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Mumbai, Nov 12: Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar is miffed over reports suggesting that she among others pushed her family and friends for this year's Padma awards, saying she "does not recommend names but the committee asks for suggestions". According to an RTI reply, the list of recommendations for this year's Padma awards shows that some people had suggested multiple candidates while others had

Mumbai, Nov 11: Actor Aamir Khan, who is a fan of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, says the cricketer is the embodiment of the collective pride of India and his retirement will create a void for all his admirers. Aamir is known to be a marketing genius and this time again he has take an innovative way to promote his film 'Dhoom 3' by dedicating a special song to cricketing legend Sachin. The

Mumbai, Nov 10: Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan is all praise for her sister-in-law Soha Ali Khan and says she is very positive and is the rock of the family. Saif, son of late Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, married Kareena last year. The actress says she shares a warm and friendly relation with Soha. "We do not have that sister-in-law kind of a relation

Moscow, Nov 10: An evening of extravagant entertainment marked the crowning of Gabriela Isler from Venezuela as Miss Universe 2013 at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia. Patricia Yurena Rodriguez from Spain finished as the first runner-up, while Constanza Baez from Ecuador was the second runner up. Manasi Moghe from India made it to the top 10 of Miss Universe 2013. Gabriela Isler, who stands 1.81

Hyderabad, Nov 9: A veteran of over 500 films, AVS aka Aamanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam is no more. The actor passed away at his residence in Hyderabad on Friday evening. AVS who has been diagnosed with a liver ailment a few years ago had been admitted in a super specialty hospital for 10 days recently and was discharged after the doctors declared that his illness was incurable. A native of Tenali

Mumbai, Nov 8: Rohit has delivered hits like `Golmaal` series, `Singham` and the most recent being Shah Rukh Khan starrer `Chennai Express`. The film was screened on television last month and garnered a good response. "It is not a habit to make hit films, it just happens. You cannot plan out such things (hits and flops). The reaction to a film is upto the audience. I am thankful to audience for

Mumbai, Nov 8: Veteran Bollywood scriptwriter Salim Khan says there cannot be love between his son Salman Khan and superstar Shah Rukh Khan as they are "rivals". "They are two individuals... Grown up people. I think there cannot be love between rivals. There can be courtesy. To have love between Salman and Shah Rukh is not possible. One should not expect that if Shah Rukh's film is a success then

Mumbai, Nov 7: Actress Deepika Padukone, who will play an out-of-work bar dancer in 'Happy New Year', says she is working hard to be a great dancer in the film. "Farah had a list of do's for the actress. I will prepare for it like any other film. If I am required to be a great dancer in the film, I will have to work damn hard. She wants a girl who is Maharashtrian, good dancer and a specific look

New Delhi, Nov 7: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has now got more than 7 million followers on popular social networking site Twitter. Big B's popularity obviously knows no bound, as in August the veteran actor had more than 5 million like on his Facebook account in just one year! The 71-year-old actor, who had beaten Priyanka Chopra last year to become the most popular celebrity on the micro

Mumbai, Nov 6: Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan says she does not mind actor-husband Saif Ali Khan getting intimate with other heroines on-screen. "We do not feel insecure. This is my professional life and my personal life has got nothing to do with it (professional life) at all. They are two separate areas of my life. There is no insecurity that I feel (when Saif getting intimate with any heroine). He