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Mumbai, Jul 16: Filmmaker Karan Johar has confirmed that Salman Khan will play the lead in his long-gestating film project Shhuddhi. Karan, 42, took to Twitter to confirm about the same. The leading lady of the film is yet to be announced. "'Shhuddhi' will star Salman Khan and will release Diwali 2016," Karan tweeted. Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor were initially slated to do the movie, to be

Mumbai, Jul 16: First poster of Priyanka Chopra-starrer biopic on Olympic-winner Mary Kom has been unveiled, showing the actress posing as the boxer. Chopra, who stars as Mary Kom in the film with the same name, can be seen in a workout attire, with her hair tied in a pony tail, striking a similarity with the boxer's look. She is seen in an aggressive and fighting mood in the poster. The film

Los Angeles, Jul 15: Pop star Shakira thanks World Cup for making her meet with Gerard Pique, who is love of her life. The two met when Shakira was promoting her 2010 World Cup anthem, "Waka Waka" for Africa and they now have an 18-month-old son together. Speaking ahead of her closing ceremony performance Sunday night, the singer said she "will never forget that I met the love of my life at the

Amritsar, Jul 14: A house lost in the narrow alleys of the bustling city of Peshawar in Pakistan will soon command undivided attention from both sides of the border. After bestowing him with Nishan-e-Imtiaz in 1998, the country's highest civilian award, Pakistan will give a new life to the site where all-time great actor Dilip Kumar was born as Mohammad Yousaf Khan in a Pashtun family of 12

Mumbai, Jul 13: Actor Ajay Devgan has blamed “baseless” media coverage on “problems” between him and superstar Shah Rukh Khan, whom he has thanked for wishing him good luck for his forthcoming film “Singham Returns”. Recently, SRK took to Twitter and wished director Rohit Shetty and Ajay luck for the film, which also stars Kareena Kapoor. Said Ajay Devgan at the press conference “I am very

Mumbai, Jul 12: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has not yet given clarity on whether he will host the eighth season of popular reality show Bigg Boss. However, in case he does not, he feels Shah Rukh Khan will make for "great host". Rumour mills are abuzz that Salman, who has hosted four seasons of the reality show, may not return to anchor it this time. At the launch of the song, Devil, from his

Mumbai, Jul 12: Fondly remembering Zohra Sehgal, Shah Rukh Khan today recalled how even at the the age of 102, the actress was the "naughtiest young girl" he ever came across while Amitabh Bachchan said her "spirit" was admirable. Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar also took to Twitter to pay a tribute to the grand dame of Bollywood, who last evening in a hospital in the capital following a cardiac

Mumbai, Jul 11: Veteran film actress, theatre and TV personality Zohra Sehgal passed away today. A heart patient, Sehgal was admitted to the Max Hospital in south Delhi's Saket area after being diagnosed with pneumonia on Wednesday. She died of a heart attack at 4.30 pm on Thursday. Sehgal, often called Bollywood's laadli, was last seen in films like Cheeni Kum and Saawariya. In a career spanning

Mumbai, Jul 10: Actress Nargis Fakhri, who is making her debut in Hollywood with the film Spy, says that she is comparatively more comfortable in Bollywood. "I think I feel more comfortable in Bollywood than in Hollywood because I have spent more time here now and I am understanding a lot of things. I am feeling pretty good here. I really don't plan on running off anywhere," Nargis, who finds it

Mumbai, Jul 10: Kapil Sharma lost out on a plum deal with Yash Raj Films. Whether it is due to his alleged high-headedness or the production house’s non-interest is something we aren’t clear, but we surely think this is one deal that will haunt him forever. But show must go on and so we have a new Bank Chor who is none other than Riteish Deshmukh. Yes, the chubby villain will now turn into a bank