Veteran actor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor was on Sunday conferred the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award at the landmark Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley.
It's been over two months since the flood waters receded, and it would seem with it so has anger against either the state government or the BJP-Sena candidates, reports Archis Mohan.
A day after India dethroned arch-rivals Pakistan to become the No.1 Test team in the world, former captain Saurav Ganguly said that Kohli's team was far better than Misbah's men and he was surprised to see Pakistan taking the top spot. "I don't think Pakistan are India's yardstick at the moment. India are a far better side than Pakistan in Test cricket. "So I don't think it could be a comparison. I was surprised to see Pakistan becoming No.1 after their 2-2 series against England," Ganguly told India Today.
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'After watching Elvis Presley, Shammi Kapoor decided to pick the rock and roll star's style itself.' 'Dada was the kind of producer who took a leap of faith and gave Shammi Kapoor the freedom to display himself as crazy, mad, rough -- all the charms of Elvis Presley -- in his films.'
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"Brian has a long-standing chronic problem in his left knee and after the first one-dayer he pulled up a bit sore in that knee," team physiotherapist Stephen Partridge said in a statement on Tuesday.
'I don't think there has been a greater star than her in the film industry.' Ranbir Kapoor about Katrina Kaif.
'Why do we feel our parents are not human? That our mother is not a woman?'
"This is unacceptable. Why does it have to be Dada all the time? said a Ganguly fan.
Genabhai Patel (52), a pomegranate farmer from Sarkari Goliya village in Lakhani taluka of the district, has polio in both legs but he did not let it become a hurdle.
He will star in Dharti Ki Gode Mein.
The audience gave Adoor a standing ovation as he stepped up to receive the award from President.
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With these three recipients, 48 eminent people have been conferred the award so far.
'When a woman is at home and not getting that kind of importance or attention or made to feel special from the man in her life, it's very frustrating. At times, women are made to feel inconsequential. It's a sad, painful and a lonely feeling.' Baar Baar Katrina!
'Every song was a masterpiece.' Bollywood pays tribute to Ravindra Jain.
Anna Hazare had leveled allegations of corruption against four Maharashtra ministers.
Noted Malayalam singer Madhu Balakrishnan said his brother-in-law S Sreesanth survived a murder attempt in Tihar jail.
These videos are like butterflies in a case, says Sreehari Nair. They have neither aged badly nor grown over-familiar.
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Mickey Nivelli, an Indian expat better known as Harbance Kumar, is often credited with pioneering the art of filmmaking in the Caribbean.
Besides actor Sanjay Dutt, four other convicts in the 1993 bomb blast case on Thursday surrendered before a designated TADA court which took them into custody to serve their remaining sentence.
Rediff.com readers wish the Indian captain on his 31st birthday.
'That was a morning where if I wanted to fly, I would have flown as well.'
The resolution said the state will be called Bangla in three languages -- Bengali, English and Hindi.
'Shakti Samanta was a very honest man. I have done four films with him. He was very sick before he died; nobody was allowed to see him in the hospital. I went but I could not bear to see him like that. Iftekar and I would go to see Ashok Kumar often. He would ask me to bring some kheema, as he loved my wife's preparation. I would have attended kavi sammelans with Jan Nisar Akhtar (Javed Akhtar's father), Sahir Ludhianvi and Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan was a child then, and would often accompany his father.' Veteran actor Chandrashekhar Vaidya goes back in time.
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