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Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata cancelled

Controversial author Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata to promote Deepa Mehta's film Midnight's Children, based on his novel, has been cancelled due to security issues. A source close to the film......

Kolkata sheds tears

Thousands on Wednesday took to the streets in Kolkata to join a silent procession of intellectuals, film personalities, writers, painters and people from other walks of life to condemn the......

Sanjay Dutt has suffered a lot: Mamata

Joining the bandwagon of politicians and filmstars seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case by the Supreme Court, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on......

Indian American Fulbright scholar to research ayurveda

Kolkata-born Indian American physician Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya, who practices holistic medicine in New York, has created history by being selected the first US scholar by the Fulbright Program to......

Meet representatives of the Republic of Bad Ideas

Change no longer creeps up slowly, it comes on fast in the digital age, when film-goers in Tamil Nadu can log on to see Vishwaroopam, feels Sunil Sethi If you asked many of the thousands thronging......

From coconut oil to film financing

For would-be filmmakers in Bengal, here's some good news. Kolkata's Rs 130 crore (Rs 1.30 billion) fast moving consumer goods company, Shalimar Chemical Works Ltd, is ready to finance films.The......

Kolkata's iconic Coffee House faces commercial dilemma

Paribartan (change) in Bengal appears to have caught up with even the iconic Coffee House, a regular hangout for this city’s intellectuals. It is renting out its historical premises on......

TV digitisation to boost contextual advertising

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's proposal to cut ad inventory in channels will force the pace for contextual advertising Break ke baad could be a thing of the past while watching television......

Big business houses eye stake in Living Media

Big business is eyeing the media space once again.Just four months after Reliance Industries invested in the Network 18 group in a multi-layered deal, leading business houses, including the Aditya......

Star Power: Can SRK bring back West Bengal's luster?

So actor Shah Rukh Khan is going to be the brand ambassador for West Bengal -- that too gratis because, he says, he "feels for the state" which has become his "second home". How sweet of him.......

Spotted: Raima Sen at Kolkata airport

Reader Priyajit met Raima Sen at the Kolkata international airport. She was on route to Dubai.If you encounter/meet/see film or television personalities and take a photograph or a video of the......

Spotted: Neha Dupia in Kolkata

Reader Chinmoy Sahu met Neha Dhupia in Kolkata.If you encounter/meet/see film or television personalities and take a photograph or a video of the star(s), please scan the photograph(s) and upload......

Spotted: Mithun Chakraborty in Kolkata

Reader Chinmoy met Mithun Chakraborty in Kolkata, and sent us a picture.If you encounter/meet/see film or television personalities and take a photograph or a video of the star(s), please scan the......

Aparna Sen's father, a noted film critic, dead

Chidananda Dasgupta, noted film critic and father of renowned actor-director Aparna Sen, died in Kolkata last night following a brief illness. He was 89.He was suffering from acute broncho......

Actress Suchitra Sen hospitalised

Legendary yesteryear Bengali film actress Suchitra Sen has been admitted to a Kolkata city nursing home with respiratory distress, but her condition is stated to be stable. "Suchitra Sen, who was......

SUPER SHOTS from the IPL 6 opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League was a breathtaking magnum opus. From the energetic Shah Rukh Khan dancing to popular tracks from his films, to Katrina Kaif......

My team gets the flak mostly because of me: SRK

Three days after his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders winning the Indian Premier League, Shah Rukh Khan is still celebrating. The Bollywood star called a press conference at his......

Wankhede row: Cops yet to get footage of SRK brawl

Mumbai city police are awaiting video footage that captured the fracas involving Bollywood star and IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan and officials of the Mumbai Cricket......

MI players have not played through injuries: Robin Singh

Mumbai Indians players have not played through injuries in the Indian Premier League, coach Robin Singh said in a thinly-veiled reference to the Gautam Gambhir injury controversy. "As far as I......

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Q. Sahiful Mondal, a destitute from Kolkata, bagged the best film award for his 15 minute film 'Aamra' at the International Kids Festival in Naples. How old is he?
Pravin: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/sahiful-mondal-a-destitute-from-kolkata-bagged-the-best-film/25506102/answers/

Q. Kamal Haasan`s film is banned in Tamil Nadu. Salman Rushdie is not allowed to enter into Kolkata. What do our secular parties have to say ?
Kishore Malhotra: A. He was 13 when he won the award in 2007 so now he is 19 more

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Q. On whom this song is picturised "Sur na saje kiya gaon meing sur key bina jeevan soona" your view on this song
Jameel Ahmed: A. they are secular with a small * where it is written as terms and conditions apply ...... !! jab unka koi matlab hai to wo secular hai, nahi to vote bank jindaabaad ... !!! more

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Q. Kya aapne Vidya Balan ki ek movie "Kahani" dekhi hai ? agar haan, to kaisi lagi ?
Subhash: A. Movie : Basant Bahaar (1956) ,Singer: Manna Dey, Lyricist : Shailendra, Music Director - Shankar Jaikishan,Cast : Nimmi,Bharat...... more

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Q. i am going to direct a tele film in kolkata. where to get the technicians wages rates?
Subhash: A. You may hire the services of all concerned in the making of the film from the industry based on thir association rates of wages...! more

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Bengal film celebs disgusted at IPL spot fixing

Kolkata, May 24: As the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scam gets messier with links to film personalities becoming public, West Bengals... ...

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SRK to promote 'Chennai Express' during IPL final

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), will appear on "Extraaa Innings... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334356/srk-promote-039chennai-express039-during.html

Bengal producer, 9 others held

Days after the first Bollywood link in the ongoing IPL spot-fixing scandal was exposed; a film producer with a Tollywood connection was arrested... ...

http://www.asianage.com/india/bengal-producer-9-others-held-641

Ranbir Kapoor

Kolkata: Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor has denied reports that he and his family are trying to remake his grandfather Raj Kapoor's 1951 classic... ...

http://www.newsbullet.in/movies/25-more/42142-you-cant-remake-awara-ranbir-kapoor

10 including bookie nabbed ...

A bookie, who had produced a Bengali film, and nine of his associates were arrested in Kolkata, police said Thursday, adding that they were... ...

http://www.siasat.com/english/news/10-including-bookie-nabbed-kolkata-ipl-betting