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Mumbai, Oct 25: Actor Asin Thottumkal and her husband Rahul Sharma on Tuesday welcomed their first child — a baby girl. The “Ghajini” star and Sharma, co-founder of tech company Micromax, confirmed the news in a statement. “We are ecstatic to announce the arrival of our angelic baby girl earlier today. The last nine months have been most special and exciting for both of us and we would like to

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court on October 23 refused to modify its earlier order in connection with playing of National Anthem in movie theatres. The next hearing of the case has been scheduled for January 9. This move of the Supreme Court attracted controversies as well as both negative and positive arguments. The latest actor to join the heated debate is actor Kamal Haasan who has backed

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Indian box office witnessed a "tremendous" response during the special Diwali weekend with the release of Bollywood films "Golmaal Again" and "Secret Superstar", and Tamil film "Mersal". All the three movies started on a positive note, say trade gurus. Made on a budget of Rs 15 crore including the cost of production and prints and publicity, Aamir Khan and Zaira Wasim

Chennai, Oct 24: Acclaimed Malayalam film director I.V. Sasi, who was instrumental in the success stories of superstars Mammootty, Mohanlal and Jayan, died here on Tuesday, according to family sources. He was 67. In a career spanning close to four decades in which he also helmed some Tamil and Hindi projects, Sasi directed nearly 150 films. He was ailing for sometime. He is survived by his wife

Mumbai, Oct 24: Superstar Salman Khan has booked Eid 2019 as the release date of his next film, "Bharat". The 51-year-old star will play the title role in the movie, which will be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. With "Bharat", the actor is continuing with the trend of releasing his films on Eid. The movie is an official adaptation of 2014 South Korean film, "Ode to My Father", which narrates modern

Chennai, Oct 23: A team of the GST Intelligence Agency on Monday conducted a raid at the Vishal Film Factory, a production house owned by the president of Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council, actor Vishal. The raid started after 2 p.m. at the premises of the Vadapalani office of the production house. As per reports, the raid by the GSTI is to find out if there was any evasion of the GST amount paid

Chennai, Oct 23: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth today lauded the crew of actor Vijay's starrer 'Mersal', saying the film has addressed an important issue. However in a terse Twitter message, he did not explicitly refer to any specific issue, although the film has courted controversy over Goods and Services Tax, with BJP claiming that there have been incorrect references to the central taxation.

Mumbai, Oct 23: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has finished shooting for reality game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati 9" and has thanked its team and audience for making it "another historic event in the history of the show". "KBC draws to an end," Amitabh posted on his blog early on Sunday. "Thank you all for making this another historic event in the history of the show. Seventeen years ago, it

Mumbai, Oct 22: With films such as "Munna Bhai MBBS", "Lage Raho Munnabhai, "3 Idiots" and "PK" to his credit, Rajkumar Hirani is one of the most sought-after directors in Bollywood, but the filmmaker believes there is no formula for success in movies. The National Award-winning director says, for him, no film can be charted under the category of bad cinema and he believes only hard work can help

Chennai, Oct 22: Facing flak from the Tamil Nadu BJP over dialogues allegedly flaying the GST in "Mersal", the film production house today said that if needed, it would delete scenes that have caused "misunderstanding". It also said that the BJP's opposition to some dialogues in "Mersal" was "just" from its own perspective. Giving indication that a truce had been reached between the production