Director Salim Ahmed laments that only close friends came forward to fund the high promotional cost needed to impress the Oscar jury.
The Ben Affleck starrer releases in India this Friday, October 24.
Ayush Manesh Khedekar who played young Jamal in the Oscar-winning movie is in Cannes to promote his latest movie Shyam's Secret.
London-based author Ruchita Misra talks to Sahim Salim about her first book The (In)eligible Bachelors a funny tale of a young single MBA grad and her search for the perfect husband.
London-based author Ruchita Misra talks to Sahim Salim about her first book The (In)eligible Bachelors a funny tale of a young single MBA grad and her search for the perfect husband.
A three-member fact-finding team of the Bharatiya Janata Party, that was going to visit the violence-hit areas of Malda district in West Bengal, was detained at the Malda railway station.
Three days after dacoits gang raped two women in Veergaon village of Akole district in Maharashtra, Home Minister R R Patil, who visited the place on Tuesday, announced the suspension of two policemen for dereliction of duty.
Salman Khan's youngest sister Arpita tied teh knot with her Delhi-based beau Ayush Sharma in Hyderabad on November 18.
The keenly watched by-election in Hisar has turned into a war of words between Team Anna and the Congress. Though the anti-corruption crusader is not present in Hisar, his posters and 'Main-Anna-Hoon' caps are as visible as the campaign posters of the three main candidates in the election, reports Sahim Salim.
Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and many other Bollywood stars met up with MNS chief Raj Thackeray recently to plan a vision for Mumbai.
Sahim Salim explains the modus operandi employed by dubious travel agents in Punjab to lure youths into slavery in Iraq
Who all attended Arpita Khan Sharma's Diwali bash?
Sahim Salim talks to relatives of the June 3 Forbesganj, Bihar firing victims. The police had opened fire on villagers when they brought down a wall on government-acquired land, which the villagers claimed was blocking the connecting road between two villages. The police fired indiscriminately, killing four, including a seven-month-old, and a pregnant woman.
Rediff.com's Sahim Salim visits UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district where an eleven-year old girl Sonam was found dead in a village police station last week. While the girl's family alleges foul play on the part of policemen, the officials try to shrug responsibility.
Rediff.com's Sahim Salim visits UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district where an eleven-year old girl Sonam was found dead in a village police station last week. While the girl's family alleges foul play on the part of policemen, the officials try to shrug responsibility.
After three days of incessant rains, clouds cleared in the Valley even as shops opened after nine days of relentless curfew on Sunday. Srinagar buzzed with activity as people flocked to markets with a vengeance, knowing that the next curfew might be imposed again as early as Monday.
More than one armed policeman for every five unarmed, sleeping protestors. Add to that several security personnel from the Rapid Action Force and the Central Reserve Police Force. Not a fair equation, really. Sahim Salim reports from Ramlila grounds.
Supporting Baba Ramdev were many of his ardent supports. From students to farmers to office-goers -- people from all walks of life -- turned out at the Ramlila Ground on Saturday, tough in their resolve to join the fight against corruption. Sahim Salim reports.
A kind of politics of fear has crept into the whole drama surrounding yoga guru Baba Ramdev's threat of going on an indefinite fast from Saturday principally against black money stashed abroad, reports Sahim Salim.
Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and former all-rounder Salim Durrani bagged top honours, while the World Cup winning Indian team, led by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was felicitated by the BCCI at its annual awards function in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Efforts are underway to nab the alleged mastermind Pulsar Suni and another accused V P Vigeesh.
Vijay Bhaskar will move to Bangalore as regional director.
The five accused arrested in connection with the gang rape of 23-year-old photojournalist were on Wednesday taken to Shakti Mills compound in Mumbai to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the crime.
Barack Obama is not his predecessor. So why are India's Communists giving the American President the Bush treatment?
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Kidnapping, armed clashes and accusations fuel the feud between Noida villagers and the local policemen, finds Sahim Salim
In his autobiography, B M Kutty chronicles his life as a Malayalee Marxist living in the restive region of Baluchistan, reports Sahim Salim
Contrary to common belief that celebrity inmates get 'special treatment', jail authorities say that they are not treated any different from other criminals. Sahim Salim takes a look.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India recommended pace spearhead Zaheer Khan for the prestigious Arjuna award following his excellent showing in India's World Cup-winning campaign.
Rajendra Singh and P B Rajagopal, disgruntled members of Team Anna and former aides of activist Anna Hazare, tell Sahim Salim why they have walked out of the core committee
Sahim Salim on how stringent security set-up has been put in place at the national capital following the triple blasts in Mumbai.
Red alert sounded in New Delhi, other parts of the country; will be in place for some days to come, says Sahim Salim
Three railway accidents in four days claimed over 100 lives and left as many as 400 injured. According to the latest official figures, between April 2010 and January 2011, over 300 people were killed and 437 were left injured in railway related mishaps. In all, this year alone has seen six major railway accidents. Sahim Salim wonders why.
Three railway accidents in four days claimed over 100 lives and left as many as 400 injured. According to the latest official figures, between April 2010 and January 2011, over 300 people were killed and 437 were left injured in railway related mishaps. In all, this year alone has seen six major railway accidents. Sahim Salim wonders why.
Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan Sharma and Aayush Sharma blessed with a baby boy!
Can Indian buildings be withstand a massive earthquake similar to the one that shook up Japan two weeks ago? Rediff.com's Sahim Salim finds out if our buildings are strong enough to survive such a disaster.
In this exclusive interview with Parliament expert C V Madhukar, Founder and Director of PRS Legislative Research, he tells rediff.com's Sahim Salim that there is a need for a JPC to look into the smooth functioning of the Parliament, if for nothing else.
Sukhdev mortgaged his house and shop to raise Rs 1,80,000 demanded by the travel agent in return for a job in Iraq. Today, his family says he is clearing bomb-shells, working 16-18 hour shifts of forced labour. Sahim Salim reports on the families of Sikh youths trapped in Iraq who have put everything at stake to bring their sons back.
Sahim Salim talks to young men from Punjab who were forced to clear bombshells from a war-ravaged barren land in Iraq after being duped by travel agents in India. The men were rescued by the Indian Embassy, and are currently awaiting their return home.
Imagine being forced to clear bombshells from a war-ravaged barren land in Iraq, working a 16-hour shift, with barely any food to survive. Sahim Salim speaks to two young men from Punjab who managed to make their way back home from Iraq after wily travel agents in India practically sold them for 500 dollars.
