Manipuri cinematographer arrested for aiding separatists

September 28th, 2009 PATNA - Superstar of Bhojpuri cinema Manoj Tiwari's nephew Rakesh Tiwari was arrested for allegedly killing a woman in Bihar's Kaimur district, police said Monday. Rakesh, accused of killing young married woman Punam Devi, was arrested late Sunday night, a police officer said.

September 27th, 2009 ZURICH - Film director Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland under a 31-year-old US arrest warrant and may be extradited to face sex abuse charges, police in Zurich said Sunday. The director, who has been wanted since 1978 in the US on charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, had been due to receive a prize at the Zurich Film Festival, but was arrested as he arrived at Zurich airport Saturday evening.

September 11th, 2009 Bollywood movie Aitraaz is being remade in Kannada and Telugu as Srimathi. Directed by debutant director Sampath, the film will star Celina Jaitley who will be making her Kannada debut.

September 9th, 2009 Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi is on the brink of making his debut in Kannada films. He will star in cinematographer-director Ashok Kashyap’s film Sihi Muthu.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Jack Tweed, the 22-year-old widower of British reality TV star Jade Goody, has been arrested for sexually assaulting a young girl. Tweed, who wed Goody just weeks before she died from cervical cancer in March, was held after police barged into his home Friday morning following a 19-year-old woman's allegation that he had sexually assaulted her hours earlier, reports contactmusic.com.

September 1st, 2009 JAMIE FOXX was so shocked after a man tried to break into his Philadelphia hotel suite, he can't go to a bar without eyeing the emergency exit. A 47 year old man was arrested in April (09) and charged with burglary, stalking, and making criminal threats, after claims he tried to get into the Ray actor's room on two occasions.

August 19th, 2009 The laugh riot, In Harihar Nagar (1990) is about to have its second sequel, four months after the release of its first sequel, To Harihar Nagar (2009). The second sequel is titled In Ghost House Inn and Lal, the director of the original In Harihar Nagar, is set to direct it.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Michael Douglas' son Cameron has been arrested for the possession of methamphetamine, an addictive drug, with intent to distribute. The 31-year-old was taken into custody by federal authorities in New York Monday, reported contactmusic.com.

July 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - A small time Bollywood producer-director was arrested for allegedly raping an aspiring actress, police said here Sunday. "The accused, Ram Kumar Kumavat had promised a role to the 24-year old victim in one of his forthcoming movies.

June 30th, 2009 IMPHAL - Popular Manipuri actress Urikhinbam Devita was arrested by police on charges of terror links after she was caught from a hotel room in New Delhi with a top separatist leader, police said here Tuesday. A police spokesperson said the award winning 24-year-old film star was arrested from Imphal airport Monday evening upon her return from New Delhi.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $1 million to help displaced people in Pakistan, a country the actress has visited thrice. A few days ago the couple had donated a like amount for the creation of the Jane Pitt Paediatric Cancer Center, named after Pitt's mother, in his hometown of Springfield, Missouri.

June 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - Popular Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was arrested here late Sunday for allegedly raping his maid, police said. The 19-year-old maid lodged a complaint with the Oshiwara police station in Andheri (West) Sunday evening, and police summoned Ahuja for questioning, a police official said.

June 11th, 2009 LONDON - English musician Pete Doherty has again been arrested in less than a week, this time on suspicion of drunken driving and drug possession. The Babyshambles frontman, who was recently arrested at an airport in Switzerland after he was suspected of taking drugs in an aircraft toilet, played a solo show in Gloucester, south west England, Wednesday night and was held 30 minutes after the gig, reports mirror.co.uk.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - English musician Pete Doherty has been arrested at an airport in Switzerland after he was suspected of taking drugs in a plane toilet. The singer was flying from London to Geneva, Switzerland Friday ahead of a planned concert in the country but cabin crew on the British Airways flight became concerned when they allegedly found the star slumped in the aircraft's lavatory, reports contactmusic.com.

May 31st, 2009 Film: "Prayanam"; Director: Chandrasekhar Yeleti; Cast: Manoj, Payal Ghosh, Tammim, Kalpika and Bramhanandam; Cinematographer: Sarvesh Murari; Music Director: Mahesh Shankar; Rating: ** 1/2 Director Yeleti has skated on thin ice on the plot of "Prayanam" (journey) that seems implausible. The film revolves around Dhruv (Manoj) who meets an edgy, comely girl Harika (Payal Ghosh) twiddling her thumbs while waiting for a Hyderabad-bound flight delayed by two hours at Kuala Lumpur airport.