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  • After turmoil Advani and RSS chief meet

    BJP leader L.K. Advani and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat met here Thursday for the first time after Advani revolted following Narendra Modi's elevation as the party's face in the Lok Sabha polls. A day after their meeting got axed as Advani reported ill, the former deputy prime minister went to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) office here and spent an hour with Bhagwat. Officially, no details ...

  • I understand filmdom economics very well Girish Kumar

    He is the son of producer Kumar Taurani and his legacy makes him familiar with the modalities of making movies, but Girish Kumar, who is debuting with Prabhudheva directed "Ramaiya Vastavaiya", says he just focused on the acting part for his first film. "I am not involved with the production of the film because Prabhu did not want me to be part of that. He wanted me to enjoy acting and focus on ...

  • Erratic weather to hit second flush Assam tea

    Erratic rainfall and extremely high temperature are feared to affect production of the second flush Assam tea crop, while production of Darjeeling tea is expected to witness about 10 percent rise this year despite more rainfall. Tea is generally harvested in a "first flush" and a "second flush." The first flush is picked during late March. The second flush, harvested towards May end, is ...

  • In Panjab University forgo car for hostel

    Fancy the luxury of a hostel room on the Punjab University (PU) campus here? Well, you'll have to forgo another luxury for that - your car! With vehicular population and the resultant chaos, especially for parking, increasing on the beautiful and sprawling 550-acre PU campus, authorities are seriously contemplating guidelines under which hostelers would have to kiss their cars goodbye. The ...

  • Indian Ocean members gets chained for a cause

    Members of Indie-pop band Indian Ocean have shot an advertisement to oppose abuse of animals in circuses. Band members Rahul Ram, Tuheen Chakravarty, Amit Kilam, Himanshu Joshi and Susmit Sen, who has now quit the band, are seen chained with heavy metal chains in the latest People for the Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) advertisement. "We are performers and enjoy entertaining our fans, but ...

Movie Review

Cape Fear (1991) [DVD]

Cape Fear (1991) [DVD]

The character of Sam Bowden as played by Nick Nolte in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear is a far different man than the one played by Gregory Peck in J. Lee Thompson's 1962 original. As played by Peck, Sam Bowden was a pillar of dignity, honesty, and rationality, a good-hearted Southern attorney and family man forced to unleash his inner animal when his family is threatened by an unst ... ...

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  • Esha Kansara keen on doing dance show

    Television actress Esha Kansara, currently seen in "Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi - Meri Bhabhi", says dance is her first love and she is eager to participate in a dance-based show. "I am looking to do a dance reality show. Dance is my first love. If I had not been an actor, then I would have been a dancer. I want to do a dance in a daily show or in a reality show. I really want to dance a ...

  • Omar dispels reports of threats to Amarnath Yatra

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday dispelled the press reports about a heightened security threat to the pilgrims joining the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra. Reacting to newspaper reports here quoting army and intelligence agency sources that militants plan to target this year's Amarnath Yatra beginning June 28, the chief minister tweeted: "Talk about confusion within ...

  • Viacom18 to co-produce Mary Kom biopic and Gabbar

    Viacom18 Motion Pictures has joined hands with Sanjay Leela Bhansali Productions to co-produce Akshay Kumar-starrer "Gabbar" and the much-talked about biopic on Olympic bronze medalist Mary Kom, starring Priyanka Chopra. "Gabbar", to be directed by Krish of "Vedam" and "Gam Yam" fame, is a remake of Tamil blockbuster "Ramana", while the Mary Kom Biopic is helmed by Omung Kumar. "We are proud ...

  • Farhan compliments Fukrey team via email

    Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's small-budget production "Fukrey" has been well-received at the box office. Ali Fazal, one of the actors in the film, says Farhan took the email route to compliment the whole team on the movie's success. "Farhan sent such a nice and long email to the entire team. He wished all of us. He has been with us through the whole process. It was really sweet and warm," ...

  • Kedarnath shrine safe everything else destroyed official

    The ancient Kedarnath shrine has survived the devastating floods in Uttarakhand but virtually everything around it has been destroyed, an official of the temple committee said Thursday. "Call it a miracle but the Nandi statue and the other idols in the temple are intact," the official told IANS. "In fact, those pilgrims who were in the temple during the tragedy also survived. "But the ...

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