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Chennai, Apr 11: A Telugu actress, whose nude protest sent shockwaves across the country, has now taken her fight against the casting couch menace in Tollywood to the next level. Threatening to expose the big fish of the film industry now, she shared intimate pictures of herself with the son of leading Telugu film producer. “He literally raped me at his studio. He would often tell me that he would

New Delhi Apr 10: Bollywood's powerhouse actor Ranveer Singh has been finalised for the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award as Best Actor this year for his movie Padmaavat. He has not only received incredible acclaim for his portrayal of the merciless Alauddin Khilji but he has also delivered outstanding box office collections as he recorded his first ever 300 crore blockbuster. Ranveer's acting as

New Delhi, Apr 9: Wink sensation Priya Varrier is in trouble again as two Hyderabad-based parties have filed a fresh application in the apex court of India objecting to her wink in Manikya Malaraya Poove song of the Malayalam movie Our Adaar Love. The application refers to the verses in the Holy Quran and wants the court to hear the petitioners before giving a decision on actress Priya Prakash

Mumbai, Apr 8: More and more filmmakers are looking at the digital medium as their new go-to platform, but the Hindi film industry is not worried. The digital world may present new challenges but it is not a threat to films released in cinema halls, industry people say, stressing that the two mediums can coexist. Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, one of the first stars from Bollywood to warm up to the

Mumbai, Apr 8: Amidst distribution of sweets, bursting of fire-crackers, cheers and whistling by hundreds of fans, actor Salman Khan returned to his Mumbai home in Mumbai on Saturday evening. Salman, 52, tensed but smiling, gave a flying kiss to his fans from the balcony of the Galaxy Apartments at Bandra in Mumbai. The actor reached Mumbai from Jodhpur by a chartered aircraft. Khan, accompanied

Jodhpur, Apr 7: Actor Salman Khan was today granted bail by a district and sessions court here in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case in which he has been sentenced to five years in jail. District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi allowed Khan's plea for bail and suspension of the sentence so that he can file an appeal against his conviction and sentencing. Khan, who had spent two nights in the

Hyderabad, Apr 7: A few days ago actress Rakul Preet Singh was slammed by fellow actresses for denying the existence of casting couch in Telugu film industry. One of the actress who lashed out at Rakul was Sri Reddy. She had been talking about the devil that is casting couch which, according to her, is prevalent in Telugu film industry. She has been raising her voice on social media and several TV

New Delhi, Apr 7: After posting a series of abusive tweets on Twitter, comedian Kapil Sharma has now filed a police complaint against ex-managers Preeti Simoes and Neeti Simoes and the journalist who he abused on Twitter yesterday, for trying to extort Rs 25 lakhs from him, according to news agency. The comedian has alleged that the said journalist started a false and malicious propaganda to

Jodhpur, Apr 7: A district and sessions judge, who was supposed to pronounce order on Salman Khan's application for bail and suspension of sentence in 1998 black buck poaching case, has been transferred as part of a reshuffle. In a late night development, which may add to the vows of the Bollywood actor, serving a jail sentence in Jodhpur for killing two black bucks, Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar

Tokyo, Apr 6: Oscar-nominated Japanese anime director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and was best known for his work "Grave of the Fireflies", has died aged 82, the studio said on Friday. The winner of many awards domestically and internationally, Takahata was considered one of the greats of Japanese animated film and is often linked with long-term Studio Ghibli collaborator Hayao