'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' wins eight awards at Star Guild

January 18, 2014

Bhaag_Milkha_BhaagMumbai, Jan 18: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar starrer 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' has as many as maximum awards at the Star Guild Awards.

The biopic -- 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' on legendary athlete Milkha Singh, who was also known as the Flying Sikh, won eight awards, at the ninth edition of the Renault Star Guild awards held here last evening.

Farhan Akthar bagged the award for best actor in a leading role category, the best director award went to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The award in the best film category was given to Viacom 18 Motions Pictures and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

"The biggest thank you goes to Milkha Singh and his family for all the support and passion that he put in me. When I met him for the first time, he told me about the sacrifices he went through in his life and Prasoon Joshi has captured it very well in the title track," Farhan said.

The film also won best screenplay and best story (Prasoon Joshi), best cinematography (Binod Pradhan), best sound design (Nakul Kamte), and best actress in a supporting role (Divya Dutta) award.

Deepika Padukone continued her winning spree as she won the best actress award for 'Chennai Express'.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela' got four awards, including Supriya Pathak (best performance in a negative role), Bhoomi Trivedi (best playback singer, female), Anju Modi and Maxima Basu (best costume design award) and Rashid Khan (best art direction award).

The ninth edition of the Renault Star Guild awards brought the biggest stars of the Indian Film and Television industry last evening at Mumbai's NSCI Ground, Worli.

The eventful night saw Salman Khan take centr stage for the second year running as the host for the evening.

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan won Renault Star Guild Entertainer of the Year. And the lifetime achievement honour was given to screenwriter Salim Khan and actress Tanuja Mukherjee.

Pritam got award for best music for 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'. Remo D'Souza won best choreography award for the song 'Badtameez Dil' & 'Balam Pichkari' from the same film. The film also won an award in the best dialogue category.

'The Lunchbox' won three awards including best actor in a supporting role went to Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the star verdict award was given to Irfaan Khan and The Yash Chopra award for the most promising debut director went to Ritesh Batra.

Sushant Singh Rajput walked away with the award for most promising debut (Male) for the 'Kai Po Che', Vaani Kapoor took home the award for most promising debut (Female) for 'Shuddh Desi Romance'. 'Dhoom 3' and 'Krrish 3' got Best Special Effects awards.

Actors Varun Sharma of 'Fukrey' fame and Arshad Warsi (Jolly LLB) shared the award for best performance in a comic role.

To commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of late filmmaker Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, the Film & Television Producers Guild introduced the K A Abbas Honour for Cinema with Social Sensitivity.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan gave away the award naming the film 'Shahid' as its first ever recipient.

The Film & Television Producers Guild of India introduced the Guild Hall of Fame announcing 2013's nine major film titles from the year gone by to be included into this exclusive club.

The announcement made by Ramesh Sippy and host Salman Khan saw 'Race 2', 'Aashiqui 2', 'Krrish 3', 'Chennai Express', 'Dhoom 3', 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', 'Grand Masti', 'Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela' and 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' being inducted into the Guild Hall of Fame.

The evening was coupled with enthralling performances by the superstars, including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Prabhu Deva who was joined by young starlet, Sonakshi Sinha, Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez.

On TV front, the best reality TV Show award went to Endemol India for 'Bigg Boss 7', best mythological series was Mahabharat (Star Plus). Rajat Tokas got best actor award for the show 'Jodha Akbar', while Drashti Dhammi and Ankita Lokhande shared best actress award for 'Madhubala' and 'Pavitra Rishta' respectively.

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July 11,2020

Mumbai, Jul 11: Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan announced on Twitter late on Saturday that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection.

Taking to Twitter to announce the news, he said, "I have tested CoVID positive... " He added that family and staff had also undergone tests while Bachchan has been shifted to a hospital. 

Bachchan ended his tweet saying, "All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested !"

Bachchan, who was last seen in Gulabo Sitabo that released on OTT platforms, will be seen in Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Bhrahmastra.

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August 3,2020

Patna, Aug 3: Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey on Sunday charged that Vinay Tiwari, the IPS officer from Patna who is in Mumbai to probe a case related to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, has been "forcibly quarantined" by civic authorities in the metropolis.

Tiwari is heading a Bihar Police team which is in Mumbai to investigate an ''abetment to suicide'' case on the basis of a complaint filed by the late actor's father in Patna.

"IPS officer Vinay Tiwari reached Mumbai today from Patna on official duty to lead the police team there but he has been forcibly quarantined by BMC officials at 11 PM today," Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Pandey tweeted.

"He was not provided accommodation in the IPS mess, despite request, and was staying in a Guest House in Goregaon," he said.

Sushant's sister Shweta Singh Kirti has tweeted, " What? Is this even for real? How can an officer sent on duty be quarantined for 14 Days?".

Rajput, 34, was found hanging from the ceiling of his Bandra residence on June 24 last.

Last month, Rajput's father lodged an FIR here of abetment to suicide naming actress Rhea Chakraborty, said to be close to the deceased Patna-born actor, and her family members as accused. Tiwari was posted as the City SP (East) in Patna.

The Mumbai Police, which is also probing the death case, have so far recorded statements of nearly 40 people, including those from Rajput's family, his cook and people from the film industry that include filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, film critic Rajeev Masand, director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali and filmmaker Aditya Chopra.

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February 3,2020

Feb 3: Actor-cum-activist Swara Bhaskar on Sunday targetted the Central government over granting Padma Shri to Pakistan-origin singer Adnan Sami who became an Indian citizen in 2016.

Addressing "Save the Constitution, Save the Country" rally here in Madhya Pradesh, Bhaskar said that passing the new citizenship amendment act tantamount to "betrayal" of the Constitution.

Sami, born in London to a Pakistani Air force veteran, applied for Indian citizenship in 2015 and became a citizen of the country in January 2016.

He was one of the 118 people chosen for the Padma Shri awards by the Centre last month.

"The legal process to grant citizenship to refugees and arrest infiltrators already exists in India. You (the government) have granted Indian citizenship to Adnan Sami and now selected him for Padma Shri through that process. (If this is the case) What is the need and justification for the Citizenship Amendment Act?" Bhaskar asked.

"On the one hand you abuse us (anti-CAA protesters), cane-charge us, slap us, hurl teargas shells at us and on the other hand you award Padma Shri to a Pakistani," she said

Bhaskar said the government labels some people as the members of "tukde-tukde gang" and anti-nationals" as per its convenience.

"Supporters of the CAA and the NRC keep harping about the so-called infiltrators having entered our country. If that is the case then why are we unable to see these intruders?" she asked.

"The problem is that they have intruded into the minds of the government and the ruling party," she said.

Bhaskar said the government seems to have "fallen in love with Pakistan".

"It sees Pakistan everywhere. My devout grandmother doesn't chant Hanuman Chalisa as often as this government keeps chanting the Pakistan mantra," she said.

Without naming the RSS, the actor said, "Sitting in Nagpur, these people are spreading politics of hatred".

Bhaskar said Pakistan chose to become a religious nation after the Partition in 1947 unlike India which opted to become a "secular republic where one's religion has nothing to do with citizenship".

"(Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali) Jinnah died a long ago, but his admirers want to divide the country again in the name of a religion," Bhaskar said.

She criticised BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya for his controversial remarks about the 'presence' of Bangladeshi infiltrators in Indore, after some labourers were found eating poha and not rotis.

"If poha is Bangladeshi cuisine, then Kailash Vijayvariya, who grew up eating poha (in Indore), should be required to show his Indian citizenship papers," she demanded.

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