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Mumbai, Jan 23: Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he does not advocate any ideology and believes no actor should have a take on any situation. The actor is gearing up for the release of "Thackeray", a biopic on late Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray, who advocated the "Maharashtra for Maharashtrians" plank in the late 1960s. Nawazuddin says an iron-clad ideology can hinder an artiste's growth, something he

New Delhi, Jan 22: Kangana Ranaut says she was harassed several times by actors on film sets and while it wouldn't fall under #MeToo as it wasn't sexual, the experience was daunting and humiliating. The actor said harassment can happen on several levels and she has faced toxic behaviour from many people in her career. "Harassment happens on many levels. So many times on sets, I wasn't sexually

Mumbai, Jan 20: Sonu Nigam has been doing playback for over 25 years and the singer believes the trick not to burn out is to keep learning. The singer, who has lent voice to tracks as diverse as "Sandese Aate Hain", "Akhiyon Se Goli Mare", "Saathiya" to "Abhi Mujhmein Kahin", said it is not necessary to find a mentor in someone who is senior in age. "If you have the humility, heart and soul, you

Mumbai, Jan 19: Actress Swara Bhaskar has revealed she was sexually harassed by a director but it took her nearly six to eight years to realise what had happened as the culture doesn't teach women to recognise predatory behaviour. Swara, without taking any names, said the harassment happened at workplace and the director was being "predatory." "It took me 6-8 years to realise when I heard someone

Mumbai, Jan 18: Actor Richa Chadha says comparisons between her upcoming "Shakeela" and Vidya Balan's "The Dirty Picture" are inevitable but she takes it in the right spirit. The Indrajit Lankesh-directed film features Richa as the eponymous adult actor who was one of the biggest stars of the '90s from Kerala and acted in several adult films in languages spanning Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and

New Delhi, Jan 17: Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi who is all geared up for the release of his movie ‘Why Cheat India’, says he hopes the film will at least start a conversation, as it is shows mirror how a system should be. Talking to media, Emraan told that ‘Why Cheat India’ is based on real instances but is a fictional story. The movie which is based on education system of India, when asked if it

Bengaluru, Jan 16: It was a different battlefield a 'relaxed' Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy watched amid the political crisis in Karnataka ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Taking time off from the turmoil his government is facing due to two MLAs withdrawing support to the government, Kumaraswamywatched a trailer of the movie 'Kurukshetra', the Kannada period movie based on the Mahabharata, based on the

Mumbai, Jan 15: "The Accidental Prime Minister", featuring Anupam Kher in the role of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, is all set to hit the theatres in Pakistan after the censor board of the country cleared the film. Producer of the movie Jayantilal Gada said the film will release in Pakistan on January 18. "PEN Studios is happy to announce that our one-of-a-kind political film, 'The

Los Angeles, Jan 15: Winter is coming to scorch the TV screens as Game of Thrones returns for one last time on April 14 with its eighth season. HBO on Monday announced the premiere date of the hit series last installment on its official Twitter account. The network also offered a 90 second-long “offical tease,” captioned as: “April 14. #ForTheThrone.” The video clip shows Jon Snow, Sansa and Arya

Jan 14: Yash starrer KGF has become the first Kannada film to have got a commercial release in Pakistan. The film, which has earned over Rs 200 crore at the Box Office, has got a wide commercial release on the other side of the border. This is surprising considering South Indian films don’t find an audience in Pakistan, unlike the Gulf countries where the popularity of regional language films from