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Ranveer-Sonakshi modeled on Dev Anand-Sadhana?
"Though in terms of their overall appearance, Ranveer and Sonakshi don't bear any similarity with Dev Anand and Sadhana, it is in terms of recreating the bygone era where some obvious inspirations have come into the picture," informs a source ...
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Dev Anand: The evergreen hero
The then Indian envoy in Aden visited my newspaper office and invited me to join a dinner he was hosting for famous Bollywood star Dev Anand. I readily accepted his invitation to be at his house overlooking the sea. I was excited to meet Dev Anand as I ...
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Devanand Konwar appointees pin hope on legal luminaries
GAYA: As the Supreme Court is scheduled to take up on Monday, the twin cases concerning the genuineness of appointment of vice chancellors and Pro-VCs made by former governor Devanand Konwar and demand for CBI inquiry into the appointments, the ...
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Tribute to a century of Bollywood: Part six 1964-1973
By his own reckoning, Dev Anand was a star on the day he died in 2011; but that may have been because his greatest talent was self-deception. In the glory days however, between the 1950s and the 1970s, he was one of the great stars. The Dev Anand hero ...
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Indian cinema@100: 8 things you didn't know about Guide
Author R K Narayan hated the film adaptation of his acclaimed novel, but Guide (1965) is widely considered a masterpiece of Indian cinema and among the best work of its stars Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman. S D Burman gave Bollywood some it's most ...
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Small screen is ready to take a historic leap
Well-known TV stars Rajshree Thakur of Saath Phere-Saloni Ka Safar and Shakti Anand also play pivotal roles. Buzz is rife that Star Plus will replace Masterchef-Kitchen Ke Superstar with Siddharth ... This leap of faith that TV producers and ...
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Silver strokes
Burmanda also quietly made him the voice of the reigning romantic star, Dev Anand. Kishore was classically untrained but his tonal strength was impeccable. He did sing a few semi-classical numbers which topped the charts beating the same numbers sung ...
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Magadh University principals seek posting, submit memo to chancellor
Sudhir Srivastava, the then special secretary to former governor Devanand Konwar, had communicated to MU VC on May 29, 2012, that the chancellor had ordered to start the process of appointment of principals through a selection committee as per the ...
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10 Bollywood Classics That Have Been Remade
This 1980 movie was a phenomenal hit, much for its storyline as for its memorable soundtrack – directed by Subhash Ghai and starring Rishi Kapoor, Tina Munim and Simi Garewal. Revenge stories have always been a hit in Bollywood. However, when you ...
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Back in barrack 12: Top 12 facts from Sanjay Dutt's life
After Tina Munim left him for his drug habits, he got married thrice. First he married budding actress Richa Sharma in 1997. His daughter Trishala was born from the union, but their happiness was short-lived as Richa succumbed to brain tumour in 1996.
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Dev Anand: The evergreen hero
First the very attractive Zeenat Aman then Tina Munim and Parveen Babi contributed to his lasting popularity despite his advancing age. Observers always believed that his acting chemistry with Rakhi, Hema Malini and others kind of appealed to the ...
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'The industry is more disciplined now'
Amol cherishes the experience of working with his leading ladies such as Zarina Wahab, Tina Munim, Smita Patil, Deepti Naval to name a few. “Several pairs on screen these days recreate the kind of on screen chemistry I shared with my co-stars. But to ...
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Shah Mehmood Qureshi calls on Pir Pagara
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi met Pakistan Muslim League-Functional's (PML-F) Chief Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi, also known as Pir Pagara, here at Raja house on Monday, Geo News reported.
Pagara to support Qureshi in NA-230, NA-229 revote The Nation
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Re-polling in NA-250, Shah Mehmood Qureshi pays tribute to voters
Re-polling in NA-250, Shah Mehmood Qureshi pays tribute to voters. Share. Comments 0. By Reuters. Posted on: 7:09 pm | May 19, 2013. One week after a violence-plagued national election, some Pakistan districts are finally getting their chance to vote.
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Mehmood PTI's parliamentary leader in PA
PTI Punjab President Ijaz Chaudhry, addressing a press conference after party's parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday along with party leaders, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Shafqat Mehmood and Mian Aslam Iqbal announced that Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed has ...
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Political Rivalry: 'Hard task ahead for PML-N'
Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood, who has resigned as Punjab governor, said on Saturday the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's government-to-be had a hard task ahead of it. Speaking to the media at former tehsil nazim Dr Talat Saleem Bajwa's residence here ...
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Holding of free, fair elections govt's top priority: Mehmood
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood on Thursday said that holding of fair and impartial general elections is the top priority of caretaker government and all the resources are being used in this regard, Geo News reported. According to ...
All measures for peaceful polls completed: Habib PakistanToday.com.pk
Measures completed for peaceful polls: Habib Pakistan Observer
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Akram Sahi, Zafar Mehmood shown the door
LAHORE: The eleven units of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) in an emergent meeting here on Saturday elected national federation's new president and secretary general replacing Major General (r) Mohammad Akram Sahi and Zafar Mehmood ...
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Governor Punjab announces resignation
LAHORE: Governor Punjab Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood announced his resignation on Monday, two days after the general elections, during a media briefing. “I am satisfied with my performance as the governor of Punjab,” Mehmood said while answering ...
Punjab governor resigns after PPP's defeat in polls Pakistan Daily Times
Governor Punjab resigns The Nation
Punjab governor quits on 'moral grounds'Admits PPP's defeat The News International
Punjab governor resigns after PPP's defeat Khaleej Times
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Mehmood Arshad appointed as chairman FPCCI standing committee
Friday, May 03, 2013 - Islamabad—President FPCCI Mr. Zubair Ahmed Malik has reappointed Mr. Mehmood Arshad, as the Chairman of FPCCI Standing Committee on 'Islamic Banking & Takaful' for the year 2013, in view of his services as Chairman of the ...
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Balraj Sahni gave the last lines in 'Garm Hava': M S Sathyu
'Garm Hava' also starred Shaukat Azmi, Geeta Siddharth, A K Hangal and Jalal Agha as supporting cast. Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi adapted the screenplay from a short story by Ismat Chughtai. It also marked the debut of Farooq Sheikh. The story deals ...
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As Pakistan goes to polls: Take a peek at some major NA constituencies
In 2002, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed won as an independent candidate from NA-55 with PPP's Agha Riazul Islam coming in second. Hailing from Rawalpindi and enjoying considerable clout in the city, Sheikh Rasheed ..... NA-272 spans across Balochistan's ...
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'A really serious playwright'
Late last year, after spending six months on numerous drafts and rewrites, Girish Karnad's new play in Kannada, Benda Kalu on Toast, was ready. The title is a reference to the founding myth of Bangalore, in which an 11th century king was saved by an ...
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Culture ministry refuses to meddle with NSD chief selection row
NEW DELHI: Culture ministry has refused to intervene in the appointment of director of National School of Drama (NSD) on the ground that it does not want to break the authority of the search-cum-selection committee headed by eminent author- playwright ...
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Karnad meets chief minister
Jnanapith awardee Girish Karnad met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the latter's residence on Wednesday and held discussion for nearly half-an-hour. Karnad had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah on Monday. The author said he only ...
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Radhika's Sweety audio to hit stands soon
Girish Karnad, Ramya Krishna, Jai Jagadish, Sadhu Kokila, Rekha Das and others are in the cast. Radhika is returning to acting after six years. She took a long-break after marrying politician HD Kumaraswamy secretly in 2006. Interestingly, her last ...
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Karnataka - An outsourced Congress government?
UR Ananthamurthy, Girish Karnad and a highly respected freedom fighter H S Doreswamy had even publicly demanded that the 'tainted' Congress leaders should be kept out to send out a strong message against corruption. Of 28 ministers in the Cabinet ...
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The bastion for filmdom's best
Girish Karnad, an upright man, was considered a tad too inflexible, while actor Mohan Agashe incited such a fierce protest that one of the faculty members had to be rushed to hospital after heart seizure. Graduates from the Pune Film Institute based in ...
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Mean motives
These scenes are a rehash of Girish Karnad play “Tughlaq”. Some of the dialogues appear to be quotes from the original play. One more villain of humanity is British Imperialism. Bhagat Singh is shown in a torture chamber undergoing the worst kind of ...
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Karnataka Ministry expansion Saturday
Others he met included well-known writers such as U.R. Anantha Murthy, Girish Karnad and Chandrashekar Kambar, all Jnanpith Award winners. Soon after taking oath, Siddaramaiah had told reporters here that his ministry would have people with "clean ...
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Cannes 2013: Weekend of a Champion – first look review
The movie has some real archival value and the simple juxtaposition of Polanski and Stewart – the oddest couple in Cannes, surely – has a surreal impact. ... It's a very different proposition to, say, Asif Kapadia's movie about Ayrton Senna: this is a ...
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Cannes Film Review: 'Monsoon Shootout'
Corruption is a clearly recurring theme, as Adi's decision whether or not to pull the trigger ultimately has no impact on the collusion among police, politicians, businessmen and gangsters; Adi's proud claim that, for a cop, “the truth is simple” takes ...
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The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody
... to a world of relatively full employment, of moderately compensated executives, of reasonable home ownership. The reason is simple: the post-American Third Industrial Revolution. ... Writing in Smart Money, a stepchild of the Wall Street Journal ...
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Cannes Dairy Day 5: Monsoon in the French Riviera
Director Amit Kumar, lead actors Vijay Verma, the omnipresent Nawazuddin Siddiqui and a radiant Tannishtha Chatterjee, along with producers Guneet Monga, Asif Kapadia beamed at the rapturous 10-minute applause they won at the final fadeout. Anoushka ...
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FRAMING MOVIES Take Seven: Dil Chahta Hai
The story was simple, yet fresh – three friends (Akash, Sameer and Sid), each one very different in their personality and showed the transition of their lives post-university and the differing impact that has on their relationships and friendship. Dil ...
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What I Saw: Inside a Chip Kelly Practice With the Eagles
The exercise is simple: 10 yards of a specific movement (knee lifts, lunges, etc.) and then a 10-yard run. Tony Horton of P-90X fame would feel right at home during this portion of practice. 10:45 a.m.: The players break up by position. Wide receivers ...
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Lensman of the stars, Jagdish Mali no more
Among the many celebrities Mali has photographed include Rekha, Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Dimple Kapadia and others. He had also worked on ... At such times opening a simple door latch can be a challenge. This may happen once in ...
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Ekal Vidyalaya Gala Raises Funds to Support 900 Schools in India
The usually media shy person Kokilaben requested the audience to visit at least one school in their lifetime and experience the simple yet tough life of villagers. The life is filled with hardships due to ... The hard work and effort put in by all the ...
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Pak officials visit Jaipur central jail
The team was headed by senior Pak diplomat Abrar Hussain Azmi who was accompanied by a senior official from Union home ministry, Birbal. Sources said the visit came in the wake of the attack on Pakistan prisoner Sanaullah Ranajay in Jammu jail.
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Firemen still battling Coca Cola yard blaze
"Eighteen fire fighter tenders were pressed into the service to control the blaze. By the Wednesday morning it was controlled but six fire tenders and 40 firemen were trying to douse it completely even after 22 hours of the incident," fire officer ...
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Learnt not to disagree
After a month, the emperor, once again accompanied by Birbal looked at the vegetables in the vendor's shop and quizzed, “the cute looking brinjals make a tasty vegetable.” “Aalam Panah! It is indeed so.” replied Birbal. “But last time you said, the ...
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Paresh Ganatra the prankster of Chidiyaghar
Chidiya Ghar current track will see everyone recreating the magic of Mughal era through the story of Akbar and Birbal. Babuji is playing Akbar's character, Gomukh is playing Birbal, Mayuri is playing Anarkali and Ghotak is playing clever Barber & Koyal ...
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अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक और मजेदार किस्से : ईश्वर अच्छा ही करता है
अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक और मजेदार किस्से : ईश्वर अच्छा ही करता है (akbar birbal stories in hindi). अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक और मजेदार किस्से : ईश्वर अच्छा ही करता है. Webdunia. पिछला|अगला ...
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अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक किस्से : अब तो आन पड़ी है
अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक किस्से : अब तो आन पड़ी है (Akbar-Birbal Stories). अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक किस्से : अब तो आन पड़ी है. अकबर-बीरबल के मजेदार किस्से. Webdunia. पिछला|अगला. FILE. बादशाह अकबर को मजाक करने की आदत ...
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अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक और मजेदार किस्से : कल, आज और कल
अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक और मजेदार किस्से : कल, आज और कल (Akbar - Birbal Story). अकबर-बीरबल के रोचक और मजेदार किस्से : कल, आज और कल. Webdunia. पिछला|अगला. FILE. एक दिन बादशाह अकबर ने ऐलान किया कि जो भी मेरे ...
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Woman raped by jail staff in Sheikhpura jail
She also said that a jail inmate, Birbal alias Biru who protested the rape incident, was later locked up in a cell for two days. Following her statement to the court, Sheikhpura SP Meenu Kumari and SDPO Santosh Kumar extensively examined the victim for ...
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