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At KIFF inauguration, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan dedicates 2021 to people of India

At KIFF inauguration, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan dedicates 2021 to people of India

Shah Rukh Khan on Friday described the people of the entire country as his extended family and said that after a pandemic affected year, 2021 has to be “dedicated to our extended family”. Attending the virtual inauguration of the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) from Mumbai, Khan said that he felt sorry for not being able to be present at the programme physically like its previous editions since 2011. “A family does not necessarily mean just sons and daughters and parents. I think it implies extended family people of the states the entire country. One must resolve to work…
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Happy birthday Farah Khan: Did you know Karan Johar rejected her marriage proposal due to a ‘technical problem’?

Happy birthday Farah Khan: Did you know Karan Johar rejected her marriage proposal due to a ‘technical problem’?

As Farah turns 56 on Saturday, here is a titbit about how she once asked Karan to marry him but he turned her down due to a ‘technical problem’. She is now married to Shirish Kunder and has three children - Diva, Anya and Czar - with him. Farah revealed that she once asked Karan to marry him but he rejected her proposal. “There was a technical problem,” he laughed, adding, “Television ka tower bhi chalna chahiye, so I said iss TV ko off hi kar do. That is why maine bol diya no (The television tower needs to work…
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Abandoned At Birth, Fire Claimed Baby’s Life At Maharashtra Hospital

Abandoned At Birth, Fire Claimed Baby’s Life At Maharashtra Hospital

Authorities know the names of the mothers of nine out of ten babies who perished in fire at a state-run hospital in Maharashtra's Bhandara district on early Saturday morning. One name is missing, as the child had been abandoned at birth. The new-born baby, a boy, had been found in the remote village of Kesalwada in Lakhanitehsil last week, a district official said. Discovery of an abandoned child also made headlines in local newspapers. When a fire broke out in the hospital in the early hours of Saturday, the staff succeeded in rescuing seven out of 17 babies from the…
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Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s space film to be revived, director says ‘it will be a tribute’

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s space film to be revived, director says ‘it will be a tribute’

Chanda Mama Door Ke, touted to be India’s first space film which was to star Sushant Singh Rajput, will be revived, confirmed director Sanjay Puran Singh. The film was announced in 2017 and had Sushant playing the role of an astronaut. However, Sushant left the project due to multiple delays in 2018. But now, Singh wishes to revive Chanda Mama Door Ke as a tribute to the late actor. “The film is not shelved. I hope I will be able to translate on screen what I have visualised in my head and put on paper. That said, I am not…
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Bollywood actor Kangana: I am being mentally, emotionally and physically tortured

Bollywood actor Kangana: I am being mentally, emotionally and physically tortured

Kangana Ranaut took to Twitter on Friday to share a video message where she spoke about the “torture” that she is being subjected to. “Why am I being mentally, emotionally and now physically tortured? I need answers from this nation… I stood for you it’s time you stand for me …Jai Hind,” she captioned the video. Clad in a white saree, Kangana addressed the audience in Hindi. She said, “Since the time I have started talking about the welfare of the nation, people have started torturing me. The way I am being exploited, the entire country is watching it. My…
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Bipasha Basu pens a note of gratitude for the birthday wishes; says ‘so grateful to everyone’

Bipasha Basu pens a note of gratitude for the birthday wishes; says ‘so grateful to everyone’

Bipasha Basu celebrated her birthday recently. The actress took to her social media handle to pen a warm note for everyone. Bipasha shared a few pictures from her special day. The actress turned 42 and we are in awe of the gorgeous beauty. Bipasha had a very intimate and low-key birthday celebration this year, pictures from which are making the rounds of the internet and we are missing handsome hunk, Karan Singh Grover, in the pics. Bipasha shared three pictures from her birthday celebration. She looked happy as she posed for the camera in a yellow salwar kameez. There were…
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Actor Shilpa Shirodkar gets COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Vaccinated and safe’

Actor Shilpa Shirodkar gets COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Vaccinated and safe’

Shilpa Shirodkar has revealed that she was vaccinated against COVID-19 in Dubai. She took to Instagram to post a photo of herself after the vaccination. The 47-year-old actor wrote with the photo, “Vaccinated and safe !! The new normal .. here i come 2021 ❤️ Thank you UAE 🇦🇪❤️.” Shilpa Shirodkar, who is the younger sister of actor and Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu’s wife Namrata Shirodkar, made her film debut with 1989’s Bhrashtachar and went on to star in films like Kishen Kanhaiya (1990), Trinetra (1991) and Hum (1991). She was nominated in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress…
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KGF star Yash turns 35: Happy birthday my bestie, says Radhika

KGF star Yash turns 35: Happy birthday my bestie, says Radhika

Yash is celebrating his 35th birthday today. His wife Radhika Pandit took to social media to wish the actor on his special day. Sharing an adorable photo, she wrote, “Sometimes I wonder, why you are so perfect for me.. then I realise its coz u let me have your share of cake too. Happy birthday my Bestie.” Besides Radhika, Yash’s colleagues and fans have flooded social media with birthday wishes. Actor Priyanka Upendra shared a collage of photos featuring Yash and wrote, “Happy birthday @TheNameIsYash. May all your dreams come true! God bless you and your lovely family!!” Actor Kartikeya…
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Irrfan Khan’s Birth Anniversary: Son Babil Recalls How Late Actor Never Believed In Celebrating Birthdays

Irrfan Khan’s Birth Anniversary: Son Babil Recalls How Late Actor Never Believed In Celebrating Birthdays

Late actor Irrfan Khan would have turned 54 on Thursday. Sharing a post about him, his elder son Babil talked about how the actor never believed in celebrating birthdays but this time, he could not forget his birthday even if he tried. Babil captioned his throwback video as, "You never identified with institutions such as contractual marriage and birthday celebrations. Perhaps, that is why I don't remember anyone's birthdays because you never remembered mine and never encouraged me to remember yours. It was just normal to us what seemed absurd from the outside, we celebrated everyday (bringing personal experiential authenticity…
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Celebrity couple Kim Kardashian, Kanye West’s six-year marriage to end, divorce on table: reports

Celebrity couple Kim Kardashian, Kanye West’s six-year marriage to end, divorce on table: reports

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s six-year marriage and an eight-year love story, is coming to an end. According to E! News, the reality TV star and her rapper husband have decided to go separate ways but Kim is yet to file for divorce. “It’s gotten to the point where they haven’t spent time together as a married couple in months. They’ve seen each other for the sake of the kids but have been living separately. Kim knows the marriage is over. She’s known for a while,” E! News quoted a source as saying. On being asked about why Kardashian hasn’t…
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