(27 Nov) Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone’s much awaited film, Tamasha has released worldwide. Finally, we shall get to know whether the movie is worth all the hype generated by the stars and fans or not! Much like Imtiaz Ali’s other films, this film will also echo for a long time, in the hearts of the viewers. The story, more or less revolves around the slogan “It’s our story. We can change the end” The movie is about a guy named ‘Ved’ played by Ranbir Kapoor, who is fed up of living his life according to the terms and conditions of the society and by chance, meets a chirpy-careless girl named ‘Tara’ played by Deepika Padukone, in France.

The duo enjoys each other’s company but lies to each other about their real lives and promise each other that after the France journey ends, they will never meet each other! After returning to their real lives, they develop fondness for each other and what happens next forms the crux of the story. From a laugh riot to emotional sequences, from flirting to the pain of being in love with someone you can never be with, Deepika-Ranbir starrer has them all! Ranbir Kapoor, has given his best for Tamasha and is powerful while enacting the scenes in Corsica. The actor, keeps people hooked through his performance and witty one-liners. Deepika Padukone, is a little less seen in the movie compared to Ranbir Kapoor.

The actress, has done a brilliant job once again and spreads laughter throughout the film. The chemistry between Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone is too good to watch and should not be missed. Both the actors, have done justice to their respective roles, in terms of having fun and enacting heart breaking scenes. Javed Sheikh, plays the role of Ranbir’s dad, and is seen in only three sequences during the movie. The actor, has been successful in playing the typical strict dad that almost every Bollywood movie showcases. The cinematography of Tamasha is fantastic and showcases the best spots of Corsica. The landscapes and rivers are breathtaking and is a delight to watch on the silver screen. The editing and picturization in a few scenes are a drag and would make you yawn. Tamasha is ambitious. The movie says, we are all unique if we do what we love. Unfortunately, the storyline gets tiring and loses its plot while decoding the character’s personality. The movie is a one-time watch, you will love it if you are a Ranbir-Deepika fan. See what the audiences have to say about Tamasha.

(25 Nov) Yesterday (November 24, 2015) Salman Khan’s dad, Salim Khan celebrated his 80th birthday in the most adorable way possible; with his family and loved ones. Along with Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan, there was one more special person who was also present at the bash. Any guesses, who she is? She was none other than Sangeeta Bijlani! Sangeeta has been Salman’s ex-girlfriend during the initial days of Salman in Bollywood and was also a well established model as well as an actress.

Sangeeta is often seen with Salman’s family, whenever there is a celebration in the ‘Khan’ parivaar and this time also, we hear that Sangeeta helped Salman & Arbaaz to make Salim Khan’s birthday a memorable one, and by going through the pictures and the glaze on Salman’s dad’s face, one can easily say that she did her job well! The birthday was hosted at their Bandra residence and celebs including Kabir Khan, Sajid Nadiadwala with wife Warda Nadiadwala, Shoaib Akhtar, David Dhawan,Deepak Dobriyal and Kushal Tandon were also present at the bash. TOO GOOD TO MISS: Shahrukh-Aamir Khan’s Unseen Magazine Covers From Their Old Days!

However, Salim’s youngest daughter, Arpita Khan and her mom, Salma Khan missed the bash as they are currently holidaying in London with Aayush Sharma. Arpita & Aayush recently celebrated their first anniversary there, and posted a series a photographs on Instagram. On the work front, Salman is busy with the shooting of his upcoming flick, Abbas-Mastan’s Sultan . In the film, Salman will be seen in a new avatar with a moustache and trimmed hair as he will be seen playing the role of a 40-year-old wrestler. Click on the gallery to check out all the pictures from the Salim Khan’s birthday bash!

James Bond is all about bullets, booze, and babes. All three are expected from any Bond movie you plan to bring to the big screen. Spectre is no exception. A lot has been said about the kissing scenes featured in Spectre. The Censor Board of India took the scissors and chopped off what they deemed unsuitable for the Indian viewers.

When the story of censorship broke, world and Twitterverse had a field day with the hashtag #SanskaariJamesBond Spectre got the advantage of the controversy and had a good box office opening of over Rs 30 crore on day one.

She made a promising debut with THE LUNCHBOX and now Nimrat Kaur is gearing up for her next film, AIRLIFT. She’s currently shooting for the film which stars Akshay Kumar. Ask the actress how it was working with him and she says, “I was very intimidated by Akshay before meeting him. I used to think that he’s a big star and has been working since a long time. I used to feel how confident he would be with a newcomer like me.”

She further adds, “AIRLIFT is my first big film. So I was very unsure. I was hoping to not be in a situation where I’m not able to find myself. But Akshay has a great comfort level on set. He handles people very well. He can make anyone comfortable very easily. Right from the beginning, there was no formality working with him. He’s one of the most wonderful and easy people I’ve met.” Directed by Raja Menon, AIRLIFT is based on the evacuation of Indians during the Iraq-Kuwait war and is scheduled to release on 22nd January. Interestingly, in January 2015 during the Republic day weekend, Akshay Kumar’s BABY had released.

(23 Nov) Get ready to wear short skirt in style with some great tips from designers on this latest fashion trend. Sapna Sarfare brings the details meticulously. Showing off is such an inherent part of our life that we never leave a chance to show off something special that we have. For the women with great figure and legs, it has to be short skirts. There is nothing like being seen in one and getting all the looks & compliments. The fascination for short skirts continues for even those with not so great figure or legs. The good news is that this trend is back in fashion. Just get ready to be blown away with suggestions. The trend has always been there. It is just that it wants to be applauded occasionally. Designer duo Dheeru and Nitika of the label d&n feel that skirts are cornerstone of women’s fashion and will evolve continuously with time. “Not only did the birth of the miniskirt coincide with that of the Pill, but all of that exposed skin brought attention to a woman’s

(24 Nov) Breaking his silence on the raging debate over acts of intolerance, actor Aamir Khan on Monday expressed “alarm” and despondency over the rise in such cases “in the last six to eight months”. Khan said a sense of “insecurity” and “fear” had seeped deep within society, even in his family. WATCH: Aamir Khan On Intolerance & Delinking Religion From Terrorism – Complete Coversation At RNG Awards “(Wife) Kiran and I have lived all our lives in India. For the first time, she said, should we move out of India?

That’s a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make to me. She fears for her child. She fears about what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers everyday. That does indicate that there is a sense of growing disquiet,” he said. Asked for his view on the trend of writers, artists, historians and scientists returning their awards, Khan said this was one way of getting their point across. “For creative people, to voice what they feel is important. A number of creative people – historians and scientists – have increasingly had a certain feeling that they feel they need to express. One of the ways of expressing their dissatisfaction or disappointment is to return awards.” Watch #RNGAwards He said he would endorse any protest that is non-violent. “As long as you don’t resort to violence, all individuals have a right to protest and they can protest in any manner they feel is right. This is certainly a way to protest for creative people.” The protests, he noted, were prompted by a growing atmosphere of intolerance around the creative community and the growing sense of insecurity and disappointment over it. Click here to read in Hindi

“As an individual, as a citizen, certainly I have also been alarmed, I can’t deny it, by a number of incidents,” he said, “For us, as Indians, to feel a sense of security, two-three things are important. The sense of justice gives a lot of security to the common man. The second thing, that is important, are the people who are the elected representatives, at the state level or the level of the Centre. when people take law in their own hands, we look upon these representatives to take a strong stance, make strong statements and speed up the legal process to prosecute such cases. It doesn’t matter who the ruling party is.” “On television debates, I see where one political party, in this case, the BJP which is ruling right now, is accused of various things. They said, ‘But what happened in 1984?’. But that doesn’t make right what’s happening now. What happened in ’84 was disastrous and horrendous. At other times also, through ages, whenever there is a violent act, when an innocent person is killed, be it one or a large number, that’s very unfortunate. And these unfortunate moments are the ones when we look towards our leaders to take a strong step. Make statements that are reassuring to the citizens,” he said. On the issue of censorship, Khan said though he had had no personal experience with the censors, he was alarmed by their stance. “It (the board) is reacting to things that we, as free people, as adults, should make our own choices on. Essentially the certification board is supposed to mention the age for which the film is suitable. There is no censorship required after the certification. As I understand it now, it has been aggressive in its approach and it is worrying.” Khan opened up on another issue occupying the news feed, answering queries related to terror. “Acts of terror are not connected to any religion. If he is a Muslim and he engaging in acts of terror, I don’t think he is following Islam. Or for that matter, even a Hindu who is engaging in an act of violence, is not following Hinduism. No religion teaches killing of innocents. When you see an act of terror or violence, instead of calling him a Christian or a Hindu or an Islamic terrorist, you should just call him terrorist and remove the religion tag from it. That’s the first mistake when we label them. It’s just a terrorist who doesn’t have a religion,” he said. He spoke of growing discomfort within the majority of moderate Muslims over such incidents. “If I’m not mistaken, a number of Muslim organisations have begun to speak openly against the ISIS and similar terror organisations, at least in India,” he said. Voicing his opinion as a Muslim, he said, makes him uncomfortable.

“Firstly, why should I be representing anyone? Secondly, I have to represent anyone, why not everyone? Why Muslims? My birth may be in a Muslim household, but I speak for everyone,” he said. The conversation also led to an interaction with the audience. While Lt Gen Arun Kumar Sahni, GOC-in-C South Western Command, expressed his desire to see more films that show the relationship between India and its neighbours in a positive light, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor spoke about how such an approach can compel people to think about their own deep-seated prejudices and bigotry in their own country. The Indian Express columnist Tavleen Singh asked Khan about his view on the Paris attackers invoking Islam to justify their act. “A person who is holding a Quran and killing people may feel he is doing it in the name of Islam, but as a Muslim, I don’t feel he is doing an Islamic act. He may claim to be a Muslim but we should not recognise him as that. My problem is not just with the ISIS, the fear is with that thinking. Today there is ISIS, tomorrow it would be someone else. This extreme thinking is what I worry about,” he said.

(23 Nov) Be it “Kabul Express”, “New York” or his latest film “Phantom”, Kabir Khan’s films have openly discussed terrorism but the director says that cinema cannot combat this growing global menace, which is plaguing countries. Kabir says not all filmmakers think alike and some like him may be comfortable dealing with the problem of terrorism through films while others may not be. “Cinema can’t be carrying crusades; it is ultimately the individual filmmakers. If I feel strongly against terrorism then I will express it. But I don’t know if I will try and muster more filmmakers into making films against terrorism .

A lot of films are being made about global terrorism,” Kabir said in an interview on the sidelines of IFFI. “Cinema can help in making people think about issues and discuss and debate. It helps in throwing up certain questions. But it can’t directly help in fighting terrorism. I think that would be giving cinema a lot responsibility.” With the theme of terrorism,comes a lot of action, which is visible in all of Kabir’s movies. The “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” director says his films may have been high on action, but he has never glorified violence through them, which unfortunately some directors in Bollywood tend to do. “.

Yes there is a lot of violence being used in Bollywood films and sometimes it glorifies it in a certain way. It is a very tricky space. Sometimes to appeal to the youth, you can easily cross the line and go into a space where you would rather not venture. Ultimately, it is left to individual filmmakers to decide where he or she draws the line.” Kabir started his career working in documentary films in Afghanistan. He then made his feature film directorial debut in 2006 with “Kabul Express” which was partly inspired by his experiences in war-torn Afghanistan. The director says even though he has now become an established Bollywood filmmaker, he still might one day go back to making just documentaries. “When I was doing documentaries, there was no platform for it in our country. I wanted my work to reach the mainstream audience and so I shifted to films. But I can still one day take the camera, go somewhere and get back to making documentaries,” he said.

Deepika Padukone’s ex flame Ranbir Kapoor had earlier revealed that he saw Deepika for the first time on OM SHANTI OM sets. Ask Deepika when did she see Ranbir for the first time and she says,”When he saw me, that time I didn’t see him. We discovered that much later. That day, I was shooting the scene before the song ‘Jag Soona Soona Laage’ on OM SHANTI OM sets. It was one of those days when we were shooting in Filmistaan when apparently I walked out and he had come out for a break from his set and saw me going to his van. But he didn’t take very long – that evening he got my number and we connected.” Ranbir Kapoor said, “It became like a circus because everything you did was about that and things related to it.

We were really ambitious people and somebody who really wanted to make their own identity apart from the relationships that we have in our personal lives. I guess with time and age you understand that probably when you get closer to marriage and become a little serious, it’s better that we don’t be open about the relationship because of what gets written.” Deepika Padukone, on the other hand, said, “Yeah absolutely. I think if there’s certain kind of aspect of our life now that we wouldn’t be comfortable in sharing, it’s because of our past experience.

What happens is that I guess that from a journo’s point of view, it’s only reporting. But from a human being point of view, it causes a lot of stress on a relationship, especially if negative or untrue things are reported. Relationships and emotions are really fragile. There’s conflict and unnecessary unrest. More than that, after a point you realize that you only want to be remembered for your work, films that you do. What we witnessed is that being honest and open with each other, there was no end to the speculation. When are they getting married? When are they having children? Is his family ok? Is my family ok? I don’t think even we had ever discussed those things but the speculation was already there. We’ve learnt that now it’s important to protect some things and keep it to yourself.” Point taken, Ranbir and Deepika. Here’s hoping you guys stay cute and do more movies together!