All the world's a stage for Sunil Shetty

Action hero Sunil Shetty is all set for his first world tour to be held in the US, UK and Canada. Raveena, Urmila, Mahima, Namrata, Lisa Ray, Akshay Kumar, Govinda and Gulshan Grover will be enthralling audiences with Shetty in a 12-week tour that includes 20 shows, dancing to their most popular songs.

Not a natural dancer it takes Sunil many rehearsals before he goes on stage. The actor performed for the first time on stage at last years Filmfare awards and since then has grown to love stage performances.

Ganesh Hegde, the man behind this stage shows is putting the stars through their routine. This world tour is the first time Mahima Chaudary will be performing with Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty.

Delhi High Court prohibits cable screening of Tum Bin

The Delhi High Court has banned cable operators, from showing the Hindi film Tum Bin, starring Priyanshu, Himanshu, Sandali Sinha and Rakesh Bapat on their private networks.

The court also prohibited the streaming of the film on the Internet or in any way showing unauthorised and unlicensed copy of the film by any visual medium.

Advocates appearing for Super Cassettes, said the producers of the film feared that the cable operators would telecast the film illegally and cause them irreparable financial loss.

Adnan Sami pleads for Indian citizenship

Pakistani pop singer Adnan Sami has sought Indian citizenship at a meeting with Home Minister L K Advani in Dubai during his recent three-nation tour.

Sami, currently based in London, approached Advani to requested Indian citizenship. Sami was reportedly taken to Advani by officials of Magnasound, which has sole rights for recording the singer's pop numbers.

Although the singer made a fervent appeal, Advani's response to his request was non-committal.

Indian law requires that a foreign national seeking Indian nationality has to renounce his original citizenship. In Sami's case, he would have to quit Pakistani citizenship.

No vulgarity please -- we're Bangladeshis

A group of film makers have launched a campaign against "indecent" films in an attempt to woo families back to movie theatres, in Bangladesh. Films featuring nudity and kissing which were once taboo here have now become more very popular.

With competition from satellite television and video, cinema audiences dwindled and some film makers opted to make racy films in the hope of boosting ticket sales. But leaders of Bangladeshi cinema say they want to see a return to old-fashioned quality productions.

Compiled by Vivek Fernandes
Design: Imran Shaikh