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Mumbai, Oct 10: Veteran music director-singer-lyricist Ravindra Jain, the genius who overcame his blindness to render lilting melodies and soulful tunes in several films including 'Chitchor' and 'Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se', died today of multiple organ failure. He was 71. Jain breathed his last at 4.10 pm at Lilavati hospital due to multiple organ failure, family sources said. He is survived by his

Mumbai, Oct 9: Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra has been named as the first Indian ambassador of Tourism New Zealand, which promotes New Zealand as a tourism destination. Sidharth is excited to embark on a visit to the picturesque land to experience its diverse landscapes, culture and adventure activities. During his trip, he will be visiting both the North and South Islands. "I've heard from my

Mumbai, Oct 8: Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman will be honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai on October 26. Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai will present the fifth Hridaynath Award to Rahman on the birth anniversary of Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, the late younger brother of legendary playback singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. The first Hridaynath Award was presented to

New Delhi, Oct 8: Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali’s concert in Mumbai this week was called off on Wednesday following threats from the Shiv Sena, leaving the ghazal maestro “hurt but not angry”. The decision was taken despite a snub to Sena by Maharashtra chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who said adequate protection would be provided to Ali and that the concert, organised in memory of late ghazal

Chennai, Oct 7: Actor Kamal Haasan on Wednesday admitted to having beef and said he does not do it anymore. "I was consuming beef before but not now. It is up to an individual to eat it or not," he said at the audio launch of his next film Thoongavanam. Haasan's remarks came in the middle of a bitter national debate over consuming beef, rumours over which resulted in the public lynching of 52-year

Chennai, Oct 7: Exactly after a week of the flash raids by the income tax sleuths and the following media reports of seizure of nearly 100 crore unaccounted money, mutual funds documents and gift deeds etc, Tamil star Ilayathapathy opened up for the first time on the reports of his tax evasion since the last 5 years. Refuting all the tax evasion allegations, Vijay said that he has been a law

Mumbai, Oct 6: Bollywood 'Badshah' Shah Rukh Khan, one of the actors globally most popular, has been invited to deliver a lecture to students of the University of Edinburgh, UK, on October 15. "The university is to host a visit by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday, 15 October. The actor, one of Bollywood's most popular stars, will give a public lecture at the University's New College

Mumbai, Oct 6: Be it Deepika Padukone's unique role in Piku or Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's power-packed avatar in Jazbaa, actor Irrfan Khan is happy that Indian actresses are increasingly choosing performance-oriented characters over formulaic Bollywood entertainers. character roles, Irrfan said: "Yes, lots of actresses today want to work more in offbeat cinema. Deepika did it in Piku. Most actresses

Mumbai, Oct 5: Parineeti Chopra, who just recently sizzled for the cover of an international fashion magazine, is all praises for her cousin Priyanka Chopra. Quantico just made a debut on Indian Television this weekend, and the B-town couldn’t help but marvel at PC’s Alex Parrish act. All the bigwigs of Bollywood tuned into to watch PC’s show and so did her cousin Parineeti Chopra. The Kill Dill

Hyderabad, Oct 5: Veteran Telugu film producer Edida Nageswara Rao passed away today at a private hospital in Banjara Hills area here. He was 81. "He was admitted to the hospital on September 20 following some ailment and he breathed his last at 5 PM while undergoing treatment," hospital sources said. Rao, who produced a film like "Sankarabharanam", was also known for movies like "Swati Muthyam"