Eminent space scientist G Madhavan Nair on Thursday disapproved move by scientists and writers to return their awards alleging "growing intolerance" in the country, and dubbed their action as a mere "show".
They also said that they have asked the current chairman of ISRO S Somanath to take a decision on the false claims made in the movie.
India has been named the first-ever 'country of honour' at Marche du Film, the business counterpart of the Cannes film festival.
Five movies and almost Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) to his name already. That's the blockbuster run Rajkumar Hirani has been enjoying at the box office ever since he made his directorial debut with Munnabhai MBBS 20 years ago.
'I hope this win inspires boys and girls who watch thousands of dreams and want to make them come true.'
Theatres may be high on Diwali celebrations, but OTT is having its private party too!
Purchase of three plots of land in Haryana in 2005-06 by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra from a real estate agent is being probed along with a land deal made by his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed in a recently filed money laundering case charge sheet.
'Onscreen the most stylish and offscreen the most humble person I know, with qualities I always admire and aspire for. May you keep inspiring generations to come.'
Shraddha gets the blues... Kajol spends the day with her love... Mini shares her memories...
Death of a princess, deadly Godzilla and detectives galore on OTT this week.
Quite a few film folk attended the birthday party of Publicist Rohini Iyer in Mumbai.
'There are so many actors and films that have influenced the lives of millions.'
From the pinnacle of Veer Zara's teary romance, the transition to Pathaan and Jawan must have entailed a lot of resetting, rewiring, and recalibration in the mind. But SRK has done it. And done it well, notes Sandeep Goyal.
Ex-ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said the scientists at space agency have achieved this historic success by getting a salary one-fifth of the scientists in the developed world.
The El Nino impact on the Indian monsoon typically manifests by way of extended break in rainfall.
'Bharat is a name that is 7000 years old.' 'We are not saying the name of the country should be changed from India to Bharat; we only recommended that the stress should be on Bharat.'
Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to the Moon, was launched on October 22, 2008 from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
'It's going to be a remake for today's generation. The same soul but a fresh intense love story.'
Ayan-Ranbir visit a temple... Ajay opens multiplexes... Yash owns the Dark...
The film folk Photographer Pradeep Bandekar spotted on Wednesday.
Alia Bhatt won hearts when she wore her wedding sari at the 69th National Film Awards at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. The ivory embroidered drape was designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
There's wisdom to be found in an unfairly treated man's short and sweet concluding words -- a nation is only as great as our appreciation of the people who make it great, notes Sukanya Verma.
Saiyami at airport... R Madhavan shows HIS film to Nambi Narayanan... Payal with her mother...
Bollywood loves to regale their social media followers with fabulous pictures of their travels!
'No small artistic film can even hope to win, except, maybe, as random tokenism,' asserts Deepa Gahlot.
With increase in range and payload capability, Madhavan said the new variant will be much superior than Tejas Mark-IA, 73 of which are being procured by the Indian Air Force from the HAL under a Rs 48,000 crore deal that was approved by the government on January 13.
We are back to being a country that talks about box office numbers as the measure for what an audience's real feelings about a movie are, laments Sreehari Nair.
After wrapping up the shoot of his new film Vikram Vedha, where he sports a beard, here's what Hrithik Roshan did.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the actors, who waited patiently, and will now release their films in theatres this year.
'Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein is still among the most favourite films in my repertoire.'
The delivery of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to the Indian Air Force under a Rs 48,000-crore deal will begin from March 2024 and around 16 aircraft will be rolled out annually till the completion of the total supply of 83 jets, Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited R Madhavan said on Sunday.
While the historic success of Chandrayaan-3 is celebrated by Indians across the world, two untrumpeted engineering colleges in Kerala are basking in the glory of the key role played by some of their alumni in the crucial Moon mission.
'I will say all this happened because of ignorance coupled with arrogance,' says G Madhavan Nair.
'You declare a date, time and place for the landing two months in advance and exactly at that moment, it touched on the moon.'
Rani at the SiddhiVinayak temple... Vicky watches Shamshera... Ananya at yoga class...
It will be his second guest appearance in a movie in two months.
It was a lull period for Bollywood in August as none of the new releases could work at the box office, hope that it turns around in September.
'It's not only painful annoying and bothersome, the worst thing is its unpredictability.'
Shahid Kapoor packs in a lot of blood and gore in his new film, Bloody Daddy, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (Tiger Zinda Hai, Gunday).
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.
