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Mumbai, Aug 24: Veteran actor-director Amol Palekar has been appointed as chairman of India's Oscar jury, which will select the country's official entry in the best foreign film category of the 88th Academy Awards. The "Gol Maal" star, 70, whose film "Paheli" was India's official entry for the Academy Awards in 2005, will be heading the 17-member jury. "We have selected Amol Palekar as the head of

Mumbai, Aug 23: “Piku” actor Irrfan Khan is one of the few Hindi film actors who has been able to land roles in Hollywood. He says agents ease the process of survival in the West, but it doesn’t mean that life gets transformed by merely having an agent. Irrfan, who will be seen in “Inferno”, said here: “In Hollywood, you cannot survive without an agent. There is no system where you just pick up

Mumbai, Aug 23: Shah Rukh Khan has become very active on social media lately and his most recent update will put a smile on your face. Being stuck in traffic can get the best and the worst out of us. But Shah Rukh Khan made sure that everyone else had a smile on their faces even though he was facing the heat of the rush hour. SRK has become very Twitter savvy recently and has been posting messages

Mumbai, Aug 22: Support and best wishes are flowing in for Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Manjhi from Bollywood. While Salman Khan wished Nawazuddin best of luck, Shatrughan Sinha said the film showed the true DNA of Bihar. Salman Khan shares a great rapport with Nawazuddin and the superstar has wished the critically acclaimed actor and the team of Manjhi The Mountain Man "all the best." The 49-year

Mumbai, Aug 21: Actor Siddharth Malhotra says Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Jacqueline Fernandes have the best bikini body in Bollywood. "I think in Bollywood, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Jacqueline Fernandes have the best bikini body," Siddharth told reporters here at an event. Interestingly, Siddharth's rumoured girlfriend Alia Bhatt will be seen wearing a bikini in her upcoming film

Mumbai, Aug 21: Actress Alia Bhatt, who launched the trailer of her childhood friend Anushka Ranjan's debut film Wedding Pulav, says 32 is the right age to get married. "I am just 22 and I think 32 will be right age to taste the wedding pulav. I have not tasted 'shaadi ka ladoo', so I hopefully will not regret," Alia said at the launch. Speaking about the qualities she would look for in her groom

Mumbai, Aug 21: Former actress Twinkle Khanna, who has emerged as a popular columnist, has been writing for quite some time now and with the launch of her first book "Mrs. Funnybones", her childhood friend and filmmaker Karan Johar admits she isn't the most honest person. "Twinkle is not the most honest person in the house because it says 'Mrs. Funnybones' by her own admission. She is the self

Mumbai, Aug 20: Actress-turned-writer Twinkle Khanna has revealed that filmmaker Karan Johar was in love with her when they were together in boarding school. "Karan has confessed that he was in love with me. I had a little moustache at that time and he used to look at that and say 'That's hot, I like your moustache'," said Twinkle, during the unveiling of her book "Mrs Funnybones". Her husband

Mumbai, Aug 19: Shikha Monga of Pachukla town in Haryana has sued the soft drink giant Coca-Cola for failing to arrange her date with Bollywood Greek God Hrithik Roshan 15 years back. Shikha, who is 34 years old now, had bagged a romantic date with actor Hrithik Roshan after winning the Coca-Cola contest in 2000. However, till date Coca-Cola hasn't arranged her date with the Bollywood heartthrob

United Nations, Aug 19: Acclaimed Indian actor Anupam Kher has been named an advocate for the United Nations' campaign on gender equality. The 60-year-old "Saaransh" star will collaborate with the world body to call on men and boys to stand up against inequalities against women and girls, thereby ending the discrimination and violence against them. Kher was pinned as a "HeForShe" Champion by UN