Actor-producer John Abraham is experimenting with his looks in ’1911′, a sports biopic on footballer Sibdas Bhaduri, where he will be seen in a leaner avatar. The 41-year-old soccer enthusiast, who is currently 92 kgs, will transform himself to play the former skipper of Mohun Bagan in the Shoojit Sircar-directed period drama. “I have no release this year. I am choosing my projects carefully and experimenting with my looks. Each role requires a lot of method and I need time to adopt. I am playing a footballer in 1911 and...

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has sung for his films in the past, but he says recording a number for ‘Kick’ took him as long as three days. The actor says composer Wajid of his favourite Sajid-Wajid duo was his guru and he just followed his instructions. “I have sung in ‘Hello Brother’ and ‘Wanted’ also. People around me have been asking me to sing a song in a film and my problem is I can’t do it if anybody asks me to…it has to come naturally,” Salman said here. He found the experience tough. “Singing in front of the...

The shooting of Amitabh Bachchan-starrer ‘Shamitabh’, directed by R. Balakrishnan, fondly called Balki, will end soon, says the megastar. “It bears late…around 3 am and there is work tomorrow for Balki .. it reaches a moment of ending soon…,” the 71-year-old posted on his blog srbachchan.tumblr.com. The movie, also starring Dhanush, marks the Bollywood debut of southern superstar actor Kamal Haasan’s daughter Akshara. Big B and Balki had also worked together in films like ‘Cheeni Kum’ and ‘Paa’ in...

Actress Sunny Leone is juggling between different Bollywood films, dance numbers in the southern movie world and brushing up her Hindi skills. On a career high, the Indo-Canadian talent says she’s here to stay. In an interview, she has spoken about her new projects and about her journey in the Hindi film industry. Excerpts from the interview: Q. All of a sudden there is a lot happening in your career. How do you feel about this sudden surge of activity? A. Well, to me it’s beyond a surge. It’s complete insanity, every...

Film star Suchitra Sen (nee Rama Das Gupta) was born and raised in what is now northwestern Bangladesh. But the partitioning of the subcontinent in 1947 forced her family to migrate to Hindu-dominated West Bengal, leaving behind their home in the Muslim-dominated territory then known as East Bengal. Now, after a drawn-out legal battle and a Bangladeshi Supreme Court ruling, Sen’s childhood house will be turned into an archive in memory of the actress, who died in Kolkata on January 17^th at age 82. “Suchitra ...

Today is the birthday of the country’s noted novelist Ata Sarker. He was born in 1952 in Jamalpur. He emerged as a novelist in early 70s. His edited magazine was banned by the black law in the regime of Aiub government of the then East Pakistan. He started his career in journalism before obtaining master’s degree under the department of Political Science as well as Public Administration. Now he is the Executive Vice President of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. His famous novels and stories are Titur Lethel, Apon Lorai, Akoda Anongo Bou, Sonai Sardarer Dhaka Obhijan, Balika Bishoyak Pap, Bipojjonok Khela Somp...