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United Nation, Sep 25: India tops the chart in showing attractive women in its movies and as much as 35 per cent of these female characters are shown with some nudity, finds a first-ever UN sponsored global study of female characters in popular films across the world. The study, commissioned by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, with support from UN Women and The Rockefeller Foundation

New Delhi, Sep 24: Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger has thanked producer Aascar Ravichandran for his hospitality and making his Chennai visit "incredibly successful". He also praised the filmmaker's forthcoming Tamil romantic-thriller "I" as a "dynamic film". Schwarzenegger visited Chennai earlier this month for the audio launch of Vikram-starrer "I". "Thank you for everything you did

New Delhi, Sep 23: Hindi film 'Liar's Dice', a road drama about a tribal woman's journey to find her missing husband, has been selected as India's official entry to the upcoming Academy awards in the best foreign film category. Directed by Geetu Mohandas and starring Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles, 'Liar's Dice' beat 29 other films to represent India at the Oscars 2015

Mumbai, Sep 22: Celebrities' bickering and backstabbing, arguing and mud-slinging - all this and much more returns to whet the appetite of TV viewers with the eighth season of reality show Bigg Boss, which rolled out on September 21. With 12 contestants from different walks of life, which include not-so-successful Bollywood actors Arya Babbar, Minissha Lamba, and Upen Patel and television's faded

New Delhi, Sep 21: Actor Hrithik Roshan is currently happy and content in his space as an actor, but when the time is right and if he has a subject, he may go behind the camera to direct a film. However, he says "it will take time". His father Rakesh Roshan is a successful director and producer of films like 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai' and the 'Krrish' series. Does Hrithik see himself branching into

Mumbai, Sep 21: The Narula brothers, Achin and Sarthak, became the first ever contestants to win the highest prize of Rs 7 crore in reality game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', hosted by Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan. The Narula brothers, who hail from Delhi, emerged victorious after answering all the 14 questions correctly with the help of four lifelines. Achin is a marketing manager and

Mumbai, Sep 20: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan have worked together in movies like ‘Josh’, ‘Devdas’ and ‘Mohabatein’ and now that Ash is making her comeback with Sanjay Gupta’s ‘Jazbaa’, the tinselville is buzz with the rumor that Ash has accepted another project alongside Shahrukh Khan in Rohit Shetty’s ‘Hum’ remake. ‘Hum’ is a remake of Mukul Anand successful movie, ‘Hum’. After the

Mumbai, Sep 20: A local court today completed its pre-trial formalities in the 2012 assault case registered against Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, paving the way to start the trial against him and two others. "The (metropolitan) court today gave a copy of the CCTV footage of the assault incident to the accused after their lawyers had made an application. The first witness is likely to depose in

New Delhi, Sep 19: A Doordarshan news anchor has been sacked after she referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as 'Eleven' Jinping, apparently confusing Xi's name with the Roman numerals XI, a senior official at the state television channel said on Friday. Xi left India on Friday after a visit to boost trade and economic ties that have been marred by a long-standing border dispute. The blooper

Mumbai, Sep 19: Deepika Padukone says she has an issue when people "propagate objectification of a real person and not a character being played" and wants them to "respect" artists as women off-screen. Ever since she condemned a photo titled "OMG: Deepika Padukone's Cleavage Show" on Twitter, saying: "YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??", this has invited