'We always say that India is our second home. We love the crowd and they give a lot of love to us.'
Reader Renjit Ravi has sent us a photograph.
A desperate Pakistan will be wary of a competent group of Afghanistan spinners' ability to strike hard on an often-gripping Chepauk pitch when the teams meet in the World Cup match in Chennai on Monday
The saving grace of Shankar's expanded universe is the masterful precision with which Kamal Haasan drops himself into a messy setup, only slightly to elevate the pulpy tendencies of Shankar's vision, observes Arjun Menon.
The 44-year-old singer-composer had won his first Golden Globe in 2009 in the same category for Slumdog Millionaire, the Mumbai-based potboiler, which was again directed by British filmmaker Boyle.
Australia edged Namibia by four wickets in a low-scoring match at the Under-19 World Cup, in Kimberley, on Monday.
The ICC on Wednesday announced the line-up of match officials for the upcoming U-19 men's World Cup with umpire KNA Padmanabhan and match referee Narayanan Kutty being the two Indian representatives.
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming admitted that seamer Deepak Chahar's latest injury "doesn't look good" but he is hoping for a positive report from the franchise's medical team ahead of the business phase of the ongoing IPL.
The standout performers with the bat on Wednesday...
High-flying Kolkata Knight Riders and an unpredictable Sunrisers Hyderabad, teams that have built their IPL 2024 campaign on power-hitting, will look to outmuscle each other in Qualifier 1 in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
Tactician par excellence Gautam Gambhir couldn't have envisaged a battle of brains with a more different kind of adversary than the smiling yet ruthless Pat Cummins as Kolkata Knight Riders face a spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad in a mega IPL final in Chennai on Sunday.
Some of the promoters who had reportedly paid anything between $500, 000 to $1 million for each show were upset that tickets were not moving fast enough.
The winning band will then cut an album at Rahman's recording studio.
So far, only one major series and another original film have been announced for release. Rest are all digital releases of films that have already arrived in theatres.
Smarting from back-to-back defeats, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will be desperate to return to winning ways when they face a formidable but bruised Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL match in Chennai on Sunday.
Rajasthan Royals' star-studded batting will face the serious challenge of decoding Sunil Narine's mystery at Eden Gardens when they take on two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders in a top-of-the-table IPL clash in Kolkata on Tuesday.
For DC, the onus will be on Prithvi Shaw and veteran Australian David Warner to provide a solid start.
Rahman's two-and-a-half hour free and exclusive music-dance performance will include over 40 Bollywood dancers, singers, and musicians at outdoor Parramatta Park near Sydney.
The album in question is the soundtrack to Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa directed by Gowtham Menon.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Dharamsala on Saturday
Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Rishabh Pant? Whose knock did you enjoy most?
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will look to set their house in order and get back to winning ways when they face an upbeat yet unpredictable Punjab Kings for the second time in a row in the IPL match in Dharamsala on Sunday.
With a dominant 24 runs victory over Mumbai Indians propelling second-placed KKR to 14 points and a step closer to qualification for the play-offs, the pressure is on KL Rahul's LSG to find a way past the threat that Shreyas Iyer's side poses.
From Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma sharing the limelight with their raw talent, to SRH's Travis Head smashing some brutal boundaries to notch up big runs and totals for his franchise, this season has had some real power hitters on show.
A team of the Delhi police's special branch arrested him on Sunday evening between Sanoli and Gorakhpur.
Reader Ajai A caught the music maestro on a 2006 tour.
Though not memorable, Lekar Hum Deewana Dil can't be dismissed either, writes Joginder Tuteja.
KKR will look to iron out their flaws and get the better of a misfiring Mumbai Indians during their IPL match on Friday.
Manushi is in Glasgow... Kamal's in Milan... Rahman and Mani in London...
The musician has been nominated for excellence in musical scoring by the International Film Music Critics Association for his work in Couples Retreat.
The 100-member strong musical alliance between the German film orchestra and students of Rahman's KM Music Conservatory, Chennai will perform together.
Rahman stays true to the element of Ratnam's vision as there's never any attempt to show off or introduce unnecessary elements.
Rahman's Jai Ho: the Journey Home tour will take him to America, Canada and Europe.
Amid criticism that it failed to meet the expectations of the people, the theme song of the Commonwealth Games composed by A R Rahman has been tweaked a bit to make it peppier like the popular Bollywood number 'Chak de'.
The musician is having Jai Ho concerts in 16 world cities.
New Zealand face England-beaters Afghanistan aiming to keep their unbeaten run intact
Ziaur Rahman led the Bangladesh attack with four wickets as they completed a 143-run win over Zimbabwe on Monday to draw the two-match series 1-1 and gain revenge for their mauling in the first Test.
With the series already in the bag, India will be eager to perfect their freshly-baked T20 template as a team and hope that skipper Rohit Sharma's bat finally fires when they face Afghanistan in the third and last match of the rubber in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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