Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.
Akshay's citizenship became a topic of debate after an interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2019 just before the Lok Sabha elections.
In the women's doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won 21-18, 21-19 against the Dutch duo of Debora Jille and Cheryl Seinen. Treesa and Gayatri face Chinese Taipei's Hsu Ya Ching and Lin Wan Ching in the quarter-finals.
At the end of the first day of play, it is the home side that is firmly in control, and India that is now reduced to chasing the game.
The actor says that he is starting a second innings with his upcoming film Charminar.
It was a proper Test innings, it was of the highest class, and given the circumstances it came in, it was one of the best innings by an Indian batsman in recent memory, applauds Prem Panicker.
Did you know Dev Anand worked as a clerk at a salary of Rs 85 before he became an actor?
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday named its candidates for assembly bypolls in several states, fielding six disqualified MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh assembly in the state days after they joined the party after leaving the Congress.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday sought the personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in securing the release of an Indian aid worker, abducted from Herat in Afghanistan on June 2.
The world is celebrating Raj Kapoor's birth centenary, but when was the last time you watched an RK film?
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is going full throttle with its creeps and cackle, which marks the addition of Madhuri Dixit and re-entry of the OG Manjulika, Vidya Balan.
Kadam, meanwhile, lost to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan 21-17, 15-21, 16-21 in the semi-finals to secure a bronze in singles.
'BJP's ultimate ambition is to control Bihar independently.'
Actor Neha Sharma was the showstopper for Prem Kumar's collection at Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015.
'Till a few years ago, girls wouldn't take an autorickshaw alone. Now, things have improved.'
Chitravel and Aldrin set new national indoor records in triple and long jump
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and his son Karan are not part of the electoral college for the upcoming Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections.
The elections to 32 assembly constituencies in Sikkim were held simultaneously with the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19.
'If Sooryavanshi doesn't bring back the audience, nothing will.'
Those three wickets for six runs, in a manic final 15 minutes of the day's play, undid all the good work that had gone before, asserts Prem Panicker.
"The serial blasts deserve the strongest condemnation in the strongest possible words as the perpetrators targeted the place of religious faith of crores of people with an aim to create fear among them," the Bihar chief minister told reporters after inspecting the blast sites at the Mahabodhi temple and surrounding areas in Gaya district with senior civil and police officials
The bodies of three labourers were on Saturday pulled from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in the Vasant Vihar area in New Delhi amid heavy rain, officials said.
The four wickets that India prised out in the third session, on balance, swung the game back in their favour, says Prem Panicker .
We celebrate Akshay's birthday by looking back at his top 20 blockbusters over the years.
Massachusetts state and local police are investigating the two-vehicle motor vehicle collision that killed the three students and hospitalised five other people.
Uday Saharan will be leading India in the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa next year, as the same side from the ongoing U-19 Asia Cup has been retained for the global showpiece beginning on January 19.
A survivalist's mindset sees Indian batsmen fail again on the first day of the SCG Test.
Well ahead of the November 12 assembly elections, the BJP projected Thakur as the next chief minister.
The film will be titled titled Kwatle Sathisha.
Keshav and Jaya's unique love story coming to you on June 2.
''Even today, after 63 years, I'm still looking forward to a new release.'
A first look at Savi Savi Nenapu, starring Prem and Mallika Kapoor.
Fifteen years after quitting the Sikkim Democratic Front in 2009, he decimated Chamling's party, scripting history by winning 31 of 32 assembly seats in the Himalayan state in 2024.
'There will be a lot of spice to the contest -- there is a reason India is the only team other than England against whom Australia is keen to play a five Test series.' 'I'll watch, as I suspect most fans will -- but this one time, I'll watch with considerable trepidation and, from a fan's point of view, with the hope that the team finds its feet and that right quick,' notes the distinguished cricket commentator Prem Panicker.
Monday is the last date for filing nominations.
Gen Pande was to retire from service on May 31.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United on Saturday maintained that 'there is no confusion' among the 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) partners in Bihar.
Akki's new film will likely be tax free in BJP-ruled states.
2023 is the year of records. So many have been broken and so many more milestones achieved.
'Efforts are on to make the data readily available so that it proves useful for policymakers.'
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