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New Delhi, Mar 18: Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan has a word of caution for aspiring musicians, "Don't learn classical music if you want a career." "If you want to make a career then don't learn classical music... Become an engineer, scientist or a bank manager. Classical music is a lifelong service, commitment and dedication to understand music," Khan said. The musician was here to perform at a

Mar 17: The mystery behind 'why Kattappa killed Bahubali?' will unfold when S S Rajamouli's 'Bahubali 2: The Conclusion' next month but the director says he enjoyed the fan theories related to the cliffhanger. "I had only one theory for 'why Kattappa killed Bahubali?'. But people had lot of theories," Rajamouli said at the trailer launch of the film's Hindi version last evening. The National Award

New Delhi, Mar 17: Actor Akshay Kumar has donated Rs 9 lakh each to the families of the 12 CRPF personnel who were killed in a recent Naxal ambush in Chhattisgarh. Officials said, soon after the incident, the actor approached the Union Home Ministry with a request to obtain the bank account numbers of the family members of the jawans who were killed in the March 11 ambush as he wanted to make a

Mumbai, Mar 16: Anushka Sharma said that she never faced nepotism in her decade-long career in Bollywood despite being an outsider. Actress Kangana Ranaut had called filmmaker Karan Johar the ‘flag bearer of nepotism’ on his talk show, leading to a war of words between the director and the actress. Anushka, who made her acting debut in 2008 with Aditya Chopra's ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’, said she got

Guwahati, Mar 16: Teen singer Nahid Afrin of Indian Idol fame seemed unfazed on Wednesday by an alleged fatwa a group of Islamic clerics issued banning her from performing in any public entertainment event. In the first such edict issued in Assam, the alleged fatwa asked the 16-year-old to stay away from a musical programme, to be held on March 25, claiming the event was “against Sharia”. The

Kolhapur, Mar 15: The set of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film "Padmavati" was vandalised by unidentified persons in Kolhapur district in the wee hours today. They also torched the costumes and the animal feed kept there, said the police. The shooting of the Deepika Padukone-starrer film was underway at Mhasai Pathar, a rocky plateau in the western Maharashtra district, when a group of around 15-20

Mumbai, Mar 15: Actress Vidya Balan has been showered with praises for her feisty performance as a madam of a brothel, in the trailer of her upcoming film 'Begum Jaan'. The actress along with the film's director Srijit Mukherji and producer were recently spotted at the Kolkata airport, going about their professional commitments, when a male fan approached the star for a selfie. Being the fan

New Delhi, Mar 14: Sonakshi Sinha will perform at Grammy Award winner and global pop sensation Justin Bieber’s Purpose World Tour here in May, she said on Monday. The actress will perform as one of the opening acts at the highly anticipated gig, which will be held at the DY Patil Stadium here on May 10. “I am really fond of Justin Bieber’s music and I love how his sound has evolved over the years

Mar 14: Priyanka Chopra might be away from home, but that doesn't stop her from celebrating Indian festivals with much fervour and enthusiasm. The 'Baywatch' babe painted NYC colourful by pulling in her team and family to celebrate the Indian festival of colours. PeeCee took to Instagram to share a series of pictures and she seemed to be having a ball indeed. The actress and her team make for the

Mumbai, Mar 13: Fatima Sana Shaikh, who was seen in Aamir Khan starrer "Dangal", has dismissed reports of teaming up with the superstar again for his next film "Thugs of Hindostan". There were reports doing the rounds that Aamir had recommended Fatima for "Thugs of Hindostan" which also stars him and Amitabh Bachchan and that the actress also signed on for the film. When asked about it, Fatima