 ,Giving a major fillip to India’s neighourhood outreach in the Indian Ocean region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a five-day visit to the three key island nations of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka from March 10. However, the Maldives leg of the visit is not on, in view of […]
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) He campaigned like a local leader, handpicked his own chief ministerial candidate for Delhi and made it a personal referendum on his leadership. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not halt the AAP juggernaut in these assembly polls and in the process lost his first election since his winning streak […]
As he leads his band ‘Farhan-Live’ for a concert in Melbourne and Sydney this February, Rajesh Sharma from team Indus Age caught up with the ‘All Rounder of Bollywood’ – FarhanAkhtar quipping him about music and his eternal love for it! Excerpts from the interview: – Indus Age: Apart from being an acclaimed director, producer […]
Greater Noida, Nov 20 (IANS) Stressing the need for greater convergence of industry and academia, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani Thursday asked the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to provide inputs for the government’s ‘Think-in-India’ movement. ‘Think-in-India’ is aimed at rewarding and funding, innovators and designers within India. The programme is meant to […]
Chennai, Nov 09 (IANS) Cinematographer Manush Nandan, who has worked with Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan-directed “Happy New Year”, says the Bollywood ‘Badshah’ trusts his technicians to the core, and without any interference. “Shah Rukh is the most comfortable actor I’ve worked with. He never asks you to portray him in a certain way because […]
What’s “puncher” got to do with “shock observer”? Well, one explanation is that since the car’s shock absorber was defective, the tyre punctured when the vehicle went over a pothole! Two signs on adjacent shops in a rather eclectic market. But let’s face it – they graphically conveyed what they were meant to. But then, […]
Compiled bySwatiMisra With the much-hyped ArjunKapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer ‘2 STATES’ releasing this week, there is a lot of speculations going in and around this film. The North meets South love story directed by Abhishekvarman, has ArjunKapoor playing KrishMalhotra and Alia Bhatt as AnanyaSwaminathan. 2 States is a love story between two individuals from […]
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) His talent and successes have won him the title of megastar, but Amitabh Bachchan, who features in the wish-list of every director, seems to be in awe of fresh talent and says he’s not in the same race as them. Even at 71, Big B still commands lead roles, a rare incidence […]
Chennai, March 20 (IANS) Cinematographer-filmmaker Santosh Sivan, known for directing films such as “Halo” and “Asoka”, says he has a fascination for tales and fables he heard during his schooldays, and therefore, most of his films are inspired by them. “I have always been fascinated with the stories I read in school. Even ‘Asoka’ is a […]
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) Actor Harman Baweja has resurfaced after five years to rebuild his dwindling career with “Dishkiyaoon”. Talking candidly about the wrong choices he made, he said one should take criticism in the right spirit and move on. After his debut debacle “Love Story 2050”, he had two releases: “What’s Your Raashee?” and “Victory”. […]