From strip queen Poonam Pandey's erotic thriller Nasha to director Sushant Shah's laugh riot   Bajatey Raho- the box-office will see the release of 11 mid budget films this Friday.   Nasha has already grabbed eye balls with its bold posters which were torn and burnt in two metropolitan cities for being too raunchy. The film has been directed by Jism director Amit Saxena.   Bajate Raho is a multi-starrer revenge comedy that stars Tusshar Kapoor, Dolly Ahluwalia, Vinay Pathak and Ranvir Shorey. It is directed by Dasvidaniya director Sushant Shah.   Dil Dosti etc maker Manish Tiwari is returning to the silver screen with Issaq, an adaptation of Shakes

Shatrughan Sinha (born Shatrughan Prasad Sinha on 9 December 1945)is an Indian film actor and politician. Apart from being member of Rajya Sabha twice he was also Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare (Jan 2003-May 2004) and Shipping (Aug. 2004). He was elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009.   Early life   Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar in a Kayastha family to Bhubaneswari Prasad Sinha & Shyama Devi Sinha. He is the youngest of four brothers — Ram, Lakshman, Bharat and himself. He was educated in Patna Science College. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India Pune. Currently there's a scholarship being awarded on his name in the

Los Angeles, July 25 : Actor Justin Theroux reportedly wants actress-fiance Jennifer Aniston to forgive her mother Nancy Dow for being indiscreet about the actress in the past and invite her to their wedding.   The 41-year-old, who got engaged to the former "Friends" star last summer, wants her mother to be present when they exchange vows.   "Justin has been instrumental in convincing Jen to reconcile with her mother. He's encouraged her to forgive Nancy for writing a book about Jen and giving interviews about her that she regarded as excessively indiscreet," dailymail. co. uk quoted a source as saying.   "Two years ago Jen was adamant

Actors R Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut, the lead pair of Tanu Weds Manu, are all set to take the hit romantic comedy ahead in its sequel, to be helmed by Aanand L Rai.   The 2011 film was the love story of an NRI and a feisty girl (Kangana) from Uttar Pradesh, who does not believe in arrange marriages and wants to settle down with her lover Jimmy Shergill but later falls for Madhavan's quiet charms.   Now Rai is working on the sequel. There were rumours of Imran Khan and Anushka Sharma doing the film, but the filmmaker denies it and confirms the presence of the original lead actors in the second instalment.   "There is a sequel, its in the system...the plan

                                    Los Angeles, July 25 : Actress-model Helen Flanagan had an emergency spray tan session at midnight because she was terrified of looking pale.

The 22-year-old, who is due to start filming for the new show "Celebrity Super Spa" in Liverpool, couldn't sleep thinking about her looks and called for a tanning session at 1.30 a. m., reports thesun. co. uk.

"Helen is very self-conscious. She was in her hotel room and wanted to get a good night's sleep before filming her new show the

Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal popularly known as Saroj Khan (born 22 November 1948) is one of the most prominent Indian dance choreographers in Hindi cinema. She choreographed more than 200 films[citation needed].Saroj Khan was born to Kishanchand Sadhu Singh and Noni Sadhu Singh. She is married to a Muslim, Sardar Roshan Khan and that is where her last name Khan comes from.   Career   Born Nirmala, her parents migrated to India after partition of India. She started her career as a child artist at age three in film Nazarana as child Shyama and a background dancer in the late 1950s. She learnt dance while working under film choreographer B. Sohanlal. Later she herse

Mohammad Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian recording artist who is considered by many to be one of the greatest Indian playback singers of the Hindi film industry In his lifetime, he was awarded the National Film Award, Best National Singer Award and six Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.  His singing career spanned about 35 years. Rafi is noted for his ability to sing songs of different moods and varieties: They ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans. He is best known for romantic and duet songs and, as a playback

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar will be given the inaugural National Yash Chopra Memorial Award.   Industrialist-politician T Subbarami Reddy, who has produced Hindi movies like Vijay, Chandni and Lamhe, announced the award in memory of late filmmaker Yash Chopra.   The award, instituted by Reddy-led TSR Foundation, will be given to an outstanding film personality each year. "In the first year we are giving this to Lata Mangeshkar for her immense contribution to cinema. She was very close to Yashji and she has sung for almost all his films," Reddy, a Congress leader, said here today.   "The award commemorates Yash Chopra's contribution to cinema

Mumbai: A Mumbai sessions court on Wednesday charged Bollywood superstar Salman Khan with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the 2002 hit-and-run case.   47-year-old Salman was booked under sections 304 Part (2), 279,337,338,427 IPC section 134(a) (b) Motor Vehicles Act section 66(B). If convicted under Section 304 Part (2), Salman can be sent to 10 years in jail.   The judge read out the charges to Khan in a jam packed court and asked him whether he would plead guilty, to which Salman said that he will not plead guilty.    Though the court exempted Salman from personal appearance during the trial, the court made it clear that he woul

Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian film score composer, who is considered one of the seminal music directors of the Indian film industry.Nicknamed Pancham da, he was the only son of the illustrious composer Sachin Dev Burman.

From the 1960s to the 1990s, RD Burman composed musical scores for 331 movies. He was mainly active in the Hindi film industry (Bollywood) as a composer, and also provided vocals for a few of compositions. RD Burman did major work with Asha Bhosle (his wife) and Kishore Kumar, and scored many of the songs that made these singers famous. He served as an influence to the next generation of Indian music directors, and his so

Allah-Rakha Rahman (About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (born A. S. Dileep Kumar, 6 January 1966)) is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and traditional orchestral arrangements. He has won two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South in addition to numerous other awards and nominations. His extensive body of wo

Raveena Tandon might not be a box-office hit, but the actress is lighting up screens at international film festivals, while raising the bar for Indian cinema.  Her previous film, Shobhana 7 Nights (2012) by Sudipto Chattopadhyay, won the Special Recognition Award at Jaipur    International Festival (2013) and did rounds at many international film fests. For the film, Raveena Tondon also won the Best Actor Award at Indian Film Festival in Houston (2012). Talking about the film’s success and her role, she says, “It gives me immense happiness that the film has been recognised and awarded at Chicago, Houston and now Jaipur. I played the role of a socialite and co

Gouranga Chakraborty, better known by his stage name Mithun Chakraborty, is an Indian film actor, social worker, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigayaa (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor.Chakraborty is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema.

He gained fans as a dancing star and went on to establish himself as one of the all time top ten greatest and most popular actors of India, particularly recognized for his role as the street dancer Jimmy in the 1982 Bollywood movie Disco Dancer. He also attracted worldwide audi

Ranbir Kapoor and Abhinav Kashyap are all set to launch the first trailer of Besharam next week. The makers of the film have opted to launch the first trailer of the film in an orphanage instead of a swanky hotel or a multiplex. The kids in the orphanage will be the first ones to watch it. The makers preferred to have the launch in a venue related to the storyline of the film as the Barfi! actor plays the role of an orphaned thief named 'Pepsi'. Also, this is the first time that a trailer is being launched at an orphanage. Besharam is directed by Abhinav Kashyap starring Ranbir Kapoor and Pallavi Sharda in the lead. The film also satrs Ranbir'

Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 400 films. He is among the first actors to have made a successful transition from Bollywood to Hollywood and international cinema. He is also known with the name "Bad Man" in Bollywood.

Gulshan Grover, popularly known as the Bad Man of Bollywood, says that Indian films have lost their villains. He points out that several actors who were popular as villains have now ventured into comedy. He also adds that since he was the first Bollywood actor to get into Hollywood, the transition cost him many significant roles in Hindi films.

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Bhanurekha Ganesan (born 10 October 1954), better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who has mainly appeared in Hindi films. Noted for her versatility and acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Hindi cinema, Rekha started her career in 1966 as a child actress in the Telugu movie Rangula Ratnam, though her film debut as a lead happened four years later with Sawan Bhadon (1970). Despite the success of several of her early films, she was often panned for her looks and it was not until the mid-to-late 1970s that she got recognition as an actress. Since the late 1970s, after undertaking a physical transformation, she has been featured as a sex symbol in the Indian media.

Meenakshi Seshadri (born November 16, 1963) is an Indian film actress and dancer. She won the Miss India contest in 1981 at age 17, the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India.   Early life   Meenakshi Seshadri was born into a Tamil Iyengar family in Sindri, Jharkhand. She is trained in four Indian classical dance forms, namely, Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak and Odissi. She studied dance under Vempati Chinna Satyam and Jaya Rama Rao.   Career   Meenakshi Seshadri, born as Shashikala Seshadri, made her debut in Painter Babu , Telugu/Hindi bilingual film (1982) opposite Rajiv Goswami, Brother of Manoj Kumar. She shot to fame with the mega hit film Hero d

Suraj Pancholi, 22, is deeply emotional, strong-headed, does not drink or smoke and is calm even when provoked. He always knew that while his parents did not share a good marriage, they could both give their lives for him, but today he loves them more than ever before. He has his father's heart and his mother's brains. For the first time ever, he opens up to TOI about his girlfriend Nafisa Khan he still loves and his 23-day ordeal in jail. Excerpts:   Let's talk about your 23-day jail ordeal? I got a call from the police station saying, 'Suraj, please come for interrogation to Juhu police station.' I got ready and got down my building where these four people pu

A lot has been written and spoken about the alleged enmity between Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. The two Khans have been pitted against each other on various occasions. While some believe that these two industry heavyweights can’t see eye to eye, many others have the opposite view.    Nonetheless, Salman and SRK seem to have put all speculation to rest, perhaps forever, by hugging each other at an Inftaar party hosted by politician Baba Siddiqui, Sunday evening.    The two superstars gleefully posed for the shutterbugs and looked quite comfortable in each other’s company.    If one were to understand the underlying emotion enveloped in

From a single mother to a sex symbol, Vidya Balan has portrayed a range of characters on the big screen and says acting allows you to live another person's world.   "I don't think it (acting) is about proving oneself. It is about inhibiting another person's world, one you have not been in before. I think as an actor, living a person's life is exciting," Vidya told media.   Vidya was recently seen as a plump loud Punjabi woman with an unusual dressing sense in Rajkumar Gupta directed Ghanchakkar and the actress says she always finds a way to connect with her characters, and managed to do with this one too.   "There is also a part of th