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A National Award Named After Sushant Singh Rajput?
Is the Indian Government planning to instate an award in the late Sushant Singh Rajput’s name? Sources say,plans are afoot for the late and much-missed actor’s name to be permanently inscribed into the National awards. A highly-placed source in the government informs, “Yes, they are planning to instate a National film award named after Sushant Singh Rajput . The proposal has been put forth. But then as we all know bureaucracy and politics are slow movers. It’s taking time to push the idea forward.But we will get there, I am sure.” It is to be noted | Click Here...
Boney Kapoor Thrilled With National Award For Malayalam Helen
The Malayalam film Helen helmed by Mathukutty Xavier, bagged the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Feature.And producer Boney Kapoor cannot stop preening.Xavier will now be helming the Hindi version of Helen with Janhvi Kapoor in the lead. Says Boney, “When I saw Xavier’s Helen I couldn’t believe he was a first-time director. Xavier has won the National award for best directorial debut for Helen.He deserves it.” Xavier is now directing the Hindi remake of Helen with Janhvi Kapoor in the lead. Says the proud and nervous father. “I | Click Here...
The cheering news comes at the right time: Manoj Bajpayee on winning National Award
If there is one National award this year about which there can be no dispute or sniggers, it is Manoj Bajpayee for his sterling performance as an upright retired Maharashtrian havaladar who stands up to cultural bullying in his chawl when a Bihari migrant girl and her brother are threatened. Playing the retired cop Ganpath Bhonsle Bajpai, in another sterling performance, takes on the role of an unlikely hero, as he protects a young Bihari girl and her kid-brother from the wrath and disdain of a political henchman who want to use the ‘Marathi Manoos’ card to send all migrant labou | Click Here...
Ajay Devgan Sir Deserves Another National Award For Maidaan: Amit Sharma
Badhaai Ho director Amit Sharma started shooting on February 14 for a long outdoor schedule of his biopic Maidaan which stars Ajay Devgan as the legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim. Sharing information on the lengthy schedule, Amit says, “We go right up till the end of April with this schedule. We’re shooting all the major football matches with real football players.We will take very short breaks in-between keeping in mind minor injuries that may happen during shooting.” Shooting with real footballers is not a problem. Finding them was. “I had to look for footbal | Click Here...
Bala teaser out: Ayushmann Khurrana once again in a never seen before avatar
Ayushmann Khurrana is without any doubt on a roll at the movies. 2018 has been a game-changing year for the actor, with movies like 'Andhadhun' and 'Badhaai Ho'. He was recently awarded the National Award as well, for his exceptional performance in Andhadhun. After these two exceptional movies, he is now coming up with 'Dream Girl', where he very smoothly manages to get into the skin of a female character as he plays 'Pooja'. And just when things seemed to be enough, comes the teaser of Bala, which is another anticipated movie of his. Bala deals with the subject of loss of hair and t | Click Here...
Ayushmann Khurrana starrer ‘Dream Girl’ trailer trends at number one for more than 3 days in a row
Since the trailer of Dream Girl was released, it has been the talk of the town and how! In a never before seen scenario, the trailer has been trending at number one on YouTube for over 3 days straight, and for all the right reasons. It has been watched over 20 million times. The trailer gives us a glimpse into the premise of the movie, where Ayushmann Khurrana is seen breaking gender stereotypes, donning sarees and pretending to be a girl called 'Pooja' who works at a call centre. Ayushmann Khurrana has been making headlines all year for his stellar performance in 'Article 15' | Click Here...
Vicky Kaushal was the first person to call me after the National Award declaration: Ayushmann Khurrana
There's absolutely no doubt about the fact that both Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal are prolific actors who have made their presence felt last year. While Ayushmann tasted the flavour of success with movies like 'Andhadhun' and 'Badhaai Ho', Vicky earned his bit of stardom with movies like 'Sanju' and 'Uri: The Surgical Strike'. But little did both actors know that they would be winning a National Award each at such an early stage in their life. While Ayushmann earned it for his role in 'Andhadhun', Vicky earned the same for 'Uri: The Surgical Strike'. So what could have possibly been | Click Here...
This is what Akshay Kumar has to say regarding Padman winning a National Award
Akshay Kumar is currently in the scheme of things for his next film, 'Mission Mangal'. The superstar has been there for more than 25 years in the film industry and yet is charged up and motivated enough to do 3-4 films in a year. His next is currently 'Mission Mangal' that's releasing on 15th August, and it is about ISRO's successful mission to Mars. However Akshay Kumar's 'Padman' is suddenly doing the rounds in the news too for winning the National Award. Regarding the same, Akshay Kumar reacted and was quoted as saying - "I was in the midst of Mission Mangal promotions when Tina c | Click Here...
Just like Bitti, I like paying for my own bread: Prakruti Mishra
Odia film actress Prakruti Mishra suddenly woke up to two big happenings in her life, when she bagged her first lead role in Hindi TV, and also won the National Award for her Odia film ‘Hello Arsi’. Yes, popularly known as TV’s own Bitti, Prakruti presently regales in the lead role of &TV’s show, Bitti Businesswali produced by Writer and Producer, Raakesh Paswan. Says Prakruti,” Bitti and I go side by side. I am very much like my character, specifically in the sense that I have always been financially independent. I like paying for my own bread. I am also happy g | Click Here...
&TV’s Bitti Businesswali lead actress Prakruti Mishra bags the National Award
Popular Ollywood actress Prakruti Mishra who will be next seen in &TV’s new fiction show, Bitti Businesswali was present at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi to receive the National Film Award. The beautiful actress won this prestigious award in Special Mention category for jury Best Actress for her film ‘Hello Arsi’. She received the coveted award from Smriti Irani, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting. Additionally, the Odia feature film, ‘Hello Arsi’ also bagged the Best Odia film and the | Click Here...
I don’t want to be part of regressive shows: Tanvi Azmi
Veteran film and TV actress Tanvi Azmi, who is making a return to small screen with a double role in & TV show Vani Rani, talks to IndianWikiMedia.com about the show and the medium. Tanvi has been part of TV from the good old days of Doordarshan (Mirza Ghalib). So what do she feel about the medium then and now? “TV was always been huge, today with more option of watching content on various social media platforms, the medium has only got bigger,” says the veteran star. Any small screen conversation with Tanvi is incomplete without reference to Life Line b | Click Here...