I wanted to strangle Schwarzenegger, says Sylvester Stallone
Washington, Aug 5 (ANI): Sylvester Stallone has confessed that he wanted to strangle Arnold Schwarzenegger during 1980s glory days for the title of Hollywood’s toughest man.
Month: August 2014
‘Please Like Me’ lets its comic creator be himself
NEW YORK (AP) — “I float around,” says Josh Thomas, “and I’ve just been very lucky.”
Tellychakkar.com gets candid with vivacious Sargun Mehta
Beautiful Sargun Mehta currently seen in Balika Vadhu, graced the Zee TV’s newly launched show Jamai Raja’s screening yesterday (4 August).
The show stars Sargun’s better half Ravi Dubey along with bubbly Nia Sharma. Produced by Sagar Pictures and Grazing Goats the show is in much talk about for its cast and interesting concept.
The lady love came to support Ravi and his team of Jamai Raja and was seen mingling happily with everyone. Post the screening, the actors hit the dance floor and enjoyed the special cocktail party.
Jeetendra Film Festival on Zee Classic
Through its 101 glorious years of existence, Hindi cinema has steadily built a fabulous guild of talented actors. From the talkies era to masala potboilers to current day art films, the Indian movie industry has grown and audiences have many memorable performances to cherish for life. Through its dedicated film festivals, Zee Classic, India’s only classic movies channel, is all set to keep the best of such performances from the Golden era alive for current day movie-goers and will present a festival of the superstar – Jeetendra aka Jumping Jack.
I enjoy comparisons, but compete with myself: Rajkummar
Actor Rajkummar Rao, who considers the Oscar-winning talent Daniel Day-Lewis as his role model, says he enjoys being compared to Bollywood’s “brilliant” names like Dilip Kumar, Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, but when it comes to competition he only wants to beat himself with every new role.
Fairness brands stoke inferiority complex, says Abhay Deol
A slew of actors are endorsing fairness products but actor Abhay Deol believes they “stoke the inferiority complex” amongst Indians.
“If Indians were ‘White’, would there be a ‘Dark and Sexy’? Here are some brands to stoke our inferiority complex….,” he tweeted, along with a photograph featuring three products.
From Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra to Shahid Kapoor and Varun Dhawan – various actors have featured in advertisements for fairness products.
Amit Behl and Brij Gopal in Life OK's Shapath
The very talented artist Amit Behl is on a roll these days. After having featured in Life OK’s Hatim and recently shot for Savdhan India, he will now begin shooting for the channel’s popular series Shapath (Fireworks Productions).
Here he will be seen as a flamboyant Punjabi producer working on his late producer father’s incomplete horror film.
Meerut gang rape case: Mulayam Singh Yadav assures strict action
Lucknow, Aug 5 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today assured that strict action will be taken against the culprits of the Meerut gang rape case where a 20-year-old teacher was allegedly gang raped and forced to convert. Senior advocate and women’s rights activist Abha Singh, meanwhile, demanded strict punishment not only for the culprits but also for the local police and leaders. “All those people involved in her religious conversion should be arrested and put behind bars and all involved in the gang rape of this lady should be tried under 376 D which calls for minimum 20 years imprisonment and also life and also the police of that area and local leaders should also be tried under 120 B criminal conspiracy and 34 common intention, because crimes like this cannot happen without political patronage and police connivance,” said Singh.
There’s no perfect relationship: Soha Ali Khan
Actress Soha Ali Khan, who recently got engaged to her beau Kunal Kemmu, says the key to a healthy relationship is to “work around the dissatisfactions” as nothing is perfect. A. I’ve always felt when you are committed in a relationship, you’ve to work through the difficult times. I’ve seen my parents (Sharmila Tagore and late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi) in a successful solid marriage for 44 years. A. There is no perfect relationship.
Madhur Bhandarkar to be honoured by Raj Kapoor Smriti Award
Critically as well as commercially acclaimed filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar will be honoured by Raj Kapoor Smriti Award from the Maharashtra government for his contribution in Hindi Cinema on August 12.
Conferring this news, Bhandarkar took a social networking site to express his gratitude with the following tweet, “Thank you to each one of you for the congratulatory messages you sent. I accept this Maharashtra State honour bestowed on me, in all humility.”
So far Madhur Bhandarkar holds the record of winning four National awards for his films ‘Chandni Bar‘, ‘Page 3‘, ‘Fashion‘ and ‘Traffic Signal‘. Currently he is working on his next film ‘Calendar Girls’ based on the models that feature on fashion calendars.