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Food Jn. - a pleasant interlude
Not long ago, railway passengers, coming to the metro from various places in the country on business visits or on short pleasure trips, used to curse themselves for not carrying eatables from home. Those who believed that there would be good ...
Know Your City

Lot of orchids for Miss Vizag
It is believed that nothing can express better than a flower, and with this as cue, Srikanth set off on a flowery journey nine years ago at Hyderabad. Christening his florist showroom "Orchid's florist" after the flower known for its longevity ...
Tribute

Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904 - 1966): A selfless leader
When he was the Railway Minister, he owned moral responsibility for a train accident in south India and resigned, in 1956. He did not have a house of his own, even when he was the Home Minister and people used to tease him the "homeless Home ...
Issues

Fraud in PUC certificates
A few intelligent operators have developed a similar software that could manually generate a clear test certificate even without conducting a check.
Sport

Anjali - greatest shooting star
She picked up the rifle when she was 18 and has not put it down till date. Sharp shooting herself into the skies of fame, Anjali Ved Bhagwat appears more like a fashion model than a sportswoman, but the Arjuna Award in her hand makes you take a ...
Showbitz

Breaking norms
PAWAN KALYAN who believes in doing one film at time has decided to break this norm as he has agreed to do two films simultaneously. With more and more young heroes thronging the silver screen, a movie a year appears risky business in the present ...


Double debut
THE TWO sprightly girls from the Tamil industry Trisha and Meera Jasmine, are all set to make their debut on Telugu screen. Trisha is co-starring Prabhas in Varsham produced by M.S. Raju under Sumanth Art Productions. The shooting is on ...
Graphic socio-fantasy
GRAPHICS WILL dominate Krishnavamsi's social fantasy film Sri Anjaneyam starring Nitin and Aditi Agarwal. Krishnavamsi hired experts who worked in Universal Studios and Disneyland to design the graphics. The film, which is produced by ...
Story sessions
WITH VASANTHAM almost ready for release, Venky is now busy with story sessions for his next ventures. His forthcoming film Malleswari that is being directed by Vijayabhaskar has gone on floors for shooting. Besides this, he has ...
Pinning hopes
DIRECTOR E.V.V. Satyanarayana with his crew went to the historical pyramids in Egypt to shoot some songs for his next venture Vadanthe Ado Type starring Aryan Rajesh. The shooting of three songs was done at the same place where the epic ...
Friends again
J.D. CHAKRAVARTHY appears clean-shaven in a couple of scenes in his next film Kasi. The scenes, which require three days of shooting, however, are very important to the story, he says. Incidentally, Kasi became instrumental in ...
Lifetime role
MANISHA KOIRALA is gearing up for her role as Indira Gandhi although the shooting for the film has not begun. "I am reading a lot about her, seeing the footage and going through make-up tests. This is indeed the role of a lifetime and very ...
Busy Big B
AMITABH BACHCHAN seems to be the busiest actor in the industry going by the films he is signing. The Big B is really working hard at his age and also experimenting with various roles. He has now signed a film with Rishi Kapoor. The two will be ...
Ishaa in a love triangle
THE KHALLAS girl is finally ready to shed her item-number image and has a full-fledged role in a bold love triangle. Having bagged the lead role in Qayamat, Ishaa Koppikar is a happy girl now who is set to give stiff competition to ...
Chunky is back
WHILE YEH jahan so gaya, one hero has quietly crossed the border and picked up "some meaningful roles" in Bangladeshi films for six years. The good-ol' friend of Tezaab, our very own Chunky Pandey, is back in Hindi films with a ...
Of thrills and chills
CATCH KYA Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat's new series - Kayaamat, currently on air in Sony. The sixth in the series Kayaamat, promises yet another season of thrills and twists, drama and excitement. It is a spine-chilling tale of ...
The action continues
FOR THOSE who have missed the action, tune in for repeat telecasts of Coke [V] Popstars 2 - the nationwide hunt for a mixed band of talented singers from around the country. The second episode of the highly rated contest will be ...
Nana to direct
JUST WHEN one thought one had not seen Nana Patekar for long, he is all set to wear the director's cap after a decade. Prahaar, starring Madhuri Dixit, was his maiden directorial film. He is expected to direct Jumman, a Ramgopal ...
Events

Metro cultural round-up
Visakha Sahiti organised a function offering felicitations to the noted crusader of poetic drama, Meegada Ramalingaswamy, who won four Nandi awards (best actor, best script, best direction and second best production) for his play `Gunanidhi' at ...
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