India’s most popular quiz show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, is all set to embrace cutting edge digital technology in its seventh season by including “Googling for an answer” as a new lifeline. The new search engine option will replace the “Ask the expert”, which has let down contestants on many occasions in the past. [...]
Continue reading …Sajid Khan unveils plans to remake Mughal-e-Azam after Himmatwala, triggers widespread panic
April 8, 2013 16 Comments
With repackaging hits from the past being the new in-thing, hotshot director Sajid Khan, undoubtedly buoyed by the successful failure of Himmatwala, has announced the mother of all remakes: that of one of India’s greatest cult classics, Mughal-e-Azam. Throwing light on his decision, Sajid said, “After Himmatwala, I was looking for the next movie to [...]
Continue reading …Drug haul case makes Vijender Singh suitable enough to be invited into the Big Boss house
April 4, 2013 10 Comments
The ‘high’ flying boxer Vijender Singh was today declared as the first contestant for season 7 of Big Boss.The boxer successfully fulfilled two of the biggest criteria for entering the house: being jobless and being controversial. The flamboyant boxer is elated with the announcement and promised that he would not disappoint his fans whose love [...]
Continue reading …How Extra Innings host Gaurav Kapur crawled out of his coffin and readied himself just before IPL6
April 3, 2013 2 Comments
Yesterday night at 3:00 AM, Guarav Kapur and Sameer Kochar, IPL’s perennial hosts, crawled out of their coffins buried in the St. Johns Cemetery in Lutyens’ Delhi, adjacent to Rajiv Shukla’s bungalow, and headed towards the IPL headquarters to get ‘demummified’ and primed for this year’s orgy of mindless entertainment. Every year after IPL ends, [...]
Continue reading …IPL6 Opening Ceremony: Viewers still recovering from the assault on their senses
April 3, 2013 9 Comments
Thousands of viewers across the country had to be hospitalized after the IPL 6 opening ceremony, which one commentator, Greatbong, described as an assault on the senses. Even as viewers slumped in their seats, numbed into mental paralysis by the tackiness of it all, electric shocks had to be administered to revive cognitive activity, tweeted [...]
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The war between the two mega stars of Bollywood, Sharukh Khan and Salman Khan, has now grabbed the attention of the UN Security Council. The international body has called for the warring camps to cease hostilities and settle outstanding issues through peaceful negotiations. The United Nations said that if required they might deploy peacekeeping forces [...]
Continue reading …In Pictures: What made Justice Katju seek pardon for Sanjay Dutt and Zaibunisa
March 28, 2013 7 Comments
Widely known for his eccentric, strong and amusing stands on various issues, Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju once again made the news by writing to the Maharashtra Governor seeking a pardon for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. Going a step further, Justice Katju has also contemplated doing the same for convict Zaibunisa. What drove [...]
Continue reading …Sanjay Dutt conviction: Bollywood demands lenient laws for rich spoilt kids
March 23, 2013 8 Comments
After the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Sanjay Dutt, Bollywood has petitioned Parliament to pass legislation exempting rich, spoilt kids from the purview of Indian law. A visibly seething Mahesh Bhatt ranted, “While the poor kids make mistakes knowingly and need to be punished most severely, the rich kids and youngsters just make silly [...]
Continue reading …Rahul Bose urges Team India against whitewash; appeals to Dhoni to give Aussies a chance to reform
March 23, 2013 4 Comments
With MSD’s squad on the verge of a historic and unprecedented 4-0 whitewash against the Australians, Rahul Bose, Arundhati Roy, and other celebrity activists have urged the Indian skipper to magnanimously lose to their opponents. Bose said the clinical manner in which the Indians had steamrolled the Australians thus far in the series was very [...]
Continue reading …Britney Spears invites Sushil Kumar Shinde to do a cover for her hit number ‘Oops I did it Again’
March 15, 2013 3 Comments
India’s home sinister minister Sushil Kumar Shinde who has consistently managed to put a smile on our faces with his actions and statements alike, didn’t let his admirers down when he read his statement on the Srinagar attack twice in the Lok Sabha. Having attracted eyeballs only from the domestic circuit so far, his latest [...]
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