Akshays soft corner for karate

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Armed with the global appeal of Bollywood, the country's multimillion dollar movie industry in Mumbai, and the power of yoga, India has launched a massive exercise to project its soft power across the world, says Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) director general Virendra Gupta. "The primary focus now is to carry India's soft power - the power of its popular and traditional culture - to all the Asian countries," the director general told IANS in an interview.

October 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Riding on the soaring popularity of yoga and Bollywood, India is poised to nearly double its network of cultural centres across the globe in places as diverse as the US, Africa and Latin America. The opening of new cultural centres is an important initiative in cultural diplomacy to achieve range and depth of cultural coverage, said Karan Singh, president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), here Friday.

September 26th, 2009 Well this is what the news has been buzzing in the industry since few days. There will be a big change in the house of Bigg Boss for the season 3.

September 17th, 2009 While Akshay Kumar is not counted among actors who pull his film shootings on for more than three to four months, his film, Hello India has been ongoing since 1999. The movie began filming in 1999, after which it was shelved within 15 days.

September 14th, 2009 Ratan Rajput aka Laali of Agle Janam… is now at a difficult point of her life, as she has to save her so called “husband” Shekhar (Abhishek Rawat) from death by poison. As we know she has successfully passed her first stage to save Shekhar.

September 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - MTV VJ and singer Sophie Chowdhury feels Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is the most stylish man. "Mr. Bachhan will never go out of style and he is just one man who looks good in anything," Sophie told reporters here after walking the ramp for Mandira Wirk's collection at the ongoing Kolkata Fashion Week-II Saturday night.

September 6th, 2009 NEVADA - Bollywood megastar Akshay Kumar owes his success to touching the feet of his parents every morning. He told CNN: "I would say my success lies at the feet of my parents because that's been my biggest strength and that's what we Hindus believe." Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has lauded Kumar for faithfully following Hindu tradition of showing high regard to the parents and setting an example for other youth.

August 7th, 2009 In a sincere effort to encourage and promote martial arts among Indian youths, Our Action King of Bollywood Akshay Kumar has kick-started the first open invitational championship in India. A source said, “Shihan Mehul Vora, who has been a martial arts teacher for the last 27 years and an international teacher for the last 15 years, always wanted to promote martial arts in the country.

July 30th, 2009 Aakasshdeep Saigal has emerged as winner in the task where they all had to peal maximum potatoes in Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao. This group treasure trunk task won him jannat.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone has turned to Ayurveda in an effort to end persisting knee pain after Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar told him to do so. Akshay, who was working with the action star in Hindi film Kambakkht Ishq, bonded with him during a chat about on-set injuries and suggested Ayurveda when Stallone started talking about his persisting knee problem, reported contactmusic.com.

July 1st, 2009 Rajnikant’s mega budget next Endhiran starring him along side Aishwarya Rai seems to have garnered a lot of curiosity as the makers are keeping the production a close guarded secret. But the audience interest about it seems to be multiplying day by day as inside details are being leaked out.

June 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan may have vehemently opposed the military offensive against the Taliban and other extremists in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) terming the offensive as 'suicidal', but Khan apparently is unsure about what he really wants to achieve by showing a soft corner towards the extremists, an editorial in a leading Pakistan daily said. Khan is of the view that the operation against the militants would not be successful, and said that it would only add to the country's woes by creating more anarchy in the region, over which the government has already lost its control.

June 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Arshad Warsi is irritated with rumours that all is not well between him and Akshaye Khanna, his co-star in "Shortkut - The Con Is On". "I am so surprised that throughout the making of the film there was no (report of a) rift between the two actors.

June 12th, 2009 Nandana Sen is in love The object of her affection isn't a man. But – a soft toy, a cat A friend revealed, "Nandana had purchased the soft toy from London.

May 8th, 2009 13B the movie was a real success for Madhavan. He got a lot of appreciation for his work and his acting skills.