Known as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll for her blistering performances and powerfully gritty vocals, Tina Turner died on May 24 after a long illness. She was 83.
Tina Turner, who had Indians across generations dancing to songs such as What's Love Got To Do With It, was all set to play Shakti in a film to be directed by Ismail Merchant and visited Varanasi and Kerala for an exploratory trip.
Desai, 57, was found dead at his studio in Karjat near Mumbai last August.
Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
Caroline Wozniacki became the first Danish tennis player to be crowned world number one when she beat Czech Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the China Open on Thursday.
The world number one Federer lost just five of the 97 matches he played in 2006 and four of those were to Rafael Nadal.
'This is a book written by a man who has seen it all and done it all and can now laugh about it,' says Vir Sanghvi.
Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale.
'I swayed my arms in the air with strangers when George Michael sang Careless Whispers' 'I was in heaven.'
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