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Images: Ranbir, Deepika get playful while promoting Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

May 22, 2013

The lead pair of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani was seen in another promotional event. Ranbir and Deepika were caught in a playful mood chatting, pulling each others' legs and hugging contestant winners. #Ranbir Kapoor #Bollywood #Deepika Padukone #ImagesOfTheDay #Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Since when did IPL spot-fixing become about casting couches and sex?

May 21, 2013

Sex has always been an essential ingredient of the IPL spectacle. Now it's being used to deflect attention from the big fish and damn the small ones. #Bollywood #BCCI #IPL #Shiv Sena #Delhi Police #Mumbai Police #Sharad Yadav #S Sreesanth #Ajit Chandila #Ankeet Chavan
The Great Gatsby rakes it in: Why Hollywood is going the Bollywood way

May 20, 2013

And considering how well The Great Gatsby, which was the opening film at Cannes Film Festival, has done both in cinematic and financial terms � $90 million in global earnings, and counting � Sanjay Leela Bhansali and gang better watch out. At this rate, Hollywood is going to beat Bollywood at its own game. #Bollywood #Hollywood #InMyOpinion #Cannes Film Festival #The Great Gatsby

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IPL and the great Indian timepass syndrome

Apr 15, 2012

#Bollywood #India #Indian Premier League #IPL 5 #IPL Expert
The eternal oomph of Helen: A Canadian drag queen's fan letter

Nov 19, 2011

She's not a great actress, not even a great dancer. But Helen is a real star. That's why a Canadian drag queen is shimmying into that amazing 'baithe hain kya' costume. #Bollywood #Inpraiseof #Helen #queer idol
Bitten by the Tamil movie bug

Jun 01, 2011

There must be at least some folks in the Hindi movie industry watching the goings on down South and taking note, as there have been more and more influences trickling upwards toward Mumbai. #Bollywood #Tamil Cinema

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Bollywood Mantra
Telugu star Mahesh Babu all set for Bollywood debut

2013-05-22 14:12:00

After Ram Charan Teja, Prithviraj and Dhanush another southern star is set to make Bollywood debut. Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu is all set to venture into Bollywood with ‘Go Goa Gone’ director duo Krishna DK-Raj Nidumoru's upcoming film. Mahesh Babu who #Bollywood #Dhanush (actor) #Saif Ali Khan
Gulfnews
Cannes mission: Indian film beyond Bollywood

2013-05-20 05:50:00

Cannes: Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns 100 this year, is more than just Bollywood. The largest Indian contingent to date is on the French Riviera at #Bollywood #Hollywood #India
Economic Times
Bollywood connection exposed; Dara Singh's son Vindoo arrested

2013-05-21 12:56:00

MUMBAI: The first connection between IPL spot-fixing operation and bollywood got established on Tuesday as Mumbai Police arrested film and TV actor Vindoo Dara Singh (49) for facilitating deals between bookies and cricketers in the spot-fixing. Vindoo wa #Bollywood #Mumbai #Chennai

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Why India is concerned about supplying arms to Afghanistan

From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures

Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.