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  • Deepti Naval documentary on Balraj Sahni hits roadblock

    Films about Indian cinema's legendary personalities are still a rarity. And one of those rare attempts is being made by Deepti Naval - she is keenly interested in making a non-fictional film on the life and times of that amazingly naturalistic actor Balraj Sahni, but facing certain problems. Deepti, who is aesthetically motivated by Balraj Sahni's effortless performances, has been researching ...

  • Sana Khan not required for current schedule of Mental

    Actress Sana Khan is reportedly in hiding after getting embroiled in a controversy surrounding an alleged kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl, but her absence won't affect the shooting of Salman Khan starrer "Mental". Sohail Khan, who is producing-directing "Mental", said: "I read about Sana just as you did. I am clueless about what's happened to her. But I am not required to shoot with her for a ...

  • Mahi Racings Sofuoglu to start second at Donington Park

    Mahi Racing Team lead rider and reigning world champion Kenan Sofuoglu will start the fifth leg of the World Supersport championship in second position at Donington Park, England Sunday. The Turkish rider, who preferred to stay on the track for less time on Friday owing to wet conditions, managed to get 39 laps under his belt on Saturday with the best lap timing of 1'30.733. Leader from the ...

  • Meghalaya rebel group now has womens armed wing

    The breakaway faction of the A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B), a rebel outfit in Meghalaya, has raised a women's militant wing to fight crime against women. "We are Garo women joining the ANVC (B) to be safe. Many women are raped outside, but the ANVC (B) is safe for women and we are trained to defend ourselves from men," said Silan Ginchi Marak, the women's military wing chief of ...

  • Major Naxal attacks in the past

    In yet another attack by Maoists in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's southern Bastar region, a Congress party convoy was ambushed in Sukma district around 5.15 p.m. Saturday. The convoy, returning from the party's Parivartan Yatra (transformation rally), was waylaid near Darbha forest in Jagdalpur, about 340 km south of state capital Raipur. At least 16 people were killed and 25 others were ...

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Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres) [DVD]

Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres) [DVD]

Disparaged by French critics during in its initial run in 1969, Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows (L'Arme des ombres) has enjoyed a critical re-evaluation in recent years, culminating in a restoration of the original negative and its first theatrical release in t ... ...

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  • Arshad off to Goa for Mr Joe B Carvalho

    What is actor Arshad Warsi excited about? Shooting last schedule of his upcoming movie "Mr Joe B Carvalho" in Goa. He loves the city so much that he won't mind shooting in the heat. "Good morning, off to Goa for the last schedule of 'Mr Joe B Carvaloh'. Love Goa so will deal with the heat," Arshad posted on Twitter. To be "Mr Joe B Carvalho" will see the 45-year-old playing a detective and ...

  • Maoist strike an attack on democracy Rahul Gandhi

    Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday said the Maoist attack on the Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh was an attack on democracy. "The attack on Congress party workers is an attack on democracy and the idea of our country," Gandhi told reporters here. Responding to a question on the imposition of President's Rule in the state, the Gandhi family scion said: "It is not time to do politics ...

  • Those waging war against extremism must be protected Congress

    The Congress party Sunday said it is incumbent upon the state governments to ensure that those who wage political battle against the Left-wing extremism are well protected. "Violence needs to be dealt with a combination of hard power and soft power. But it is also incumbent upon the state government to see that all those who wage political battle against the Left-wing extremism or such ...

  • Shukla has multiple bullet injuries Doctors

    The 84-year-old Congress leader V.C. Shukla, critically injured after Maoists ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, has received multiple bullet injuries, doctors treating him at a Gurgaon hospital said Sunday. "Shukla was flown with gun shot injuries in an air ambulance around 8.15 today (Sunday) morning to Delhi. He has multiple bullet injuries and he remains ...

  • PM Sonia meet victims of Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Sunday met victims of the Chhattisgarh Maoist attack, which left at least 16 dead, including two senior Congress leaders, and 25 people injured. Both the prime minister and the Congress cheif visited the hospital in Raipur where the injured have been admitted, and interacted with members of victims' families. "This is a black day ...

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