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Ponnar Shankar, an upcoming Indian epic film adapted from a novel of the same name by M. Karunanidhi, a fictionalized retelling of the Ponnar Shankar epic. The film is directed by Thiagarajan and features his son Prashanth in lead dual roles as warrior princes Ponnar and Shankar with Pooja Chopra and Divya Parameshwaran making their film debuts as princesses. The film is based on true story about KONGU NADU.The film also features an extensive...

Anurag Kashyap has supposedly got engaged to his live-in girlfriend Kalki Koechlin. The couple reportedly has had an informal engagement last month and are planning to tie the knot by the end of this year or early next. In two years Kalki has turned the brooding director in a happier person, and a fitter one, as he has shed kilos. When TOI bumped into him at Rani Mukerji's house two weeks back, he told us that he was maintaining his health...

Abhishek Bachchan has managed to win a new fan for himself and the young woman who has now been floored by his charm is Shahana Goswami, his co-star in upcoming thriller Game.The Rock On!!! girl is charmed by the Junior B, who bonded well with the huge starcast of the movie."I have always felt that he is very charming. Since the film required us to travel extensively, it was imperative that we spend a lot of time together. He is every bit...

The actor is in Hyderabad while his family goes to Mohali for the India-Pak World Cup cricket semi finals... Actor Rana Daggubati, who was in Mumbai, to promote his film 'Dum Maaro Dum'. Ask him about his take in cricket and India playing Pakistan in the semi-finals, and he says, "I've been following the cricket World Cup closely like most others. It's an exciting day. I wish I could be in Mohali with my family. They are all going to watch...

A day after we reported that Rana Daggubati could have brought about a rift between John Abraham and Bipasha, the actor denied the reports, saying that Bipasha and he shared nothing more than a professional relationship. Reports emerged that Rana and Bipasha discovered a mutual chemistry in the sets of Dum Maro Dum, but Rana said that Bipasha rid him of his nervousness of acting in a Hindi movie for the first time.Rana, who is weak in Hindi,...

The latest buzz in tinsel town is that Karan Johar, the self-avowed non-believer in the institution of marriage, has decided to tie the knot.The source of the buzz lies in a Dubai-based Bollywood glossy which claims that the master of mush is finally going to settle down.The 38-year-old filmmaker will reportedly get married to a family friend from New York. The girls name is Vandana Melwani.K-Jo is one of the most eligible bachelors in...

Karan Johar, Bollywood's most speculated bachelor is all set to tie the knot with a gorgeous New York-based girl. The reports have put an end to the speculation about the director's sexuality. The director who coaxes celebs to spill the beans about personal lives has himself become the centre of gossip this time.But Apparently, Johar's numerous trips to New York and London to "write scripts" were actually secret rendezvous with his to be...

Karan Johar is shooting his finale episode of Koffee With Karan. And it won't be Salman Khan as planned. KJo has decided that much as he wants the actor on that couch, he doesn't want to pay him to be a guest on his chat show. Says a friend of the filmmakers, "He is happy to give any amount of money to Salman's charity, but he doesn't want it to be a condition for him to come on the show. Also, it is not fair to other stars like the Bachchans...

One of the films that has been the talk of B-town ever since it was first announced has been Shah Rukh Khan's ambitious Ra.One directed by Anubhav Sinha . The film which also stars Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor is a good vs. evil, superhero highly FX laden action adventure, plus of course it being Bollywood, has some romance sprinkled in the mix, as well. With the release of the teaser trailer the buzz and excitement about the film is...

The much-awaited film from KV Anand starring Jiiva, Ajmal and Piaa Bajpai has yesteryear leading actress Radha's daughter Karthika playing the leading lady. The director who is very happy about his third film says “KO is Double Ayan”! referring the Surya starrer that propelled KV Anand and Ko to be twice as good!With Harris Jayaraj’s music topping the charts, it is hoped, to repeat the success of Ayan which had some timeless numbers....

The most downloaded hot model on internet, Poonam Pandey has hit headlines with her sensational statement that she would go n*** if team India wins the world cup. Poonam is a die hard cricket fan and she has done a special photoshoot with cricket theme recently.Now, as India is two steps closer to the world cup, Poonam Pandey has found her own hot way to motivate the team. She said that she would bare all in Mumbai stadium if India wins...

Tamanna who made her debut in Tollywood has always a special place in her heart for Telugu cinema. Despite being worshipped and made a star by Tamil audience, she has always preferred to be in Telugu cinema industry.However, it took a while for her Happy Days to start in Tollywood. Now, Tamanna’s time has come and she is right now ringing with plum offers. Tamanna’s 100% Love and Badrinath are gearing up for summer release.She is also playing...

The Duo starting from Roja (1992) till Raavanan (2010) has always resulted in producing exceptional music thats magic to the listeners and the upcoming extravagant epic venture Ponniyin Selvan will be magic again only to be in its best form.Ponniyin Selvan with a cast that is yet to be finalized has A.R. Rahman determined to do his best again for Mani and has already completed five songs. The tunes are said to be outstanding and Mani was...

The latest passenger from Kollywood to get a ticket to Bollywood is Sneha. The smiling beauty of Tamil cinema has been roped in for an upcoming Hindi movie, to be directed by Revathy Varma.Sneha will play Naseeruddin Shah’s wife in the film titled ‘Mad Dad’. Popular Bollywood actress Ayesha Takia will play her daughter. “It is a challenging role and I love being part of the film,” she says.According to Revathy Varma, Sneha’s looks in the...

Suriya has now set all his focus on ‘Ezham Arivu’ and considers it as his magnum opus… The actor has been taking scrutinizing efforts to make it the best of his career. Now we hear it from the closer sources that he plays the role of a circus clown and another one as a Chinese martial arts expert before 2000 years in China.The actor had to look fatigue and tired without food and continuous as a clown for a particular sequence in the movie....

Asin is busy in the Hindi film Ready which has Salman Khan in the lead role. She has also been signed for the Hindi film House Full 2 which has Akshay Kumar in the lead role. There is news that Asin has agreed to act with two piece swim suit. When asked Asin about this, she said,” People who know me well will not believe this news. What is the necessity for me to act in two piece swim suit? Everybody knows very well that whatever big is...

Bollywood beauty queen Aishwarya Rai looked stunning at the 83rd Academy Awards in a shimmery outfit. She donned a Giorgio Armani Prive gown.Aish was looking eye-catching with her shining outfit and she adorned it with a Jimmy Choo clutch. Her makeup and hairdo for the event was also apt and in total she looked amazing. Her husband Abhishek Bachchan wore a black tuxedo.Well enjoy Aishwarya Rai's Stunning Hot New York City Photoshoot 2011....

Actress Bipasha Basu is comfortable in her skin and though she hadn’t planned life, she tells DNA that she’s happy with it all... Coming upThe character I play in the film Dum Maro Dum is called Zoey who is a happy-go-lucky yet ambitious and wants to achieve something in life. Essentially, DMD revolves around four pivotal characters and each one has a story which combines into one. The film represents the essence of Goa and shows how the...

The hot and happening Rana Dagubatti says he's very much single... Rana Dagubatti, who forays into Hindi cinema with 'Dum Maaro Dum', has been more in the news for his alleged affairs with Bipasha Basu and the constant speculation about the relationship he shares with actress Shreya Saran. However, we got in touch with the dashing actor, who told us that he appreciated the 'warm welcome' extended to him by one and all from the Hindi film...

Bipasha denies being with him, but his girlfriend of five years has walked awaySouth siren Shriya Saran and Rana Daggubati have split. The decision to break their five-year-old relationship (they managed to keep it discreet for the first three years) came after Shriya learnt about his proximity to Bipasha Basu during the shooting of Dum Maro Dum, in which he debuts in Bollywo...

Southern actor Rana Daggubati, who is set to make his Bollywood debut in Dum Maaro Dum, has squashed rumours of a relationship with co-star Bipasha Basu."I have immense respect for Bipasha as a co-star and it's embarrassing that people should think otherwise. Don't know where the rumors keep creeping up from over and over again!" The 25-year-old actor, who has been reportedly dating Shriya Saran for the past five years, is said to have...

In an interview with The Mail, the star of 'You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger', who appeared in the magazine last autumn, said that she firmly believes in positive female sexuality.She said: "The decision to do those pictures was mine. I definitely knew how I wanted to look."A stylist may have chosen the clothes but the decision to wear them was mine."I would hate to feel that I was being objectified. I have always said that a woman's...

They met and fell for each other on the sets of their debut film 'Slumdog Millionaire' which went on to win eight Oscars, but Freida Pinto says that she and Dev Patel will never share the screen again.The 26-year-old said that they will never be able to recreate the "magic" of the Mumbai-based potboiler, reported Daily Mail online."I wouldn't want to work with him, but I don't mean that in a bad way. He said something similar in an interview...

'Slumdog Millionaire' star Freida Pinto, who raised eyebrows last year ('10) with a series of racy shots for the U.S. version of GQ, is now defending the photoshoot. Rumours suggested that the photoshoot for the men''''s magazine was a deliberate attempt to shake off her 'nice-girl' image, but Pinto has now spoken out to stress that she was not manipulated into taking part and it was entirely her decision to pose for the pictures. "The...

Interestingly two former Femina Miss India winners Puja Gupta and Sarah Jane Dias are making their debuts on the same day.Pretty and petite Puja is one helluva confident girl and certainly not a bundle of nerves, as one would expect a debutant to be. This former Miss India is quite sure that her debut film opposite actor Jackky Bhagnani will make its mark. On her way back from Shirdi to Mumbai after seeking Sai Baba's blessings, Puja is...

She took people back to the black and white era with her role in the period film 'Parineeta'. Then came her fashion faux pas and a dip in the career graph. But a careful and confident Vidya Balan is on the rise again in Bollywood.Though at 33 she is just six years old in the Hindi movie industry, her oeuvre is so impressive that there was a Vidya Balan retrospective at the Indian film fest in two Australian cities.From playing a foul mouthed,...

Yes, we mean "dearest" in both senses: beloved and costly. Ileana D'Cruz makes her comeback in Kollywood with Shankar's 'Nanban'. The actress sure does want to make her presence felt on her return to Kollywood. She began by demanding Rs. 2 crores remuneration for the movie, the highest pay packet ever demanded by a South Indian actress.The shocked producers, Gemini Film Circuit, were unwilling to pay the record amount, but realised that...

There were reports that reigning Tamil-Telugu actress Kajal Aggarwal is likely to be the lead lady in actor Simbu's Tamil remake of Salman Khan's super hit 'Dabangg'. But the makers of the Tamil version made it clear that Kajal Aggarwal will not be part of the film.Apparently, they are looking for a top heroine from Bollywood and efforts are on to make Sonam Kapoor sign on the dotted line. Notably, the original heroine Sonakshi Sinha refused...

'Dabangg' is setting new records not only in Bollywood, but also in Tamil and Telugu. With 'Dabangg' opening to an overwhelming response, the enthusiasm to acquire the Tamil and Telugu remake rights has increased overnight. Kollywood producers Mohan Apparao and T. Ramesh have recently purchased the remake rights of 'Dabangg' for a whopping amount, the highest ever paid for a remake.Now the latest buzz is that Simbu will play the role of...

Madhur Bhandarkar's Bollywood super hit 'Fashion' (2008), which won Priyanka Chopra and Kangna Ranaut their first National Awards, will be soon remade in Tamil and Telugu. A source close to a Mumbai based production company revealed that the production house recently approached Trisha to play the lead role when they decided to remake the film in Tamil.But now the actress has denied the news, "I am not doing a remake of 'Fashion' in Telugu...

Bollywood beauty Vidya Balan considers Santosh Sivan's much awaited Urumi as the most special film in her career. Reason? She has dubbed for herself in Malayalam for the first time in her career. Vidya Balan has a special song in the movie that she dedicates to her parents. She says she did the movie because her parents always wanted her to do a Malayalam movie.The award winning actress will reportedly enact the role of a traditional Mohiniyattam...

Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto admits that she is a little overwhelmed by the speed with which she went from being a Mumbai-based model aspiring to be an actress to becoming the kind of celebrity who is pursued by the paparazzi and features on the cover of GQ.“There is always this fear that your moment is here and that it will never come again. Being in the right place at the right time, and being cast as Latika, is the story of...

Veena Malik is keen to buy a pad in Mumbai considering the offers coming her way... Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who participated in the reality show Bigg Boss, finds herself hosting a couple of cricket shows, and claims that she is flooded with offers even for shows covering the Indian Premiere League, scheduled to begin soon after the ICC World Cup. This has encouraged Veena to buy a house in Mumbai. We are told, that Malik, considering...

Mr and Mrs Bachchan will soon be back together in reel life with Rajkumar Santoshi’s romantic comedy, Ladies & Gentlemen, which flags off in July. Aishwarya says, “I met Rajji a week ago and he told me that before I start giving my dates to other producers, he wanted to lock a chunk for his film. Abhishek and I are his dream pair, he’s always wanted us for this film.”She admits to having immensely liked this script, which she had heard...

She’s been in the news ever since she came into the country. Whether it’s her love life, her behaviour on the reality show Bigg Boss or the Taliban threat to her life, Pakistani actress Veena Malik seems to have become India’s (and Pakistan’s) latest controversy queen. But no one tells the true story, says Veena. Okay. So what is the true story? Over lunch at Jasmine, the Chinese restaurant at Hotel Ramada Plaza, New Delhi, a meal during...