Archive for August 11th, 2011

3rd Test: Strauss, Cook consolidate on Day 2

England v India: 1st npower Test - Day One

Birmingham: Indian seamers bowled a good line and length in the first hour of second day’s play of the third Test at Birmingham as they did not offer any freebies to the English openers on Thursday.

India started the bowling with S Sreesanth and Praveen Kumar and both seemed a lot better than what they were in the last session on day one. Read more…

Rakhi Sawant competes with Hrithik Roshan! Connect with

09-rakhi-hrithik-090811

Rakhi Sawant and her publicity stunts have no limits. But this time her claims have upset Team Hrithik of the Just Dance show on Star Plus. The item girl reportedly lied about the ratings of her earlier reality show and claimed that she has got better TRP than superstar Hrithik Roshan. This has shocked the industry insiders and upset Hrithik Roshan’s show makers. Read more…

Saif and Kareena engagement and marriage date is official

Saif-and-Kareena

Bollywood star couple saifeena are ready to walk the aisle in the coming year 2012. On Feb. 14th, 2012 saif Ali khan will get formally engaged with Kareena Kapoor. If reports are to be believed, both will settle down into martial bliss in between oct- nov 2012. Read more…

Amitabh-Saif-Deepika movie in big trouble!

deepika-saif

The release of Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan could be delayed since netas from various states have serious reservations about the film

Politics and films are not friends, as we are seeing now. Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan is grabbing headlines every day and the plot is only getting thicker and murkier. Politicians in north India are milking the film’s controversial theme to suit their own agendas. News is just in that after Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh, the Punjab government has banned the screening of Aarakshan in the state. The ban will stay until the state screening committee previews the movie and submits its report. And now some ministers in the Maharashtra government are asking for a stay until a deeper examination is done. To make things even more messy, the entire scheduled caste-scheduled tribe lobby is up in arms about reported scenes and a part of the story line that talks about the minority communities. Filmmaker Jha is running from pillar to post trying to ensure that his film gets a proper release, but as of now things are not looking good for him at all. Those who have seen the Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Deepika Padukone starrer say that Aarakshan is focussed on the loopholes in the education system, with the reservation issue as just a small part of the larger scheme of things – the entire hullabaloo is uncalled for, they insist. A press release from the UP government states that the ban is, indeed, permanent. The authorities, headed by Chief Minister Mayawati, want some ‘objectionable’ content removed and will allow the screening only after those scenes have been deleted. The sudden involvement of politicians in the film also shows up the Censor Board in bad light, as they had cleared the production. We hear that politicians in other states are also trying to stop the film from being released. And the stars are going to town protesting all this politicking. We just hope that Ramgopal Varma doesn’t get inspired by this and make another film based on these ‘real incidents’.