The trailer of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Happy New Year’ will be unveiled on the eve of Independence Day Aug 14 at a star-studded event here to celebrate the ‘Indiawaale’ sentiment which is inherent in the movie. Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd Wednesday announced that the first look of the grand Diwali release will be disclosed at Sahara Star Hotel in Mumbai, with the entire cast – SRK, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani and Vivaan Shah – along with director Farah Khan and composer duo Vishal-Shekhar, in attendanc...

A Bangladeshi boat club in UK is using its annual fundraising boat race to provide swimming lessons to youngsters in the Asian community. The Oxford Bangladeshi Boat Club will host its fifth boat race at Meadow Lane’s Falcon Rowing and Canoe Club on Sunday, August 10. Money raised will be used to encourage young people to learn to swim and participate more regularly in the city’s water sports activities. Club chairman Peter Travis, 73, said: “There’s a tendency for Asian kids not to learn to swim as much as English kids, which...

Reacting to reports of a right-wing Hindu organisation expressing displeasure over a scene in his upcoming film ‘Singham Returns’, director Rohit Shetty said he has never shown anything controversial in his films and would continue to do so in future. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) has written to the the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC), citing that the film depicts Hindu saints in a bad light, “which hurts the religious sentiment of the believers of the faith”. The organisation apparently has objected to a dialogue in the film. However, Shetty said, “They have not seen the scene. We will have a discussion with them. I am a commercial filmmaker and I know how business is important. I will never do any such thing or make a film that is controversial ever.”