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New Delhi, Sep 23: National Award-winning Tamil film "Visaranai" is India's official entry in the Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars next year. "'Visaranai' was selected out of the 29 films that were in the race," Film Federation of India secretary general Supran Sen told PTI. The crime-thriller, produced by actor-filmmaker Dhanush, is written and directed by Vetrimaaran. It is based on

Los Angeles, Sep 22: French actress Marion Cotillard on Wednesday ended her silence on her alleged involvement in the divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The star of films such as “The Artist” and “Rust and Bone” denied any involvement in the sudden split between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, wishing that the two will “find peace,” and confirming her pregnancy with her long-time partner

Chandigarh, Sep 21: Music composer Vishal Dadlani today met Jain monk Tarun Sagar and apologised to him in person for his sarcastic tweet on the spiritual figure that had kicked up a storm. The monk asked him to seek forgiveness from the Jain community for hurting their sentiments. After the composer apologised as per the Jain community's tradition of seeking "Panch Mafee" that included holding of

Mumbai, Sep 21: Actress Sonakshi Sinha along with Rio Olympics bronze medalist, wrestler Sakshi Malik, announced the LikeAGirl campaign on Tuesday afternoon. Leading Feminine care brand Whisper celebrated its LikeAGirl campaign, now a nationwide movement, to reinforce the need to redefine the phrase Like A Girl. "I have evolved professionally and personally. I want to be the best version of myself

Mumbai, Sep 20: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has done some vibrant comic roles and mouthed hilarious dialogues, gleefully retorted to Justice Markandey Katju's criticism of the actorhaving 'nothing inside his head'. "He (Katju) is right I don't have anything inside my mind. He is right...My head is 'khalas' (finished)," Bachchan said when asked about the comment made on him by the former Supreme

Los Angeles, Sep 19: Actress Priyanka Chopra, in her debut appearance at the Emmy Awards, opted for an understated look as she wore a plain one-shouldered all-red chiffon gown. With her hair neatly tied in a ponytail with a side part, Priyanka impressed fashion critics as she arrived at the 68th Emmy Awards in her Jason Wuoutfit. Priyanka wore no jewellery except a diamond ring and drop diamond

Mumbai, Sep 19: Bollywood actress Richa Chadha feels religion has become nothing but hypocrisy, be it in terms of how women are treated in the country or the way festivals are celebrated. The actress says she is not "religious" but has a deep connect with spirituality and the more she reads about it, the more she is baffled by the treatment of women in society. "I live in this country, I care

New Delhi, Sep 18: As a child, 'Kunjamma', as M S Subbulakshmi was fondly called, learnt to play veena from her mother and sang in the temples of Madurai but little did she know that one day she would be known as 'the Queen of Carnatic music'. In her book, "Kunjamma-Ode to a Nightingale", renowned Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer, Lakshmi Vishwanathan captures some of the interesting moments

New Delhi, Sep 17: Actress Vidya Balan, who recently came back to Mumbai after shooting for Kahaani 2, is down with dengue. A source close to the actress revealed that she was diagnosed with the disease on Thursday and has been advised bed rest for the next 10-15 days by her doctor. The actress had just returned from US schedule of “Kahaani 2”, her forthcoming film along with Begum Jaan. Even

New Delhi, Sep 17: We had reported thatSoundarya Rajnikanth, who got married to Ashwin Ramkumar in 2010 is on the rocks and that the couple have applied for divorce. It is being said that the Kochadaiiyaan filmmaker and the real estate scion have not been seeing eye-to-eye for some time. Soundarya has confirmed the same on her social media page. While there are no details about what was the real