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Thissur, Jan 29: Renowned Ottanthulal artist Kalamandalam Geethanandan died during a performance at Avittathur, near Irinjalakuda, on Sunday evening. He was 58. The artist was given first aid and taken to a hospital, but could not be saved. Geethanandan, who performed on more than 5,000 stages across the country, was also a tutor of Ottanthullal at Kerala Kalamandalam for decades. He was also the

Mumbai, Jan 29: Deepika Padukone is in the mood to celebrate. The strife is behind her, she said, and she is looking ahead. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Padmaavat' was released this week after months of protests and threats, but the film's leading lady said the tough times had been overtaken by the love of the audience. "At this point I am not thinking about the last three months. The last three

Mumbai, Jan 29: A 31-year-old man was detained by the Hyderabad police for hurling a shoe at Baahubali actress Tamannaah Bhatia at Himyathnagar where she had gone to inaugurate a jewellery store. The footwear was aimed at the actress but it ended up hitting an employee of the store. Karimullah, a BTech graduate, and a resident of Musheerabad reportedly threw a footwear while the actress was coming

Kannada rapper, lyricist and playback singer Chandan Shetty was crowned as the winner of Bigg Boss Kannada season 5, by host Kichcha Sudeep on Sunday night. He got a trophy and cash prize of Rs 50 lakh, by defeating Diwakar, who entered the house under common man category, became the second runner-up. Jayaram Karthik secured third place. After Chandan was declared as the winner, he handed over the

Award winning Bollywood actress and thinker Swara Bhaskar has come down heavily on acclaimed director Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the glorification of sati and jauhar in his film, Padmaavat. In an open letter published in The Wire on Saturday, the 29-year-old alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, took particular offence to the film’s purported finale, in which Deepika Padukone’s Rani Padmavati

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 28: In an attempt to set on fire a cinema hall showing the controversial film "Padmaavat", two unidentified persons threw a petrol bomb inside it, police said today. The incident took place on Saturday evening at the Chandra Talkies. The theatre is one of the three cinema halls here showing the movie, Circle Officer Harish Bhadhoria said. The perpetrators are yet to be

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Karni Sena on Saturday said it was ready to pay the money spent on making Padmaavat if it was handed over the film's rights and stressed that the organisation had nothing to do with the incidents of violence that happened over its release. Karni Sena's chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi said at a press conference the Karni Sena was ready to pay Bhansali the money he had spent on

Jaipur, Jan 27: The concept of censoring films by a board is "faulty", says noted actor-filmmaker Nandita Das, asserting that a handful of people cannot decide what an entire nation wants to see. The 48-year-old film personality said it was very "dangerous" that some self-proclaimed custodians of culture were telling people what was right and wrong. "Larger censorship issues are coming up now. If

Abu Dhabi, Jan 27: Euphoric crowd thronged Dalma Mall in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi on Friday evening to catch a glimpse of the South Indian megastar Mammootty. The matinee idol, who has been reigning the Malayalam movie industry for more than three decades, was in Abu Dhabi to promote his latest thriller 'Street Lights' that is out in the UAE now. The cast and the crew of the film interacted with the

Kolkata, Jan 27: Veteran Bengali actor Supriya Devi, famous for her role in Ritwik Ghataks iconic Meghe Dhaka Tara, died of cardiac arrest at her residence here early today, her daughter said. She was 85 and survived by her daughter and grandson. Supriya Devi was born in 1933 at Michkina in British Burma as Krishna Banerjee. She made her debut in Uttam Kumar starrer Basu Parivar in 1952, starred