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Madhur Bhandarkar’s next movie ”Jail” was rumoured to be inspired by actor Sanjay Dutt’s troubled life. But the filmmaker rules out any such resemblance. ”The film (’Jail’) is not at all inspired by Sanjay Dutt’s or anyone’s life. It is a common man’s perspective about how he gets into jail and how he gets stuck in a situation. It is about a middle-class family boy working in the corporate sector and how after one sudden incident, he goes to jail,” Bhandarkar said.
The Indian media and entertainment industry was a $11.68 billion (Rs.584 billion) business in 2008, growing at 15 percent annually since 2006, says the recently released annual joint study of a leading chamber and a consultancy. The growth projection for the industry for 2009-13 has been lowered to 12.5 percent per annum from 18 percent for 2008-12, says the joint study by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and KPMG.
In his five-decade-long career he has acted in more than 150 films in different Indian languages, directed movies and won several awards. Kamal Haasan, one of the finest actors of Indian cinema, completes 50 years in showbiz this year and fans are busy preparing to celebrate his remarkable journey.Kamal gave his first short in 1959 for the film “Kalaththoor Kannamma” when he was only five years old.
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American pop singer Kelly Clarkson, who is often criticised for her fluctuating figure, insists that she doesn’t let her weight bother her. “My weight changes. Sometimes I eat more, sometimes I play more. I will be different sizes all the time,” says Clarkson. “When people talk about my weight, I am like, ‘You seem to have a problem with it. I don’t. I am fine!’ I have never felt uncomfortable on the red carpet or anything,” she added.
Former Spice Girls singer Victoria Beckham has stepped down as the face of Emporio Armani’s lingerie line to focus on her own fashion empire. The mother of three appears alongside her husband, soccer ace David Beckham, in the latest set of sizzling billboard ads for the brand’s men’s and women’s underwear ranges. But Victoria has decided not to renew her one-year contract with the top design house choosing instead to put all her energy into her various fashion and beauty ventures, reports imdb.c...
He’s made audiences laugh in several films and has signed on four more comedies, but actor Shreyas Talpade insists he is not concentrating on just humorous films even though he enjoys doing the funny man’s act. “Attempting comedies is not everyone’s cup of tea...it’s very tough to carry off and my doing comedies has just been a coincidence, as the scripts were very good. But that doesn’t mean I’m doing only comedies.
Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson has revealed she has a “split personality” and she is a natural exhibitionist. Reportedly, the actress, who is currently dating surfer-and-electrician Jamie Padgett, loves showing off by becoming different characters. “I have a split personality. My boyfriend would tell you that I play a lot of characters. As soon as the camera comes out, I assume another role. People never think I am much of an actress, but it’s always a performance for me. I am a bit of a...
Drew Barrymore and boyfriend Justin Long are very passionate lovers off screen but they apparently didn’t looking convincing as a couple while shooting an intimate scene for their new film. According to the sources, the two have been dating on and off since 2007, but weren’t passionate enough while filming scenes for “Going The Distance” on a boat in New York this week. But it was a different story on the sets. According to another source, the couple “very passionate” and “continued kissing even...
Actress Sandra Bullock, who married motorbike enthusiast Jesse James in 2005 and is stepmother to his three children -- Chandler (15), Jesse Jr (12) and five-year-old Sunny -- is frustrated with people who keep asking her why she hasn’t had children of her own. The 44-year-old says she avoided falling pregnant earlier in her life because she didn’t want to be a selfish mother. “I didn’t want to have a child without a partner and I loved kids too much to have them right then, because I knew that ...
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