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New Delhi, Apr 24: On the 88th birth anniversary of Rajkumar, search engine Google has paid tribute to the noted Kannada actor with a special doodle. The image shows Rajkumar on the big screen in a movie theatre with the audience watching him. The actor, whose real name was Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju, joined the Kannada film industry at the age of eight, and got his first break as a lead

Mumbai, Apr 24: Nawazuddin Siddiqui has shared a video on his Twitter profile in which the actor emphasises that for him art comes before religion. Titled "Sixteen Point Six Six", the 55-second video has no dialogues and the 42-year-old actor sends a message across with the help of placards. In the clip, Siddiqui, through placards, says when he got his DNA test results, the "Raees" actor found he

Mumbai, Apr 24: Sonu Nigam is known for being vocal and outspoken about his likes and dislikes. The singer has often been credited for being adequately candid but also been called out for his bluntness. Recently, the singer got caught up in controversy after he made few tweets on Azaan. Sonu, who evidently got woken up by Azaan, a religious call for prayer of the Muslims, lambasted the unmonitored

Mumbai, Apr 23: Amid the controversy over singer Sonu Nigam's tweets criticising loud sermons, veteran Bollywood lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has said that prayers at any place of worship should not disturb others. Nigam got embroiled in a controversy after he said, in a series of tweets, that shrines should not wake people up by using loudspeakers and demanded an end to such "forced

Bengaluru, Apr 22: Pro-Kannada outfits today called off their protest against the release of "Baahubali 2" after actor Sathyaraj expressed regret over his controversial remarks made during the Cauvery row nine years ago. "We accept the regret expressed by Sathyaraj and have decided to drop our protests. We have also withdrawn the call for Bengaluru bandh on April 28," Vatal Nagaraj, who was

New Delhi, Apr 22: Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam's tweets on 'Azaan' are witnessing mixed response on the social media. Now, even the celebrities have stepped into this debate and they are putting forward their opinions about the same. Recently, actress Kangana Ranaut also broke her silence on the much-talked-about matter. "I can't speak for anyone but I really love Azaan... Even when we were

Mumbai, Apr 22: Actor Rajkummar Rao will be appearing in a guest role in Sushant Singh Rajput-Kriti Sanon's upcoming film "Raabta". The National award-winning actor has once again surprised his fans with this new avatar. Rajkummar Rao is seen in the trailer of the film in a blink-and-you-miss-it appearance. Wearing heavy prosthetics he is unrecognisable as a tribal, with elaborate jewellery and

New York, Apr 21: Actress Priyanka Chopra spent time with Hollywood biggies such as actors Robert DeNiro, Whoopi Goldberg and film producer and organiser of Tribeca Film Festival, Jane Tribeca. The 34-year-old star took to social media where she posted the picture in which she can be seen standing with the industry legends, ahead of 2017 edition of the film festival. "An afternoon with the greats

Kolkata, Apr 20: Actress Gauahar Khan says she feels that the country is going backwards and there is too much intolerance. "I wonder if as a country India is moving backward in the name of moving forward. There is too much of intolerance. People in politics should calm down," Gauhar said when asked about moral policing in India. The "Begum Jaan" actress says there should be stricter laws to

Bengaluru, Apr 21: A controversy over a Baahubali actor Sathyaraj’s alleged anti-Kannada comment nine years ago threatens to stall the release of the second edition of the epic fantasy film by SS?Rajamouli in Karnataka next week with fringe groups on Thursday insisting on an apology from him. The controversy had broken out after a video in which actor Sathyaraj made the alleged anti-Kannada