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"Shaitaan" fame director Bejoy Nambiar is trying to bring much needed change on the small screen with his TV series "Rush". He hopes that the show, which will be aired on MTV, manages to find its audience. "We keep looking up at international shows all the time, we keep talking how the Indian TV scene is just not changing.

Post "Bigg Boss" there was no work and too much criticism for Amit Sadh, leading to frustration. After six years, the actor has made a comeback and bagged plum movie projects like "Kai Po Che" but gives credit to small screen for his career in films. "Whatever I am today is because of television, when I came to Mumbai, I didn't have any money.

Actress Mehak Chahal, who left Norway a decade ago to pursue a career in Bollywood, has joined her family in Oslo and says the feeling of reuniting with her kin is out of the world. "The feeling to be back home cannot be expressed and then getting to sleep in your own familiar surroundings is the most amazing thing.

Sushant Singh Rajput has proved himself as a dancer, a theatre artist and TV actor. Now he is ready to take on the big screen, and feels taking risks has been fruitful for him. Sushant shot to fame with TV show "Pavitra Rishta", but he shocked his fans when he decided to quit it at the peak of his career.

Actress Kainaz Motivala, who will soon be seen in the role of a chauffeur in "Challo Driver", says she chose this unusual role as she wanted to shed her bold image that she acquired after her debut film "Ragini MMS". "That's exactly why I took up this film.

A cosy picture of Shilpa Shetty with a baby is doing the rounds on internet, claiming the little one in the picture is the actress's son Viaan. But Shilpa denies it. "There is a picture doing the rounds, claiming it's my son and I just want to say that picture is of my niece, Shyana, and me taken a year back," Shilpa clarified on Twitter.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan along with other actors and media persons kept a minute of silence to pay tribute to Dara Singh, who died Thursday after a brief illness. Before beginning the launch of the first song of his movie "Ek Tha Tiger" at the Gaity Galaxy here, Salman requested everyone to maintain a minute's silence in the memory of the late legend.

After shooting back-to-back films, actress Priyanka Chopra has taken a break and is holidaying in Ibiza, Spain. The 29-year-old was in Spain to work on her music album when she decided to extend her stay and go to Ibiza for much needed rest and relaxation, said a source close to the actress.

The multi-faceted Prabhu Deva shot his first ad film with cricketer Virat Kohli in Bangkok recently. "I am excited because a story has to be told within less than a minute. That's a challenge because I've never shot an ad before, and that too with someone as well known as Virat, who is not from cinema," said Prabhu Deva.

Hanif Sheikh, who composed music for Shahid Kapoor-starrer "Paathshaala", is set to score the soundtrack for the movie "John Day". The thriller, directed by debutant Solomon Ahishor, will have five songs of different genres. "I am very happy to be associated with a film like 'John Day'," Sheikh said in a statement.

Salman Khan has teamed up with ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif in "Ek Tha Tiger" and praised her, saying it is not difficult to fall in love with her. "I think one can easily fall in love with her (Katrina) on screen and off screen. Even her fans love her a lot.

The National Film Archive of India, a unit of the union information and broadcasting ministry, will Friday launch a website to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema, an official said here. "The website www.indiancinema100.com will showcase the journey of the Indian film industry that began when the first feature film, Raja Harishchandra was exhibited at the Coronation Cinema Hall in Mumbai on May 3, 1913," the official said Thursday.

Dance has been an integral part of Indian cinema, but the popular art form is inspiring Bollywood and Hollywood filmmakers to use it as the central theme in movies like "Any Body Can Dance", "Step Up Revolution" and "Street Dance".

"Disgusting" and "shameful" is how Bollywood celebrities Amitabh Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Farhan Akhtar have dubbed the molestation of a teenager by a mob in Guwahati. The 17-year-old had gone to a pub with another girl Monday night. She was looking for an auto when 11 men pounced on her.

Shirish Kunder's directorial venture "Joker" carries the tagline 'Being Alien', similar to the name of Salman Khan's NGO 'Being Human'. Director-choreographer and Kunder's wife Farah Khan clarifies that the tagline for the movie was finalised only after they sought permission from the actor. "It is evident from the trailer that it is a very different film.

Shekhar Suman wants Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone as the leading lady in his directorial venture "Heartless", which also features his son Adhyayan. The movie is a medical thriller. "I am going to direct a film. It is a medical thriller. It is called 'Heartless'.

Ranbir Kapoor is glad he is getting a chance to be directed by Anurag Kashyap in "Bombay Velvet", and by his younger brother Abhinav Kashyap in "Besharam". He says the two brothers are quite opposite to each other.

His body of work boasts of an impressive range of roles - from a romantic saga to a musical to a touching story of a deaf and dumb boy in "Barfi!". And now Ranbir Kapoor is also keen on doing a sports-oriented film.

In a decade of his association with Bollywood, Vivek Oberoi has seen many highs and lows, but he has no regrets whatsoever. He says he finds encouragement from his wife Priyanka Alva. Asked if he regrets the way his career has shaped up, Vivek, who married Priyanka in 2011, said: "No regrets, my wife still feels that I am the best."

When it comes to being fashionable, new kid on the block, actor Arjun Kapoor believes in style with comfort. "Being comfortable in what you wear is most important. That helps you go a long way," Arjun said during "GQ Best Dressed Men" event, to be aired on Big CBS Prime Saturday.