tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87711994433751173702010-02-04T19:46:51.064+03:30Potpourri of events and happenings in Indian Metros! Featuring articles and events related topics such as Indian Art, Business, Computing, Education, Government, Health, Living, Movies, Music, News, Recreation, Science, Social Science, Society, Lifestyle, Culture, Travel and more!AAnoreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771199443375117370.post-34041010781803525282010-02-02T07:38:00.000+03:302010-02-02T07:40:22.484+03:30

London, Feb 1 (IANS) James Cameron's 3-D blockbuster "Avatar" has surpassed the $2 billion mark after running successfully for seven weekends in the US.According to executives at 20th Century Fox, the latest box office collection of "Avatar" is $2.039 billion, reports imdb.com. The record has been announced just few days after the movie's collections broke the record held by the director's 1997

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Udaipur, Jan 31 (IANS) Rahul Mahajan says he will definitely marry the woman he chooses through NDTV Imagine's reality show "Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega" unlike Rakhi Sawant, whose televised 'swayamvar' came to an end with a broken engagement. "See the name of my show is 'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega'. The title itself says that I will take my bride home. I will definitely marry. In fact, the finale

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New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Controversy's favourite child singer Mika Singh has declared that he will quit the music industry if he is eliminated from the reality show "Amul Music Ka Maha Muqqabla". But he is confident that his fans won't let him down and will vote for his win. "Haaroonga to music industry chhod doonga (If I lose, I will quit music industry," he had said on the show.But he is

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New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Louis Vuitton seems to be a hot favourite with stars across the globe. From singer Rihanna to Bollywood stars Priyanka Chopra and Genelia D\'Souza, all have been spotted wearing the same Louis Vuitton creation on different occasions. The dress has a shiny grey up-neck top with puffed half sleeves and red short skirt. A black belt completes the ensemble.Priyanka was seen

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New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee, who has earned international acclaim with films like "Brick Lane" and German film "Shadows of Time", has confirmed that she has been signed on to essay the lead role in a project to be directed by American actress Lucy Liu. "I can now confirm that I am playing the lead role in Lucy Liu's film. Lucy is a wonderful person and I am excited

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Bangalore, Jan 26 (IANS) Kannada actor-director Shivadhwaj, whose first Tulu venture "Gaggara" has won the National Film Award for best regional movie, says it will help in highlighting the problems of dying folk culture of Tulu speaking people. The film revolves around a dying folk culture Bhootha Aradhane (ghost worship) which is prevalent among the Tulu speaking people. The running time of

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New York, Jan 25 (DPA) Science fiction epic "Avatar" continues to dominate the US box office, leading ticket sales for the sixth-straight weekend.James Cameron's 3D story of blue-skinned aliens earned $36 million on the weekend, and has brought in a total of $552 million in the US alone since opening. The hit has surpassed the Batman film "The Dark Knight" (533 million) for second place on the

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Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) "One Dream One Theme, Give Us Peace", a patriotic music album launched here Sunday, pledges to unite people against all odds, according to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler."It is not a small thing. It's really nice that people of Bombay take such initiative and pledge to unite people through such songs," Tytler told IANS after launching the album at La Kebabia, ahead of the

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New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Actress Genelia D'Souza says she has become more aware of the extent of poverty in India after hosting reality TV show "Big Switch", which featured 10 rich children who gave up their comfortable lifestyles to fulfil the dreams of slum children. "'Big Switch' was about a rich dreamer giving up his dreams to make another dreamer's wish come true - helping someone who

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New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) There have been films on Mahatma Gandhi's freedom struggle, his values, beliefs and even one on how he fared as a father to his son, but now his great grandson Tushar Gandhi says he would like to see Bapu's childhood years on the big screen. "I would love to see a film that brings alive the childhood of my great grandfather. Not many know about that phase of Bapu's life,

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Kasane (Botswana), Jan 11 (IANS) If Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari has his way, Indian filmmakers will have another exotic film destination - Botswana.Enraptured by the beautiful and wild environs of the Chobe National Park, Ansari told his host, Botswana Vice President Momfati Merafhe, Sunday night that he will certainly lobby for the southern African country with his domestic film industry.

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Pune, Jan 8 (IANS) From Pt. Rajan and Sajan Misra to Shankar Mahadevan -- over 2,400 classical vocalists from around the world will perform here Tuesday to showcase the vast repertoire of Indian classical music and to provide a platform for the exponents of this ancient Indian art. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation is organising the concert at the SP College

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New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Those who enjoyed Mira Nair's hit movie "Monsoon Wedding" have something more to look forward to. The filmmaker has started working on a Broadway musical version of her film. The musical will feature an Indian cast and will combine circus acrobatics, aerial acting, theatre, music and dance. The filmmaker said "she was glad to be back to crossover movies after her

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Patna, Jan 7 (IANS) Hollywood star Richard Gere, who is in Bodh Gaya in Bihar to attend a five-day discourse on Buddhism by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Thursday supported the demand to turn the town where Buddha attained enlightenment into a vegetarian zone. "I am strongly in favour of turning Bodh Gaya into a vegetarian zone," Richard Gere told mediapersons at Bodh Gaya Thursday

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London, Jan 6 (IANS) Singer Katy Perry and comic actor Russell Brand got engaged during their recent trip to India.Brand popped the question and presented Perry with a ring just before midnight on New Year's Eve in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Dressed in traditional Indian outfits, the couple took blessings by a spiritual guru in a private ceremony that took place in a tent at the foot of a Jaipur mountain

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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The capital recently hosted its first ever electronic music festival - Global Groove Festival - but organiser Amit Saigal says the genre is not so popular here and is appreciated by select audiences only. "It is true that electronic music in India is still restricted to niche audience and has not found mass liking, but I'm glad that its popularity is growing," Saigal of

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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) From a small town like Berhampur in Orissa to the glitzy world of showbiz in Mumbai -- the Prince Dance Group, winner of the reality show "India's Got Talent", has certainly come a long way and the members feel overjoyed when people called them celebrities. "It was big struggle to be where we are today. We faced many difficulties. But now it feels great when people call

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Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Farah Khan choreographed a circus-themed lingerie fashion show for the brand Triumph and wowed the celebs who called it a "fabulous" event."It was a fabulous show. It was as fabulous as everything Farah does," Vivek Oberoi told reporters after the show here Thursday. Katrina Kaif said: "It was a grand night. It was lot of fun. It's not that easy to pull off a show like this

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New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan cast a magic spell over the participants of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon here Sunday morning as he mingled with them freely. Many of them even stopped running just to get a glimpse of the superstar who was there to lend support to the event. "This is the biggest moment of my life... I got to touch Shah Rukh Khan. I bunked my tuition to participate in the

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New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) On her 36th birthday Sunday, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai has been named the first goodwill ambassador for Smile Train, a charity that works worldwide for children with cleft lip.The former Miss World has partnered with the NGO, in association with her own charity - Aishwarya Rai Foundation - and will spread awareness and garner resources to help the movement, said a press

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New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif sashayed down the ramp at the grand finale of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) for designer Rohit Bal, bringing down the curtains of the five-day event in style. Dressed in an embroidered white sherwani, Kapoor Wednesday night managed to steal the hearts of many girls in the audience, who couldn't stop gushing

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New Delhi, Oct 27(IANS) Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif are expected to walk the ramp together for the first time for designer Rohit Bal's show at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.Bal will bring the curtain down on the fashion extravaganza Friday with his show and Ranbir and Katrina, who will be seen together in the forthcoming romantic comedy "Azab Prem Ki Ghazab

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New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Sanjana Jon's show at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week may have been high on glamour with Salman Khan and Sushmita Sen walking the ramp with other celebrities, but it turned out to be a "fashion disaster" and even caused a mini stampede post the show. While the designs looked amateur, ill-fitted, and extremely high on bling, the post show media conference was a

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New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Former Miss India Neha Dhupia, who flashed a million dollar smile while sashaying down the ramp Sunday at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) for designer Kavita Bhartia, wonders why models don't flash a smile during catwalk. "I have always wondered why models always walk the ramp with a straight face. Why don't they ever smile? Even during my modelling days, I

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New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Bollywood veteran Jaya Prada, who walked the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) ramp for designer duo Ashima-Leena here Saturday, says though she was nervous about the catwalk at first, she felt like a "queen" once she stepped on stage. "I felt on top of the world while walking on the ramp. I was really very nervous before because I have never done it before but

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