Kamal Hassan's 'Uttama Villain' trailer creates buzz after release

Kamal Hassan's 'Uttama Villain' trailer creates buzz after release

The much-awaited trailer of Kamal Haasan's upcoming movie, Uttama Villain, released on Tuesday and has managed to create a buzz immediately. Uttama Villain also happens to be the last film of legendary director and actor K Balachander who passed away recently in December 2014. 

Each frame in the #UttamaVillain trailer is of high quality .digital cinema rocking . Thanks to Visionary #kamalhassan
— BALAMURALI (@BALAROHINI) January 13, 2015

So much is packed in #UttamaVillain trailer.. A Stellar Cast.. Two Time Periods.. #Ulaganayagan Classic Touch Everywhere.. Trailer Rocks..
— Ramesh (@rameshlaus) January 13, 2015

Age is just a number fr kamal haasan, now is the time for him to take out all those futuristic scripts & make movies ! #UttamaVillain
— Prashanth (@itisprashanth) January 13, 2015

 The film will see Kamal Haasan essaying double roles, one of an 8th century drama artist and the other a 21st century film star. The film's cast includes Urvashi, Andreah Jeremiah, K Viswanath, Pooja Kumar, Nasser, Jayaram, MS Bhaskar and Parvathi Menon. Late K Balachander, who is a real-life mentor to Kamal Haasan will essay the role of mentor to the actor in the film as well. 

The film is directed by Ramesh Aravind, an award winning Kannada film director. This will be Aravind's Tamil directorial debut. Kamal Haasan is the screenplay, story and dialogue writer. The movie is jointly produced by Thirrupathi Brothers and Raaj Kamal Films. 

This film will see Kamal Haasan donning multiple looks like in Dasavathaaram and Vishwaroopam.

Like always, the fans expressed their love for the actor and excitement for his new film on Twitter.

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Gopala Gopala' new posters:

Gopala Gopala' new posters: Pawan Kalyan rides a scooter with Venkatesh; Shriya Saran plays the dutiful wife

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Hollywood heartthrob Richard Gere meets PM Narendra Modi

The picture of the two was posted on Twitter by the official twitter handle of PMO.

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charm has held everyone captive ever since he took oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India. 

We all know that be it a commoner, a celebrity, or any imminent international personality, when it comes to our PM, none can escape his aura.

After Bollywood celebs like Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, and the likes who have rubbed their shoulders with the man of the moment, it was Hollywood actor Richard Gere's turn to meet the PM.

The `Pretty Woman` actor is the latest celebrity visitor who called on the PM on January 5.

Gere, who is also the chairman of Gere Foundation and Global Envoy of International Buddhist Confederation, has time and again spoken about the close connection he feels with India and is a frequent visitor.

Mr. Richard Gere met Prime Minister @narendramodi. pic.twitter.com/SwXUHBGGbr

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 5, 2015

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Jennifer Aniston doesn't find it 'painful' talking about Brad Pitt

Jennifer Aniston doesn't find it hard talking about Brad Pitt.

The 45-year-old actress was married to Brad, 51, from 2000 to 2005, and Jennifer insists they maintain a healthy relationship despite their high-profile split and Brad's subsequent relationship with Angelina Jolie.

The former 'Friends' star said: ''I don't find it painful. I think it's a narrative that follows you because it's an interesting headline. It's more of a media-driven topic.''

In fact, Jennifer revealed that she and Brad still communicate with each other, although she confesses it's not something they do on a regular basis.

Jennifer - who has been engaged to screenwriter Justin Theroux since 2012 - told CBS: ''We've exchanged good wishes and all that sort of stuff to each other, but it's not a constant thing.''

Her remarks come shortly after Angelina Jolie said being married to Brad is an ''extraordinary feeling''.

The 39-year-old star, who tied the knot with the 'Fury' actor last year, said the ceremony was so special because it was shared with their children - Maddox, Zahara, Pax, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox.

She explained: ''As soon as it was all over, we all just changed clothes and hung out. It was just a very happy time. It wasn't this monumental change - we were just very happy and sure, and it's quite an extraordinary feeling to be so sure. It gives you peace.''

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Kapil Sharma wants Sachin Tendulkar, Lata Mangeshkar on Comedy Nights

Kapil Sharma wants Sachin Tendulkar, Lata Mangeshkar on Comedy Nights

TV star Kapil Sharma shared his wishlist for the new year on Twitter. He tweeted that he would love to have Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar as guests on his show Comedy Nights with Kapil 

Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan and several of the young brigade of actors have made an appearance on the comedy show. Kapil took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share his resolution and even invited requests from fans for his wish to become a reality.  

"My resolution n dream for 2015... I want @mangeshkarlata @sachin_rt AN @SrBachchan sahib again.. It's up to u people.. Pls send requests..," Kapil tweeted Monday

My resolution n dream for 2015... I want @mangeshkarlata @sachin_rt N @SrBachchan sahib again.. Its up to u people.. Pls send requests..
— Kapil Sharma (@KapilSharmaK9) January 4, 2015

In response to his tweet, Kapil received several requests from people who expressed a desire to see the two legends on Comedy Nights With Kapil. Meanwhile, Kapil is also busy shooting for his debut film with director duo Abbas-Mustan. 

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Interesting Facts about salman Khan

Interesting Facts about salman Khan 

Trust B-Town's most "Wanted" superstar on "Being Human" and he will play it to T.... Recently, Salman Khan surprised his team 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' by taking them all to a village near Karjat, called Hatluni, and engaged them all in painting all the houses there. Also accompanied by a group professional artists and volunteers, Salman helped the villagers in presenting a colourful outlook of their place; bringing smiles on everyone's faces at the end of the day. Not only this, the superstar also distributed sarees to the entire women folk as well as played with the local kids there. Salman was said to have been very casual and at ease in the surroundings and freely mingled with everyone who came near to meet him. Some villagers even claimed that he didn't behave like a star and even allowed children to pull him around to play.

Incidentally, all these plans were kept under wraps by the "Bhaijaan", even from his co-star Kareena Kapoor-Khan and director Kabir Khan. And when Salman took them all to do this good deed, they were quite delighted and touched with his idea. It is said that Salman noticed this village while he used to travel to ND Studios, going to and fro from his two film shootings (Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo) and felt to do something for the people at the village.

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Amitabh Bachchan committed to awareness about head injury, hepatitis

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he wants to spread awareness about head injury and Hepatitis.

“If my face and my voice is needed to the cause of awareness for Head Injury and Hepatitis... I have committed to it,” Amitabh tweeted Sunday.

He also took to Facebook to share more about his commitment.

Dedicated today (Saturday) to the medical profession... my commitment to be involved in the campaigns to be conducted for Head Injury and Hepatitis. Honoured by the AAPI organisation - American Association of Physicians of Indian origin,” he posted Sunday.

The 72-year-old believes he is the “perfect example to be associated with these visions”.

“I am perhaps the perfect example to be associated with these visions that the doctors and physicians of Indian origin, now living in USA, wish to entertain during the coming years." 

"I have been through so many of these ailments and have personally battled them so, I am able to understand the need for its propagation and relief,” he posted on his blog srbachchan.tumblr.com.

The “Don” star has been associated with Unicef as a Global Ambassador for polio eradication since 2005. 

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Pawan Kalyan takes twitter by storm

Power Star Pawan Kalyan has joined twitter last night and in less than 18 hours, he has been followed by 68,000 members.

Fans of Pawan Kalyan have been waiting their favourite star to open a social networking account for a long time and this move by Pawan made them very happy. It is a good platform for them to interact with Pawan Kalyan.

In his first tweet, Pawan Kalyan wished everyone a very happy new year. "Wishing you all a very Happy New Year ! Peace and Good Health.", Pawan Kalyan tweeted.

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Pawan Kalyan records No.2 in Twitter First day Record

Pawan Kalyan records No.2 in Twitter First day Record

Pawan Kalyan  took Twitter by storm yesterday as he debuted in the digital media space for the first time. While his Twitter debut is his first outing in the digital world, he certainly outdid every other celebrity expect Rajini by amassing as many as 91,000 followers on the very first day. With such a smashing debut, Pawan Kalyan broke the first-day record of all popular Bollywood stars on the micro-blogging site.

Being a regional hero it is Phenomenal. 

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Pawan Kalyan sensation on Twitter

Pawan Kalyan sensation on Twitter

Pawan Kalyan the power star of AP is creating new sensation in Tollywood. The actor entered twitter the other day and going on viral with number of followers. Its about 93k followers as of now for him. Which got the cut at 63k followers in just 24hours is a ultimate record. 

Earlier 2,15000 followers in 24hours is given by Rajinikanth which is a bigger record ever national wide. Rajinikanth is followed by Pawan kalyan in the second place. Pawan Kalyan has given an ultimate surprise to his fans on the new year eve. Unexpectedly Pawan Kalyan started his twitter account to every one's surprise.

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Amitabh denies to do Modi-govt's Movie

Amitabh Bachchan: Not Part of Narendra Modi Government's Ad Campaign

BIG B TWEETED, "THE NEWS BY MEDIA THAT PM AND PMO HAVE ASKED ME TO BE INVOLVED IN A CAMPAIGN FILM, IS INCORRECT"

Big B is not a part the ad campaign that stresses the need to rise above caste and religion.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says that he has not been asked by the Narendra Modi government to be part of its ad campaign that stresses the need to rise above caste and religion.

He took to micro-blogging site Twitter to clear the air.

T 1724 -The news by media that PM and PMO have asked me to be involved in a campaign film, is incorrect !! Kindly rectify .. thank you !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 1, 2015

Meanwhile, on the big screen, the 72-year-old actor will be seen in R Balki's film Shamitabh, co-starring Tamil superstar Dhanush and debutante Akshara Haasan.

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Arbaaz KhanMy son fascinated by films

My son fascinated by films: Arbaaz Khan

   

Actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan says his son Arhaan has a fascination for films but right now is concentrating on his studies.

"My son is 12 years and he is currently interested in studies," said Arbaaz.

"He knows he hails from the film industry and yes, there is a fascination in him about films but let him grow up. We will encourage him if he is interested," he added.

The actor-filmmaker is currently busy promoting his production venture "Dolly Ki Doli". Directed by Abhishek Dogra, the film features Sonam Kapoor, and Rajkummar Rao among others.

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Frog gives birth to tadpoles as a first in the scientific world

Frog gives birth to tadpoles as a first in the scientific world

LONDON: For the first time ever, scientists have found a frog that gave birth to tadpoles. 

Nearly all the world's 6,000 frog species lay eggs but new born tadpoles are a first in the scientific world. 

An international team of researchers followed this unique species of fanged frogs from the Sulawesi Island in Indonesia for over a decade. 

On Thursday, they announced the first ever evidence confirming external fertilisation in frogs - the female lays eggs during mating while the male releases sperm to fertilise them. 

University of California, Berkeley, herpetologist Jim McGuire was slogging through the rain forests of Indonesia's Sulawesi Island one night this year when he grabbed what he thought was a male frog and found himself juggling not only a frog but also dozens of slippery, newborn tadpoles. 

He had found what he was looking for: direct proof that the female of a new species of frog does what no other frog does. 

It gives birth to live tadpoles instead of laying eggs. 

A member of the Asian group of fanged frogs, the new species was discovered a few decades ago by Indonesian researcher Djoko Iskandar, McGuire's colleague, and was thought to give direct birth to tadpoles, though the frog's mating and an actual birth had never been observed before. 

"Almost all frogs in the world have external fertilization where the male grips the female in amplexus and releases sperm as the eggs are released by the female," McGuire said. "But there are lots of weird modifications to this standard mode of mating. This new frog is one of only 10 or 12 species that has evolved internal fertilization, and of those, it is the only one that gives birth to tadpoles as opposed to froglets or laying fertilized eggs." 

Frogs have evolved an amazing variety of reproductive methods, says McGuire. 

Most male frogs fertilize eggs after the female lays them. 

Fanged frogs - so-called because of two fang-like projections from the lower jaw that are used in fighting - may have evolved into as many as 25 species on Sulawesi. 

The new species seems to prefer to give birth to tadpoles in small pools or seeps located away from streams, possibly to avoid the heftier fanged frogs hanging out around the stream. There is some evidence the males may also guard the tadpoles. 

McGuire first encountered the newly described frog in 1998, the year he began studying the amazing diversity of reptiles and amphibians on Sulawesi, an Indonesian island east of Borneo and south of the Philippines.

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SHAH RUKH KHAN WELCOMES THE YEAR 2015 WITH SON ABRAM

Happy New Year: Shah Rukh Khan and AbRam's First Picture of 2015

This image was posted on Twitter by Rajeev Shukla

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who shared the first picture of his third child AbRam on Eid in 2014, was seen playing a doting father with AbRam on his lap on New Year.

Former chairman of Indian Premier League took to Twitter to share a picture with Shah Rukh Khan and AbRam as they welcomed the year 2015.

AbRam looks absolutely adorable in a striped shirt and jeans, with his hairstyle resembling his father's current look.

Shah Rukh was also sighted with his pint sized toddler on the sets of his upcoming film Fan in December, 2014.

Shah Rukh's wife Gauri earlier said that SRK is totally obsessed with AbRam and the pictures validate her statement very well. SRK ensured that he kept his starry life at bay on New Year's eve and welcomed 2015 in the company of his three children. 

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Open letter to Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez for supporting Rajapaksa

Open letter to Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez for supporting Rajapaksa

Dear Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez,

It was probably not your intention to be in the middle of this embarrassing political controversy. Clearly, all you wanted to do was visit your old friend, Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Namal and distribute some spectacles in order to boost your charity. But, I must say, you two… the time you picked for this was just a little shortsighted.

It’s understandable that as you come from Mumbai (Jacqueline has been there for all of six years now…) you were ‘not aware of what was happening here.’ But by now you must know your friend Namal’s dad has been terribly busy trying to convince the people of Sri Lanka to re-elect him as president. And, well… things have not been going too well for him.

However, he must like you very, very much; because, just one week away from the elections, he and Namal and a whole lot of other people, (who should rightly be using every waking hour available to them to campaign for his re-election), actually spent a lot of time and money and resources helping you promote your charity. Bless them all.

Yes, in this light, as you said Salman, Namal’s dad is probably the ‘most humble person’ you have ever met. We, in our ignorance, assume that everyone else you know spends millions upon millions of other people’s money lining the streets of India with pictures of themselves.

Anyway, Jaqueline, we are sure that you would rather focus on other things “rather than this silly circus.” Apologies for inconveniencing you with our antics. But you are spot on. It is a bit of a circus here. Our media is rigged, our police is corrupt, our money is being robbed from us, our journalists are being threatened, our artistes are being beaten, our minorities are being silenced, our justice system is a joke, our constitution is an embarrassment and right now, there are lots and lots of people getting assaulted and intimidated for exercising their right to vote – and this, with the right sound track, could be material for a very funny circus scene.

Sorry that this irritates you. But you see, for us it’s a crisis. It’s been bleeding us to death – and its very important to us that it ends.

Finally, in all fairness to you, you may not have known the extent and depth of corruption that your friend’s family has unleashed upon this country, or how fed up, we, as citizens we are of them. But hopefully now you do. Now you do.

We anticipate that the next country you pick to promote your charity in, brings you less embarrassment and a little more respect.

Best Wishes

Ruwanthie de Chickera

Ruwanthie de Chickera is an award winning playwright, screenwriter and theatre director. This article originally appeared in Sri Lankan website Groundviews

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Why Did Sanjay Dutt Avoid Salman Khan’s Birthday Bash?

Why Did Sanjay Dutt Avoid Salman

 Khan’s Birthday Bash?

Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt’s friendship is one example of strong solidarity.

They have been known to be friends for a very long time now.

Then why did Sanjay Dutt not attend Salman’s birthday bash, where all his close friends and family were present at his Panvel farm house. (Inside Photos of Salman Khan’s Birthday Bash)

Sanjay Dutt is on his 14days furlough to celebrate Christmas and New Year with his family. While a day later from getting out of jail, government declared that they would conduct probe intoSanjay Dutt’s two weeks parole.

Due to this Sanjay Dutt and his family felt that his furlough may get cancelled. He has therefore decided to keep a complete low profile for two weeks.

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Salman was very keen to have his very good friend Sanjay Dutt on his birthday at his Panvel farmhouse. But considering that his furlough is under supervision, he planned to stay back home with his family.

Apparently, Sanjay Dutt’s furlough fun has passed on the screening of his cameo movie PK this week.

We think that Sanjay Dutt does not want to do anything which would make him compromise with his time outside prison. He has his entire plan to be with his wife and children and return to the jail quietly.

There is no party for Sanjay Dutt.

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Amitabh Bachchan enjoys editing process of 'Shamitabh'

Amitabh Bachchan enjoys editing process of 'Shamitabh'

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he enjoys being a part of the editing of his upcoming film Shamitabh and is impressed by the high technology used in the process.

The movie helmed by Paa director R Balki, also stars Raanjhanaa actor Dhanush and Kamal Haasan's younger daughter Akshara in her debut.

"The day was spent with Shamitabh. Discussions on its promotions, its release plans and the involvement of others!," said the actor while praising the high technology and computerised execution, used in film editing now.

Bachchan, 72, recalled how actors were not allowed to enter the edit room in the old days of Bollywood, saying that it is normal today for actors to sit with the editors. "Actually now being in the company of edit is pretty normal. In those days we were never allowed even 100 meters from the edit room. If perchance you were to find yourself in the edit, you either paid a fine, fed the staff, and left in a hurry before you got beaten up.

"The editorial space was sacred. It was here that the film took shape. It was here that it was decided what your performance would be, because the editor has the capacity to completely destroy your performance, or conversely to make you look like a genius, by the flick of a finger!" he said. 

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