‘I’m not worried about the way I look on screen’

Sunday 11 January '09

Deepika Padukone on lessons and looks, sacrifices and injuries, Ranbir Kapoor and Akshay Kumar

Ural connect

Friday 9 January '09

I remember my father used to take me to the Red Fort grounds to play cricket with my friends. No matter how tired he was from work, he would run on the pitch and give us all lassi and fruits.

‘I’m charmed by SRK’

Sunday 4 January '09

Aamir Khan on being a marketing monster, feeling powerful, doing bench presses, ganging up with Salman on SRK, handling flops and being surrounded by gopis.

Abhay Deol thinks he does not look like a hero

Friday 2 January '09

Abhay Deol on his unconventional movie choices, playing Devdas, not going the Deol way and his aversion to dance.

PICTURE THIS

Sunday 28 December '08

Fifteen reasons why you should queue up at the cinemas in 2009

'I don’t look like a hero’

Sunday 14 December '08

Abhay Deol on his unconventional movie choices, playing Devdas, not going the Deol way and his aversion to dance

20 more illegal structures pulled down by PWD in Dera Bassi

Friday 5 December '08

HARJEET SINGH DERA BASSI, DECember 4 CONTINUING with its anti-encroachment drive in Dera Bassi, the Public Works Department (PWD) on Thursday pulled down 20 illegal structures raised within the restricted area on both sides of Barwala Road. PWD official S K Singla, who was heading the drive, said nearly 29 encroachments were detected in the area, which were in violation of the provisions of the PUDA Act 2004. The detected illegal structures included 20 commercial and nine residential buildings. While the illegal commercial establishments were razed with the help of JCB machines in the daylong drive, the owners of illegal residential structures were given time to voluntarily bring down their encroachments till Sunday. Officers said that if the residents fail to do so, they will pull down the buildings on Monday, for which they will also be charged the cost incurred on the removal process. The drive was carried out under police protection, while the officials of the Forest department also accompanied the PWD enforcement staff . The drive passed off peacefully, officials said. On November 22, the PWD Enforcement department had pulled down 150 illegal structures in the area. The officials said that all encroachments in the area will be removed and the anti-encroachment drive will continue in the coming days.

Back to work, Mumbaikars have lots of questions unanswered

Tuesday 2 December '08

On board Andheri-Churchgate 9 am local: Two office-goers are reading the day’s newspaper and discussing a report on the surviving terrorist Azam Ameer Qasab.

Now, five-star security goes ten notches up

Monday 1 December '08

Feel like going to the JW Marriott for a cuppa to take your mind of the terror attack? If so, be ready to go through an intense security drill, for the shadow of terror still lurks.

Bachchan put a revolver under his pillow, Aamir calls for dynamic leaders

Saturday 29 November '08

As a dazed and wounded Mumbai silently witnesses the macabre dance of terror unleashed on its street, the feeling is shared by Bollywood too.

Breakout star

Tuesday 18 November '08

Whose idea was it to make you wear yellow swimming trunks? I wanted to wear black trunks and come out of the Miami water but Karan Johar, a marketing maverick, insisted on yellow.

Breakout star

Saturday 15 November '08

I wanted to wear black trunks and come out of the Miami water but Karan Johar, a marketing maverick, insisted on yellow...

RAJ AND I

Sunday 16 November '08

He has played this role in many films. And as the DDLJ team comes back to the screen this December, Shah Rukh Khan, by turns brash and self-effacing, tells us that lover-boy Raj grew up long ago

‘I was told that I don’t have a good voice’

Sunday 2 November '08

Kailash Kher on his ‘madness’ for singing, being a mentor and not just a judge on Indian Idol 4 and his dislike for Atif Aslam’s musical style n harneet singh

‘I’m living in with my self, single and happy’

Sunday 19 October '08

The actress on being a woman’s woman, cricket, films and Vikram Bhatt

“After the hair transplant, I don’t need a cap”

Sunday 12 October '08

Himesh Reshammiya on his upcoming film Karzzzz, his new look, tandoori food and Salman Khan

Cine workers on strike, TV shooting schedules worst hit

Thursday 2 October '08

Shooting schedules of television shows and films were affected when nearly two lakh cine workers went on an indefinite strike called by the Federation of Western India Cinema Employee.

TOP OF THE POPS

Sunday 28 September '08

If it’s hip, new-age and storming up the charts, it’s Shankar Ehsaan Loy. We figure out what makes Bollywood’s coolest composers rock on

Oscar is not high on my priorities: Aamir Khan

Tuesday 23 September '08

Aamir unveiled a massive campaign strategy aimed at helping TZP achieve what ‘Lagaan’ and ‘RDB’ couldn't.

Shun politicians who seek to divide: Aamir Khan

Tuesday 23 September '08

Actor Aamir Khan plunged unexpectedly into the Marathi manoos controversy, dismissing it as a non-issue.

‘Nobody has sent me underwear’

Sunday 21 September '08

Imran Khan on playing a bad boy, chasing Jack Nicholson, and why he wants to dance like Ranbir Kapoor

‘I’m a fighter, that’s why my name is arjun’

Sunday 14 September '08

Arjun Rampal on fighting the lows, pursuing the dream, seeing guitars all over and being part of a powerful camp

‘I’LL BE REMEMBERED AS THE GUY WHO KISSED’

Sunday 17 August '08

Is Emraan Hashmi Bollywood’s unofficial superstar?

Pappu can fight saala

Thursday 31 July '08

Bollywood scribes are already terming the recent spat between superstars Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan as the ‘story of the year'

‘THERE WAS THIS ONE LADY, A GREAT ACTRESS, AND SHE WAS MY MOM’

Sunday 27 July '08

Prateik Babbar thinks father Raj Babbar is No.1 but has lot more in common with his mother Smita Patil, like whom he wants to do unforgettable roles. After a brief role in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, this star-son is readying to take on Bollywood in a big way