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Mumbai, Aug 9: Actress Prachi Desai says the reason behind Azhar's lackluster performance at the box office was that people couldn't forgive former Indian cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin, who was implicated in a match-fixing scandal in 2000. "Azhar", which starred Emraan Hashmi in the titular role, was a biopic of the former Indian captain. Prachi played his first wife. Post the 2000 scandal, BCCI

Mumbai, Aug 9: The Mohenjo Daro team is in a happy space as even before the film has hit the screens, it has managed to recover Rs 60 crore through its satellite, music and other rights. “A major chunk of their investment has already been recovered. Since Mohenjo Daro is a production film and not an acquisition, the economics of the project are fully in control,” said a source close to the film’s

Mumbai, Aug 8: Actor-producer Ajay Devgn says his upcoming film "Shivaay" won't hurt any religious sentiments as the movie deals with human elements of Lord Shiva. Ajay, who has also directed the movie, said he is not portraying Shiva but a common man, who is a devotee of the God. "There is no religion (angle in the film). I am not portraying Shiva. If you see my lines also, 'jiske bheetar basa

New Delhi, Aug 8: Good news for those waiting to see Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif together. Both actors, who were last seen together in 2012 movie ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, would be shooting a commercial together for Middle Eastern lifestyle brand Splash. The chief executive officer of Splash, Raza Beig, confirmed the news by tweeting, “It's a wrap of the @SplashFashions A/W campaign shoot with

Mumbai, Aug 7: Actor Akshay Kumar says that the subject of his upcoming film 'Rustom' will be loved by women and also save marriages and stop divorces. "It is a different subject, it is based on real-life stories and it is the first time somebody is playing a Parsi Navy officer, neither has anybody played a Parsi main lead or an officer's role," actor said. When asked what one thing he would like

Bengaluru, Aug 6: Lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar is the latest from the Hindi film industry to criticise Naseeruddin Shah for his comments that Rajesh Khanna was responsible for bringing "mediocrity" in Bollywood in the 1970s. "It's simple - Naseeruddin Shah does not like successful people. I have never heard him praise any successful person. He criticises Dilip Kumar; he criticises Amitabh

New Delhi, Aug 6: When Deepika Padukone made her acting debut with Om Shanti Om, no one thought that she would become one of Bollywood's top actors. From being the highest paid actor in India to her upcoming Hollywood debut flick xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Deepika proved her mettle and the actor, today, is no less than a global star. Enthralling hordes of fans with her presence at the Lulu Mall

Mumbai, Aug 6: Scriptwriter of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police from Mumbai. He was the prime accused in a murder case, whose complaint was registered in Azamgarh. The scriptwriter, identified as Ram Abhishek Singh, was booked as the co-murderer in the case registered back in 2009. Singh, along with his uncle Manoj, had killed a rival villager. In the aftermath of the

New Delhi, Aug 5: The trailer of "Mohenjo Daro" may have become a butt of jokes online and made historians cringe, but lead star Hrithik Roshan has brushed away the negativity saying the film will silence critics after its release. This is not the first time Hrithik's film has been accused of distorting historical facts. His 2008 film, "Jodhaa Akbar", also directed by his "Mohenjo Daro" helmer

Mumbai, Aug 5: From Lata Mangeshkar to Amitabh Bachchan to Rishi Kapoor — Indian film fraternity members on Thursday remembered legendary singer-actor Kishore Kumar on his 87th birth anniversary, calling him a “phenomenal star” who continues to rule people’s hearts. Kishore Kumar, fondly known as Kishore-da, gave the Indian film industry songs like “Kabhi alvida na kehna”, “Zindagi ka safar …”,