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'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' sweeps Filmfare Awards 2013

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January 25, 2014

Filmfare_Awards_2013Mumbai, Jan 25: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's sports biopic 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' scored six wins at the 59th Filmfare Awards including best film, best director and best actor for Farhan Akhtar.

The film based on the life of athlete Milkha Singh, won an award for lyricist Prasoon Joshi for penning hit inspirational number 'Zinda' and Dolly Ahluwalia for best costume. 'BMB' also won an award in the best production design category.

'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani', which led the nominations list with nine nods, did not win in a single category.

Its lead actress Deepika Padukone, who had a stupendous film year in 2013 with four back-to-back hits, was given the best actress award for her portrayal of a vivacious Gujarati damsel in Sanjay Leela Bhasali's 'Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'.

Supriya Pathak Kapur, who played Deepika's headstrong mother in the film, won the best supporting actress award.

'The Luncbox', which won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, was victorious in three categories- best debut director for Ritesh Batra, best film (critics') and best supporting actor for Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

As expected Mohit Suri's love saga 'Aashiqui 2' dominated the music category. Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon and Jeet Ganguly won best music director for the film, while Arijit Singh bagged the trophy for best male playback singer for 'Tum hi ho'.

The best female playback singer award went to Monali Thakur for her soulful rendition 'Sawar Loo' from 'Lootera'.

Tamil star Dhanush won the best debut actor award for his carefree portrayal of a boy from Banaras in Anand L Rai's 'Raanjhanaa'.

Vaani Kapoor bagged the best debut actress award for 'Shuddh Desi Romance'. Rajkumar Rao was honoured with the best actor (critics') for his role in 'Shahid' and Shilpa Shukla won in the actress category for 'BA Pass'.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Tanuja as outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema.

The best dialouge honour went to Subhash Kapoor for 'Jolly LLB'. The director also won the best story award.

Pubali Chaudhari, Supratik Sen, Abhishek Kapoor and Chetan Bhagat won the best screenplay award for 'Kai Po Che' Hitesh Sonik won the ebst sound design honour for the film as well.

Best cinematography award went to Kamaljeet Negi for 'Madras Cafe'. Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjan Samal - won the best sound design award for the film.

Aarif Sheikh won the best editing award for 'D-Day', while Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan won the best action award for the Nikhil Advani-directed film.

Best VFX honour went to 'Dhoom 3'. The event held at the at YRF Studios, was anchored by Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor.

The evening also saw performances by Priyanka, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor.

The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013 will be telecast on Sony on January 26.

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June 15,2020

Mumbai, Jun 15: Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found hanging in his Bandra apartment on Sunday, was battling depression, police said on Monday.

According to the police official, Mumbai Police found out during the probe that the 34-year-old actor was under medication for depression.

No suicide note was found from the spot, the official added.

Mumbai Police as well as the crime branch officials visited his rented flat on Sunday, but nothing suspicious was found. Rajput had been living with two cooks and a house help.

Autopsy reveals asphyxia as provisional cause of death

The provisional post mortem report of Sushant Singh Rajput has revealed that the provisional cause of death was asphyxia due to hanging, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abhishek Trimukhe said on Monday.

"Provisional postmortem report has been submitted by doctors at Bandra Police Station. A team of three doctors conducted the autopsy of Sushanth Singh Rajput. The provisional cause of death is asphyxia due to hanging," Trimukhe said.

The post mortem has been conducted at Dr RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital in Mumbai.

The untimely death of the versatile actor has sent shock waves among celebrities and his fans alike. Scores of actors and politicians from across the nation have taken it online to share their grief and sorrow with the untimely demise of the young actor.
 

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April 10,2020

New Delhi Apr 10:  Actor Salman Khan on Friday thanked people for staying indoors and shared two pictures, first showing Bada Qabaristan's (graveyard) gate which has been closed due to lockdown and the second was of an empty street in Mumbai.

The actor thanked the people for listening to the guidelines and understanding the gravity of this situation amid the 21-day government-imposed lockdown in view of coronavirus outbreak. The tweet by 'Dabangg' actor came soon after the conclusion of Shab-e-Barat.

Shab-e-Barat is observed as a day of forgiveness or atonement in Islam and leads to congregations at graveyards and religious places.

The 54-year-old actor took to Twitter and wrote, "Wah! Thank u for listening n understanding the gravity of this situation the country is in. God bless n protect each n every 1.

Over the past few days, appeals were made to the Muslim community from several quarters to not venture out of their houses to pray on Shab-e-Barat in view of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Earlier, the 'Tiger Zinda Hai' star shared his lockdown experience in a video message with nephew Nirvaan and urged people to take the government's advisory of self-isolation seriously amid the rising cases of coronavirus in the country.

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July 29,2020

Patna, Jul 29: BJP MLA Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu, cousin of Sushant Singh Rajput, on Tuesday said that a huge amount of money has been transferred into the account of actress Rhea Chakraborty from the actor's account.

"An FIR has been filed against actress Rhea Chakraborty by the father of Sushant Singh as a huge amount of money has been transferred into her account and they both have joint accounts for some companies through which cheating has been done from her side," Bablu said.

"This is the issue of probe and police will go there and investigate the matter after that everything will be revealed," he added.

He also said that Karan Johar should also be called in for questioning by the Mumbai Police in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's death case.

The statement was given in the backdrop of several top film personalities being questioned in connection with the case.

On July 28, an FIR has been registered against actor Rhea Chakraborty under various sections including abetment of suicide on the complaint of Sushant Singh Rajput's father Krishna Kishor Singh, the police said on Tuesday.

It said that a four-member team has been sent to Mumbai following registration of FIR.
"A four-member team has been sent to Mumbai. The team will collect case diary and other important documents from Mumbai Police," Sanjay Singh, Inspector General, Patna Central Zone said.

In the complaint made to Rajeev Nagar police station in-charge, KK Singh alleged that Rhea Chakraborty and her relatives "committed fraud" and "pressurised the actor for financial gains".

Sushant's father alleged that Chakraborty "got in touch with the actor with a motive to establish herself in the film industry using his contacts and she and her relatives started interfering in his affairs".

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