John Lang represented Rani Laxmibai in her legal battle against the East India Company to prevent the British from annexing her kingdom of Jhansi. Rediff.com's Archana Masih on a maverick Aussie who spent 22 years in India and became a friend in its dark days of bondage.
Faux feminism aside, Mardaani is mostly a middling action thriller, writes Sukanya Verma.
The actress looked ravishing in a gown as she promotes her movie, Dil Bole Hadippa at the event.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Bahujan Samaj Party on Monday disrupted proceedings in the Rajya Sabha demanding inclusion of life of freedom fighter Rani Avantibai in the school curriculum leading to two adjournments.
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Scenes from the Rocky Aur Rani media interaction in Mumbai...
The welfare schemes of the government, particularly Lakshmir Bhandar, have had a major impact on the electoral outcome.
The Talaash team -- director Reema Kagti, producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani joined the film's lead actors to celebrate the film's success.
Songs from big ticket movies regaled on the strength of spunk and swagger even as pre-existing bangers like Diljit Dosanjh's Lover in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, Kohraa's Beqarar Karke Humein in Jawan and an Iranian wedding favourite Jamal Kudu in Animal grew a brand new fanbase in the course of enhancing the storytelling values.
Filmfare Awards 2024 will always remain special for Alia Bhatt as both she and hubby Ranbir Kapoor bagged the top acting awards.
The sub divisional officer in January this year passed an order to cancel the land sale deal and took possession of Mukherjee's land due to irregularities in the deal. "There are several discrepancies in the order passed by the district collector and we disagree on several observations made in the order," Rani's lawyer Nanasaheb Chaudhary said.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Jyotiraditya Scindia, among others, were present on the occasion.
The 27-year-old Annu sent the iron spear to a distance of 62.43m in her second round throw, bettering her earlier national record of 62.34m, which she achieved in March, to book a place for Tuesday's final.
After seeing a good rise in box office collections over the first weekend, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani had stable weekdays ahead.
As a tribute to the Delhi gang rape victim, the government on Friday bestowed the Rani Laxmi Bai Stree Shakti award to 'spirit of Nirbhaya', a pseudonym given to her.
The trio have worked in films on the same lines.
'Ram Mukherjee was kind, gentle and attentive. He knew his job even though Hum Hindustani was his directorial debut.'
The said OCA 'appropriate measures should be taken regarding the laboratory' at Seoul where the dope tests were carried out.
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India's teen wizard Rani Rampal and defender Sardar Singh have made it to the FIH All Stars team, International Hockey Federation announced on Saturday.
Defending champion Geeta Rani failed to live up to expectations as he finished a disappointing fourth in the women's 75+kg category in the weightlifting event of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Sunday.
The actress gets candid with fans during a rediff chat.
Aditya Chopra turns director after a gap of eight years, with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. And it comes as no surprise that the director ropes in his rumoured girlfriend Rani Mukerji for a special appearance.
Now, here's a show that will show off the power struggles on and off the camera in the backstage areas of Bollywood.
In her alluring pastel dresses, happy cropped tops and backless numbers, Anushka Sen shows off her ability to be versatile.
Actor Jayaram, known for his love of animals, also visited the boy's house and handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to buy new cows and rebuild his farm.
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If Anjali Anand's attitude is spunky, her sense of style is spunkier.
'If a director is ready to work with me during my pregnancy, I will surely work,' Rani Mukerji tells Sonil Dedhia.
Umar Ganie captures glimpse of actor Ranveer Singh in action in snow covered Gulmarg during the shooting of a romantic song for Karan Johar's film Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.
'Just Mamata Didi. And it was a pleasant reference, not a nasty one.'
It was a couples night out when film folk visited Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra's home for a Diwali party.
The actress put in a rare appearance with mum-in-law Pamela Chopra.
