Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
Audiences -- and producers -- no longer shy away from casting older heroines opposite younger heroes.
No sooner than Fazal arrived from a visit to the national capital, Shinde rushed to the Raj Bhavan and was closetted with the governor for nearly half-an-hour, official sources said.
Spurred by over 30 per cent jump in India's trade with China, the bilateral exports and imports are expected to touch $10 billion mark soon, Maharashtra Governor Mohamad Fazal said on Thursday.
Seeking to wriggle out of the FATF's grey list, Pakistan has imposed tough financial sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders, including Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, by ordering the seizure of all of their properties and freezing of bank accounts, a media report said.
Skipper Ambati Rayudu and Faiz Fazal put together a 151-run stand on the second day of the second 'Test' against the England under-19 side.
Chahal, who has been an automatic choice in the limited overs format has not played any first-class cricket since December 2016 (against Haryana in Ranji Trophy), but the Indian team management and especially skipper Virat Kohli has indicated that he wants the wiry leg-spinner for five-day matches also.
The hits and misses of the week.
At least 15 people were killed and nearly 70 injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a political rally in central Pakistan, in one of the deadliest attacks ahead of the landmark May 11 general elections.
Violence continued in Pakistan's biggest city on Thursday with at least 18 people, including a police constable, doctor and two brothers being killed, police said.
That is Malaika Arora Khan and boy did she knock our socks off!
... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair.
A roundup of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day matches played on Friday.
Hosts Baroda pocketed three valuable points by virtue of the first innings lead after their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Vidarbha ended in a tame draw in Vadodara.
A bid to storm the central jail in Karachi has been foiled with the police arresting seven members of a banned militant outfit that were plotting the raid.
Vidarbha produced a brilliant bowling display as they bowled out Odisha for just 121 to place themselves in the drivers' seat in their Ranji Trophy group league match on the second day in Cuttack on Sunday.
'He cooked chicken curry and so because of him, curries entered the British royal kitchens.' 'Eventually, he became a political advisor to the queen.' 'This guy was disrupting the royal household. It sent shockwaves...' Ali Fazal on his character Abdul Karim and working with acting legend Judi Dench.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches played on Saturday.
Wasim Jaffer missed out on a triple hundred but Vidarbha, in their bid to out-bat Rest of India, posted a mammoth 702 for five at stumps on a rain-curtailed third day of the Irani Cup, in Nagpur, on Friday.
Wasim Jaffer missed out on a triple hundred but Vidarbha, in their bid to out-bat Rest of India, posted a mammoth 702 for five at stumps on a rain-curtailed third day of the Irani Cup, in Nagpur, on Friday.
If Happy Bhag Jayegi succeeds in delivering a few laughs, it's entirely to the credit of the actors, says Sukanya Verma.
Dawood Ibrahim is wanted in India to face the law of the land for carrying out serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993 in which scores of people were killed and injured.
Acknowledging that Hindus face a lot of challenges in Sindh, sister of President Asif Ali Zardari said in Pakistan's parliament on Thursday that Hindu girls are being forcibly kept in madrassas in the province and are forced to marry Muslims.
'When you are crafting a story, it's always important to see how authentic that story is because if it is authentic and rooted, it will stand the test of time.'
Vihari, who had scored a hundred in the last Irani Cup, once again held the innings together, scoring 114 off 211 balls with 11 fours and two sixes. It was in complete contrast to Agarwal's innings which was laced with 10 fours and three sixes.
Dame Dench humanises the frumpy, myopic and overindulged Queen Victoria and the screen feels the warmth of the legendary actress's enthusiasm, says Sukanya Verma.
Riding on pacer Amol Jungade's fine five-wicket haul, Vidarbha bowled out Odisha for a paltry score for the second time in their Ranji Trophy group league game to win the match by 106 runs inside three days in Cuttack on Monday.
Check out the star arrivals.
Manish Malhotra's first ever menswear show was a star-studded affair.
Pakistan cricket, on Saturday, lost its oldest living Test player Imtiaz Ahmed after he passed away in Lahore following a protracted illness. He was just five days away from turning 89.
A compilation of results from the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played on Saturday.
The hits and misses of the week.
The party, political observers said, seems as an effort to set up a front which is acceptable to moderate Pakistanis.
A look at the star arrivals.
A look at the star arrivals.
Pakistani police is probing the possibility of supporters of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer's assassin being behind the kidnapping of his son as part of leads into the case, but are yet to make any headway.
Fukrey Returns is a clumsily conceived sequel, feels Sukanya Verma.
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