Two young students of Indian origin from Chile and the United States of America, who attended the 8th Bharatiya Pravasi Divas as part of Know India Program, reveal how their current tour of India has helped them cleanse themselves of their prejudices spurned by Bollywood movies and how they wish to further strengthen their relationship with India by working with the country's underprivileged.
'Oh my god. Freidaaaaaaaaa and Cory congratulations! You guys.'
Set to tune by celebrated music composer A R Rahman, Jai Ho received an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, and also won in the category of 'Best Song Written for a Motion Picture' at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010.
The lives of the kids Deepa Bhatia portrays in the series are bleak, with small periods of sunshine when they get picked for an ad or serial, punctuating the longer periods of struggle, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.'
The star couple met on the sets of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.
RRR threw a lifeline, or so it seemed -- to a world that was down in the dumps. Keeravani and his Naatu Naatu just happened to be in the right place at the right time, notes Saibal Chatterjee.
Sukanya Verma goes down memory lane to recap the desi sightings at the Oscars.
Fox Star Studio India, the distributor of Slumdog Millionaire in the country, has managed to gross around Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) from the markets, surpassing collections of some of the biggest Bollywood hits of last year such as Rock On.
Danny Boyle, the director of the film Slumdog Millionaire, which is set in Mumbai, paid homage to the Indian city after his film bagged top honour at the British Independent Film Awards.
Celebration time for Slumdog Millionaire's India team.
As Anil Kapoor celebrates his 65th birthday on December 24, Namrata Thakker takes a peek into his FABULOUS life.
Senior diplomat Vikas Swarup on Saturday assumed charge as Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry.
Vikas Swarup, whose debut novel was made into the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire, has been appointed as spokesperson in the external affairs ministry.
We remember some of Nitin Chandrakant Desai most influential works.
Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here!
'People are already talking about what my character will do in Mirzapur season three.'
Slumdog Millionaire, which was orphaned a few months ago when distributor Warner Independent folded into the parent company, consolidated its Oscar nomination chances last week winning a slew of key awards and being nominated for four Golden Globes.
From victories to deaths, 2009 has seen its share of headlines. Here's a look at the year's most memorable stories.
The Prime Minister "congratulates A R Rahman, Resul Pookutty (sound engineer), Gulzar (lyricist), and entire Slumdog Millionaire team for the success at the Oscars," a PMO spokesperson said. Singh said "they have done India proud".
In addition to being nominated in the best picture, director, adapted screenplay and music categories for the Oscars, Slumdog Millionaire is also expected to be nominated for cinematography, editing and costumes.
'I don't think @RRRMovie is a gay love story as you say, but even if it was, is 'gay love story' a bad thing? How can you justify using this? Extremely disappointed that someone of your accomplishments can stoop so low!'
Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize winner The White Tiger will now be seen in a theatre near you.
Petite Freida looked a million bucks in her frilly mini-dress, as she appeared on the ramp at the Milan fashion week, reports The Sun. he was flanked by Hollywood actress Scarlet Johansson and Kate Hudson, as she flaunted the frilly dress onstage.
Mahesh Thorat keeps toiling in the city's sludge with the hope for his pot of gold someday.
Slumdog Millionaire might have won accolades the world over but parents of two children starring in the rags-to-riches tale set in Mumbai have accused the producers of exploitation.
An office bearer of a slum dwellers' body has filed a defamation case against music director A R Rahman and actor Anil Kapoor alleging that the award winning film Slumdog Millionaire calls Indians dogs and slum dwellers slum dogs.
SlumDog Millionaire has won over the Western audiences with its 'fairy tale in a Mumbai slum' storyline but back home the film has opened up a heated debate about the stereotyped representation of India and Mumbai in the Western films.
Here's why A R Rahman is the musical genius that he is.
The composer becomes the first Indian to win a Golden Globe award.
'A lot of people in the West think that India has a very conservative culture, so we don't show much intimacy and sex in movies here. But I always say that, without sex, India won't have a population of over 1.2 billion people.'
Slumdog Millionaire has bagged five prestigious prizes including Best Composer award for Indian music maestro A R Rahman at Broadcast Film Critics Association's 14th annual Critics Choice Awards.
'Slumdog Millionaire' actress Freida Pinto has reportedly landed herself a deal to front cosmetics giant Estee Lauder.
Dancing to the tunes of Slumdog Millionaire has become a craze at many fitness and dance schools across the US.
With two of the three Oscar-nominated songs being in Hindi and performed with colourful and vigorous Bollywood dances, and with Rahman invoking in Tamil a saying about divine greatness, the proceedings at times looked like a Bollywood event held in Los Angeles.
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can look forward to on OTT this week.
It seems British director Danny Boyle has fallen in love with Mumbai while shooting for his award-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Boyle wants to get back to the city once more to make to make another film.
'Such a historic, proud & happy moment for Indian Cinema at #Oscars95!'
Freida Pinto announced her engagement to photographer Cory Tran on his birthday, and shared beautiful pictures of the happy event on social media.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances