Award-winning filmmaker Aparna Sen is contemplating a sequel to her highly acclaimed "Mr. & Mrs. Iyer" with Konkona Sen Sharma and Rahul Bose reprising their roles from the 2002 movie. At the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF), where her Bengali comedy "Goynar Baksho" (Jewel Box) was screened Tuesday night, Sen sat down for a
In the run-up to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's penultimate Test match before bhis retirement at the Eden Gardens here, as many as 20 hoardings displaying praises showered on him by cricketing legends will go up in the city, an official said Friday. The list includes former South African batsman Barry Richards, West Indies skipper
Sunil Gavaskar feels that the way Virat Kohli is batting, he can go on to break Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI hundreds. "Records are meant to be broken. While we know that some of Tendulkar's records are impossible to get to – like 200 Tests or 51 Test hundreds. But the manner in
Actor Arjun Rampal, who has played various roles on the silver screen, will don the 'chocolate hero' avatar for a new campaign by chocolate brand Mars Inc. "I believe in partnering with brands that I use and appreciate. Mars Inc. is a reputed international chocolate manufacturer that makes and sells my favourite chocolates. This
Telecom service provider Vodafone India has slashed mobile internet price by 80 percent for both pre-paid and post-paid customers using second generation (2G) connection across the country for all its circles, effective Nov 1, a company statement said here Thursday. “This 80 percent reduction in mobile internet charges for customers using 2G is
A state-of-the-art Amul Dairy costing Rs.1.8 billion that can process one million litres of milk and produce ice-cream and fermented products was thrown open at Virar here Thursday. It can double its capacity in the near future, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said after inaugurating the facility. The dairy, to serve Mumbai and its
Diesel price will go up by 50 paise a litre, excluding taxes, from Thursday midnight, while petrol will become cheaper by Rs.1.15 a litre, the government-run oil marketing firm Indian Oil Corporation said. This is the second cut in petrol prices in a month. Petrol price was lowered by Rs.3.05 a litre Oct 1
Director Ashiq Abu and popular actress Rima Kallingal got married Friday sans any 'filmy glamour' here. The two had a registered marriage attended by close relatives and a few colleagues. "I have never mixed my professional life with my personal life and it would be the same," the actress told reporters after signing the
The much-awaited superhero film "Krrish 3" that released Friday started on a heroic note all over the country and is expected to perform great in coming days too, say experts. "Krrish 3" is equipped with a spectacular range of special effects and extravagant action sequences. Actor Hrithik Roshan returns as the superhero with the
Indian actress Tillotama Shome's performance as a girl who is raised as a boy in "Qissa" Thursday won her the best actress title in the New Horizons Competition of the seventh Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF). She shares the title with Norwegian actress Julia Wildschutt. The Bengali actress was here for the film's