NDTV Lumire brings to you Experience Cannes

May 21st, 2009 CANNES - From the Oscars to Cannes, life continues to be a dream run for Mumbai boy Ayush Khedekar, who burst on the global scene as the youngest Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's smash hit 'Slumdog Millionaire' and subsequently walked the Oscar red carpet as the film swept Hollywood's most coveted awards. While his co-actors Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who played the youngest Latika and Salim in 'Slumdog Millionaire', have returned to the slums of Mumbai and run into a spate of personal troubles and controversies, Ayush, who belongs to a far less deprived background, is pushing for greater glory.

May 21st, 2009 CANNES - Pop singer Mariah Carey's Cannes Film Festival experience was almost ruined when she was abandoned by her hair stylist. The singer jetted to France to attend the premiere of her new movie 'Precious' May 15, and she almost had to trick her tresses herself when her hired help failed to show, reported contactmusic.com.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - Well-known British TV presenter Myleene Klass has recently signed a 100,000 pounds deal to host the US version of 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' and now filmmaker Colin Steinberg wants to cast her in a thriller about a woman who eats her boyfriend.

May 17th, 2009 LONDON - Pop singer Mariah Carey was left waiting for a screening of her new movie 'Precious' at the ongoing 62nd Cannes Film Festival in France after acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese overran with a presentation of his forthcoming film. Carey was Friday on the red carpet at the annual event to promote her upcoming drama, in which she has a small role as a social worker, reports contactmusic.com.

April 24th, 2009 Banned Chinese director enters film at CannesHONG KONG — A prominent director who was banned in China for screening a movie at Cannes without government approval has defied Beijing again by entering another film at the prestigious French film festival. Among the films competing for Cannes' top Palme d'Or prize announced Thursday is Lou Ye's "Spring Fever." The news marks the re-emergence of the Chinese filmmaker after officials banned him from making movies in the country for five years after he showed his last film, "Summer Palace," at Cannes without government approval in 2006.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The official lineup of films competing for the top honour Palme d`Or at the prestigious 62nd Cannes Film Festival was announced Thursday, and once again films from India, the world's largest film producing nation, have found no place. A total of 20 films from different countries are lined-up to compete at the 12-day event, at the French Riviera starting May 13.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Late Australian actor Heath Ledger's last film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' is being touted to be at the Cannes Film Festival in mid-May, reports the Hollywood reporter's blog risky biz. The film will be released around autumn this year, though it is still in trouble as there are no distributors bidding for the movie in the US.

April 13th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Almost a decade after Nepal made a mark in the international film arena, a debutant Nepali director hopes to create a stir at the Cannes Film Festival starting May 13. Journalist-turned-filmmaker Dipak Rauniyar made a splash in December when his debut film 'Chaukath' (Threshold) received rave reviews at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress and its allies are expected to win more seats from Maharashtra and Punjab in the Lok Sabha elections, according to an NDTV opinion poll released Wednesday. The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are likely to win 30 seats in Maharashtra, up from their current tally of 23, while the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP)-Shiv Sena alliance's number is expected to come down from 25 to 18 in the state's 48 seats, the NDTV said in a statement on the poll.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Sun Temple, Meenakshi Temple, Khajuraho, Red Fort, Jaisalmer Fort, Nalanda university and the Dholavira site were Monday named the 'Seven Wonders of India' after a nationwide poll. The NDTV, in association with the tourism ministry's Incredible India campaign, announced the final winners at a gala ceremony here after this first-of-its-kind initiative brought millions of Indians together to vote for their favourite natural and manmade marvel of the country.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An overwhelming 70 percent of Indians feel that the high-profile Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament that will now be staged in South Africa should have been played in India. A survey conducted by NDTV-GfK-Mode in 13 cities with a sample size of 1,402 Indians also revealed that nearly 60 percent of the respondents felt the decision was a disgrace for the country.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After making its presence felt in India, Britain, the Middle East and the north African region, Hindi general entertainment channel NDTV Imagine will now be accessible to audiences in the US as well. The channel would be available in the US through international satellite television provider DISH Network.

February 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In support of a campaign by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), NDTV is hosting a 24-hour nonstop 'Greenathon' urging Indian citizens to work towards a greener future. The Greenathon aims to raise funds for the 'Light a Billion Lives' project - a campaign by TERI to take solar lighting devices around the world to rural communities, said a press release.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has undergone a successful heart surgery, must have had 'some stress', External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said. 'Some stress must have been there but I really don't know how this has happened,' Mukherjee told Shekhar Gupta in an interview for NDTV to be telecast Jan 31.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Buoyed by the 3.8 million page views a month of NDTV Active, the mobile portal of the television channel, its content provider NDTV Convergence has now tied up to foray into cellular phone advertising. NDTV Convergence Monday announced its partnership with Affle, one of India's leading mobile media companies that would power advertising on NDTV Active.