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Nameless Letter, Two Murders: Story of Rape Case Against Ram Rahim

2017-08-25T03:20:00.001-07:00

The situation in the states of Punjab and Haryana has suddenly become tense as a CBI court in Panchkula held Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of rape on 25 August, Friday.

The rape case dates back to 2002, and is based on the accusations of two women, who used to be members of the DSS, that they were sexually exploited by the spiritual leader at the headquarters of the sect in Haryana's Sirsa.

It is estimated that over a lakh followers have already congregated in the Haryana town. Security has been stepped up in both the states as large-scale violence can break out in light of the verdict.

Regarded as a spiritual leader, Singh and his organisation Dera Sacha Sauda commands a veritable following (60 million faithfuls, according to its website), especially among Dalit Sikhs.

Here is a brief timeline of how the case against him has unfolded in the course of 15 years.

Rape Allegations And Two Murders

The rape allegations against Singh date back to 2002, when a sadhvi, who was part of the organisation, anonymously sent a letter to the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee narrating how Singh raped her along with various other sadhvis.

A Hindustan Times report outlines the contents of the letter, in which it is described how a sadhvi was summoned into the Ram Rahim's room one night.

The spiritual leader possessed a revolver and a pornographic film was running in the background. The woman said she was sexually assaulted for three years, and 35-40 other women suffered the same fate.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court took suo motu cognisance of the explosive letter, and the matter was subsequently referred to the CBI in September 2002. Eighteen sadhvis were questioned by the investigating agency and two of them levelled allegations of rape against the spiritual leader. One sadhvi said that her rape was justified on the grounds that it would “purify” her.

The CBI recorded the testimonies of the two women under Section 164 of CrPC, which implied that these statements could be produced in court as evidence.

Meanwhile, the killings of DSS member Ranjit Singh on 10 July 2002 and journalist Ram Chander Chattrapati on 23 October 2002 made the case even murkier, with Ram Rahim named as an accused.

While Chattrapati – the editor of Poora Sach, a local daily from Sirsa – reported on the nefarious happenings within the DSS, Ranjit Singh was believed to have been involved in the drafting of the anonymous letter making rape allegations against the DSS chief.

‘Not Fit to Indulge in Physical Relationships’: Ram Rahim Consistently Denied Charges

Five years after the rape case had been filed against Ram Rahim Singh, a chargesheet was registered by the CBI on 30 July 2007.

The trial against the spiritual leader commenced in 2008 and on 6 September 2008, he was charged under Section 376 (rape) and Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

In April 2011, the CBI court was shifted from Ambala to Panchkula.

Meanwhile, the godman has consistently dismissed the charges against him as false and baseless. In 2014, he even conveyed to the Panchkula court that “he was not fit to indulge in physical relationships”, according to his counsel SK Garg Narwana.

Now, a decade after the trial began, the case is expected to reach its culmination on Friday.

Sana Khan, Husband, Affairs & More

2017-01-09T10:36:00.000-08:00

Bio
Real Name	Sana Khan
Nickname	Sana
Profession	Actress and Model
Famous Role	Kavita Singh (Jai Ho)
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 161 cm in meters- 1.61 m in Feet Inches- 5' 3"
Weight	in Kilograms- 53 Kg in Pounds- 117 lbs
Figure Measurements	34-25-36
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	21 August 1987
Age (as in 2015)	28 Years
Birth Place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Leo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
School	Not Known
College	N/A
Educational Qualifications	N/A
Debut	Debut Film : Yehi Hai High Society (2005) Debut TV: Bigg Boss 6 (2012)
Family	Father- Not Known Mother- Saeeda Sister- Not Known Brother- Not Known
Religion	Islam
Address	Mumbai
Hobbies	Dancing
Controversies	• In 2013, she was alleged of kidnapping a 15 years old girl and forcibly marrying her to her cousin. • In 2014, she along with her boyfriend and servant were arrested in case of criminal intimidation and molestation of a media consultant.
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Sheer kurma and biryani
Favourite Actor	Salman Khan
Favourite Actress	Katrina Kaif
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Ismail Khan
Husband	N/A
Money Factor
Salary	Not Known
Net Worth	Not Known

Nokia 6 - Android Phone

2017-01-09T10:15:00.003-08:00

Nokia 6 - Android Phone

5.5"1080x1920 pixels
16MP1080p
4GB RAMSnapdragon 430
3000mAhLi-Ion

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2017, January
LAUNCH	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2017, Q1

BODY	Dimensions	154 x 75.8 x 8.4 mm (6.06 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
	Weight	169 g (5.96 oz)
	SIM	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.5 inches (~70.7% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels (~403 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430
	CPU	Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
	GPU	Adreno 505

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 256 GB
	Internal	64 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	16 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
	Features	1.0 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
	Video	1080p@30fps
	Secondary	8 MP, f/2.0, 1.12 µm pixel size, 1080p

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- Dolby Atmos sound enhancement - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS	WLAN	Yes
	Bluetooth	Yes
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	Radio	To be confirmed
	USB	microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- Fast battery charging - MP4/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 768 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 18 h (3G)
	Music play	Up to 22 h

MISC	Colors	Black
	Price group	6/10

CBSE Date Sheet

2017-01-09T10:10:00.001-08:00

CBSE Date Sheet for class 10 and class 12

Class 10th Date Sheet:

The exam will begin at 10:30 am.

Thursday, March 9
401 Dynamics Retail (O)
402 Info Tech (O)
403 Security (O)
404 Auto Tech (O)
406 Int. Tourism(O) and (C)
461 Dynamics Retail(C)
462 Info Tech (C)
463 Security (C)
464 Auto Tech (C)
466 Int. Tourism (C)
467 Beauty And Wellness

Friday, March 10
002 Hindi Course A
006 Tamil
085 Hindi Course B

Wednesday, March 15
007 Telugu
018 French
076 National Cadet Corps
166 Information & Comm Tech

Thursday, March 16
031 Music Car Vocal
032 Music Car Ins Mel.
033 Music Car Ins Per.
034 Music Hind.Vocal
035 Music Hind.Ins Mel
036 Music Hind.Ins Per

Saturday, March 18
154 Elem. Of Business
254 Elem. Of Book-K & Accy
354 E-Typewriting English
454 E-Typewriting Hindi

Monday, March 20
049 Painting
096 Spanish
021 Russian

Wednesday, March 22
086 Science
090 Science W/O Prac

Thursday, March 23
003 Urdu Course A
010 Gujarati
011 Manipuri
017 Tibetan
023 Persian
024 Nepali
025 Limboo
026 Lepcha
093 Tangkhul
094 Japanese
095 Bhutia
098 Mizo
099 Bahasa Melayu
122 Comm. Sanskrit
303 Urdu Course B

Saturday, March 25
008 Sindhi
122 Sanskrit

Monday, March 27
004 Punjabi
005 Bengali
009 Marathi
012 Malayalam
013 Odia
014 Assamese
015 Kannada
016 Arabic
020 German

Thursday, March 30
101 English Comm.
184 English Lang & Lit

Monday, April 3
041 Mathematics

Wednesday, April 5
165 Foundation of IT

Saturday, April 8
087 Social Science

Monday, April 10
064 Home Science

Class 12th Date Sheet:

Thursday, March 9, 2017
ENGLISH ELECTIVE –NCERT
ENGLISH ELECTIVE-CBSE(FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH)
ENGLISH CORE

Friday, March 10, 2017
DANCE –KATHAK
DANCE-BHARATNATYAM
DANCE –ODISSI
DANCE-KATHKALI
CREATIVE WRITING & TRANSLATION STUDIES
SINDHI OFFICE COMMUNICATION
INFORMATION STORAGE & RETRIVAL
INTEGRATED TRANSPORT OPERATION
FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS
TRAVEL AGENCY & TOUR OPERATIONS BUSINESS (NSQF)
SALESMANSHIP-II
CAPITAL MARKET OPERATIONS
BANKING-II

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
PHYSICS
PERSIAN
SECRETARIAL PRACTICE & ACCOUNTING
AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION – III
OPTICS –II
RADIOGRAPHY-I GENERAL
ELECTRICAL MACHINE
CLINICAL BIO-CHEMISTRY (MLT)
CHILD HEALTH NURSING
GARMENT CONSTRUCTION –II
TRADITIONAL INDIAN TEXTILE

Thursday, March 16, 2017
BUSINESS STUDIES
BASIC HORTICULTURE-II
BEAUTY & HAIR -II
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES

Saturday, March 18, 2017
URDU ELECTIVE
PUNJABI
TAMIL
MANIPURI
MALAYALAM
ASSAMESE
KANNADA
URDU CORE

Monday, March 20, 2017
MATHEMATICS
FIRST AID & EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
CLINICAL BIO-CHEMISTRY & MICROBIOLOGY-II
MICROBIOLOGY (MLT)
HEALTH CENTRE MANAGEMENT
OPTHALMIC TECHNIQUES-II
RADIOGRAPHY-II (SPECIAL INVESTIGATION IMAGING RADIOGRAPHY)

Tuesday, March 21, 2017
SHORTHAND ENGLISH
SHORTHAND HINDI
FASHION STUDIES
AGRICULTURE
ODIA
GERMAN
RUSSIAN
ENGINEERING SCIENCE
DATABASE MANAGEMENT APPLICATION (NSQF)

Thursday, March 23, 2017
HISTORY
RETAIL SERVICES-II(NSQF)
LOGISTICE OPERATION & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT –II
BUSINESS OPERATION & ADMINISTRATION –II
LABORATORY MEDICINES (CLINICAL PATHOLOGY HEMATOLOGY & HISTOPATHOLOGY –II (MLT)

Friday, March 24, 2017
FOOD PRODUCTION III
INTRODUCTION TO HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT(NSQF)

Saturday, March 25, 2017
CHEMISTRY APPLIED PHYSICS
FOOD & BEVERAGE COST & CONTROL
FLORICULTURE
COST ACCOUNTING
BIOLOGY OPTHALMIC-II
RADIATION PHYSICS

Monday, March 27, 2017
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
COMPUTER SCIENCE
ADVANCED FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS
OLERICULTURE – II
INSURANCE –II
BASIC PATTERN DEVELOPMENT

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
ACCOUNTANCY
BAKERY-II
HOLISTIC HEALTH –II
SECURITY(NSQF)

Thursday, March 30, 2017
FOOD PRODUCTION IV

Friday, March 31, 2017
ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
HERITAGE CRAFTS
HUMAN RIGHTS & GENDER STUDIES
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SCIENCE
TIBETAN
JAPANESE
SPANISH
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MARKETING- II
TEXTILE CHEMICAL PROCESSING
WEB APPLICATION – II (NSQF)

Saturday, April 1, 2017
KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONS & PRACTICE OF INDIA
LEGAL STUDIES
GRAPHIC DESIGN
HEALTH EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC
RELATIONS & PUBLIC HEALTH
THE CREATIVE & COMMERCIAL PROCESS IN MASS MEDIA-II
PRINTED TEXTILE
TYPOGRAPHY & COMPUTER APPLICATION(ENG.)

Monday, April 3, 2017
POLITICAL SCIENCE
LABORATORY MEDICINE-II
RETAIL OPERATIONS-II(NSQF)
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING-II

Wednesday, April 5, 2017
BIOLOGY
TAXATION-II
DERIVATIVE MARKET OPERATIONS
AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION-IV

Thursday, April 6, 2017
GEOGRAPHY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
LIBRARY SYSTEMS & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Monday, April 10, 2017
PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
SOCIOLOGY

Monday, April 17, 2017
ECONOMICS
TROUBLE SHOOTING & MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

Tuesday, April, 18, 2017
HOME SCIENCE

Wednesday, April 19, 2017
PAINTING
GRAPHICS
SCULPTURE
APPLIED ARTS-COMMERCIAL ARTS
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
CONFECTIONERY

Thursday, April 20, 2017
THEATRE STUDIES
TANGKHUL

Saturday, April 22, 2017
HINDI ELECTIVE
GUJARATI
NEPALI
LIMBOO
LEPCHA
BHUTIA
HINDI CORE

Monday, April 24, 2017
PSYCHOLOGY

Tuesday, April 25, 2017
MUSIC KARANATAKA (VOCAL)
MUSIC KARANATAKA INSTRUMENTAL (MELODIC)
MUSIC HINDUSTANI VOCAL
MUSIC HINDUSTANI INSTRUMENTAL MELODIC
MUSIC HINDUSTANI INSTRUMENTAL PERCUSSION

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
MASS MEDIA STUDIES

hursday, April 27, 2017
SANSKRIT ELECTIVE
BENGALI
TELUGU
MARATHI
ARABIC
FRENCH
TELUGU-TELANGANA
MIZO
SANSKRIT CORE
UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION AND FORMS OF MASS MEDIA-II
AUTO ENGINEERING-II(NSQF)

Friday, April 28, 2017
NATIONAL CADET CORPS(NCC)
MULTIMEDIA & WEB TECHNOLOGY
AUTOSHOP REPAIR & PRACTICE-II NSQF
FABRIC STUDY
TYPOGRAPHY & COMPUTER APPLICATION(HINDI)

Saturday, April 29, 2017
PHILOSOPHY
ENTERPRENEURSHIP
OFFICE PROCEDURE & PRACTICES
BASIC CONCEPT OF HEALTH AND DISEASE AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
FOOD SERVICE-II
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY
MIDWIFERY

La La Land

2017-01-09T09:59:00.003-08:00

La La Land

La La Land is a 2016 American romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend and Rosemarie DeWitt. The plot follows a musician and an aspiring actress who meet and fall in love in Los Angeles.

The film's title is a reference both to a nickname for the city of Los Angeles and to the idiom for being out of touch with reality. La La Land had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2016, and was released in the United States on December 9, 2016 by Summit Entertainment. The film received widespread acclaim from critics and has grossed $85 million worldwide. It was chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2016,[4] and won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture. The film has won numerous awards, including seven Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Actor for Gosling, Best Actress for Stone, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Original Song, breaking the record for the most Golden Globes won by a single film

Directed by Damien Chazelle

Produced by Fred Berger, Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt

Written by Damien Chazelle

Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt

Music by Justin Hurwitz

Edited by Tom Cross

Release date

August 31, 2016 (Venice Film Festival)

December 9, 2016 (United States)

Running time 128 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Budget $30 million

Box office $85.8 million

Work From Home - Part Time Job - Internet Based Work

2017-01-04T11:05:00.001-08:00

Work From Home - Part Time Job - Internet Based Work

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Befikre - Vaani Kapoor

2016-11-27T11:04:00.000-08:00

Befikre - Vaani Kapoor

After being criticized for her post-surgery look, Vaani Kapoor is making sure to silence all critics with her hot avatars.

The gorgeous actress, who is on a promotional spree for her upcoming movie 'Befikre', has left everyone awestruck by her eye-popping looks. The 28-year old beauty's recent pic donning a peach-white attire and wearing a light make-up will leave your heart thumping

Vaani is busy promoting 'Befikre' that also stars heartthrob Ranveer Singh in lead role. Directed by Aditya Chopra, the movie is slated to release on December 9.

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Bollywood's steamy scandals

2016-11-27T07:44:00.002-08:00

1) Zara

Yesteryears actor Salma Agha's daughter Zarah is the latest one to be in a steamy MMS scandal. In the clip, she is shown lip locking with an unknown guy. Zarah was dating chocolate boy Ruslaan Mumtaz and now both have parted ways.

After the incident Salma Agha along with daughter Zarah visited Oshiwara Police Station in Mumbai and held a press conference, of course denying the involvement.

2) Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif hit headlines sometime back for an involvement in a sex tape.

Many websites and video-sharing portals hosted a porn video featuring Katrina's lookalike under the tag, 'Katrina Kaif Sex Scandal'. Not surprisingly, the video had become a big hit with surfers.

In the video, Kat's lookalike is shown talking to men before disrobing and getting into sexual acts.

Some time back, Kat's sister Isabel hit headlines when alleged porn video of hers was being circulated.

They also vowed to take legal action against anyone uploading or circulating the video using Isabel's name.

3) Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta's name was also highlighted once, a MMS clipping of the actress hit the web. The video showed the actress taking a shower.

Later it was found that the clip was fake.

7 Shocking Bollywood Scandals of All Times

2016-11-27T07:24:00.001-08:00

What Bollywood looks like on the outside is not really what it is on the inside too. Bollywood’s glitz and glamour may make you swoon and go gaga about it, but the undisclosed dark secrets, scandals and casting couches that we unravel beneath will make you gasp!
Scroll down to take a sneak-peak into the infamous Bollywood scandals of all times.

1. Bipasha Basu

Fiv years back, in 2011, a controversial tape allegedly featuring sexual conversations between the actress and politician Amar Singh were leaked. But the actress vehemently denied allegations that the voice in the tape was hers.Despite Amar Singh reportedly using his clout to have the tape hidden, the scandalous conversation made its way to the hands, or rather the ears, of the public in 2011.

2. Dibakar Banerjee-Payal Rohatgi

The model-turned-actress accused director Dibakar Banerjee of indecent behaviour while she was auditioning for a role in ‘Shanghai’. Dibakar, of course, refuted the allegation while fellow filmmaker Anurag Kashyap rushed to his support.

3. Madhu Bhandarkar

Rape allegations were slapped on the National Award-winning filmmaker, Madhu Bhandarkar by actress Preeti Jain. According to the actress, the filmmaker raped her 16 times on the pretext of casting her in his films.The actress further went on to charge Madhur with leading her on and promising to marry as well as cast her in his films, before abruptly withdrawing her case altogether.

4. Shiney Ahuja

In June 2009, the actor’s Bollywood career hit a dead end after his domestic help lodged a police complaint against him alleging rape at his residence. Shiney was arrested and subsequently sentenced to seven years imprisonment. He is currently out on bail. Ahuja, who was away from films after getting embroiled in the alleged rape case, is set for a comeback on the silver screen with ‘Welcome Back’.

5. Shahid Kapoor-Kareena Kapoor

Back in 2004, an MMS, which allegedly showed the two ex-lovers Shahid and Kareena smooching passionately became the talk of the web. Kareena and Shahid maintained that the MMS was fake, but that didn’t reduce the popularity of the video.

6. Ashmit patel-Riya Sen

The 2007 Riya-Ashmit MMS clip is among the most infamous scandals in Bollywood. The clip showed the duo kissing passionately. While most stars prefer to stay mum on their leaked videos, Ashmit admitted during his stay in ‘Bigg Boss’ house that the clip was indeed genuine.

7. Veena Malik

In 2012, a steamy video allegedly featuring the Pakistani actress started doing the rounds of the internet. The clip has a couple passionately making out and sent the temperatures soaring. The guy in the video was alleged to be Rajan Verma, her co-star in the film ‘Zindagi 50-50’

Couple claims Dhanush as their son, Madurai court summons Kolaveri star

2016-11-26T10:13:00.003-08:00

Madurai court has summoned Dhanush, based on a petition filed by an elderly couple, claiming that he was born to them.

A Judicial Magistrate Court in Melur has directed Dhanush to appear before the court, based on a petition filed by an elderly couple, claiming that they were his real parents.

Kathiresan and Meenakshi, the residents of Mallampati in Melur, have also produced Dhanush's birth certificate and some childhood photographs.

According to the couple, Dhanush, whose real name was Kalaiselvan, was born at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. He did his schooling upto standard X at RC Higher Secondary School and Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Melur.

They were quoted by Free Press Journal as saying, "We named him Kalaichelvan and enrolled him in a school in Melur. When he completed class X, we got him admitted in class XI in a school in Sivaganga district. But he dropped out and moved to Chennai and changed his name to Dhanush K Raja and entered the world of cinema."

The couple also claimed that they tried to meet Dhanush several times, but they were denied permission.

Kathiresan and Meenakshi have now approached the court, requesting a monthly maintenance of Rs 65,000 from Dhanush

Source - WEB

Dear Zindagi Box Office Collection

2016-11-26T10:05:00.001-08:00

Dear Zindagi box office collection day 2: Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt film gets a good start

Dear Zindagi is being appreciated for its novelty by the audience. Many films fail to do what Dear Zindagi did so cleverly and that is adding the stardom of Shah Rukh Khan to a coming-of-age movie. The film, which is co-produced by Gauri Khan, Karan Johar and SRK, collected Rs 8.75 crore on Friday. The film is expected to do well during this weekend.

The popularity of Shah Rukh Khan is clearly visible on overseas box office collection of the film. The film, which has a midweek release in North America ( USA and Canada) collected Rs 17.82 lakh and Rs 2.69 crore in Canada and the USA respectively. Dear Zindagi has managed to mint a robust Rs 2.87 crore in North America. The film has also fared well as compared to Gauri Shinde’s English Vinglish.

Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh shared, ” #DearZindagi has a STRONG start… Hi-end plexes of major centres contribute maximum… Fri ₹ 8.75 cr [1200 screens]. India biz.” Taran also shared, “#DearZindagi, which had a midweek release in North America [USA + Canada], has grossed $ 419,208 [₹ 2.87 cr] in 2 days… Details follow…”

Dear Zindagi also had a midweek release in UAE, collecting Rs 1.19 crore. Taran shared, “#DearZindagi had a midweek release in the USA [Thanksgiving Weekend]… Collected an IMPRESSIVE $ 172,571 [₹ 1.19 cr] on Wednesday. @Rentrak.”

The audience has praised the performance of Alia Bhatt who portrays Kaira- an independent woman. Kaira’s endeavour to find stability in her relationships is endearing. Most young women could relate to the character of Kiara. This is the second stellar performance by Alia after garnering rave reviews for Udta Punjab. Shah Rukh Khan has earlier said that he is playing an extended cameo in Dear Zindagi.

Source - WEB

12 Movies Where The Actors Had Real Sex On-Screen!

2016-11-23T11:01:00.005-08:00

12 Movies Where The Actors Had Real Sex On-Screen!

PSA: Most of the movie sex-scenes we see are fake. But there are a few extremely adventurous movies which have real sex. Yep, actors have actually done the deed on-screen and the movies aren’t pornographic in nature. Interesting, isn’t it? So here’s a list of 12 movies where the actors have had unsimulated sex! Check it out and tell us if you have any movies to add.

1) 9 Songs

9 Songs is a 2004 British art romantic drama film written and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The title refers to the nine songs played by eight different rock bands that complement the story of the film. 9 Songs was controversial due to the depiction of real sex between actors Kieran O’Brien and Margo Stilley

2) Love

Directed by Gaspar Noé, Love is a French Drama film which revolves around cinema school student named Murphy and his former girlfriend Electra, whom he dated for two years, before sleeping with another woman, Omi. The movie featured at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and it’s in 3D.

3) Anatomy of Hell

Another French drama which has unsimulated sex. Directed by Catherine Breillat, this movie is about a lonely woman who pays a gay man to join her for a four-day exploration of sexuality while locked away from society in an isolated estate. Sounds crazy, no?

4) In The Realm Of Senses

In The Realm Of Senses is a Japanese and French art film directed by Nagisa Oshima. The film is a fictionalized account of Sada Abe, a Japanese lady who is remembered for erotically asphyxiating her lover, Kichizo Ishida, and then cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying them around with her in her kimono. Hmmm.

5) Pola X

French movies do have the most unsimulated sex, right? Pola X is loosely based on the Herman Melville novel Pierre (or The Ambiguities). It revolves around a successful young novelist who is confronted by a woman who claims to be his lost sister, and the two begin a romantic relationship. Game Of Thrones, who?

6) Shortbus

Shortbus is an American comedy movie about a sexually diverse ensemble of colorful characters trying desperately to connect in New York City. The characters indulge in a weekly Brooklyn artistic/sexual salon loosely inspired by various underground NYC gatherings that took place in the early 2000s.

7) Love Actually….Sucks!

Love Actually… Sucks! is a 2011 Hong Kong movie, directed by Scud (Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung). The film’s title is a humorous wordplay on the romantic comedy film story Love Actually, as it deals with similar complicated and interconnected relationships. But, like, with a lot more sex.

8) Scarlet Diva

Scarlet Diva is a semi-autobiographical film about the Italian actress and director Asia Argento‘s life. A self-destructive streak in Anna Batista (Argento) pulls her into drugs, sex and other excesses. To combat this, she attempts to fulfill her creative side by becoming a film director.

9) Through The Looking Glass

This isn’t the sequel to Alice In Wonderland; the movie is actually a 1976 adult film directed by Jonas Middleton with avant-garde, experimental elements. The film stars Catherine Erhardt as a bored socialite that finds herself drawn to a mirror that ignites her sexual desires.

10) Pink Flamingos

Pink Flamingos is a 1972 American black comedy exploitation film written, produced, scored, shot, edited, narrated, and directed by John Waters. When the film was initially released, it caused a huge degree of controversy due to the wide range of perverse acts performed in explicit detail. It did make a star out of the drag queen actor Divine.

11) Sweet Movie

Sweet Movie is a 1974 avant-garde art house comedy-drama film by the Yugoslavian director Dušan Makavejev. The movies follows a Canadian beauty queen, who represents a modern commodity culture, and a captain aboard a ship laden with candy and sugar, who is a failed communist revolutionary. With loads and loads of sex.

12) Gandu

Yes! An Indian movie makes it to the list. Gandu is a Bengali movie directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee. Gandu has caused some controversy because of language and scenes of nudity and sex. Audiences have left during sex scenes, especially when the main star Anubrata Basu shows his erect penis in a love scene.

For more movies that feature real sex, you can check out the list on Wikipedia.

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King Khan is going for a complete makeover in his 51st year

2016-11-23T10:20:00.001-08:00

Make Way For Shah Rukh Khan 2.0

Hold on SRK fans! If you have been disappointed with the superstars’ recent offerings, don’t give up hope! Let’s face it, the last few years have been rather tough on Bollywood’s biggest star – personally and professionally. He has seen success but blockbusters like Chennai Express, Happy New Year and Dilwale have not exactly warmed the hearts of critics. The last one especially was a huge downer with even hard core fans dissing the comedy.

But Shah Rukh, we can now reveal, has a new game-plan. One, which he has been working towards, diligently. This week sees the release of Fan, an as unlikely ‘Shah Rukh Khan’ film that there ever will be! It’s all part of a big plan for a big change.

End of the King of Romance?

There are strong indications that the romantic Shah Rukh Khan we have grown up on, will cease to exist. The King of Romance will give birth to a different king in the days to come who will change with the needs of the time.

The change came as Shah Rukh touched 50 last year. Incidentally, all the top three Khans are of the same age but it’s Shah Rukh Khan who will be seen in a different avatar altogether. The new King Khan operates at three levels – the injuries that prompted the change, the actor seeking a new image and finally, the human being seeking a new lifestyle.

SHAH RUKH’S BRUISSED BODY:

Had he been any regular person, King Khan would be confined to a wheel chair by now. It is his determination, steadfast will and indomitable courage that Shah Rukh Khan continues to dance and perform stunts on stage and on screen. Most of his body parts are broken and cause him intense pain. Over the years, Shah Rukh Khan has neglected his injuries.

According to conservative estimates (as Shah Rukh never really talks about his minor surgeries, Shah Rukh Khan has gone through 15 surgeries (both major and minor) and out of which at least five of them were major.

Apart from smoking (which has remained his health concern over the years) Shah Rukh Khan opened up about the recent illness. In fact this has come to light that recently when Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan met (over two occasions), the only issue that continued to concern them were their bone pains…

To understand, what Shah Rukh Khan is trying to change about his attitude towards his body, we need to understand what he has gone through before…

1. 1996: This year Shah Rukh got the first major injury and this started off his physical woes. There was a scene in the film English Babu Desi Mem where Anupam Kher was supposed to lift Shah Rukh. Unfortunately while filming, Shah Rukh Khan fell as he slipped off from the hands of the stunt man who was supposed to catch him. Anupam had to lift his leg, his leg hit Shah Rukh on his chest and Shah Rukh landed with a thud on the floor and ended up with three broken ribs! It is rumoured that Shah Rukh never really took care of his injury and resumed shooting within two weeks.

2. 1997: The very next year, Shah Rukh Khan had another injury that continues to haunt him to date. While shooting for the hit song, "Ghunghte Mein Chanda...." in Koyla Shah Rukh Khan performed one of his famous stunts where he swung in the air and landed on his knees on the ground. This stunt - which was done without knee pads - shattered his right knee cap. Again, he never really let his knee heal fully and returned to shooting soon after. Shah Rukh Khan later said that he didn't want to cause losses to Rakesh Roshan because he had set up his sets in Arunachal Pradesh and there was no way the whole schedule could wait for him to recover.

3. 1998: The very next year, Shah Rukh Khan's right leg was in the focus of attention again as a freak accident on the sets of Dil Se, broke his right toe. This happened while shooting for a jump sequence in the title song, "Dil Se". This time, the director advised him complete rest but as Shah Rukh continued shooting. When a reporter asked him why he chose not to take complete bed rest as per the doctor’s advice, Shah Rukh said he couldn't stay away from the sets for a long time.

4. 1998: SRK’s costume on the sets of Duplicate caught fire as he was playing the role of a chef. He was playing a double role in the film and one of the brothers (the character) was a chef. During the 'show off' of his culinary skills to the leading lady Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan's costume caught fire and he had to be taken to a hospital immediately. While treating the burns, it was discovered that his costume had torn through his skin and he had to be given at least 8 to 10 stitches. This didn't hamper the shooting schedule of the movie…

5. 2001: He broke his right ankle for a shooting sequence in the film One 2 Ka Four. The ankle got twisted during one of the fighting sequences. Shah Rukh got himself into a plaster and returned on the sets soon after.

6. 2001: While shooting for Ishq Kameena with Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan hurt his back and he went through a minor surgery at that time. They were shooting on a slippery floor and reportedly Shah Rukh Khan fell down while executing one of his dance moves.

7. 2003: Shah Rukh Khan has the dubious distinction of injuring himself while doing a cameo in Dulha Mil Gaya. And this injury, to date, remains one of his worst. The injury happened much earlier but when it got worse a year later in 2003, doctors ordered for immediate surgery. This one was for a slip disc injury in his back which continued to haunt him for the rest of his life. Shah Rukh went through a surgery this year where a titanium disc was inserted into his body to keep his shoulder in place.

8. 2008: SRK hurt himself while shooting for My Name is Khan. This was the first time SRK said he was in actual pain and wanted to get it treated immediately. However, as the whole crew was shooting overseas and cancelling dates would mean huge losses to Karan Johar, Shah Rukh decided against it.

9. 2010: His shoulder continued to hurt while he was shooting heavy-duty scenes for his home production Ra.One. This was the time when Shah Rukh Khan could halt the shooting as it was his own production and his wife Gauri was a co-producer. His wife decided to halt the shooting of Ra.One briefly so that Shah Rukh could go for a shoulder surgery as his shoulder pain was getting from bad to worse. The surgery was successful even though it meant, in the later years, that the pain would come to haunt Shah Rukh every now and then.

10. 2013: Shah Rukh got hurt on the sets of Chennai Express during an action scene. This time he got operated in a Mumbai hospital even though he went frequently to London for post operative care and physiotherapy. Even though he was in pain throughout the action scenes, it never really showed on screen, did it? This is the same time when the doctors warned Shah Rukh that any further injury to his right shoulder may mean paralysis for the rest of his life.

11. 2014: A door fell on him on he sets of Farah Khan's Happy New Year. A press release had to be issued as Shah Rukh Khan was wheeled into the hospital into the Intensive Care Room. The heavy door hit his head first which resulted in some superficial cuts but then it landed on his shoulder which broke his shoulder blades. Shooting had to be postponed for two weeks.

12. 2015: Shah Rukh again underwent a surgery during June while he was shooting for Raees. This surgery was to ease the bone pains that he was facing. The surgery was successful and the doctors were able to ease the pain.

13. 2016: Shah Rukh Khan hurt himself again recently while shooting for Fan. Thankfully this time the injury was not major (or we might not know) and he returned to the sets a few days later. We even know that because Shah Rukh himself tweeted about it.

SHAH RUKH, THE ACTOR: A WHOLE NEW FILMOGRAPHY

With Dilwale getting flak commercially and critically, rumours are rife that Shah Rukh is taking a very hard look at his career and the kind of films he is doing.

Apart from the fact that Shah Rukh might open up to the idea of a second hero pulling the film with him, his friends suggest that the star is selecting only those scripts that are different from what he has done before. So perhaps, no out-and-out romantic film anymore, a fact that his upcoming movie list reiterates…

Fan

He opted to get his body leaner and went with VFX (of his own company) which transformed his face. Technically, in Fan Shah Rukh is pitted against Shah Rukh and the two roles don't complement each other. For this role, getting each track (character) required hours of shooting and also acting on a mark (exact shooting spot that is marked) to help in VFX later.

Raees

The first poster created a stir. We haven’t seen him look this intensely since Chak De! SRK plays a bootlegger in this movie set in 1980s Ahmedabad. What a change from Raj/Rahul!

Anand Rai’s Next

Shah Rukh Khan is reportedly playing the role of a dwarf where his body will be transformed through VFX again. Contrary to popular belief, he won't be on his knees all the time because medically he is not fit to do so. However, this transformation will require hours of VFX friendly shoot and make-up which is far from easy.

Gauri Shinde’s Next

Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt will be seen in a film which is being made by Gauri Shinde. However, both of them will not be paired romantically. We are told that even this script is very different as Shah Rukh might be playing father figure to Alia. If the buzz is true, we may see Shah Rukh play a struggling dad to a rebellious teenager.

SHAH RUKH, THE PERSON: THE LIFESTYLE CHANGES

Shah Rukh Khan has brought in a series of lifestyle changes to help him rule the box office for another two decades. From sticking to a strict diet and fitness regimen to cutting down heavily on his smoking, the superstar is making conscious efforts to compete with younger actors like Varun, Ranbir, Ranveer etc. He used to be chain smoker and had installed a soft drink vending machine at Mannat but those are things of the past. We spoke to a few people close to him to piece together the diet plan that he follows to the T.

• Shah Rukh is close to kicking the butt! The man who used to be a chain smoker now hardly smokes five cigarettes in a day. We have also heard that there are days when Shah Rukh goes without a smoke, something that is unthinkable even a few years ago.

• Shah Rukh Khan is fond of meat but now mutton is almost banned from his plate. He is fond of chicken and prefers chicken to any kind of dish any day. However, his chicken is always boiled, never deep fried. Once in a while he enjoys the odd butter chicken of course.

• King Khan never takes a second helping of any dish. He eats all that is there on his plate and ends it there. And one plate is generally the portion that he eats for a full meal.

• He has cut out all kinds of carbohydrate in the form of potatoes, rice or wheat from his diet.

• Lean meats, chicken, turkey, fish, paneer and egg whites and skimmed milk form a major part of his diet.

• To date, you wouldn’t have seen ANY photographs of Shah Rukh eating in public. He generally avoids eating in public as he prefers his privacy while having food.

• Shah Rukh also has a protein shake after workouts like anyone who’s interested in fitness.

• He does give in and indulges in parties but he has made it a habit of never drinking in public. He never touches finger food either.

• He avoids dishes with even a hint of butter.

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BookMyChotu.com Will Send Helpers to Stand in ATM Queues for You

2016-11-23T09:55:00.002-08:00

Send Helpers to Stand in ATM Queues for You

HIGHLIGHTS

It provides a helper for Rs. 90 per hour
This helper will stand in ATM queues on the customer's behalf
These helpers also do many other domestic chores for the customer
Indian startup Bookmychotu.com has expanded its service portfolio and now provides its customers with a 'helper' to stand in long ATM queues for them. This 'helper' will stand in the queues for Rs. 90 per hour on behalf of the customer. This service has caught the attention of many users since long ATM queues are an everyday affair, thanks to the cash crunch caused by the demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes earlier this month.

The Bookmychotu.com service is currently only available in UP, Haryana, and Delhi. To book a 'helper', the user needs to register online or call on +91-8587028869. Once the user receives confirmation, they can easily direct the helper to stand in the ATM queue for them. Debunking name rumours, the startup informs that there are no children employed by the company, and all 'chotus' are above 18 years of age.

Apart from standing in queues, a 'chotu' can be hired for various domestic chores like shifting, cleaning, grocery shopping, market help, house party help, help in a religious get-together, and more. The company further notes that the helper will not enter the bank, and will just stand in the queue for the customer.
Because of demonetisation, the government has capped bank withdrawal limits and this among other reasons has caused ATMs to go out of cash very quickly. Most ATMs refill money at least twice a day, and really long queues form outside as soon as the money is reloaded. Sometimes it takes hours before a user gets to withdraw from the ATM, consuming a lot of time. Bookmychotu has tried to cash in on this recent pain point by offering helpers to wait in these long queues.

Bookmychotu is a startup co-founded by Satjeet Singh Bedi and Govin Kandhari, and currently offers services through its online portal only. The company has announced that an Android app will be launched soon. Also, it's worth noting that there is no clarity on how these 'chotus' are hired, and trusting them with your valued items is advised at users' own discretion.

Seeking to allay possible concern over the name "chotu", which means "little one" in Hindi, Bookmychotu's site has this to say, "Please Note: "Chotu" is just a name and the same is being used for branding purposes. We have no intentions to hurt anyone's sentiments. All Chotus/Helpers are above the age of 18 and they have no objection with this name."
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Love between IAS Toppers

2016-11-23T09:51:00.005-08:00

Love in a Sarkari set-up: 2015 IAS topper Tina Dabi to wed No 2 Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi Khan

HIGHLIGHTS

IAS topper Tina Dabi is all set to marry Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi Khan who stood second in the examination in 2015.
Both Khan and Dabi have been posting pictures of holidays and hang outs with friends on Facebook and have recived mixed response from the people.

NEW DELHI: He may have lost the top rank of the Union Public Service Commission examination in 2015 to Tina Dabi but clearly he won her heart. Twenty-two year old Dabi will soon tie the knot with Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi Khan who secured second rank in the UPSC exam.

Speaking from the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy for Administration in Mussoorie where she is undergoing training, Dabi+ said the couple was yet to set a wedding date, but the engagement would happen "very soon".

Love blossomed in a very sarkari set-up when the two met at the department of personnel and training (DoPT) office in North Block for a felicitation function on May 11. "We met in the morning and by evening Aamir was at my door. Uske liye pehli nazar mein pyaar ho gaya (For him, it was love at first sight)", she said. It was August by the time his charm swayed her."But I thank Aamir every day for his perseverance. He is a wonderful person."

Bollywood - Uncut Scenes

2016-11-21T10:50:00.003-08:00

Alia Bhat's Boldest Outfit

2016-11-21T10:50:00.002-08:00

Ananya Birla - Jayanti Modi

2016-11-18T10:18:00.002-08:00

Ananya Birla, Jayanti Modi to debut at le Bal in Paris

Le Bal des Débutantes, popularly known as le Bal, the annual debutante ball held in Paris every year in November, will see two Indian faces this year — Ananya Birla and Jayati Modi.

The annual event, started in 1992 by Ophélie Renouard, sees 20 young women and 20 men from renowned families across the globe gather at the Peninsula Hotel in Paris. Ananya, daughter of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birlaand Neerja Birla, will reportedly wear Azzedine Alaia at the gala event. Jayati, daughter of entrepreneur Sameer Modi, is expected to turn out in Vivienne Westwood Couture.

“I’m excited but nervous too,” Jayati says. “It’s a once in a lifetime event... I’m really looking forward to le Bal. I think it is going to have a very big impact on my life. I hope to build relationships that carry forward.”

Jayati studies entrepreneurship and film at Brandeis University in Boston. She has one year of college left to complete. “I’m considering going to acting school or interning in an entertainment business corporation post college,” she says.

Ananya recently launched her debut single last week.

Last year, Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda — daughter of businessman Nikhil Nanda and his wife Shweta, was to attend the event, but cancelled at the last minute, owing tothe terror attacks in Paris, two weeks before le Bal.

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Tum Bin 2 Movie Review

2016-11-18T10:13:00.003-08:00

Tum Bin 2 Movie Review: Neha Sharma Makes Comeback In A Bland Sequel

Genre:

Romance
Cast:

Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal, Aashim Gulati, Kanwaljit Singh
Director:

Anubhav Sinha

It was with Tum Bin that director Anubhav Sinha got his start in Bollywood. It was 2001, the year the Mumbai film industry delivered two of the new millennium's most memorable films, Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai.

Over the decade and a half that have elapsed since, Hindi cinema, romantic dramas and Sinha himself have undergone many an inevitable change. Hence it feels a tad odd that a sequel to Tum Bin has been be attempted in the year 2016.

Not only has Sinha written and directed Tum Bin 2, he has also produced it under his Benaras Mediaworks banner in collaboration with T-Series. He obviously believes the franchise has a future.

The film is staggeringly simple-minded: it has faith, in an old-fashioned way, in the healing power of love and the catharsis of pain. That might not necessarily be a drawback for a film seeking mass connect.

But the characters are airily conceived and presented, robbing them of any tangible, relatable emotions.

Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal and Aashim Gulati in Tum Bin 2

They eat lasagna, rustle up cakes, swig red wine, and sip cups of coffee as they hold forth on love, loss, pain, grief, the pursuit of happiness and doing the right thing no matter what.

The appeal of the exercise begins to wear thin as soon as the beautiful frames, the eye-popping locations and the wannabes who are in the drama begin to look and sound drably monotonous.

Tum Bin 2 is competently mounted, visually lush and musically strong. But in terms of substance, this sequel is too long and too bland to be able to recapture the dramatic traction of the original tearjerker, which, too, had no star power.

Tum Bin had struck an instant chord 15 years ago, but none of its lead actors - Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha and Himanshu Malik went on to make thriving big screen acting careers in Mumbai.

It would be surprising if Tum Bin 2 achieves the kind of commercial success that its predecessor did.

But, in the light of the frequency with which tales of young love hit the screens these days, chances are that Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal and newcomer Aashim Gulati will get ample opportunities to build upon this opening.

The problems that Tum Bin 2 encounters do not lie in the technical department. In fact, few Hindi films have looked as consistently gorgeous as Tum Bin 2, thanks to the picturesque Scottish locations and cinematographer Ewan Mulligan's adroit camerawork.

It is the content of the film that lends itself to mushy dreariness. A much-in-love Indian couple, who live in Edinburgh, are days away from their nuptials when a mishap interrupts their life.

Another young man, as suave and smooth-talking as the first one, enters the picture and the grieving girl is steadily dragged out of the trough.

Then, expectedly, the first guy returns and an inevitable triangle is created, leading to a maudlin love story in which every character is so shiningly spotless that they could put priests completely out of work.

The two male actors - Aditya Seal and television's Aashim Gulati (in his first big screen role) - compete with each other to be sugary sweet.

The object of their affection (Neha Sharma in a comeback of sorts) mourns the disappearance of her fiance until the new man in her life teaches her not to exist with her back to what life has to offer.

One ditty sums up the helpful exhortation: "Kahat Kabir suno bhai saadho/Man ko udhne doh na baandho".

The song plays on the soundtrack while the depressed lady gets drunk silly, rediscovers a fount of joy within her, and dances in gay abandon.

Neha Shrama in Tum Bin 2

Life, says one of the wise young men, is a summer vacation; even as you are making your grand plans, it's suddenly over, poof!

Sure enough, he isn't the sole philosopher here. Everybody in this film delivers pep talks to everybody else. So much so that at times the audience could be forgiven for wondering if they have strayed into an Agony Aunt show.

Kanwaljit Singh plays a character addressed as Papaji, is the elder statesman who pines for his deceased wife even as he advises his missing son's girlfriend to learn to surmount the anguish of separation.

Neha Shrama in Tum Bin 2Neha Sharma and
Kanwaljit Singh in Tum Bin 2

The heroine is the youngest of three sisters who bond big time and stand by each other through thick and thin.

Their exchanges yield one of the more interest moments in Tum Bin 2. The eldest (Mehar Vij) is dead against the second sister (Sonia Balani) plan to marry a Scottish-Pakistani boy.

Sceptical big sis is talked into paying a visit to the guy's place to check him out. He not only turns out to be Hindu, but also a successful doctor.

As the ice breaks, the doc's mom pipes up: Religion and culture are two different things. We are Hindu by religion, but Pakistani by culture.

There are times when Tum Bin 2 turns pretty corny. In one scene, one of the two men, in a particularly moony moment, admits to the girl: Tumhare bina mera kya hota? Thank God, I have you in my life!

In another scene, Papaji asks the girl: Tu khush hai. She replies without batting an eyelid: Nahin Papaji, main bahut dukhi hoon.

The audience might not be overly dukhi with Tum Bin 2, especially owing to its commendably sophisticated soundtrack. But this sequel is unlikely to have anybody asking for more.

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Force 2 - Movie Review

2016-11-18T10:03:00.003-08:00

Force 2 - John Abraham and Sonakshi's Film is Predictable But Delivers Thrills

Genre:

Action
Cast:

John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha, Tahir Raj Bhasin
Director:

Abhinay Deo

As another one forces its way into our multiplexes amid a rash of Bollywood sequels, the question is inevitable: is this film any good?

Here's the answer: despite being marked by narrative pace and stylistic pizzazz, Force 2, directed by Abhinay Deo, isn't a humdinger of a spy thriller.

Yet, while this sequel might not sweep you off your feet, delivers enough thrills to keep you hooked to the high-octane action unfolding on the screen.

ACP Yashvardhan (John Abraham) of 2011's Force is back. This time around, he teams up with a feckless RAW agent KK (Sonakshi Sinha) to take on a bad guy who knows his onions - and then some.

When Force 2 flags, it is the villain, played with aplomb by Tahir Raj Bhasin, who holds the film together. He gets the best lines and makes them count.

The screenplay has nothing new to offer, the character played by Sonakshi is half-baked and John Abraham's action hero is limited to peddling the conventional tropes of the genre.

Force 2, therefore, isn't the force that it might have been had it dared to drift away from the familiar and into the uncharted. That is way beyond the ken of this film.

The Indian embassy in Budapest has a traitor on the precincts. He puts the lives of Indian spies in foreign lands at risk by revealing their identities to inimical forces.

When three RAW operatives, including a close friend of the hero's, are killed in China, Yash and KK are pressed into service to get to the bottom of the truth.

The bad guy that the undercover agents are up against is a cocky, cocksure crook who thrives on mocking his adversaries.

The mole holds his own against all odds (until, of course, the climactic confrontation).

Bhasin, embodying a minor variation on his career-launching Mardaani act, is a mid-level embassy functionary who has an ulterior motive to snitch on his compatriots.

He is a swaggering show-stealer who gives as he good as he gets and never recoils from a challenge even when the chips are down.

Equally, the tough-spy hero - though not his not-so-tough female colleague KK - knows all the tricks in the book needed to be deployed to stop the evil man in his track.

To that extent, notwithstanding its slick action sequences and the unrelenting pace, Force 2 does not spring too many surprises. It stays well within the limits of the spy thriller while drawing upon superficial devices for effect.

But, as it might be clear as daylight by now, one thing that this film has undeniably going for it is a villain who isn't just a shadowy figure bunged into the mix to give the macho hero a punching bag.

The two men - Shiv and Yash - are engaged in bitter mind games that frequently explode into terrific car chases and violent confrontations.

You might have seen it all before, yet Force 2 remains passable in the main because it gives the audience very little time to ponder over the plot details.

The lead actor, who sheds his shirt very early on in the film to reveal his chiseled torso and then, many scenes later, jumps into a fight draped in a towel, takes his job very, very seriously.

He is both earnest and solemn as he executes the dangerous mission to hunt down the 'enemy' and bring him to book.

The secret agent played by Sonakshi is aimed at giving girl power a boost. The character ends up doing just the opposite.

The two are agents who risk their lives to protect the country's interests without recompense. The man is cocksure; the woman is prone to losing her way. Not funny at all!

Neither of the two characters is written with clarity. But looking for logic and psychological nuances in their engagement with each other and with the antagonist will serve no purpose.

The task of the patriots in the film is made all the more difficult by the wiles of the villain, who rarely loses an opportunity to show them up.

But sure enough, the male spy is an unstoppable, invincible machine. No matter how cornered he is in his mental joust with the bad guy, he is bound to come out on top.

Thanks to the fast-paced narrative, Force 2 gives the audience little space to draw away from the hurly-burly, survey the action from a distance and spot holes in the construct.

There are several, of course, but because of the power of the action scenes, the film works, if only at a very basic level.

It's the sheer predictability of this narrative form that drags Force 2 down a few notches. Be that as it may, it is an entertainer that passes muster.

And if you are a John Abraham fan, there can be no reason whatever to give Force 2 a miss.

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Melania Trump : 13 things you didn't know about Donald Trump's wife

2016-11-10T12:42:00.000-08:00

Melania Trump : 13 things you didn't know about Donald Trump's wife

From nude photo shoots and a creepy phone call to a $100,000 wedding dress and a secret half-brother

Melania Trump	First Lady of the United States (Designate)
Taking office	January 20, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Succeeding	Michelle Obama
Born	Melanija Knavs April 26, 1970 (age 46) Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Political party	Republican
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Spouse	Donald Trump (2005)
Children	1

Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs;[2][a] April 26, 1970; also known as Melania Knauss) is a Slovene American former model who is married to American businessman and President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump.

Born in Slovenia, she became a permanent resident of the United States in 2001 and a citizen in 2006. She will assume the role of First Lady of the United States on January 20, 2017

Early life

Melania was born in Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia) on April 26, 1970. She is the daughter of Amalija (née Ulčnik) and Viktor Knavs, who managed car and motorcycle dealerships for a state-owned vehicle manufacturer.Her father was from the nearby town of Radeče. Her mother came from the village of Raka, and was a patternmaker at the children's clothing manufacturer "Jutranjka" in Sevnica. Melania has a sister, Ines, and an older half-brother, whom she reportedly has never met, from her father's previous relationship.

She grew up in a modest apartment in a concrete housing block in Sevnica, in Slovenia's Lower Sava Valley. When she was a teenager, the family moved to a two-story house near Sevnica and lived in a high-rise apartment in Ljubljana.

Melania attended the Secondary School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana and studied at the University of Ljubljana for one year before dropping out.

She speaks six languages: her native Slovenian, and Serbian, English, French, Italian and German.

1. Melania is Donald's third wife

The former Melania Knauss started dating Donald Trump in 1998, married him in 2005 and gave birth to their son, Barron, the following year. Before Melania, Donald was married for a few years in the 1990s to Marla Maples, a television personality, former beauty queen and mother to their daughter Tiffany Trump. The couple met while the businessman was still with his first wife, Czechoslovakian Ivana Zelnickova, who he had married in 1977. They have three children – Ivanka, Eric and eldest child Donald Trump Jr, who, at 38, is eight years younger than his stepmother Melania.

Ivana and Donald were leading socialites in New York during the 1980s, but their marriage ended with a very public divorce in 1992. Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders says some of the inspiration for the show's fashionista Patsy Stone, played by Joanna Lumley, came from Ivana, who often sports a high blonde beehive.

2. The Clintons went to her wedding

Bill and Hillary Clinton were among the 350 guests when Melania and Donald tied the knot at the groom's landmark Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. According to GQ, the bride wore a $100,000 Dior dress with 1,500 crystals, which took a "legendary" 550 hours to make. It had a 13ft train and the bride wore a 16ft veil. However, the gown was so difficult to walk in that Melania changed into a Vera Wang hand-ruched silk tulle Grecian dress for the poolside after-party. Her 12-carat, emerald-cut Graff wedding ring is said to be worth £1.5m.

Melania's sister, Ines, was the maid of honour and Donald's two sons, Donald Jr and Eric, served as best men. Guests including Heidi Klum, Barbara Walters and Simon Cowell "slurped caviar and Cristal in the shadow of a five-foot-tall Grand Marnier wedding cake", says GQ, while the Hollywood Reporter says the seven-tier "chef-d'oeuvre" weighed more than 200lbs.

3. She grew up in communist Yugoslavia and speaks five languages

Slovenian, English, French, Serbian and German, if you want to know. That linguistic prowess could come in handy at White House functions, but it has been suggested her thick accent is the reason she makes few public speeches alongside her immigrant-bashing husband.

Melania was raised away from the glamour of New York high society in a concrete tower block in then Yugoslavia during the rule of Marshal Josip Tito. Now that her husband has become president, Melania is set to become the first first lady to be born in a communist nation and only the second to be born abroad, after Louisa Adams, the English wife of sixth president John Quincy, who served from 1825 to 1829.

4. She thinks people should be nicer to one another

In a rare campaign speech just five days before the election, Melania outlined her vision for what her role would be in the White House if she were to become first lady, saying she would work to combat a culture on social media that has become "too mean and too tough" and which is filled with insults based on "looks and intelligence".

But as CNN reports, "she didn't make any mention of the Twitter activities of her husband, Donald Trump, who has relentlessly attacked his political foes, journalists, critics and other entertainers for years with demeaning comments based on their appearances and intelligence".

Melania, giving her first solo speech since the Republican convention, added: "It is never OK when a 12-year-old girl or boy is mocked, bullied or attacked. It is terrible when it happens on the playground, and it is absolutely unacceptable when it is done by someone with no name hiding on the internet. We have to find a better way to talk to each other."

She continued: "We must find better ways to honour and support the basic goodness of our children, especially in social media. It will be one of the main focuses of my work, if I am privileged enough to become your first lady."

Lady Gaga led a chorus of critics who say Melania decrying bullying is "pure hypocrisy"

.@MELANIATRUMP to say u will stand for "anti-bullying" is hypocrisy. Your husband is 1 of the most notorious bullies we have ever witnessed.

— #VoteHillary (@ladygaga) 6 November 2016

"There was a collective gasp across the nation going, 'Have you met your husband Donald?'" said Alice Stewart, a former Cruz campaign official, on CNN's The Lead on Thursday.

Lady Gaga, who is a Hillary Clinton supporter founded an anti-bullying nonprofit with her mother called the Born This Way Foundation.

5. She has a secret half-brother

While preparing a profile of the incoming first lady for GQ, reporter Julia Ioffe made a startling discovery – Melania's father, Victor Knavs, who she describes as traditional and hardworking, fathered a secret son before marrying the model's mother.

Knavs agreed to pay child support after a court battle proved he was Denis Cigelnjak's father, a claim he initially contested, but he has never contacted his son nor acknowledged his existence. Now aged 50, Cigelnjak still lives in the family's native Slovenia.

Melania initially said the reports were false but later, confronted with court documents, claimed she had misunderstood the question and had known about her half-brother "for years".

6. She is the only first lady to have posed nude

Three years before she met Donald Trump, Melania posed nude alongside for a French men's monthly magazine. The "bombshell" photo set, obtained by the New York Post, shows her lying naked in a bed alongside Scandinavian model Emma Eriksson.

Photographer Jarl Ale de Basseville, who took the pictures, says the images are "beauty and not porn", adding: "I always loved women together because I have been with a lot of women who desired the menage a trois."

An unnamed insider said Melania behaved "like a true professional" during the shoot and was "charming throughout".

Donald, meanwhile, said: "In Europe, pictures like this are very fashionable and common."

7. She is the least popular presidential spouse since Hillary

According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll, Melania is the least popular presidential candidate spouse since Hillary Clinton.

A survey on the spouses and running mates of both presidential candidates saw Clinton's husband, former president Bill, named most popular, with more than half of respondents having a positive opinion of him. Clinton's prospective vice president, Tim Kaine, was next with a net favourability rating - those viewing him positively minus those viewing him negatively - of plus-19. Republican Mike Pence came in third, with plus-17, and Melania languished in last place, getting a net favourability rating of just plus-one.

"Melania Trump's popularity is lower than nearly any other recent candidate's spouse during an election year," the National Post says. "The most popular spouse was Barbara Bush, George H W Bush's wife. Michelle Obama was also viewed fairly positively at about this stage of 2012, though a little worse four years earlier, when she wasn't as well known."

8. She supports her husband's hardline stance on immigration

Although it's not surprising for a candidate's wife to back her husband's policies, some were taken aback by Melania's enthusiasm for the Republican's tough rhetoric on migrants, having immigrated to the US herself.

"I follow the law," she told an MSNBC interviewer. "I never thought to stay here without papers."

She was equally unfazed when pressed about Donald's comments on "criminals" crossing the border into the US. "I don't feel he insulted the Mexicans," she said. "He said 'illegal immigrants'."

9. But she does wish Donald would 'act more presidential'

During a rally in Arizona, Donald told the crowd both his wife and his eldest daughter, Ivanka, don't entirely approve of his behaviour.

"My wife and my daughter said to me, 'Act presidential. Act presidential,'" he said.

Melania insists she isn't shy when it comes to giving her husband political advice. "I give him my opinions, many, many times," she told CNN.

"I don't agree with everything that he says but, you know, that is normal," she added. "I'm my own person, I tell him what I think. I'm standing very strong on the ground on my two feet and I'm my own person. And I think that's very important in the relationship."

Asked what habit she would like to see her husband give up, Melania didn't have to ponder her answer for long. "The tweeting," she said.

On her own Twitter account, Melania mostly sticks to the blandest of updates – the New York skyline features heavily, as do photos of food and fashion, alongside a few innocuous snaps from the campaign trail.

10. She is raising her son as 'Little Donald'

Ten-year-old Barron apparently loves wearing a suit and tie and playing golf with his dad. He is also said to share his father's love of bossing people around. "He fired nannies, fired housekeepers," Melania said in a 2011 interview, adding that he quickly hired them back.

Barron is closer in age to his nephews and nieces than his own siblings and spends more time with his mother because of his father's busy travel schedule.

"He is a very strong-minded, very special, smart boy. He is independent and opinionated and knows exactly what he wants. Sometimes I call him 'Little Donald'. He is a mixture of us in looks, but his personality is why I call him Little Donald," Melania told Parenting.com.

Donald has described his wife as an "incredible" mother. "She loves her son, Barron, so much and I have to say, she will make an unbelievable first lady," he said prior to his election.

11. She was the subject of a creepy call with Howard Stern

In 1999, when her husband was running for president of the Reform party, Melania took part in a sexually charged conversation live on air with shock jock Howard Stern.

The DJ had been chatting to Donald when the conversation turned to Melania. "Let me talk to that broad in your bed," Stern said. Melania, "apparently scantily clad and conveniently sitting nearby", was summoned to the phone, Mother Jones reports, adding: "With Stern oozing his creepiest charm, things rapidly got weird."

Stern insisted the former model should "put on your hottest outfit" for a night out with him and Donald and then asked her what she was wearing.

"Uh, not much," she replied.

"Are you naked? Are you nude?" Stern said.

"Almost," Melania said.

"Ahhh, I've got my pants off already," replied Stern.

12. She could be the next Jackie Kennedy

Insiders warn Melania should not be underestimated. Jackie Kennedy biographer Pamela Keogh told the Daily Mail that, just like JFK's iconic wife, Melania is "beautiful, smart and keeps her own counsel".

As far back as 2000, Melania told the New York Times that if she were ever first lady, she would be "very traditional – like Betty Ford or Jackie Kennedy".

Even though her husband has won the presidency, Melania is the "real winner", says Celia Walden at the Daily Telegraph. "After all, the American dream Melania's been living for two decades now will just keep on getting better."

13. She can look forward to years of sartorial scrutiny

While her husband's acceptance speech was being analysed by media watchers around the world, Melania's fashion choices were being subjected to a similar level of examination - the kind of scrutiny she can surely come to expect in the years ahead.

The Slovene-American former model "looked dazzling as she took her first steps as the next First Lady of the White House", said the Daily Express, adding that the "stunning brunette" wore a white jumpsuit with a "serious split down the front".

Hollywood Life thought the "Slovenian stunner" looked "graceful and elegant" in her Election Day attire and devoted an entire feature to the outfit.

Edward Snowden Called Out WikiLeaks Over Meddling in U.S. Election

2016-11-10T08:44:00.000-08:00

Edward Snowden Called Out WikiLeaks Over Meddling in U.S. Election

There will be many explanations given and studies done to explain why the Democratic party’s nominee Hillary Clinton lost the U.S. Presidential elections in 2016. They’ll range from personal failings, DNC campaign shenanigans, FBI director Comey’s letter to Congress, turnout issues, forgetting the working class, not finding a way to connect with enough disaffected Bernie Sanders voters to over-relying on data analysis and incorrect polls. But besides all that, partial responsibility for her loss must lie with WikiLeaks, an organization that built a reputation for disclosing secret information to the public in the interest of greater transparency, but which, in effect, helped destroy the image of Hillary Clinton in the mind of many possible voters.

The email dumps by WikiLeaks exposed Clinton’s paid Wall Street speeches, a possible conflict of interest with the Clinton Foundation, and the fact that she got some questions passed on to her before the debates. But it was the release of emails from DNC officials that suggested the Democratic party was playing favorites and was set on Clinton winning the nomination that probably did the most damage. Apparently, DNC got so annoyed with Bernie’s surging candidacy that it was looking for a way to slow his momentum, even considering whether to use his religion against him.

A further WikiLeaks dump right before the election worsened the perception of DNC’s mistreatment of Bernie Sanders by suggesting Bernie was somehow blackmailed by the Clinton campaign during the primary campaign.

All the leaks proved highly embarrassing for the Clinton campaign and worked to further alienate Sanders’s voters. Certainly, many of them came on board anyway, but as the results in Michigan and Wisconsin show, it’s very possible Clinton did not connect with enough of Bernie’s voters to get her over the top in those states. Both of them were won by Sanders in the Democratic primaries.

The revelations by WikiLeaks also contributed to the hard-to-shake perception of Hilary Clinton and her campaign as secretive and somehow deceitful. Maybe the disclosures did not change the minds of many voters, but in a close election, they could have very well made enough of a difference, even just by driving down the excitement and turnout of her potential supporters.

So why did WikiLeaks do it? Did it want Trump to be elected President?

This cartoon from the WikiLeaks page with a searchable archive of Clinton’s emails shows a clear stance on what the organization thinks of the Secretary of State, drawing her as a corporate warmonger

It was criticized by Edward Snowden, himself famous for disclosing classified information in the interest of transparency. In his tweet, he accused WikiLeaks of not having “even modest curation” of what it releases and how.

For his part, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks said in a statement that WikiLeaks is simply fulfilling its mission and publishes information as it gets it. If it had info on Trump or other candidates, it would publish that as well.

“Publishing is what we do. To withhold the publication of such information until after the election would have been to favour one of the candidates above the public’s right to know, “ wrote Assange.

WikiLeaks also responded in less lofty terms to Snowden, claiming he's trying to get a pardon from Clinton should she get elected by tweeting:

As Assange is now regarded as a hero in rightwing circles while Reddit thinks Trump will pardon him, and with the U.S. intelligence community accusing Russia of being the source of the leaks, it’s undeniable that WikiLeaks had a profound impact on the elections and has even more revelations to make.

The question remains - is the interest of freedom of speech and transparency overriding any need for control over what information is released and when and what its repercussions are going to be? Was it fair that Clinton’s campaign seemed to be singled out by an Internet crusader, helping to bring the unknown of a Trump Presidency to fruition? The answer to this might depend on your political leanings, but even die-hard-liberals may find it hard to view freedom of speech and transparency in the same way after the unprecedented influence WikiLeaks had in 2016.

After PM Modi Speech, Hawala (Money-Laundering) Spiked, Triggering Raids

2016-11-10T07:52:00.000-08:00

After PM Modi Speech, Hawala (Money-Laundering) Spiked, Triggering Raids

HIGHLIGHTS

Tax officials search locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Ludhiana, Chandigarh
Jewellers, hawala operators, currency exchange operators targeted
Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes banned, need to be deposited in banks

Tax officials are conducting large and simultaneous raids in four different cities including Delhi and Mumbai to find people hoarding large amounts of the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes that can no longer be used for transactions.

Jewellers, money-launderers or hawala dealers and those who privately handle currency exchange are being targeted in Ludhiana and Chandigarh along with the capital and the financial capital.

On Tuesday, in a shock move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a special televised speech that the high-denomination notes were being abolished to crack down on black money and money-laundering and fake or counterfeit currency.

The PM made his speech at 8 pm and said the old notes would be pulled from circulation by midnight. Sources say that intelligence agencies detected a spike or surge in hawalatransactions - the illicit routing of undeclared and untaxed money into legit money or assets.

The government has also been monitoring high-value sales including luxury cars, property and travel to detect black money being spent in a rush to beat the new law.

Bank deposits of more than 2.5 lakhs will be scrutinised and matched with the income declared by the account holder and in case of a mismatch, extra taxes and a 200 per cent penalty will be imposed, the government has said.

Queues formed on Friday as banks reopened after a one-day holiday and people tried to swap their old notes for smaller bills and for new 500 and 2,000 rupee notes, which are being rushed into circulation and are designed to be harder to forge.

Most experts, industry leaders and also several opposition parties have praised the government's demonetisation move.

"I assure you the Govt is unwavering in its effort to create an India that is corruption free & fruits of development touch every citizen, (sic)" PM Modi tweeted today, thanking citizens for "such warmth, enthusiasm & the patience to bear limited inconvenience for a greater good."

The government anticipates a fall in consumption initially, especially in cash-heavy sectors such as jewellery, restaurants and transport, but expects it to pick up in a couple of months.

There was about 8.4 lakh crore in 500 and 1000 rupee notes in circulation and the government expects bank deposits to go up by about 4 lakh crores. With banks flush with cash through the higher deposits, say experts, they could lower interest rates, which will mean lower EMIs on loans.

Dear Zindagi : First Look

2016-10-20T00:48:00.001-07:00

Dear Zindagi first look: Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt make us fall in love with life again

If you were wondering why Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan were teasing their fans with videos about blue Mondays and impatient Tuesdays, the secret is out. The first look of their film together, Dear Zindagi, is here and it has all the comfort of a breezy summer day. The makers took to Twitter on Tuesday (October 18) evening to share the first look of the Gauri Shinde film and we just can’t stop smiling. Well, that is exactly what you can expect when two talented artistes come together in one film. If you were waiting for something perfect to happen today then trust us, this is going to make your evening.

In the poster, Shah Rukh Khan looks extremely stylish in an algae-green shirt and a denim trousers, which he has paired up with sunglasses. Alia gives the college girl vibe in her baby pink off-shoulder top and denim. What attracts our eye is that they are smiling while they are riding their bicycles together in the middle of quite a breezy background. Oh by the way, just like them, their bicycle is stylish too. Well, the filmmakers and actors chose an entirely different way to go about the promotions of this film.

Unlike others, Dear Zindagi team engaged the viewers/followers with mini-clips wherein Alia was seen asking Shah Rukh questions to which he would respond in an extremely quirky way. Recently, Alia posted a video where she asked SRK, “Dear Zindagi, you know what Tuesday makes me? Tuesday makes me impatient. Today is Tuesday and Tuesday deserves something, give me something please?” To this, Shah Rukh replied while in shower and singing, “Dear Zindagi, gale laga le.” Well, isn’t that an absolutely great idea?

Official Trailer:

Dear Zindagi: Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan's funny Conversation | Part 1

Dear Zindagi: Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan's funny Conversation | Part 2

Aamir Khan's Dangal Trailer

2016-10-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

Aamir Khan's Dangal Trailer Is The Only Thing You Need To See Today

HIGHLIGHTS

Aamir Khan's Dangal trailer is motivational
Fatima and Sanya play Geeta and Babita Phogat in the film
Dangal also stars Sakshi Tanwar and releases this Christmas

The first trailer of wrestling biopic Dangal released on Thursday and proves just why each Aamir Khan film is worth the wait.

Aamir, 51, plays wrestler Mahavir Phogat in what will be his first movie in two years. Phogat, who the actor plays as both a young man and middle-aged father, wants to train his son to be a wrestler like him. The only hitch - he has four daughters, no son.

In his village in the heartland of Haryana, Mahavir Phogat's gold medal hopes seem dashed until one fateful day when he realises that "choriyan choro se kam nahi." After this epiphany, he trains his daughters Geeta and Babita, played by actresses Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra, for the dangal of their life.

The film's title track which plays in the background is composed by Pritam Chakraborty and sung by Daler Mehndi.

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Dangal also stars Sakshi Tanwar and will release on December 23.