Legendary filmmaker Baldev Raj Chopra, better known as BR Chopra died on Wednesday at his residence in Mumbai following prolonged illness. He was 94.
Chopra was not keeping well for some time and the end came at 0830 hours at his residence in suburban Juhu.
Chopra, one of India’s most respected film personalities is survived by his filmmaker [...]
A quiet family celebration was on the cards for his 66th birthday. Normally, it’s an open-house at Jalsa, the Bachchan residence in Juhu, with the scent of jasmine in the air. That wasn’t to be.
Amitabh Bachchan took ill around 12.30 pm on Saturday following abdominal pain. He was rushed to Nanavati Hospital, a brief drive [...]
After Asha Bhosle last year and Aoushka Shankar earlier this years, another legend Ustad Zakir Hussain performs forthe first time in Sydney,
in an exclusive concert celebrating North Indian music for one night only on Sunday 9 November, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House.
Globally revered as a tabla virtuoso of the highest standard, Zakir Hussain’s
contribution to both [...]
Aamir Khan-directed ‘Taare Zamin Par’ has been adjudged the best film and Kareena Kapoor bags the Best Performance award at the Sixth Australian Indian Film Festival that kicked off in style in Sydney on Friday 29th August 2008 at the Cinema Paris in the prestigious Fox Studios. The festival opened with the screening of ‘Taare [...]
The Australian Indian Film Festival (AIFF) is now in its sixth year and has become one of the Indian film indusries most prestigious events worldwide, says M G Distribution media release. This year’s festival begin at Cinema Paris on Friday 29th Aug. 2008
Every year our festival grows grander and richer with the support of our [...]
We give below Maan’s interview he gave to Sanghmitra and printed in The Indian Sub-continent Times’s April 2004 issue.
Meet Gurdas Maan, the human being. He is a different personality off stage. More humble with no airs of a super star. When everybody thought that after the hectic night of dance and music, Maan would be resting in his [...]
Lata Mangeshkar was once asked which music director she had liked to work with ‘besides’ Madan Mohan. It appeared difficult for her to answer because Madan Mohan’s name was taken off the question. It is said that it was Madan Mohan who could bring out the best in Lata. He would keep on rehearsing till [...]
Gandhari… in search of light
Solo act by Aishveryaa Nidhi
Sydney and Melbourne witnessed ‘Mahabharata in one hour’ or Mahabharata through the ‘eyes’ of Gandhari — the unsung and perhaps the most suffered character of the epic.
This masterpiece solo act was presented by renowned Sydney based theatre personality Aishveryaa Nidhi and directed through ‘remote control’ by well [...]
It was exactly one year after she left the shores of Australia in June 2007 to exploit her talent, she believed she had, in the dream land called Bollywood that the Sydney girl Sanghmitra saw her dreams coming true when she signed her first film in the lead role ’Bhavnao Ko Smjho’.
Although had done small [...]
One wondered why Rajeev Khandelwal was indulging in ‘desperate’ self-promotion after the completion of Aamir. You won’t blame him when you see the film.
Like a seasoned actor, this newcomer, Rajeev Khandelwal displays the frustration a man goes through when his family is kidnapped and the ransom he has to pay is to become a terrorist. [...]
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