Actor Shahid Kapoor says the strongest people in his life have been women, especially his mother Neelima Azeem who has been a single parent. He also calls his wife Mira and daughter Misha his “whole world” and says he couldn’t have been happier in his life than now. Shahid spoke[Read More…]
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CBFC chief, director Nitesh Tiwari hope for gender sensitivity in children’s films
Gone are the days of creating a project about a damsel in distress waiting for her prince to come and rescue her. Instead, it is time to usher in gender sensitivity, and allow women to take charge and fight for themselves in the narrative of projects under children’s films genre,[Read More…]
Political Circus: Twisted interpretation of history; challenging time for artists, filmmakers
At the root of the controversy over the release of the Hindi feature film “Padmavati” is, first, the saffron brotherhood’s interpretation of history with a pronounced anti-Muslim bias and, secondly, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s overt and covert attempts to whittle down institutional autonomy. Even if the BJP’s seemingly political use[Read More…]
Kamal Haasan should be shot dead, says Hindu outfit leader
A senior leader of a Hindu outfit — Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha — on Friday slammed veteran Tamil actor Kamal Haasan for his “Hindu terror” remarks and said people like him should be “shot dead”. Referring to the statement made by Haasan on Thursday in a column in a weekly[Read More…]
I take a lot of time to say no: Shah Rukh Khan
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says his sensitivity towards people makes it tough for him to say “no” to people, especially to friends who offer him films. Asked if saying no to a script is awkward for him, especially to a friend filmmaker, Shah Rukh said here: “I take a lot[Read More…]
Kangana in emails to Hrithik: Salman abused me when I refused to work with him
In a fresh bout of unpleasantness in Kangana Ranaut- Hrithik Roshan controversy, a leaked email targets none other than Salman Khan and Uday Chopra. In the emails, Kangana talks about how Salman Khan chased her for a role in his films and then later abused her after she refused to[Read More…]
It’s gonna take people like me to make things easier for next generation: Priyanka Chopra
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is “digging her feet in” to get equality for women in the film industry so that the female actress too can get meatier roles like their male counterparts. The 35-year-old star confessed that she wants to make things easier for the next generation of female actors[Read More…]
No tax waiver on films from July 1, says Haryana government
With the roll-out of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime from July 1, the tax waiver to films by the Haryana government will be a thing of past. However, if the state waives tax on a movie, it will not only lose its own share of the GST, but will[Read More…]
Censor board refuses to certify ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’
The censor board of the Central Board of Film Certification has refused to certify Prakash Jha’s upcoming film, Lipstick Under My Burkha. Of reason that leads to the CBFC’s rejection includes abusive language and “women’s fantasies”. Lipstick Under My Burkha is set in a small town of India, is about[Read More…]
Women, freedom and ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’
The strange dynamics and mystery between a woman, a lipstick and religion has finally been unravelled in Prakash Jha’s latest, ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha.’ The story of four women who dream of fulfilling their wildest fantasies and living alternate lives stars ace actresses like Ratna Pathak Shah and Konkona Sen[Read More…]