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SRK to work with south director

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Grapevine has it that the Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan will play the lead role in the Hindi remake of 'Kanchana'. It is also said that choreographer-director-actor Lawrence, a popular face in the south who directed the original, will be directing the remake as well. If all goes well, Lawrence will be directing the King Khan in his B-town debut! It can't get bigger for this multi-faceted film personality from the south. It was earlier said that Lawrence will be directing this film in Hindi with Salman Khan as the hero, but it now looks like his arch rival SRK will be seen in the lead. However as rumour mills had earlier, Sanjay Dutt will be seen in the role of 'Kanchana' itself, a role reprised by Sarath Kumar in the original. 'Kanchana' is a horror flick in Tamil which made waves due to the script which had a good dosage of comic elements and had a reach with audience of all age groups. The film had a strong social message intertwined wi

Remembering the brave 26/11 saviours!

Top 5 People Who Deserve Bharat Ratna

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Wikipedia describes Bharat Ratna as "the Republic of India's highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service" which includes "artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order." Bharat Ratna literally translates to 'gem of India' which means a person who is a prized possession of the nation. A true Bharat Ratna is a person that has brought laurels that are irreplaceable or offered services that helped in the betterment of the entire country. The Bharat Ratna awardees of the past have surely been worthy recipients but there are some people that have gone unnoticed despite having some mighty impressive work behind them. This list showcases some such personalities that are, indeed, the greatest assets of our country and deserve to win the Bharat Ratna. 5. Azim Premzi According to Bill Gates, "If anyone personifies India's economic transformation,

Strange places people have sex!!

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A survey on the sex life of 500 people has revealed more than just a handful of interesting information. In the survey 46 per cent admitted to having fooled around in the back of a cab, while 9 per cent said they have done it in a public bathroom, 31 per cent said "in the car" and 18 per cent said "in the park". "We walked directly into a restaurant's bathroom, had sex, then left. We didn't even order drinks," the New York Post quoted a Brooklyn woman, 29, single, as stating. It also revealed that 43 per cent say they've totally gotten it on with more than one person at a time. They enjoyed it, too. 55 per cent said group sex is, in fact, "all it's cracked up to be". "I took a sexy girl out to dinner, took her home, had sex with her. I returned to the restaurant, picked up our waitress and had sex with her the same night," a Manhattan male, 52, single, revealed.

Outrage over Kalam's frisking, US says sorry!

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The United States' government has formally apologised to former president APJ Abdul Kalam for the humiliation he had to undergo when security officials frisked him at New York's JFK airport on September 29. The apology came on Sunday, the day Hindustan Times broke the story on Kalam being frisked at JFK airport and his jacket and shoes being taken for a check after he had boarded a flight. The US embassy here said in a statement that it had "utmost respect" for the 80- year-old former President and "deeply regretted the inconvenience that resulted for him". Security officials at the JFK airport had forced the crew of an Air India plane to reopen the door as they wanted to frisk Kalam [ http:// www.hindustantimes.com/ India-news/NewDelhi/Kalam- frisked-twice-once-inside- aircraft-in-US/ Article1-768415.aspx ] a second time after he had been screened once. Despite protests from the airline crew that he was India's

Khan Almighty: Shahrukh Conquers Cover of LA Times Calender

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He is revered as the ‘King of Bollywood’ back in India, and after two high-profile forays onto the international scene–”My Name is Khan” (2010) and “Ra.One” (2011)–the force known as Shahrukh Khan is unstoppable. It’s not often that an Indian actor appears on the cover of any American media outlet, save for Freida Pinto, whose “Slumdog Millionaire” would hardly count as a Bollywood production. Hence we did a near double-take when a suited up Khan gazed out of the front page of the “LA Times” calendar section, flashing his wedding ring, no less. The paper’s Nov. 4 edition has a feature outlining Khan’s success and appeal, dating back to his humble beginnings in New Delhi before catching a break in Mumbai in 1991. Khan told the LA Times: “I was driving down a small lane in India recently, and I remembered that 20 years ago I was driving down the same lane, and I had maybe 10 or 20 dollars in my pocket. I couldn’t believe all that had happened to me. I feel lucky and even guilty to h

Shah Rukh Khan & Sharmila to inaugurate 17th Kolkata film fest

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IANS Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and yesteryear's actress Sharmila Tagore will inaugurate the 17th Kolkata Film Festival (KFF) starting Nov 10, the organiser's said. Veteran actress Supriya Devi will be the guest of honour at the inaugural. Bengali movie star Koel Mullick will be the thali girl for the opening, her father and KFF chairperson actor Ranjit Mullick said here. "The opening film will be 'The Magican' by Holland's Joram Lursen," he added. There are many firsts attached to 17th KFF - for the first time, the eight-day fest, concluding Nov 17, would have a competitive section, a big dash of Bollywood glamour, screenings at a multiplex and inaugural event at the Netaji indoor stadium instead of the Nandan Film Complex, which has been the nerve centre of the event since its inception in 1995. It would also be the first time that former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the moving force behind

Anna breaks silence, to regain power for Lokpal Bill fight

IANS NEW DELHI, Breaking his 19- day vow of silence at Rajghat Friday morning, anti- corruption activist Anna Hazare said his 'maun vrat' was not was not against any individual or political party but to regain power to fight for a strong Lokpal bill and against corruption. He is likely to attend a meeting of the standing committee on the Lokpal bill Friday, his aides say. "I visited the Gandhi's memorial today (Friday) morning and broke the maun vrat, which I observed since Oct 16. The vow of silence was not against any individual or any political party, but to regain energy," Hazare told reporters here. The anti- corruption crusader said "Bharat Mata ki jai" after paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat. "After the 12-day fast in Ramlila Maidan, my body became weak. I lost 7 kg of weight so I had to observe maun vrat. Now after the vow of silence my body is back to normal, I regained the p

How much you know about Sex

Sex; it’s one of the most thought about subjects, but how much do we really know? Our knowledge of sex is often confused by rumours, misconceptions and outright lies. So, dust off your magnifying glass, pull out your probes and apply your long, investigative, latex gloves – it’s myth busting time:A woman can’t get pregnant when it’s her first time The notion that a woman cannot get pregnant the first time she has sex is still a commonly held belief. In Turkey 25 per cent of young people thought this was true. However, the truth of the matter is that without reliable contraception, pregnancy is possible, whether it is the woman’s first time or her fiftieth time. Read more: Surprising sex statistics you must know Teach your man to love Know your couple type Make your love work I can’t darling, I’ve got a headache Have you ever used the old headache excuse, or been denied some loving action because of one? Well, we have a cure for her sore head because sex has medicinal properties. When w