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Mumbai, Feb 2: Fans of Kapil Sharma have all the reasons to be depressed. Their favourite show is off air now! As they say, there are two sides to a coin, here’s another side to the story of the popular show being pulled off air. Kapil had his own reasons to give to explain the end of his show. In an interview to TOI, the CEO of the channel that aired ‘Comedy Nights With Kapil’ broke his silence

Mumbai, Feb 1: Actor Akshay Kumar, who will be seeing playing an antagonist to Rajinikanth in the sequel of Shankar’s Enthiran (Robot), 2.o, says he is excited about working with the Tamil superstar. The Singh is King actor will be seen exchanging punches with Rajinikanth on-screen. In the film, Rajinikanth will reprise his role of a scientist and his creation, Chitti-the robot and Akshay will

Bengaluru, Feb 1: The grand finale of Bigg Boss 3 Kannada was aired on January 31. Actress Shruthi won the reality television show, which was hosted by superstar Kichcha Sudeep. Actors Chandan and Master Anand were the second and third runners-up respectively. The third season of Bigg Boss Kannada started on October 25, 2015. Other showbiz personalities who were on the show are Tsunami Kitty

Mumbai, Jan 31: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta turned 41 today and her collagues from the film industry including Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar and Riteish Deshmukh wished her loads of love and fun on the day. Preity, who rang in her birthday with Salman Khan, Bobby Deol and Sohail Khan at an after party of Celebrity Cricket League, thanked everyone for their warm wishes. "Cannot think of a

Mumbai, Jan 30: Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, who has taken a satirical look at the country's medical system, education system and religious superstitions in his movies, says his "voice takes a backseat" when it comes to expressing views on social issues. However, he believes in making strong statements with his films. Rajkumar Hirani: I'd like to direct sports-based film A writer, editor, director

Mumbai, Jan 30: considering the Bollywood celebrities who have made it to the Padma awardees' list this year, "it's good that I did not get one", says veteran actor-writer Kader Khan. This year, names like Rajinikanth, Anupam Kher, Priyanka Chopra, Madhur Bhandarkar, S.S. Rajamouli, Udit Narayan and Malini Awasthi, among others, are in Padma awardees' list. The ever-versatile actor also hinted

Los Angeles, Jan 30: American actor Chris Rock, who is set to headline one of the most embattled Oscar telecasts in years amid ongoing outrage over the nominees' lack of diversity, says when he goes to pick his children from "white schools", it feels like they're on "another planet". In an interview with Vanity Fair, conducted before the Oscar controversy erupted, the star spoke on a wide range of

Mumbai, Jan 30: Breaking silence over the FIR registered against him for allegedly assaulting a woman over a parking dispute, Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that the whole incident was planned against him. "I just want to say that it was an unfortunate incident and this was all planned against me," the 41-year-old actor told the media here. In her complaint, the woman pointed out that

New Delhi, Jan 29: Akshay Kumar's latest Bollywood offering "Airlift", which revolves around the evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during the 1990 Gulf war, took artistic liberties with actual events, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday. "One, the fact that such a theme has been selected for a film shows how important it is," ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said in a statement following

Melbourne, Jan 29: In a perfect climax to their stupendous run, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were today crowned the Australian Open women's doubles champions after they tamed the spirited Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in straight sets for their 36th win in a row, here. The top seeds fought past the seventh seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1) 6-3 in the women's