Bollywood action star Akshay Kumar has ‘adopted’ six wrestlers, who are economically backward, in a bid to popularise the sport, an official said Wednesday.
‘Akshay’s decision came days before the 10th All India Wrestling Championship opens here Feb 1. Participants and lovers of this sport from all over India are expected to gather here,’ said Sanjay [...]
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January 28th, 2009 by riaz
Akshay Kumar is surely is fast emerging as a strong contender to Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan for the overseas heartthrobsâ„¢ tag. After the strong showing in the overseas circuit of Garam Masala , Deewane Hue Pagal and Dosti – Friends Forever , all of which starred Akshay, his ‘intense lover act in his [...]
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January 27th, 2009 by riaz
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January 26th, 2009 by neeraj
Yesteryears’ dancing queen Helen, Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, action star Akshay Kumar and music maestro Hridyanath Mangeshkar are among those named for this year’s Padma Shri awards.
The inimitable Helen, 69, carved a niche for herself with her dancing skills in songs like ‘Mera naam chin chin choo’, ‘O haseena zulfon wali’, ‘Aaa jaane jaan’, [...]
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January 25th, 2009 by riaz
He himself has a well-toned body and exercises regularly, but actor-turned-producer Suniel Shetty says when it comes to the fittest body in tinsel town, Akshay Kumar wins hands down as he has maintained his physique throughout his 18-year career.
‘Akshay has the fittest body in Bollywood, and all these years we have seen him getting better [...]
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January 25th, 2009 by riaz
A day after Nepal’s Maoist government banned Bollywood’s much-hyped kungfu comedy ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ for wrongly calling India the birth place of the Himalayan nation’s religious icon, the Buddha, the producer of the controversial film has expressed his regret, saying it was not the intention to hurt anyone.
Mumbai-based Hindi film producer Ramesh Sippy, who [...]
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January 23rd, 2009 by riaz
This is a film about maar-saala arts, not to be confused with martial arts which Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan practice with such splendid and subtle skills on screen.
Akshay Kumar cannot be accused of the sins of subtlety. Not at all. He goes from a sweaty cook in Chandni Chowk to a cheesy fighter in [...]
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January 19th, 2009 by riaz
The disaster that was Chandni Chowk To China has finally broken Akshay Kumar’s winning streak at the box office. The film had a dismal opening at the box office and according to certain sources in the trade, the film may have its shows reduced by multiplexes, who thought they had a winner in their hands.
Coming [...]
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January 19th, 2009 by riaz
Akshay Kumar looks set to repeat his Singh Is Kinng act again as he will be the male lead in the big budget venture Patiala House.
Reprising his Sardar act, Akshay will be seen in the film which is about a huge joint family of sardars headed by Dara Singh. The film [...]
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January 13th, 2009 by riaz
Despite being one of the most successful actors around, Akshay Kumar is still quite superstitious about a lot of things. One of them includes being absent for the release of any of his movies.
Whenever any one of his films is scheduled for release, the actor ensures that he is not in the country. He did [...]
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December 19th, 2008 by riaz
You need to look at an animation film differently. Let the kid in you come to the forefront when you watch one. At the same time, it’s pertinent that every film, live or animation, should possess that grip to keep the viewer hooked to the proceedings for the next 2 hours.
Percept’s JUMBO may not be [...]
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December 14th, 2008 by riaz
Bollywood producers can never get over their old habit of stealing plots and lifting films, frame by frame from Hollywood flicks. A recent case in point is Blue, which is being made by Ashtavinayak.The story of Blue, which stars Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan and Lara Dutta, is said to be lifted from the [...]
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December 11th, 2008 by riaz