The irony of Akshay skipping voting did not go unnoticed on Twitter, as just last month Modi had tagged the actor in a tweet, asking him to encourage voting.
Katha, an NGO that works in the areas of literacy, children's and women's education and empowerment, announces the Young Research Ambassador's Award.
Joginder Tuteja lists Kiara's forthcoming films, and the men she romances in them.
'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.' 'People started saying, "Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".'
Plans for a Laxmii sequel have been scrapped.
Will *you* watch Thackeray this weekend?
Anant Pai, better known as Uncle Pai, the founder of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comics passed away in Mumbai. The 81-year-old had been admitted to a hospital last week. Pai suffered a massive heart attack on Thursday and breathed his last in the evening.
Ram Gopal Varma's Telugu film Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalraju (KSD Appalraju) comes after a gap of many years. However, this much touted and publicised film of his doesn't live up to the hype.
Aditi celebrates Sammohanam... Ameesha celebrates Gadar...
'He made me feel like a crorepati even without sitting in the hot seat.'
Which of these films will make it to the Rs 100 crore club?
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Our aim is not to earn money through the film.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the Independence Day releases over the years.
'Saurabh Shukla and Annu Kapoor are the biggest pillars of Jolly LLB 2. I used to joke that Subhash (Kapoor, director) has got six actors from the National School of Drama and four actors from the Film and Television Institute of India and I am the only one from Khalsa College.' Akshay Kumar holds on to his humour, as he celebrates the success of his new film.
'I haven't given up on spreading awareness about toilet and female sanitation, and I won't give up on this either.'
Ahead of India's 69th Independence Day, a special comic book is all set to be released this week chronicling the life, valour and sacrifice of 21 awardees of the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's highest military decoration.
Murthy's life story is to be the content of a new comic to be brought out by Amar Chitra Katha, the popular comic book series, making him the first living person to be featured in the Amar Chitra Katha series, which mostly focuses on popular Indian myths and legends.ACK Media, the publisher, will follow this up with stories of famous personalities like cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and former Indian President and Bharat Ratna award winner, APJ Abdul Kalam.
Co-produced by Seven Arts and K Balachander's Kavithalaya, the Tamil version will be directed by Rajni's mentor K B P Vasu, who remade Manichitrathazhu in Tamil as Chandramukhi.
They were present at Bushan Kumar's birthday bash.
And the fine actor also celebrates 25 years in the movies...
'A great loss for the fraternity. Your work will be missed & cherished.'
Among the A-listers, only Aamir and Akshay consistently deliver hits. They have also been most active is doing projects that go beyond romance or action stories.
Gold and silver will be used in the design of the main doors of the temple.
'In today's time, everyone is distressed and we don't know with what mood a person will come to watch a movie.' 'So it is better to say whatever you want with humour.'
Like the rest of the country, Sai Paranjpye, who directed the late veteran in her 1981 cult comedy Chashme Buddoor, was stunned with the news.
'Tanhaji has so much fun recreating a bygone legend and fictionalising history, authenticity and spellings, it gets infectious,' feels Sukanya Verma.
As the country paid tributes to the 1965 war heroes on Friday, a special comic book chronicling the life, valour and sacrifice of 21 awardees of the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's highest military decoration, was released.
Chandralekha starring Chiranjeevi Sarja and Dil Rangeela starring with Ganesh will release this week.
''In this 100th year of Indian cinema,' says Amitabh Bachchan, 'when the history of Indian cinema is written, it will be Before Kochadaiiyaan and After Kochadaiiyaan.'
'All the actresses we approached for the role of Sakeena were demanding a lot of money. After a point, we collectively decided that we would cast a new face opposite Sunny Deol and the money that we would save by doing so, we would give it to Amrish Puriji and get him onboard for the role of Mayor Ashraf Ali. I was completely okay with signing a new heroine but there is no alternative to Amrish Puriji in the industry.'
'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.'
'Every creative person goes through ups and downs.' 'We all try to do good work.' 'Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't.' 'I don't think that should directly reflect on the immediate stardom of a person.'
The hits and misses of the week.
Here's looking at the best of Kannada cinema so far.
Quite a few major stars would be seen on OTT this year, marking their digital debuts.
'There are 31 million houses without electricity.'
Chiranjeevi Sajra talks about Chandralekha and what led to the failure of his earlier film.
