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New Delhi, Nov 24: Stand-up comedy's newest star Hasan Minhaj believes his Indian-American-Muslim identity gives him a certain edge, becoming "superpowers" in his "utility box" to help him take on all the "crazy stuff happening in politics and culture". Minhaj, whose parents migrated to the US from Aligarh, began his comedy career on American late-night talk program, "The Daily Show", and rose to

Nov 24: Sexual harassment which was until now under wraps is now open to the world and many men from all walks of life have been exposed too in the wake of #MeeToo campaign that took the world by storm. Well, now a really peculiar and not so surprising incident has surfaced where a fan from Dubai texted Malayalam Actress Neha Saxena’s public relations manager to ask if she was available for a one

Mumbai, Nov 24: Thirty five years and several blockbusters later, actor Sunny Deol says his process of working in a film is purely "instinctive" where he is more interested in listening to the storyteller than reading scripts. For Sunny, it is a matter of choice that he avoids reading scripts as he believes he might look at them with a "certain mindset" and hence prefers to hear them straight from

Brisbane, Nov 22: Filmmaker Nandita Das will be honoured with the FIAPF Award at the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) here. Das will be presented the award in recognition of her achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region on November 29, the APSA and its founding partner FIAPF International Federation of Film Producers Associations. "It is an honour to welcome Nandita Das to Brisbane as

Panaji, Nov 22: "Kaala" may have redefined the symbolism of colours black and white in cinema but its director, Pa Ranjith says if that were true the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) would have selected the film for the ongoing gala's Indian Panorama section. The Rajinikanth-starrer was touted to be India's "Black Panther" in the reviews for its political message highlighting the

Panaji, Nov 21: Bollywood actor Poonam Dhillon on Wednesday voiced support for the #MeToo movement but cautioned against making generalisations and branding the entire film industry as "bad". Dhillon, while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of a multi-media exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi here, also said that to a great extent it "depends on how you conduct yourself". Asked

Chandigarh, Nov 21: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar Wednesday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Punjab Police, which is probing the 2015 police firing incidents at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura in the state following cases of sacrilege in Faridkot. Soon after his arrival at the Chandigarh airport, the actor headed straight to the Punjab Police headquarters at sector-9 here where

Mumbai, Nov 21: A 23-year-old man (fan) identified as Shah Rukh Nabi alias Shera was arrested from Uttar Pradesh for threatening to bump off Salman Khan's father Salim Khan for not sharing the super star's number. Though the name of the arrested is Shah Rukh, he is in fact a fan of Salman Khan. Shah Rukh got the number of Salim Khan through social media and posed as 'gangster Chhota Shakeel's aide

Mumbai, Nov 20: The makers of Richa Chadha-starrer "Shakeela" have released a bold and feisty first look of the film. The first poster of the Indrajit Lankesh-directed film features Richa as the eponymous adult actor who was one of the biggest stars of the '90s from Kerala and acted in several adult films in languages spanning Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. In the poster, which has the

Mumbai, Nov 20: The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) passed an order in favour of Sushmita Sen, ruling the Rs 95 lakh that the actor received from beverages maker Coca Cola for settling a sexual harassment complaint would not be classified as an 'income'. According to a November 14 order, the tribunal accepted the actor's contention that the sum is a "capital gain" and not an income which