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Telly stars wish Happy Dussehra

October 3, 2014 0

Truth always triumphs over evil!

As the nation celebrates Dussehra, celebrities from Telly land take some time out from their busy schedule and wish their fans happiness, health and prosperity on the auspicious occasion.

Let’s hear what they have to say…

Paridhi Sharma:

Happy Dussehra! It is very important to be good in life as what one sows, he or she reaps accordingly. So let us kill the negativity in us and welcome a new beginning.

Param Singh:

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On Dussehra, TV celebs slay their negative qualities

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Dussehra commemorates Lord Rama’s victory over Ravan.

Today, as the festival is celebrated with much fervor in each part of the country, we speak to television celebrities as to which negative trait would they like to slay this Dussehra.

Shweta Tiwari:

The one thing I need to conquer is reaching late wherever I am supposed to go, be it personal functions or professional purposes.

Kinshuk Mahajan:

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It is a great learning opportunity working in Pyaar Ka Dard Hai- Vipul Deshpande

October 3, 2014 0

Actor Vipul Deshpande, a Mechanical Engineer turned actor is presently portraying the role of the cop, Inspector Sawant in Star Plus’ Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara (Rajshri Productions).

The guy who is basically a six footer left a pay package of nearly 20 lakhs in order to become an actor. Today he is a satisfied man, as he is doing what he likes to do.

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Durga Puja special: Devis of TV

October 3, 2014 0

Durga Puja marks the festival where Goddess Durga is worshipped with full pomp by people across the world. With Maa Durga all set to bid farewell and abode to Kailash once again today, Tellychakkar.com brings you a list of TV actors who have some similar features of Durga. We call them devis of TV.

Have a look and let us know who you feel would look best playing a ‘devi’ on screen.

Ex-Googler Nikesh Arora leads Softbank invasion of Hollywood

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Nikesh Arora, President, Global Sales Operations and Business Development for Google, speaks at the Reuters Global Media Summit in New York

By Alexei Oreskovic, Liana B. Baker and Lisa Richwine REUTERS – Softbank Corp’s investment in a Hollywood movie studio represents the coming out party for two new players in the U.S. entertainment industry — the Japanese telecommunications company and Nikesh Arora, the former Google Inc executive running a new media and internet company. Two months after unexpectedly decamping from Google for SoftBank, Arora struck a $250 million deal for a minority stake in Legendary Entertainment, announced on Thursday. …

Scientists check the engine of cheetahs, animal world’s ‘Ferrari’

October 2, 2014 0
A cheetah at the National Zoo in Washington

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cheetahs can aptly be called the race cars of the animal kingdom: sleek, graceful and supremely speedy. Scientists have now taken a bit of a look under the hood of these feline Ferraris to gauge how much energy they burn as they traverse their African habitats and to gain insight into factors that may be contributing to their precipitous population plunge. A study published on Thursday in the journal Science described how researchers tracked 19 free-roaming cheetahs for two weeks at two sites in South Africa and Botswana. …

Review – Lohan comes out smiles in London “Speed-the-Plow” revival

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Actress Lindsay Lohan receives directions from director Lindsay Posner before rehearsing a scene from "Speed-the-Plow" by David Mamet at the Playhouse Theatre in London

By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) – Lindsay Lohan kept an opening night audience hanging on her every word, in part to see if she’d forget any, as she made her stage debut on Thursday night in a West End revival of “Speed-the-Plow”, David Mamet’s scathing satire of Hollywood. By the closing curtain, Lohan had proved she could hold her own with two top-notch male actors. Richard Schiff, best known as Toby Ziegler from “The West Wing”, played producer Bobby Gould. His buddy Charlie Fox was played by Nigel Lindsay, who had the title role in the West End staging of “Shrek the Musical”. …

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Ex-head of school founded by novelist Sparks sues

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The former headmaster of a private school founded by novelist Nicholas Sparks says the author and other school leaders forced him out when he tried to recruit black students and faculty and supported a bullied group of gay students, and on Thursday he sued for damages.

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Rudy, Javedakar participate in ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’

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Mumbai, Oct. 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday also participated in the Swachh Bharat mission launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.