Melbourne, July 19: Australian researchers are set to develop more customized video games for orangutans in the Melbourne Zoo to play with, following the success of the world’s first interactive study which aimed to entertain and stimulate the animals. Earlier this year, researchers from the University of Melbourne’s Microsoft ResearchRead More →

Melbourne, July 15: A 20 minute sensation, Kriti, a Bollywood film for the internet, released on June 22 by Sirish Kunder is under fire with allegations that the storyline was copied.. Earlier, Nepali film-maker Aneel Neupane had openly claimed that Shirish Kunder stole his plot and made it into hisRead More →

Mumbai, July 13: In the upcoming season of marriages this November, Bollywood’s power house Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal will become ‘samdhis’. The Bollywood veterans who have cast their spell in acting and were featured in DAMINI (1993) are poised to become a family after 23 years. Now before youRead More →

By Troy Ribeiro  Film: “Sultan”; Director: Ali Abbas Zafar; Cast: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Amit Sadh, Randeep Hooda, Kumud Mishra, Parikshat Sahni, Abhishek Duhan and Meiyang Chang; Rating: *** “Sultan” is a fictional and inspirational tale of a wrestler. In fact, it is his love story. Designed in the templateRead More →

Mumbai, July 6: New Zealand’s Zespri International, a marketer of kiwifruit, has signed on child actor Harshaali Malhotra of “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” fame as the face of the brand. This is the first time that a Bollywood face will be seen endorsing the company. Zespri International is now targeting India asRead More →

Mumbai, July 5: Hailing the power of the girl child, Aamir Khan unveiled the second poster of DANGAL and it’s an all and all family affair. The tag line ‘mari chori, choro se kam hai ke’ (are my daughters lesser then any men) in pitch Haryanvi accent, the poster raisesRead More →

Melbourne, July 3: In a double first, the world-renowned Performance Studies International (PSi) conference is headed to Australia and opening its doors to the public. This year’s conference explores the theme Performing Climates and will provide a platform for scholars, artists and the public to come together to engage onRead More →

Today is (June 27) R .D. Burman’s 77th birth anniversary Over two decades have passed since the charismatic music director R.D. Burman ascended from the realm of the mortals to heavens, but his legacy continues to live on. He was a “futuristic genius”, who knew the “pulse of the masses”, saysRead More →