After 38 years, Zeenat Aman, Kabir Bedi pair up again

September 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Model-turned-actress Deepika Padukone says she always wanted to carve a niche for herself in the glamour industry but without participating in a beauty pageant, unlike many of her colleagues. "I had set up an objective to become a model without winning any beauty pageants," Deepika told choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan on STAR Plus' Tere Mere Beach Mein.

September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After anchoring Aap Ki Kachheri-Aap Ki Dwaar, former IPS officer-turned-TV anchor Kiran Bedi has set up a workshop to train people in dispute resolution to help build a better society. Apart from the NGO, Navjyoti Foundation, the STAR Plus serial Aap Ki Kachheri-Aap Ki Dwaar, is also supported by the Central Social Welfare Board, the National Commission for Women and the Delhi Commission for Women.

September 17th, 2009 BANGALORE - Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley is playing a glamorous woman in her first Kannada film "Sreemathi", a remake of Hindi film "Aitraaz", and the former Miss India bought all her costumes from Paris and Bangkok for it. "My designer wanted me to have the looks of glamorous heroines like Parveen Babi and Zeenat Aman -- they were the style icons of the Hindi film industry in the 1980s.

August 24th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI - Yesteryears actress Zeenat Aman won a million hearts when she strummed the guitar in the evergreen song “Chura liye hai tumne” in “Yaadon Ki Baraat”. Now she is set to relive the act in a new film titled “Dunno Y...

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After doing soaps and anchoring shows, popular television stars Shweta Tiwari and Aman Verma will now be seen struggling to survive in a jungle in Sony's new adventure reality show "Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao", starting July 13. They are among the 10 participants who have agreed to be part of the reality show shot in Malaysia's' oldest and largest Taman Negara tropical rain forest.

July 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - His "Kabul Express" was critically acclaimed and his latest release "New York" has turned out to be a commercial success widely appreciated by critics as well. Ecstatic with the phenomenal response that his film on terror has generated, director Kabir Khan now wants to move on to lighter subjects.

June 26th, 2009 Film: "New York"; Cast: John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Katrina Kaif, Irrfan Khan Director: Kabir Khan; Rating: **** When a hardcore commercial flick gets a standing ovation and a huge round of applause at the end of the show, you know that there is something definitely right that the director has done. In this regard, Kabir Khan can take a bow because he has done exceedingly well in making a film that is not frivolous, has a message and still carries enough commercial ingredients to reach out to masses as well as classes.

June 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Having seen the glamour of the tinsel town, the harsh existence behind prison walls and the 'make-believe' world of reality shows, former starlet Monica Bedi is all set to don a new role - that of a devotional singer. Bedi, whose family originally hails from Chhabewal village near Hoshiarpur town in Punjab, 130 km from here, chose this place Wednesday to announce the release of her first album of Sikh devotional music.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - John Abraham, who plays an NRI Muslim in Kabir Khan's second directorial venture "New York", says the film begins where the critically acclaimed Pakistani movie "Khuda Kay Liye" ends. "In its own strange way, 'New York' begins where 'Khuda Ke Liye' ended.

June 12th, 2009 MACAU - A bevy of Bollywood stars attending the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) event here is loving Macau for the one thing it can't do in India officially - gambling. Whether it is blackjack, roulette, poker or even just slot machines, actors and filmmakers are betting sums of money on the playing tables.

June 12th, 2009 MACAU - Whether it is 63-year-old Kabir Bedi or Riteish Deshmukh, who is almost half the latter's age, Bollywood's unmarried men were spotted with their girlfriends at the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend here. While Kabir Bedi walked in on the first day's green carpet hand in hand with his much-younger girlfrend Parveen Dusanj, Riteish descended with his rumoured girlfriend Genelia D'Souza.

June 11th, 2009 Malasri, who played in hit films like ‘Prema Khaidi’ and ‘Bava Bavamaridi’, had distanced herself from the Tollywood for quite some time after her marriage. However, she had become busy with other language films like Kannada.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hrithik Roshan starrer mega-budget 'Kites' will be among a bouquet of films that will be marketed by Reliance BIG Pictures at the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival, starting May 13. Directed by Anurag Basu, 'Kites' also stars Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, Nick Brown and Kabir Bedi in pivotal roles.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - He has been part of the Hindi film industry for four decades now but Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he refrains from 'excessive commentary on films' as his knowledge of the medium is 'beyond zero'. 'I have prevented myself from excessive commentary on films after they are ready, primarily because my knowledge of the medium is beyond zero and secondly because each time I have, the film has crashed at the box office.

May 3rd, 2009 It seems Malashri just loves donning the cop’s character. After appearing in the character of a police officer in films like Lady Police, Lady Commissioner and Bhavani IPS, the talented actress is now been seen in the cop’s uniform in her recently released flick Kiran Bedi.