Rajesh Khanna (About this sound pronunciation (help·info) born: Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012, Amritsar, Punjab, India)) was a Bollywood actor, film producer and politician. He was referred to as the "first superstar" and the "original superstar" of Indian cinema. He earned title of phenomenon following 15 consecutive solo hit films in the period 1969-72, a record that remains unbroken. Khanna is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. He married Dimple Kapadia in March 1973, 8 months before Dimple's debut film Bobby was released and had two daughters from the marriage. Their elder daugh

Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan (IPA: [əmɪˈtaːbʱ ˈbəttʃən]; born 11 October 1942) is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades. Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. So total was his dominance of the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director Francois Truffaut called him a "one-man industry". Bachchan has won many major awards in his career, including three National Film Awards as Best Actor (a record he shares with Kam

Mumbai: The star cast of `Satyagraha` is likely to head towards Delhi on Aug 15 to promote the political drama.   "The team is planning to head towards Delhi for Independence Day, which will be a perfect way to promote the film. Nothing is confirmed right now, but talks are on," revealed a source close to the team.

Directed by Prakash Jha, "Satyagraha" features Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal, among others. It will come out Aug 30.

The trailer of the film urges people to stand up for their rights.

IANS     Source: Zee News

Brazilian actress Bruna Abdalah – who was last seen in the song ‘Subah Hone Na De’ from “Desi Boyz’ – has credited Salman Khan for making her more fluent in Hindi.

    According to DNA, the half-Brazilian-half-Arabic actress is being groomed to do a role in Salman Khan’s highly anticipated film ‘Mental’.


“Bruna is playing a small role in Mental. She got a call from Sohail Khan Productions offering her a part in the film being directed by him,” a source said.


If rumours are anything to go by, though the role wasn’t too b

Dilip Kumar (born 11 December 1922, as Muhammad Yusuf Khan) is an Indian film actor. He debuted as an actor in the movie Jwar Bhata (1944), produced by Bombay Talkies. He is known as Tragedy King,and was described as "the ultimate method actor" by Satyajit Ray. In a blog post, Amitabh Bachchan has described Dilip Kumar as the greatest actor ever. Dilip Kumar's career has spanned six decades and over 60 films. Critics acclaimed him among one of the greatest actors in the history of Hindi cinema.Dilip Kumar is the first actor to receive a Filmfare Best Actor Award (1954) and shares the record for the most number of Filmfare awards won for that category with Shahrukh Khan, (eight

  Dharam Singh Deol (Born 8 December 1935), better known as Dharmendra, is Hindi film actor who has appeared in 287 films as of 2013. Dharmendra is regarded as one of the influential actors of Indian cinema. He was 3rd highest paid Hindi actor from 1970–75 and 1980-1986 and was 2th highest paid Hindi actor from 1987-1993 along-with Vinod Khanna and from 1976-1979 was alone the 2nd highest paid Hindi actor, In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema. He is often referred to as the "He-Man" since 1987 as well as the "Action King" of Hindi cinema from 1972–74, having starred in numerous action films fr

Raaj Kumar, born Kulbushan Pandit (8 October 1926– 3 July 1996), was an Hindi film actor. Raaj Kumar started out as sub-inspector of Mumbai Police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangeeli. He appeared in the Oscar-nominated 1957 film Mother India and went onto star in over 70 Hindi films in a career that spanned over four decades.   Personal life   Raaj Kumar was born as an Kulbhushan Pandit in Loralai, Balochistan, Pakistan,  into a Kashmiri Pandit family. He had two sisters. In the late 1940s he moved to Mumbai, India where he became Sub-inspector of the Mumbai Police. He married Gayatri in the 1960s with whom he had three childr

Shashi Kapoor, born Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938 in Calcutta (now Kolkata), is an award-winning Indian film actor and film producer. He has also been a film director and assistant director in the Hindi film industry. He is a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema. He is the younger brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, the son of Prithviraj Kapoor, the widower of Jennifer Kendal, and the father of Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor. He has appeared in a 161 Hindi films where he played the solo lead hero in 62 films and co-starred in 54 multi star cast Hindi films and 21 Hindi films had him in supporting role, worked in 19 f

Shammi Kapoor was an Indian film actor and director. He made his film debut in 1953 with the film Jeevan Jyoti, which was a commercial failure. Kapoor acted in a series of flops from 1953 to 1957, finally breaking the chain with the hit Tumsa Nahin Dekha. He received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 1968 for his performance in Brahmachari and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Vidhaata in 1982. He became one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema in the 1950s and 1960s.   Part of the Kapoor family, he had an older brother, Raj Kapoor and a younger one - Shashi Kapoor. They both became successful actors. He was also the son of Prithviraj Kapoor. Kapoor married twice,

Vinod Khanna (born 6 October 1946) is an Indian actor, film producer and politician.He has appeared in 138 films from 1968 to 2013. He was in lead role in 103 films from Hum Tum Aur Woh in 1971 to Godfather: The Legend Continues in 2007.He played supporting roles in 35 films from Manmeet in 1968 to Ramaiya Vastavaiya in 2012.   Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan). He has three sisters and one brother. Shortly after his birth, India was partitioned and the family left Peshawar and reached Mumbai.[citation needed] He attended Queen Mary School, Mumbai until class

Ravi Kapoor, also known as Jeetendra (Born April 7, 1942) is an award winning Indian actor, television, films producer and chairman of the Balaji Telefilms, Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. Famous for his dancing, he was awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 and Screen Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.    Jeetendra Kapoor was born on 7 April 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab to Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor whose business dealt with imitation jewellery.[citation needed] He attended St. Sebastian’s Goan High School in Girgaum, with his friend Rajesh Khanna and later on went to K.C. College. While supplying jewellery to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya

Salman Khan's next that is scheduled to come on January 24, 2014 and is tipped off as the big-ticket Republic Day Bollywood release has shades of patriotism in it.

It is the remake of Andhra superstar Chiranjeevi's Stalin (2006) where the hero was a Major in the Indian Army. And the hero's sole aspiration in the film was to make the world a better place for civilians.

Keeping the subject matter and the release period (Republic Day) in mind, Salman and his team of advisors are contemplating calling the film Jai Ho instead of Mental.   Source: Times of India
 

Cast:Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Meesha Shafi                                                                   Rating. *****
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

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One can well imagine the huge wave of disappointment that would have assailed the nation when, at the 1960 Rome Olympics, the legendary Milkha Singh missed a medal in a photo-finish.  

Cast: Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Barun Chanda, Vikrant Massey, Arif Zakaria, Adil Hussain, Divya Dutta   Director: Vikramaditya Motwane   The Indian Express rating: ** 1/2   I should have watched Lootera backwards, because it finishes with an almost unbearable loveliness. The ache in the heart comes as a welcome relief, but a little too late. The journey towards the end is shot through with beauty, one painterly frame after another evoking admiration, but it did not touch me. And that is where Vikramaditya Motwane's film becomes a disappointing second act, after his magnificent debut Udaan.   Lootera, set in the early '50s, tells the story o

Chandigarh: Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra says 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' is life defining film for him. Starring Farhan Akhtar and Sonam Kapoor, the biopic hits screens tomorrow.   "It's a life defining film for me and my life," Mehra told reporters here.   Describing the childhood of Milkha in the film as its important part, Mehra said, "It was a lost childhood due to Partition of the country. The characters in this film are true to life and reality."     Mehra said that he could not sleep for two to three months after meeting Milkha because he wanted to make his biopic.   Mehra said the fil

Ranveer Singh says that after tasting success early in his career there have been moments when stardom got to him, but the actor credits his family for keeping him grounded.   Ranveer started his acting career with 2010 hit "Band Baaja Baaraat" and then went on to do "Ladies vs Ricky Bahl". The 28-year-old actor's recent release 'Lootera' has also been appreciated.   The actor's father scolds him whenever he tends to act "bratty".   "I have a very close knit nuclear family who are very frank and blunt with me, especially my father. I will admit, there have been occasions where my father has scolded me saying, '

A few months ago, there were speculations that Katrina Kaif will be doing Imtiaz Ali's next with her boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor.    However, it was denied by the actress. It was then reported that Ranbir's former girlfriend Deepika Padukone has been approached for the project.   Strong buzz of Deepika's casting started after her onscreen pairing with Ranbir was highly lauded in the smash hit Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. It was also attributed to the actress' comfort level and equation with her Love Aaj Kal director, Imtiaz.   Now, news of Katrina being the chosen one is being talked about.   Our source revealed, "She hasn't signed th

Director Lawrence D'Souza is all set to make a sequel of his 1991 hit film 'Saajan' featuring "younger star cast of known actors" next year.   The original starred actors Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, besides Salman. Lawrence did not disclose who will be replacing these actors in the sequel, title of which is apparently not yet finalised.   "The scripting is done. The basic idea of the film is the same - a love triangle -- two heroes and a heroine. We want big stars for this film. We would go with a younger lot of known actors. We do have few names in mind," D'Souza told .   In the original film, Sanjay Dutt played an orphan who is

  Sana Saeed played the role of Shah Rukh Khan's daughter in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai  
Sana Saeed, who shot to fame in her younger days with her role of Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Anjali in Karan Johar's Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, believes it is difficult for child artistes to make a mark in Bollywood when they grow up.

"Certain things are always expected of a child artiste and people tend to compare them with their earlier films. Child artistes have to go through a lot of performance pressure when they grow up," said Sana.

Sana was recently seen playing a supporting role in Johar's Student of the Year. The actress comes from

Macau: The most awaited accolade of the Indian film industry – the IIFA awards – has finally honoured the best talent in Bollywood for the past year.

    Even though it was a year bombarded with exceptionally beautiful films, the judges made their pick – and undoubtedly good ones.


Anurag Basu`s ‘Barfi!’- which was a clear winner at the 14th IIFA Awards - won multiple awards including that of the best film, best director and the best performance in leading role (male).


Vidya Balan bagged the award for the best performance in leading role (female) for her super-h