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  • Spuul premieres Aishwarya Rai starrer ‘Jazbaa’

    Spuul premieres Aishwarya Rai starrer ‘Jazbaa’

    MUMBAI: Spuul has added Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s comeback thriller Jazbaa to its library. 

     

    This movie will be available for viewers across the world via premium subscription services. This will be a digital premiere for Spuul.

     

    Jazbaa is a thriller drama, which sees Aishwarya Rai Bachchan portraying the role of a prominent criminal lawyer, who is trying to protect her daughter from the clutches of a kidnaper. This movie also stars Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi, Atul Kulkarni and others. 

     

    Jazbaa will be available on Spuul across platforms such as web, mobile, smart TVs and Chromecast.

     

    Spuul Global CEO Subin Subaiah said, “We have added Jazbaa after two months of its theatrical release. It is our aim to continue our efforts and keep updating our library. We will continue to solicit engagements with content partners to provide the best and fresh content to our viewers.”

  • Aishwarya Rai, Irrfan Khan on a reality show for the first time ever

    Aishwarya Rai, Irrfan Khan on a reality show for the first time ever

    MUMBAI: For the very first time in the history of television, superstars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Irrfan Khan will be seen on a reality show! The actors will be gracing the stage of India’s biggest dance reality show – Dance India Dance Season 5 as guest judges on a special episodethis Sunday, 30th August at 9PM on Zee TV. 

     

    Ash and Irrfan were on the show to promote their upcoming thriller Jazbaa and the contestants and masters did not leave any stone unturned to floor the stars with their dancing prowess and fun spirit. While master Mudassar came prepared with some sher-o-shayari and showered Ash with compliments, the contestants decided to display their biggest strength, their dancing ability to woo the special guests. 

     

    Pankaj and Ashish from Punit Ke Panthers performed a contemporary act depicting deceit in friendship. The two swiftly and gracefully moved to the song ‘Kaminey’ and brought out with conviction the love between two best friends, seamlessly flowing into emotions of  being cheated on by one. Ashish and Pankaj who are known for their flawless contemporary performances, created magic with this act and moved Aishwarya to tears. Even before the dancers could get up and take a bow after the final pose, a teary-eyed Ash gave them a standing ovation. She shared how this soulful performance touched her and she could see the honesty and dedication of the contestants. Ash even congratulated Master Punit for the tremendous execution of a simple concept. The other act which left the mega stars Irrfan and Ash completely spellbound was the aerial act by contestants Anuradha and Kaushik from Mudassar Ki Mandli on the popular track ‘Ranjha Ranjha’.  Gaiti ke Gangsters weren’t far behind and the two pillars from the team, Sahil and Nirmal dedicated their act to the beauty queen.  They paid her tribute by depicting her journey from a super model to a superstar and performed to some of her most iconic songs, recreating her signature moves. They ended their act by showering flowers on Ash and this clearly had the gorgeous actor blushing a beet root red.

     

    But the show wasn’t complete without the masters exhibiting their dancing skills! The three came up on stage and requested Ash to shake a leg with them to her popular dance number ‘Kajra re’. Ecstatic on seeing their dream girl dance LIVE in front of them, the contestants jumped at this opportunity and joined her on stage. 

     

    Both Ash and Irrfan were seen having a ball and did not shy away from showering praises on the talented contestants for the exceptional acts they put up! 

  • Amitabh Bachchan receives Padma Vibhushan amidst thunderous applause

    Amitabh Bachchan receives Padma Vibhushan amidst thunderous applause

    NEW DELHI: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan received the nation’s second highest honoour Padma Vibhushan from President Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of various dignitaries as well as his family.

     

    Due to illness, 92-year-old veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who was also one of the Padma Vibhushan awardees, could not attend the civil investiture ceremony held at the majestic Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

     

    The 72-year old Bachchan was cheered by actor son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, wife Jaya and daughter Shweta Nanda, her son Agastye and daughter Navya Naveli. Dressed in a black ‘bandhgala’ suit, Bachchan folded his hands in respect as he received the honour from the President to thunderous applause.

     

    Bachchan received the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Bhushan in 2001.

     

    Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Ministers, BJP patriarch L K Advani, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those who were present. 

     

    The Padma Bhushan awardees included 12-time national award winning film maker Jahnu Barua.

     

    The awards were presented in two batches, the first batch, having been presented on 30 March. 

     

    Those from the film and music industry who received the Padma Shri awards included music maestro Ravindra Jain, vocalist Tripti Mukherjee, founder of Shillong Chamber Choir Neil Herbert Nongkynrih, and South Indian film star Kota Srinivasa Rao.

     

    The Padma Shri recepients from the field of sports included Captain of Indian women cricket team Mithali Raj, Portuguese yoga grand master Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja, and Women hockey player Saba Anjum, were given Padma Shri awards.

     

  • Shah Rukh Khan receives Britain’s Global Diversity Award

    Shah Rukh Khan receives Britain’s Global Diversity Award

    MUMBAI: Adding to his list of honours, the king of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan was recently presented with the ‘Global Diversity Award’ at the State Room of Britain’s House of Commons in London. The award is given to an outstanding individual who has made a major contribution to Worldwide Diversity.

     

    The Award was presented by the 136th leader of the office of speaker Rt Hon John Bercow MP while Chair of the Home Affairs committee Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP conducted the ceremony. Other members of the Parliament from both houses, Commons and Lords were also present at the occasion.

     

    He was presented with the Award for his outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and his involvement in philanthropic endeavours.

     

    Khan tweeted on the occasion expressing his gratitude, “Now at the Houses of Parliament to receive the Global Diversity Award….humbled & grateful. Thank you.”

     

    The Baadshah’s Happy New Year co-star Boman Irani also congratulated him for the achievement. “Proud of you… so very proud, for being bestowed the Global Diversity Award,” Irani tweeted.

     

    Previous recipients of the award are Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, actress Aishwarya Rai, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton, Jackie Chan, music legend Dionne Warwick among others.

     

    Shah Rukh has previously been honoured with several international awards, including Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (France’s highest civilian award), Wissame Al Kafaa Al Fikria (Morocco’s highest honour), Malaysian title of ‘Datuk’ (akin to the British knighthood) and several others. He has also been entrusted with being the Brand Ambassador of INTERPOL’s ‘Turn Back Crime’ Campaign recently.

  • Zee Cafe to exclusively broadcast Miss World in India for the sixth year in a row

    Zee Cafe to exclusively broadcast Miss World in India for the sixth year in a row

    MUMBAI: The English general entertainment channel from the Zee stable, Zee Cafe will yet again showcase Miss World 2013 Live, as stunning women from across the globe fight it out at Indonesia for the esteemed title.

    Zee Cafe will exclusively telecast Miss World 2013 Live in India on 28 September in the early hours at 5:00 am with a repeat telecast at 7:30 pm on the same night. Miss World will additionally be simulcast on Zee Studio. India’s very own Miss India World Navneet Kaur Dhillon will by vying for the crown with the most beautiful women for the title of Miss World 2013.

    “I was a child, and when Aishwarya Rai won miss world – my father was watching that show on TV and he said when my daughter grows up she will become miss world. So after that whenever anyone asked me about what I wanted to be I always said ‘I want to become Miss World when I grow up!” said a very excited and nervous Navneet who will represent India at the pageant on Saturday.

    The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. The dazzling contestants from all across the globe compete for a month in a series of events including top model and beach fashion before the winner is crowned on the day of the grand finale. The winner spends a year travelling to represent the Miss World Organisation and its various causes. The Miss World Organisation owns and manages the annual Miss World Finals; a competition that has grown into one of the world’s biggest.

    Speaking on the occasion, Zee Network business head – niche channels Anurag Bedi said, “After the success of the Live and exclusive telecast of the recent Emmys we aim to further raise the bar by bringing the 63rd Miss World pageant to our viewers. Zee Cafe is proud to be associated with the legacy of Miss World which is one of the most prestigious pageants in the world – sixth consecutive year in a row. Miss World has always generated a huge amount of interest amongst Indian viewers and is one of the flagship events that they look forward to on our channel.”

  • Remake of Umrao Jaan on the cards

    Remake of Umrao Jaan on the cards

    MUMBAI: Muzzafar Ali, who had produced and directed the Rekha-starrer 1981 film Umrao Jaan, is planning to make a sequel.

    For the upcoming film, Ali and writer Javed Siddiqui want Rekha to play a cameo. At the end of the original, Umrao Jaan (Rekha) is seen coming back to her kotha without it being shown what is going to happen to her in the English regime.

    “Here we have a story in which we have Umrao Jaan as an older and more mature person. But we don‘t know if this would happen or not,” wondered Siddiqui.

    Umrao Jaan, based on the Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada, is based on the life of famous Lucknow courtesan.

    Rekha‘s performance as the central character in the film had won her the first National Award.

    In 2006, J P Dutta had come out with the remake of Umrao Jaan with Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan in the lead roles. However, the film failed miserably at the box office.

  • Time ranks Devdas 8th among 10 best films of millenium

    Time ranks Devdas 8th among 10 best films of millenium

    MUMBAI: Just as Sanjay Leela Bhansali is celebrating ten years of his 2002 film Devdas, the Time Magazine has ranked the film eighth among the ten greatest films of the millennium.

    With this, the Shah Rukh Khan- Madhuri Dixit-Aishwarya Rai starrer finds place among Hollywood biggies like WALL.E (2008), The Lord of the Rings (2001-03), Avatar( 2009), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), The White Ribbon (2009), The Hurt Locker (2009), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and The Artist (2011).

    The magazine has showered praises on Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit describing Khan as an “all-world charismatist” and Dixit, as “a hot number who had danced flamenco on men‘s libidos for a decade or so before appearing in this worldly-wise role” of a prostitute.
     
    “The piece is played with such commitment that the tritest plot twists seem worth believing – and dancing to, in nine nifty production numbers. But the fervid emotion is what makes the thing sing,” the magazine goes on to add.

    “Beyond that, Devdas is a visual ravishment, with sumptuous sets, fabulous frocks and beautiful people to fill them; it has a grandeur the old Hollywood moguls would have loved,” Time observes.

    “The news couldn‘t have come at a better time as Devdas completes 10 momentous years. It is a very proud and happy moment for me,” Bhansali says.

  • Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu to grace Cannes fest

    Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu to grace Cannes fest

    MUMBAI: As in the past, several luminiaries from Bollywood are scheduled to be present at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival to be held from 16 to 27 May. Among the notables would be the likes of Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu.

    Rai is most likely to grace the French film festival again this time. She has been attending the festival since 2002 as the global face of L‘Oreal.

    Rampal is expected to make an appearance at the Festival as the ambassador of liquor brand Chivas, the official partner of the event. He is likely to be accompanied by his designer friend Rohit Bal. The actor had recently expressed a desire of showcasing his upcoming film Heroine at the Festival.

    Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar and co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Bhandarkar, the film has Kareena Kapoor and Arjun in the lead roles. Randeep Hooda and Shahana Goswami will also be seen in pivotal roles.

    Incidentally, last year the makers had announced Heroine with Rai as the female lead, but she opted out of the film due to her pregnancy. The director then replaced her with Kareena Kapoor.

    Bipasha may also attend the festival to promote her debut international film Singularity based on the first Anglo-Maratha war of 18th century colonial India. Directed by Roland Joffe, Singularity has been lined up to be showcased at the Cannes film fest as part of a promotional drive.

    Incidentally, the actress had walked the red carpet in 2007 to promote her film Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal along with her co-star John Abraham.

  • Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan in Austrian Film Museuml

    Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan in Austrian Film Museuml

    MUMBAI: Mani Ratnam‘s Raavanan is now part of the permanent collection of the Austrian Film Museum that houses 25, 500 films.

    Director of the museum Alexander Horwath was trying to get a copy of the film ever since he saw it at the Venice Film Festival (VFF) last year, where Ratnam received the ‘Glory to the Filmmaker Award’. “It was a glorious evening and Raavanan was screened after the award ceremony,” Horwath reportedly said on the sidelines of the VFF.

    Starring Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and southern star Vikram, the bilingual was released in Hindi as Raavan while the Tamil version was called Raavanan.

    Howarth, however, regrets that of the total films in the library only 15 are from India. This includes three films of Satyajit Ray and Yash Raj Film’s Veer Zaara.

    The museum is also home to a library with more than 20,000 books and 200 magazine titles covering a broad range of film-related topics.

  • Le?la Bekhti is new face amongst L’Oréal Paris spokespersons

    Le?la Bekhti is new face amongst L’Oréal Paris spokespersons

    BANGALORE: French female actor Le?la Bekhti, who has just been named ‘Most Promising Actress’ at the Cesar awards 2011, today joined the family of L’Oréal Paris spokespersons.

    Le?la joins the L’Oréal Paris family as a Spokeswoman, joining Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor, Beyoncé Knowles, Rachel Weiz, Gwen Stefani, Frieda Pinto, Jane Fonda, Aimee Mullins, Jennifer Lopez, Ines de la Fressange, Laetitia Casta and Patrick Dempsey.

    “Le?la’s beauty is both captivating and moving. Her charisma and her strong personality make her the perfect L’Oréal Spokeswoman,” says L’Oréal Paris global brand president Cyril Chapuy.

    Bekhti began a career in cinema in front of the camera for Kim Shapiron in the movie ‘Sheitan’ in 2005, alongside Vincent Cassel. Her performance stood out, and she soon began to receive roles in a variety of movies.

    In 2005, she played the role of Le?la in the TV movie ‘Harkis’. In 2006, she was given the role of Zarka in the movie ‘Paris Je T’aime’.

    For her role in the film ‘Tout Ce Qui Brille‘. Bekhti was named ‘Most Promising Actress’ by the French cinema industry at the 2011 Cesar awards.