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Mumbai, Oct 5: A defamation case has been filed against Bollywood actor Tanushree Dutta for her comments about Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, police said on Thursday. The case was filed by the Kaij police in Maharashtra’s Beed district on Wednesday evening after MNS district unit president Sumant Dhas lodged a complaint, alleging that Dutta had defamed his party chief, a

Mumbai, Oct 4: Vivek Agnihotri denied allegations of "misbehaviour and/or harassment" levelled by actor Tanushree Dutta Thursday, saying the claims "have been borne with an intent to attract publicity and wreak personal vendetta" against the filmmaker. Agnihotri's lawyer Nidhish Mehrotra said the team has sued Dutta on the charge of defamation. "The allegations levelled against my client Mr Vivek

Mumbai, Oct 3: After a lot of Bollywood stars spoke in support of Tanushree Dutta over her allegations against Nana Patekar, veteran actor Shakti Kapoor laughed the matter off, stating that the incident took place 10 years ago and he was a kid back then. In a recent interaction with media, Kapoor said, “I don’t know anything about this case. This was 10 years back, I was a kid back then.” Dutta

Noted Malayalam film director Thampi Kannanthanam, who made many hit films in the 1980s and 90s, passed away Tuesday at a private hospital here, a hospital spokesman said. He was 65 and is survived by his wife and two children. Kannanthanam, director of smash hit 'Rajavinte Makan', starring Mohanlal, had been undergoing treatment at Aster Medicity hospital here for liver and kidney related

London, Oct 2: Michael Jackson wanted to essay the role of James Bond, celebrity agent Michael Ovitz has revealed in his memoir. In "Who Is Michael Ovitz? A Memoir", the famed showbiz representative writes that the King of Pop expressed his desire to be "the star of an action movie" during a meeting at his home. According to Metro.co.uk, Ovitz said he and business partner Ron Meyer thought Jackson

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2: Renowned violinist Bala Bhaskar, who was critically injured in a road accident last month, died early Tuesday, hospital sources said. He was 40. Bala Bhaskar's two-year-old daughter was killed in the September 25 accident, while his wife Lakshmi was seriously injured and was undergoing treatment. The family was returning after temple worship at Thrissur when their car

Washington, Oct 1: Emma Watson has penned a moving open letter to Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who passed away in 2012 after being denied abortion in Ireland. Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist, died at University Hospital Galway in Ireland, following a septic miscarriage after she was denied an abortion. The Eighth Amendment in Ireland's constitution prohibited the abortion. But

Mumbai, Oct 1: Krishna Raj Kapoor, wife of legendary actor Raj Kapoor, passed away Monday due to cardiac arrest. She was 87. "My mother passed away at about 5 am today due to cardiac arrest...old age was another factor. We are deeply saddened by her demise," son Randhir told PTI. In May 1946, Raj Kapoor married Krishna Malhotra and the couple had five children -- three sons, Randhir, Rishi and

Mumbai, Sept 30: According to reports, the 'Manikarnika-The Queen Of Jhansi' actress Kangana Ranaut's hairstylist Brendon Allister De Gee, 42, was recently arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old minor boy and was booked under the POCSO act. Reports suggest that he was arrested from the sets of one of Kangana's upcoming movies. An officer stated that the minor boy had made an account on a

Los Angeles, Sept 30: Padma Lakshmi has said her New York Times op-ed, where she revealed her sexual assault story, has prompted an alleged attacker to apologise to his victim. Lakshmi, a prominent Indian-American model host, had recently said that she was raped by her boyfriend at the age of 16 and she wanted to bring out this secret in the wake of allegations of sexual assault on US Supreme