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Rahman concert to open International Film Festival:

To present Indian cinema's colour and vibrancy to a global audience, this year's International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will open in Goa with an A. R. Rahman concert. Rehman will perform songs from director Subhash Ghai's forthcoming release, "Kisna - The Warrior Poet", which stars Vivek Oberoi and danseuse Isha Sharvani in her maiden role. Sharvani is set to charm audiences with a live rope dance performed at the Dinanath Mangeshkar Hall, the film festival's official venue. The opening ceremony will be telecast live on Doordarshan.The festival's opening film is Mira Nair's "Vanity Fair". Nair is expected to attend, although it is not known if any of her star cast will be there. 

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Indra Kumar churns out another comedy
New Delhi, After entertaining audiences with the bawdy hit "Masti", director Indra Kumar returns with the Fardeen Khan-Vivek Oberoi starrer "Pyare Mohan" this Friday hoping to hit the right comic note again.

My company can't live with one image: Ekta Kapoor (INTERVIEW)
Mumbai, TV tycoon Ekta Kapoor says she is planning to go to Delhi in search of a suitable husband even as she is looking for an image makeover on the professional front.

Dev Benegal's dream project ready to take off
Mumbai, Nothing of late has got the director of such cool crossover creations as "English August" and "Split Wide Open" as charged as his latest passion - a film on Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. 
 
'Ek Main...' contestant's crassness stumps everybody
Mumbai, Reality television turned a crass corner when "Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu" participant Vishwanath made an utterly vulgar comment about his singing partner Raktima. 
 
Technically Karunya is unbeatable, says Farah Khan
Mumbai, Farah Khan, one of the three judges on "Indian Idol 2", seems relieved after Anuj Sharma's elimination and says N.C. Karunya is the probable winner.
 
Priyanka bails out Bawejas
Mumbai, It's official now. Priyanka Chopra has stepped in to help director Harry Baweja after Kareena Kapoor walked out of his son's launch vehicle "Love Story 2050" at the eleventh hour.
 
Mel Gibson's assistant makes film on Bollywood
New Delhi, Italian filmmaker Jan Michellini, who worked as assistant director with Mel Gibson in "The Passion Of Christ", has made a documentary called "Bollywood Boulevard" with Indian stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. 
 
Amitabh woos Tabu in 'Cheeni Kum'
Mumbai, After successfully romancing Hema Malini in "Baghban", Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan will now woo Tabu in "Cheeni Kum" - the directorial debut of Lintas creative director Balakrishnan. 
 
'Chhaiyan Chhaiyan' in Spike Lee's 'Inside Man'
Los Angeles, A.R. Rahman's chartbuster "Chhaiyan Chhaiyan" makes a surprise appearance in filmmaker Spike Lee's first Hollywood-backed film "Inside Man". 

Applause still overwhelms me: Amitabh
Mumbai, Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who is on an award-winning spree, is yet to get used to applause and says he "struggled with emotions" when he bagged two Filmfare awards for "Black". It was such an overwhelming moment to see the audience's reaction to me. I just didn't know what to say," Amitabh told
 

Composing music is my greatest passion: Shibani Kashyap
New Delhi, Delhi girl Shibani Kashyap, whose Bollywood number "Zinda hoon main..." is a rage these days, loves to sing and perform on stage. But her greatest passion lies in composing music. "I love singing, but what excites me most is composing music. Here you can put your creativity into music and its scope is limitless," said Shibani, who composed and sang the title track of Sanjay Gupta's blockbuster "Zinda". The singer, who also composed two songs for Aditya Bhattacharya's "Dubai Return", believes the music industry is not "male-dominated" and its one's "talent and not gender" that brings recognition.

Saif's crew cut against Kareena's long tresses!
Mumbai, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are giving their tresses a vastly different look for Vishal Bharadwaj's "Othello". Saif, sporting shoulder-length hair till recently, has decided to go for a crew cut to play Vishal's Uttar Pradesh-version of Shakes peare's sinister villain Iago. "The shoulder-length hair gave me the right look for my rock concert in Delhi. For Vishal's film I was contemplating various looks. Going completely bald is not an option. So I have gone for a crew cut. It gives me the north Indian loutish look," says Saif.

 
Good talent getting disqualified: Sonu Nigam
Mumbai, An upset Sonu Nigam, who along with co-judges Anu Malik and Farah Khan staged a walkout from "Indian Idol" after prized contestant Ameya Date was eliminated, says their move was a warning against disqualifying good talent. Sonu explains about Tuesday's episode, "Very honestly, as a judge on 'Indian Idol' I can't afford to be particularly fond of anyone. But, yes, Ameya has a great future. 

I have to find my own identity: 'Jassi' Mona Singh
Mumbai, Now that "Jassi... Jaisi Koi Nahin" is nearing an end, Mona Singh speaks on the trauma of being the protagonist 24x7 and rumours of a romance with co-star Karan Oberoi. "There's nothing! I am too ambitious to get into a relationship," Mona told 

The top 10 Hindi songs are:

1. "Paathshala" - Film: "Rang De Basanti"; Singers: Naresh Iyer, Mohammed Aslam; Music: A.R. Rahman. The film has struck gold at the box office and the song is going great guns in the market.

2. "Boombai nagariya" - Film: "Taxi No.9211"; Singer: Bappi Lahiri; Music: Vishal-Shekhar. Last week "Ek nazar mein thi" from the same film was on the charts but this week "Boombai Nagariya" replaces it. The song marks the comeback of music composer Bappi Lahiri as a singer.

3. "Aadat" - Film: "Kalyug"; Singer: Atif; Music: Goher Mumtaz. The new soulful track is a new entrant on the charts this week.

4. "9 parts of desire" - Film: "Bluffmaster"; Singer: Saira Hussain; Music: Vishal-Shekhar. Trickbaby lent this sensuous English song from their album "Hanging Around" to Rohan Sippy's "Bluffmaster", which is slowly becoming popular. 

5. "Jhalak dikhlaja" - Film: "Aksar"; Singer: Himesh Reshammiya; Music: Himesh Reshammiya. The song stands out because of the nasal effect given by the singer. It has the potential to stay on the charts for a longer time. 

Don't today's singers have anything new to offer? Lata Mangeshkar 
Mumbai, Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who had refused to sing "Mujhe buddha mil gaya" for Raj Kapoor's "Sangam" as she considered it vulgar, laments the lack of originality in new singers. "The upcoming girls and boys who dance to vulgar tunes and words and sing them, what is their identity?" asked Lata in an interview with

Deepa Mehta set to make another comedy
Mumbai, Deepa Mehta is finally ready to attempt another comedy after "Hollywood Bollywood". Two years ago when Mehta wanted to cast Kareena Kapoor as Kalyani in "Water", she also wanted to have the actress in a rustic comedy about two rival wrestling gangs in a village ring and how they come together because of this girl. Plenty of 'water' has flown under the bridge since then. 

Film fraternity feels strongly for disgraced super cop
Mumbai, Mumbai's film fraternity has reacted variedly to the alleged disappearance of the city's super cop Daya Nayak, whose house was raided by anti-corruption bureau officials last week.
 
Famous Nepali singer Tara Devi is dead
Kathmandu, Nepal lost one of its brightest stars with the death of singer Tara Devi following a prolonged illness. She was 61. Tara Devi, known as the "nightingale of Nepal", died at the Norvic Hospital here Saturday night. 
 
Dwivedi to make 'Prithviraj-Samyukta' with Sunny Deol
Mumbai, After his "Pinjar", a powerful paean to the partition of India, filmmaker Chandraprakash Dwivedi is all set to launch "Prithviraj-Samyukta" with Sunny Deol in the lead. 
  

Shyam Benegal, Sachin Khedekar given Netaji Awards
Kolkata, Filmmaker Shyam Benegal and actor Sachin Khedekar were among those awarded the Netaji Awards 2006 on Subhas Chandra Bose's 109th birth anniversary celebrations here Monday.
 
Two Indian entries for Rotterdam film fest
Mumbai, Santosh Sivan's "Navarasa", which takes a look at a community of eunuchs in Kerala, and Rajit Kapoor's quirky comedy "Mixed Doubles" are the two Indian entries at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
 
No tax notice served to Bachchan in hospital: Chidambaram
Hyderabad, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Sunday denied reports that Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan had been served a notice to pay income tax while he was in a Mumbai hospital last month.
 
Amitabh bags best actor at Apsara awards
Mumbai, It is the awards season in Bollywood, and superstar Amitabh Bachchan is the hot favourite. Hot on the heels of winning the STAR Screen best actor award, Amitabh has bagged the best actor award at the Apsara awards in Mumbai.
 
Bachchan-Tabu to star in a love story
Mumbai, Amitabh Bachchan will pair with Tabu in a love story directed by adman R. Balakrishnan. After going through a spectrum of roles with co-stars ranging from the 20-something Rani Mukherjee and the child Ayesha Kapoor in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Black" to Baby Rucha in "Ek Ajnabee", Bachchan is now all set to co-star with Tabu in a mature love story. 

'Rang De Basanti' joins hand with Provogue
Mumbai, Provogue has teamed up with the makers of the Aamir Khan starrer "Rang De Basanti" to launch its Fall-Winter 2005 collection and has also created a special limited edition line of "Rang De Basanti" merchandise.

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