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Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali's "Rockstar" emerged a big winner scooping four awards, including best actor for Ranbir Kapoor, at the 2012 FICCI FRAMES Excellence Awards. The film, which chronicles the story of an aspiring singer, walked away with the trophy of best director for Imtiaz Ali, best music director for A.R.

They may be a couple in real life, but on screen Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are about to clash over item numbers in the film "Agent Vinod". Who does it better? Many are asking if Kareena's mujra song, "Dil mera muft ka", will be overshadowed by Saif's "Pyaar ki pungi".

Actress Sonam Kapoor has landed the role of a Varanasi girl, who studies in the capital's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in "Raanjhanaa". She is cast opposite southern star Dhanush. The decision was taken after intense discussions between director Aanand L.Rai of "Tanu Weds Manu" and Sonam.

Sajid Khan, who has brought together three veteran actors - Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty in "Housefull 2", says his personal favourite is Mithun-da whom he has idolised ever since he was a kid. "Dada is my number one star since I was born.

Led by Lata Mangeshkar and Amitabh Bachchan, India's cinema greats and others in the industry lost no time in congratulating Sachin Tenulkar, a fellow Mumbaikar, over his remarkable achievement. Sachin scored his 100th international ton Friday, while playing against Bangladesh in the fourth match of the Asia Cup in Dhaka.

Actress Divya Dutta can't stop heaping praises at filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar with whom she worked in "Heroine". "Was a super experience shooting with @mbhandarkar268 for Heroine! love the brilliant nuances he gives! actors delight totally! Great work!" Divya tweeted. The film has Kareena Kapoor playing the lead, alongside Arjun Rampal.

Bollywood director Zoya Akhtar believes that star power keeps the Hindi film industry alive."I think the star system works on a level. Apart from Hollywood, India and China no other film industry is surviving. We are surviving because we have our stars and our audience wants to watch our people.

Vidya Balan's success story has given actresses the hope for a brighter tomorrow in the Indian film industry. But they have a long way to go, says Kareena Kapoor adding that she will fight for equal "pay cheques" in filmdom. The 31-year-old shared her side of the story in a talk about "How Does a Heroine Become the Hero?"

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has got a breather in the Haryana land case after a court dismissed a public suit filed by people of Badhsa village against his acquiring 20 acres of land for setting up a film institute.

Well-known documentary filmmaker Ashvin Kumar, who had to wait for four years to release his first feature film "The Forest", says the unsystematic distribution system in the industry is the reason behind such a long delay that is often killing good content-based cinema.

A special screening of Vidya Balan-starrer "Kahaani" was organised for women from NGO SOS-Children's village here. More than 40 employees from the NGO attended the screening of "Kahaani", which tells the tale of a pregnant woman in search of her missing husband.

Bollywood actor-producer Suniel Shetty says it is important to save heritage sites like the Kumbhalgarh Fort in Rajasthan, for future generations. He feels such sites prove to be good locations for the movie industry. "Preserving heritage sites is not only important to know your history or tourism development, but also to preserve the culture," said Suniel.

The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the health and family welfare ministry on film director Mahesh Bhatt's plea seeking quashing of a notification prohibiting smoking scenes in movies. Bhatt said that the government's notification of Sep 27, 2011 was "illegal and arbitrary" and violated his fundamental rights.

Sushil Kumar, who scripted history by winning the jackpot of Rs.5 crore in the fifth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, says that he plans to invest the prize money in real estate as it promises rich dividends.

Vidya Balan again sizzles in a red sari in her first item number in "Ferrari Ki Sawari", but director Rajesh Mapuskar says he will take a green signal from local Lavani dancers for the Maharashtrian number before releasing it. Vidya's item song in the Sharman Joshi-starrer is called "Mala jao dya na ghari".

After scoring a hit with "The Dirty Picture", director Milan Luthria has struck a deal with T-Series for his next project. The project is being touted as T-Series' next big ticket release after the success of its Salman Khan and Asin Thottumkal-starrer "Ready", which proved to be a gold spinner at the box office in 2011.

Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukerji starrer `Talaash' is one of the most anticipated releases of the year 2012. But the makers of the film are just delaying its release by months one after other announcements. The film that was first slated to release in the 2011 year end was pushed for an early 2012 release date which was later given to `Agneepath'.

The release of Aamir Khan-starrer "Talaash", scheduled for June 1, has been pushed to November-end or in the actor's lucky month December, co-producer Ritesh Sidhwani says. Aamir's involvement with his TV show is the reason for the delay. "We have postponed the release of 'Talaash'.

When actors in a same age group are vying to prove their talent, comparisons are bound to be made. And similar is the case with Ranbir Kapoor, Imran Khan and Neil Nitin Mukesh, the superstars of young generation. The aforementioned actors who made their Bollywood debut one after other are known for their respective films and talent.

There is innovation and impressive growth, but the Indian music scene is still ruled by film songs and tends to lean on the West for inspiration, says Mumbai-based German arranger and composer Thorsten Mueller. "There is no reason for India to copy one to one from the West.