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Actor Shailesh Lodha, popularly known as Tarak Mehta of the hit comedy show "Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma", is now interested in melodramatic shows where he can shed tears. "I get a lot of offers to do emotional roles but I am not able to do it because of the busy schedule.

Politics is a strict no-no for actor Shekhar Suman, who is coming back on the small screen with the new season of his popular satirical show "Movers and Shakers". His first guest on the show March 12 will be Anna Hazare. "No, never again," was Shekhar's response when reporters asked about his political plans.

Politics is a strict no-no for actor Shekhar Suman, who is coming back on the small screen with the new season of his popular satirical show "Movers and Shakers". His first guest on the show March 12 will be Anna Hazare. "No, never again," was Shekhar's response when reporters asked about his political plans.

Designer Debarun Mukherjee is set to pay tribute to old Bollywood charm with his collection at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) and he has roped in Shahana Goswami to walk the ramp as a showstopper. He says she fits the bill. "Shahana Goswami is a very good actress and a versatile one.

It was a crowd of almost 4,500 people, who gathered here, danced together to the tunes of Salman Khan's song "Dhinka chika" and broke the Guinness World Record for the largest Bollywood dance. Choreographed by "Dance India Dance" (DID) mentor Terence Lewis, the three-minute song saw the huge crowd matching steps and creating history at KJ Somaiya College Grounds Thursday.

A court in Haryana Thursday reserved the order on Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai's 20 acres of land purchase from the Panchayat in Badhsa village in Jhajjar district. The court will pronounce its verdict March 5. The land was purchased by Ghai's production house Mukta Arts.

Bipasha Basu, who has worked with writer-filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt in some of her popular films like "Jism" and "Raaz", says she felt like a student when he pat her back in a recent meeting.

After getting an unexpected time off from work, Bollywood actress Asin Thottumkal planned to explore her adventurous side and went paragliding in Panchgani, where she is shooting for Rohit Shetty's "Bol Bachchan". A fan of adventure sports, when Asin found out about paragliding opportunities in Panchgani, she jumped at it as she wanted to do something exciting, said a source.

One of India's most accomplished cinematographers Ashok Mehta is critically ill and is being treated at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital here. "Yes, I got to know of Ashok's condition. He's like a father-figure to me. I'm in fact on the way to see him now.

Actress Chitrangada Singh feels men look best when clean-shaven, and says its a big turn-on for women. "I do believe that men always look their best when well-groomed and shaving is an integral part of it.

Popular television actors Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh, who have been dating for the past six years, will exchange wedding vows in a nikaah ceremony here Friday. The ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. at the Khar Gymkhana.

Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam's "Raavanan" is now part of the permanent collection at the Austrian Film Museum, which has so far only 15 Indian films in its list. Alexander Horwath, director of the museum, was trying to get a copy of "Raavanan" ever since he saw it at the Venice Film Festival where Ratnam received the Glory to the Filmmaker Award in 2010.

Indian and Omani fashion designers came together to create awareness against female infanticide through a fashion show that supported the Save The Girl Child initiative. From filmmaker Akbar Khan, singer Anoop Jalota to model Diana Hayden and cartoonist Sudhir Tailang walked the ramp Wednesdayto support the cause.

After sharing screen space with her sister Gauhar Khan in "The Khan Sisters", actress Nigaar Z. Khan is set to enter fiction show "Sapno Ke Bhanwar Mein" in a negative role. Nigaar's glamorous character will be called Rangoli. She is shown as one who has travelled the world, has a superiority complex, is rude and picks on people and their ways.

Politics is a strict no-no for actor Shekhar Suman, who is coming back on the small screen with the new season of his popular satirical show "Movers and Shakers". However, his first guest on the inaugural episode of March 12 would be Anna Hazare.

Acclaimed filmmaker and television personality Saeed Akhtar Mirza, the author of a new book, "The Monk, The Moor & Moses Ben Jalloun", says the clash of civilisations theory does not apply to the modern world. "What we are seeing now is use of political power (a power struggle), not a clash of civilisations.

Composer-singer Shankar Mahadevan says lack of quality has been responsible for the decline of non-film music, but he feels that any music would sell if the quality is good and it is marketed well. "In today's day, it's only about film music and people assume that that's all that sells.

Bollywood's dusky beauty Bipasha Basu has spent more than a decade in this industry. She has been through all the highs and lows of her professional as well as personal life and regardless of all the troubles; she is still standing strong in the league.

Model turned actress Bipasha Basu, rose to fame as a performer with her scintillating act in films like `Raaz' and `Jism'. These two early day films were produced by the Bhatt camp that recognized her talent first and gave her a bigger platform to exemplify her talent.

Bollywood's latest offering `London Paris New York' starring Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao Hydari is touted to be an out an out romantic film which promises to sweep audiences off their feet. However film's lead actress Aditi claims that the film despite of being a love story has its own share of thrills and suspense attached to it.

Just recently we reported that how the shooting of the anticipated item number for the film `Tezz' was supposed to be canned. The song has Mallika Sherawat doing the jig whereas Ajay Devgn and Zayed Khan will be seen in the same number.