Made famous by her debut film, Rockstar (2011), Nargis Fakhri opened up in a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama about relationships and flirting in Bollywood. Spotted by Imtiaz Ali in a jewelry advertisement, the then-model was reached out to for co-starring with Ranbir Kapoor for her first Bollywood film in 2011. Nargis sees herself as a “global citizen” as she was born in New York while her mother and father are from Czech and Pakistan, respectively. After her debut, the 43-years-old actress has appeared in commercially successful Hindi comedy films such as Main Tera Hero (2014), Housefull 3 (2016) and…
Author: Kavya Singhal
Kavya Singhal
Writer in the morning, entrepreneur during the day and musician by night, Kavya loves all her creative outlets and refuses to let go of any of them. While her business and musical performances have almost always been in the public eye; her writings have usually been acedemic, private or shared with a few close ones.. but she has definitely begun on her journey to change this, one piece at a time!
At only 10-years-old, Darsheel Safary had become a national household name after his first film, Taare Zameen Par (2007) hit the screens. The child actor won several awards for his performance on-screen, including the Filmfare Critic’s Award for Best Actor and the Zee Cine Most Promising Debut (Best Child Artist). In a recent interview, the now-26-years-old actor opened up on the negative effect that the vastness of love and fame he received as a child had on his mental health. In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Darsheel talked about his upcoming film, Hukus Bukus, and his life since Taare Zameen…
Following three flops with the films Shikhar, Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! and Deewane Huye Paagal within the same month of the year 2005, a 24-year-old Shahid Kapoor was led into the space of self-doubt. In a recent interview, the actor shared how he had depression during the shoot of the blockbuster film Vivah (2006) and asked director Sooraj Barjatya if he wanted to replace Shahid. “Obviously people don’t like me”, he had thought to himself, he shared in the interview with Pinkvilla. How Sooraj Barjatya responded to Shahid Kapoor Vivah is a blockbuster rom-com co-starring Amrita Rao, which revolves…
At least 11 people have lost their lives and over a 100 individuals – including army personnel – have gone missing in the remote Lachen valley North Sikkim; following a glacial overflow, unusually heavy rainfalls and a cloud burst which triggered flash floods in the Teesta river. Several homes and highways have also been destroyed. State disaster relief officials have stated that around 4000 individuals were evacuated from areas downstream of the dam to shelter homes on Wednesday. A search operation to trace those missing is also on. The floods’ true cost to human life will be known after more…
24 patients, including 12 newborns died in Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Monday. 7 more patients, 4 of whom were newborns, died on Tuesday morning, pushing the total number of deaths to 31. The hospital previously witnessed 10-13 deaths on a daily basis and the sudden spike has been attributed to a major shortage of medicines and staff. A sudden influx of patients from Nanded’s neighbouring districts of Parbhani, Hingoli and Yavatmal has also contributed to worsening the situation. 70 more children at the hospital are in critical condition, which points to the…
Jyothi Yarraji, India’s fastest woman hurdler, went from almost being disqualified from the 100m hurdles event at the Hanzhou Asian Games on Sunday night, to winning the silver medal for the race. China’s Wu Yanni had initially been awarded the gold medal for the race, and the 24-year-old Indian hurdler had been awarded a bronze medal. However, after prolonged heated discussions with officials, Yanni was disqualified for making a false start and Yarraji was subsequently upgraded to a silver medal. India’s Jyothi Yarraji vs. China’s Wu Yanni: the details The 100m hurdles race began with a false start by Wu…
Daughters of a fisherman, dry cleaner and a royal teamed up to win a silver medal in the Trap-50 women’s team event at the Asian Games 2023 Manisha Keer, the daughter of a fisherman, Preeti Rajak, the daughter of a dry cleaner and Rajeshwari Kumari, a descendant of the Patiala royal family; came together in Hangzhou to win India’s first-ever medal in the trap-50 women’s team event on Sunday. This was India’s 40th medal in this year’s Asian Games. The trio won a silver medal with a total of 337 points and were outscored by China, whose team won…
A total of 38 students from two branches of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) – Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi and Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri – were a part of a year-long exchange program. The exchange happened in August and it had to be cut short on Friday, when J&K’s visiting students were assaulted. Why the J&K students were targeted According to reports, the cause of the assault was that the Jhansi students had heard about their school’s students having been “beaten up” by the Rajouri students following a heated dispute. Angered by this, the Jhansi students proceeded to protest against the 18…
Priyanka Chopra, the Miss World 2000 winner, made her Bollywood debut as a supporting actress with director Anil Sharma’s The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). But did you know she had offered returning her signing money to Sharma because of her botched nose job?In a recent interview with Bollywood Thikana, Sharma shared how he decided to stand by Priyanka when she was about to give up on her acting career. How Sharma found out about Priyanka Chopra’s nose job After the release of the superhit film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), Sharma was on a two-month-long international trip…
Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya, who has blessed our ears with over 6000 songs in the Bollywood industry, opened up about his ‘unmusical’ experience of working with AR Rahman in a recent interview. The singer is recognized till-date for his melodious songs of the 1990’s and early 2000’s. He has been awarded several awards for them including the MTV Asia Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer. Some of Abhijeet’s best known songs include “Tauba Tumhare Ye Ishare”, “Ek Din Aap”, “Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon”, “Goriya Chura Na” and “Jhoom Loon Mein”. One of his best-known songs also includes…
