Bollywood Box Office Business Report 2013 - Actors

Continuing with the analysis of a thriving 2013, when taking a glance at the box workplace performances of actresses, let's take a glance at however a number of the leading actors fared through the year. during this report, we tend to offer you a lowdown on the actors UN agency are ruling the box-office with their movies garnering record breaking business at the side of others UN agency area unit nevertheless to master the tricks of the trade. However, the collections during this report area unit restricted to the domestic domain.



As expected, Aamir Khan options at the pinnacle of the list accumulating Rs. 280.5 crores with simply one unharness Dhoom three. With such large collections, Aamir has thrown the sector open for Rs. three hundred large integer and films. returning in a very shut second is youth matinee idol Ranbir Kapoor with Rs. 248.36 crores collected with 2 releases, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Besharam. apparently, Bollywood's Greek god Hrithik Roshan steps in at range 3 along with his film Krrish three that collected Rs. 244.92 crores, reordering crowned head Rukh Khan at range four with Madras categorical that congregate Rs. 227.13 crores.



On the opposite hand, Sushant Singh Hindoo UN agency created his debut simply last year comes in at range sixteen with Kai Po Che and Shuddh Desi Romance assembling Rs. 96.27 crores. apparently, Salman Khan, UN agency has been operating overtime promoting his approaching film Jai metal, fails to feature during this list, since post Dabangg two in 2012, the actor had no unharness.



Note: Names of the actors area unit restricted to those that have strictly vie the lead roles within the aforesaid films; alternative supporting roles haven't been enclosed.



Report card of celebs within the domestic circuit

Rank	Actors	Movies	Total (INR cr.)
1	Aamir Khan	Dhoom 3 - 280.5	280.5
2	Ranbir Kapoor	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani - 188.57 Besharam - 59.79	248.36
3	Hrithik Roshan	Krrish 3 - 244.92	244.92
4	Shahrukh Khan	Chennai Express - 227.13	227.13
5	John Abraham	Race 2 - 100.45 I, Me Aur Main - 7.9 Shootout at Wadala - 60.18 Madras Cafe - 42.67	211.20
6	Akshay Kumar	Special 26 - 66.8 Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara - 61 Boss - 54.15	181.95
7	Saif Ali Khan	Race 2 - 100.45 Go Goa Gone - 25.16 Bullet Raja - 36.23	161.84
8	Ranveer Singh	Lootera - 29 Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela - 116.33	145.33
9	Vivek Oberoi	Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story - 4 Zila Ghaziabad - 16 Grand Masti - 102	122.00
10	Imran Khan	Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola - 41 Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara - 61 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein - 16.29	118.29
11	Ajay Devgn	Himmatwala - 47.45 Satyagraha - 63.74	111.19
12	Farhan Akhtar	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - 108.93	108.93
13	Shahid Kapoor	Phata Poster Nikhla Hero - 36.53 R... Rajkumar - 66.1	102.63
14	Riteish Deshmukh	Grand Masti - 102	102
15	Arjun Rampal	Inkaar - 9.5 D-Day - 24 Satyagraha - 63.74	97.24
16	Sushant Singh Rajput	Kai Po Che! - 49.67 Shuddh Desi Romance - 46.6	96.27
17	Aditya Roy Kapoor	Aashiqui 2 - 78.42	78.42
18	Amitabh Bachchan	Satyagraha - 63.74	63.74
19	Sunny Deol	Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 - 36.7 Singh Saab The Great - 26.62	63.32
20	Dhanush	Raanjhanaa - 60.35	60.35
21	Emraan Hashmi	Ek Thi Daayan - 25.8 Ghanchakkar - 34	59.80
22	Arshad Warsi	Zila Ghaziabad - 16 Jolly L.L.B. - 32.71 Rabba Main Kya Karoon - 1.09	49.80
23	Sanjay Dutt	Policegiri - 16.81 Zanjeer - 15.19 Zilla Ghaziabad - 16	48.00
24	Irrfan Khan	D-Day - 24 The Lunchbox - 20.19	44.19
25	Ali Zafar	Chashme Baddoor - 41.68	41.68
26	Pulkit Samrat	Fukrey - 36.5	36.5
27	Girish Kumar	Ramaiya Vastavaiya - 36.3	36.3
28	Randeep Hooda	Murder 3 - 22.88 John Day - 1.59	24.47
29	Arjun Kapoor	Aurangzeb - 22.35	22.35
30	Ayushmann Khurana	Nautanki Saala - 21.68	21.68
31	Vidyut Jamwal	Commando - A One Man Army - 21.47	21.47
32	Ram Charan Teja	Zanjeer - 15.19	15.19
33	Saqib Saleem	Mere Dad Ki Maruti - 12.54	12.54
34	Neil Nitin Mukesh	David - 3.75 3 G - 5.82 Shortcut Romeo - 2.58	12.15
35	Nawazuddin Siddiqui	Aatma - 8.78	8.78
36	Manish Paul	Mickey Virus - 7.66	7.66
37	Sachiin Joshi	Mumbai Mirror - 1.83 Jackpot - 5.21	7.04
38	Sharman Joshi	War Chod Na Yaar - 6.75	6.75
39	Jackky Bhagnani	Rangrezz - 6.37	6.37
40	Prateik Babbar	Issaq - 4	4
41	Rajkummar Rao	Shahid - 3.607	3.607

Disclaimer:

The Box Office figures are compiled from various sources and our own research. The figures can be approximate and Bollywood Hungama
does not make any claims about the authenticity of the data. However,
they are adequately indicative of the box-office performance of the
film(s).

Predicting Which Best Picture Nominee Will Win the Oscar Based on Movie Titles

The accolade nominations came out on weekday morning, and as of currently, it's anybody's race. Some say twelve Years a Slave has it within the bag, whereas others assume yankee Hustle can snatch the simplest image trophy. there is no a technique to grasp obviously — will the Academy weigh emotional impact? Flashy performances? The film's lasting message?



How concerning titles? affirmative, you'll tell plenty a couple of film by its title, and concerning its accolade probabilities, too. We've compiled some handy information concerning every Best image nominee's title and what it says concerning the film's probabilities come back time at hand out the awards.



AMERICAN HUSTLE

Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams, left) Associate in Nursingd Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) conceive to scam an underneath cowl agent in Columbia Picutres' yankee HUSTLE.Columbia photos



Movies with the word "America" in their titles...

...to win a Best image Oscar: two (An yankee in Paris; yankee Beauty) 

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: two (America, America; yankee Graffiti)



Movies whose titles refers to against the law or act of duplicity...

...to win a Best image Oscar: two (Mutiny on the Bounty; The Sting)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: eleven (The Racket; She Done Him Wrong; Imitation of Life; Libeled Lady; Grand Illusion; The Caine Mutiny; The Hustler; Mutiny on the Bounty; The Killing Fields; The Fugitive; Traffic)



CAPTAIN PHILLIPS 

Movies with a main character's last name in their titles...

...to win a Best image Oscar: ten (The nice Ziegfeld; Ben-Hur; Tom Jones; Patton; Annie Hall; Kramer vs. Kramer; Gandhi; Schindler’s List; Forrest Gump; Shakespeare in Love)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: forty five (Disraeli; monger Horn; Arrowsmith; The House of Rothschild; Alice Adams; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; Ruggles of Red Gap; Anthony Adverse; Dodsworth; adult male. Deeds Goes to Town; The Story of Louis Pasteur; The lifetime of Emile Zola; The Adventures of Robin Hood; farewell, Mr. Chips; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Kitty Foyle; national Kane; Here Comes adult male. Jordan; Sergeant York; Mrs. Miniver; The glorious Ambersons; gentlewoman Curie; Wilson; Mildred Pierce; grayback Belinda; Julius Caesar; adult male Roberts; The Diary of Anne Frank; Elmer Gantry; Dr. Strangelove or however I Learned to prevent Worrying and Love the Bomb; mother Poppins; Doctor Zhivago; Who’s scared of Virginia Woolf?; Doctor Dolittle; Butch Cassidy and therefore the Sundance Kid; Barry Lyndon; Prizzi’s Honor; Boche Maguire; sensible can Hunting; Saving non-public Ryan; Erin Brokovich; Capote; archangel Clayton; Lincoln)



Movies whose titles embody a paygrade...

...to win a Best image Oscar: o

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: vi (The Smiling Lieutenant; Captain Blood; Captains Courageous; Sergeant York; Saving non-public Ryan; Master and Commander: The so much aspect of the World)



DALLAS patrons CLUB

Movies with a town name in their titles...

...to win a Best image Oscar: four (Cimarron; Casablanca; Associate in Nursing yankee in Paris; Chicago)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: eighteen (Hollywood Revue; Shanghai Express; San Francisco; In recent Chicago; The metropolis Story; adult male. Smith Goes to Washington; Casablanca; Roman Holiday; Peyton Place; Judgment and Nuremberg; Chinatown; Nashville; Fargo; L.A. Confidential; Gangs of latest York; Munich; Letters from invasion of Iwo Jima; time of day in Paris)



Movies whose titles appear to be they must in all probability have a possessive apostrophe, but don't...

...to win a Best image Oscar: zero

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: four (Boys Town; Kings Row; Dead Poets Society; Howards End)



GRAVITY

Movies whose titles area unit one intangible noun...

...to win a Best image Oscar: one (Crash)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: eight (Alibi; Suspicion; Crossfire; Deliverance; Traffic; Atonement; Inception; Moneyball)



Movies whose titles finish in "ity"...

...to win a Best image Oscar: one (From Here to Eternity)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: three (Double Indemnity; Atlantic City; Sense and Sensibility)



HER

Movies whose titles area unit created up 3 letters or fewer...

...to win a Best image Oscar: zero

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: four (Z; JFK; Ray; Up)



Movies that have the word "her" in their titles...

...to win a Best image Oscar: one (Ben-Hur)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: one (Hannah and Her Sisters)



NEBRASKA

Movies with U.S. state names in their titles...

...to win a Best image Oscar: zero

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: two (In recent Arizona; Mississippi Burning)

*Note: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Gangs of latest House of York each consult with cities, not states, and therefore the "Virginia" in Who's scared of writer could be a human lady.



We adored American state, however this is often very the sole one we tend to might think about for it. Sorry, Alexander Payne. Sorry, everybody.



PHILOMENA

Movies whose titles area unit simply a main character's forename...

...to win a Best image Oscar: five (Rebecca; Hamlet; Marty; Gigi; Oliver!)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: twenty (Skippy; Cleopatra; Ivanhoe; Shane; Fanny; Cleopatra; Alfie; Lenny; Rocky; Julia; Norma Rae; Tess; Bugsy; Babe; Elizabeth; Seabiscuit; Ray; Juno; Precious; Hugo)



Movies whose titles were mispronounced by old master DiCaprio on live tv...

...to win a Best image Oscar: zero

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: zero (There are often only 1 Philomania.)



12 YEARS A SLAVE

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Movies with numbers in their titles...

...to win a Best image Oscar: vi (It Happened One Night; round the World in eighty Days; The Godfather half II; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Million dollar Baby; Slumdog Millionaire)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: thirty six (Seventh Heaven; 5 Star Final; One Hour with You; forty second Street; The non-public lifetime of Henry VIII; One Night of Love; street Melody of 1936; A Tale of 2 Cities; 3 sensible Girls; 100 Men and a Girl; Four Daughters; One Foot in Heaven; forty ninth Parallel; Henry V; Miracle on thirty fourth Street; A Letter to 3 Wives; Twelve O’Clock High; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; 3 Coins within the Fountain; The 10 Commandments; twelve Angry Men; The resistant Ones; m Clowns; Anne of the Thousand Days; 5 simple Pieces; Born on the Fourth of July; The Godfather half III; Four Weddings and a Funeral; Phoebus Apollo 13; The Sixth Sense; The Lord of the Rings: the 2 Towers; District 9; 127 Hours; Toy Story 3; Zero Dark Thirty)



Movies that consult with a unit of your time in their titles...

...to win a Best image Oscar: two (The Best Years of Our Lives; round the World in eighty Days) 

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: nine (One Hour with You; girl for a Day; The Yearling; The Longest Day; Anne of the Thousand Days; Dog Day Afternoon; Remains of the Day; The Hours; 127 Hours)



THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Movies whose titles embody mention of Associate in Nursing animal...

...to win a Best image Oscar: three (The cervid Hunter; Dances with Wolves; The Silence of the Lambs)

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: seventeen (Of Mice and Men; the small Foxes; The Maltese Falcon; The Ox-Bow Incident; The Snake Pit; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Lion in Winter; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Dog Day Afternoon; The Elephant Man; Raging Bull; Kiss of the Spider Woman; hunkered Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Black Swan; War Horse)



Movies whose titles embody the name of a street...

...to win a Best image Oscar: one (The street Melody) 

...to get nominative for BP, however not win: five (42nd Street; The Barretts of Wimpole Street; street Melody of 1936; Miracle on thirty fourth Street; Sunset Boulevard)



Cast your bets, folks. Captain Phillips sounds like it's this one fastened down.



*Special because of Hollywood.com writers Julia Emmanuele and Jordan Smith for serving to to compile information and diverting the madness of this post, and to our CTO Greg Zimerman for ill  hours of labor once my Word Doc crashed. you are a hero, Greg.

And the 2014 Oscar Nominees Are....!!!

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And the nominees for the 86th Annual Academy Awards, celebrating the fantastic cinematic year of 2013, are...



Best Picture

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street 



Best Director

David O. Russell, American Hustle

Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Alexander Payne, Nebraska

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street



Best Actress

Amy Adams, American Hustle

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Judi Dench, Philomena

Meryl Streep, August: Osage County



Best Actor

Christian Bale, American Hustle

Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club



Best Adapted Screenplay

Before Midnight

Captain Phillips

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street



Best Original Screenplay

American Hustle

Blue Jasmine

Dallas Buyers Club

Her

Nebraska



Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Bradley Cooper, American Hustle

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street

Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club



Best Supporting Actress

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

June Squibb, Nebraska



Best Animated Feature

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Ernest & Celestine

Frozen

The Wind Rises



Best Documentary Feature

The Act of Killing

Cutie and the Boxer

Dirty Wars

The Square

20 Feet from Stardom



Best Foreign Language Film

The Broken Circle Breakdown

The Great Beauty

The Hunt

The Missing Picture

Omar



Best Original Song

"Alone Yet Not Alone" from Alone Yet Not Alone

"Happy" from Despicable Me 2

"Let It Go" from Frozen

"The Moon Song" from Her

"Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom



Best Original Score

The Book Thief

Gravity

Her

Philomena

Saving Mr. Banks



Best Cinematography

The Grandmaster

Gravity

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Prisoners



Best Editing

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

12 Years a Slave



Best Animated Short Film

"Feral"

"Get a Horse!"

"Mr. Hublot"

"Possessions"

"Room on the Broom"



Best Documentary Short

"CaveDigger"

"Facing Fear"

"Karama Has No Walls"

"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"

"Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"



Best Production Design

American Hustle

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Her

12 Years a Slave



Best Costume Design

American Hustle

The Grandmaster

The Great Gatsby

The Invisible Woman

12 Years a Slave



Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Dallas Buyers Club

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

The Lone Ranger



Best Sound Editing

All Is Lost

Captain Phillips

Gravity

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

Lone Survivor



Best Sound Mixing

Captain Phillips

Gravity

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

Inside Llewyn Davis

Lone Survivor

'Lone Survivor' Is Unsettling in the Best Ways Possible-Review

Lone Survivor is not a movie for the faint of heart. it is a film that beats you down and solely allows you to up for a couple of precious moments before the credits roll, however that emotional strangling is what helps build the film such a strong expertise.



Peter Berg's Lone Survivor tells the story of Operation Red Wings, primarily that specialize in a bunch of 4 Navy SEALs United Nations agency ar sent to the mountains of Afganistan to capture or kill a member of the Taleban. The set up goes wrong, and therefore the team has got to fight for his or her lives to flee the enemy-infested space. The film will a fabulous job of ratcheting up the strain before collapsing into its main action sequence, one that's as thrilling because it is unsettling. The long sequence brings forth reminiscences of the ill-famed 6 June 1944 gap of Saving personal Ryan, except this film's fire-fight stretches out the violence sort of a medieval torture device. The langourous scene is, at times, arduous to sit down through. every moment slips by in spiraling tension. It's without doubt uncomfortable, and therefore the film builds some extent to ne'er make the violence fun or attractive. The action is not consequence-free, and each bullet discharged carries weight, creating the scenes brutal and unrelenting as a result of it. The film takes on the aura of a horror motion-picture show that wishes you to feel each second that ticks by, and director Berg makes certain that a pressing despair starts to sadden the viewer even as it will on the troopers.



Mark Wahlberg is masses capable as Marcus Lutrell, a member of the SEAL unit that's sent on the mission. The supporting solid plays its elements commendable by credibly infusing a various set of personalities and values into the troopers, whereas still keeping them in tune with an equivalent military culture that governs abundant of their thoughts and actions. there is a nice scene wherever a tough call has got to be created, and therefore the viewer gets to visualize the various directions to that a number of the character's ethical compasses ar tuned. generally the correct factor will mean various things to totally different folks once the chance of death is on the table. the $64000 standout within the solid is mountain Foster, whose SO2 Matthew Alexson swirls with barely contained fury. he's in darkness intense and has electrical screen presence that basically starts to manifest once the bullets star flying and things become dire.



For all the nice can that the film builds up in its initial and second act, the ultimate third of the film hits some snags as history demands that the story take itself to a unique location, sacrificing a number of the strain that it's engineered up. within the last half-hour of the film, there ar some odd tonal selections that do not gel with the strain brimfull within the half. A comedic scene involving a barrier stands call at explicit.



The motion-picture show makes some extent to steer beyond any political judgment,  and it does not try and lay blame for the bungled mission on anybody head. And whereas the film ne'er externally states and opinion on the conflicts that America found itself involved in throughout now amount, the searing brutality represented within the motion-picture show highlight that nobody ought to be subjected to the pain that these men were two-faced with. created profusely clear is that the soldiers' disposition to drop everything and serve their country the simplest method they skills. Lone Survivor tries to honor the soldier, however not glorify war.



Lone Survivor is at its best once it causes you to feel the worst. It provides troopers their due reverence by showcasing verity terror of the tract, and whereas the film will begin to sag slightly in its third act, it's still quite well worth the expertise so as perceive the implications of war, and its toll on the folks within the trenches.

Aishwarya Rai to make a comeback with Mani Ratnam

She started her acting career with Mani Ratnam's Iruvar wherever she compete a personality uncannily like Jayalalitha.



And currently Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is geared up to create a comeback to screen when an extended maternity leave with a movie to be directed by Mani Ratnam. Mani is extremely near each Abhishek and Aishwarya. He has worked with the couple in Guru and Raavan. 



But for his next, he desires solely Aishwarya. 



Says a awfully reliable supply, "Mani shares a wonderful equation with Abhishek and Ash. however this point he is reaching to direct a movie that encompasses a terribly robust feminine protagonist's character. Mani feels there's very little area for Abhishek in his next." 



Aishwarya has given her consent to her presence in Mani's next. 



Says the supply, "Aishwarya was terribly clear regarding her priorities when she became a mother. She gave 100 of her time and concentration to her female offspring Aaraadhya for 2 years. currently that Aaraadhya is prepared for play group Aishwarya will begin thinking of seriously coming to acting." 



Aishwarya was keen to come back with a movie directed by either of her 2 favorite administrators, Sanjay Leela Bhansali or Mani Ratnam. 



Says the supply, "She was most finalized for the item song in SLB's Ram-Leela. however Aishwarya wished some changes within the lyrics that Sanjay refused. whereas she's trying forward to operating with SLB, she's geared up to come back with Mani Ratnam's next project." 



The movie-making genius' career has been underneath a cloud. His last 2 films Raavan and Kadal have bombed and been heavily panned by critics additionally. 



"Mani too must create a comeback," says the supply that informs regarding Aishwarya's nod to the Mani Ratnam project.

Daria Werbowy stars in Balenciaga’s Spring 2014 ad campaign

Moody, biology and a bit bit Canadian: welcome to clothes designer for Spring 2014. provincial capital manikin Daria Werbowy fronts the Steven Klein-shot ad blitz and it’s safe to mention the photographs ar A+.



Slated to debut in print next month, the campaign’s 1st image shows Werbowy dead, leaning against a white wall engulfed in biology vines. The others showcase the manikin sporting the brand’s crop-driven Spring 2014 assortment items. “I wished to convey a way of strength and knowingness,” same clothes designer inventive director Alexander Wang. “Daria is unquestionably not naïve.” With a gaze as powerful as hers, these ads can sure stop onlookers dead in their tracks.

Urban Studio-Women and Men Witner Fall Wear Collection 2014

Kareena Kapoor, Amol Gupte in Singham 2

Kareena Kapoor are going to be taking part in the feminine lead within the forthcoming action drama Singham two opposite Ajay Devgn. The thespian conjointly recently unconcealed that she is kind of excited to play the role of a Maharashtrian woman for the primary time. 



Also, this point commutation the ominous Prakash dominion within the role of a character are going to be writer-director Amole Gupte UN agency has compete the role of a villain in Shahid Kapoor's Kaminey antecedently. Amole too claimed that he's a awfully huge fan of Rohit Shetty's films and can be beginning his shoot from mid-March for the film. 



Singham two can star Ajay Devgn and is co-produced by Devgn and Rohit Shetty.

Shraddha and Varun in ABCD sequel

Varun Dhawan World Health Organization created his debut within the Dharma film Student of the Year can shortly be seen within the sequel to the dance film ABCD - Any Body will Dance. curiously, the Aashiqui two role player Shraddha Kapoor are featured aboard Varun within the film.



While the primary installment of the film that discharged last year featured new faces, director Remo D'souza opted for a amendment this point spherical. the explanation behind casting familiar faces for the sequel is that apparently the script of the sequel demanded that the leading actor be a familiar face. 



However, a political candidate announcement of identical is hoped-for.

Sanjay Dutt's parole extended for a month

Sanjay Dutt United Nations agency is out on a parole presently received yet one more extension from the jail authorities. The actor was granted this leave from jail on the idea of the wife's upset.



Readers should bear in mind that the actor's mate Manyata was recently admitted to a hospital in Bombay once she became unwell. whereas her doctor disclosed that she was unbroken underneath observation, they relinquished divulging too several details regarding her health condition. And currently attributable to her sickness, the actor's parole has been extended. 



The actor has been serving imprisonment for criminal possession of arms and ammunitions.

Alia Bhatt Making Of 'Sooha Saha' (Highway) Must Watch

Alia Bhatt seems nervous and also ecstatic as she sings 'Sooha Saha' song under the guidance of A R Rahman, in this wonderful making video of 'Highway'. Don't miss!

Android and the decreasing price of “good enough”

Indian phone buyers look at brand, battery and screen

The gap between the foremost high-priced and most cheap smartphones in India may be a bit crazy. At the highest of the road, you discover the iPhones and Galaxy Notes commercialism for upwards of Rs fifty,000 and a few even touching Rs sixty,000. And at all-time low of the pyramid, you'll be able to get associate mechanical man phone for fewer than Rs three,000.

The high-priced ones don't seem to be value their worth. the most cost effective ones area unit strictly practical while not holding you really make the most of Android—you’d be more contented with a dumb phone by Nokia in this vary.

So wherever will a “good enough” mechanical man expertise begin and what does one would like for it? each few months, that worth keeps decreasing as makers area unit ready to match higher hardware at lower costs. until a year past, Rs. 10,000 was rock bottom i might attend in recommending a smartphone. however that’s modified currently with a brand new crop of devices just like the Xolo A600.

It’s not that these area unit fantastic phones. however in contrast to handsets antecedently accessible during this vary, they don’t suffer from poor hardware. If you aren’t planning to get the top-of-the-line phone, there area unit continually planning to be some compromises. however during this new heap, those compromises are reduced.

A recent survey by Nielsen showed that the Indian customer has 3 things on his or her mind once buying a smartphone: complete, battery and screen. And so far, shopping for a phone for fewer than Rs ten,000 meant either compromising on screen quality or battery life. However, phones just like the Xolo A600 and Micromax Canvas A77 will currently meet those criteria at Rs seven,500. Yup, a complete like Micromax is not any longer seen as inferior.

Xolo A600

Take the Xolo A600 (read our full review tomorrow). The screen is bright, vibrant, clean below direct daylight, and has smart viewing angles, that is associate oft-demanded feature by those who commute lots and can’t continually hold their phone in a very bound approach. And its battery life clocks in at over eighteen hours of average use and half-dozen hours of continuous video playback. That’s adequate for many users.

Even with the exception of that, the phone is dead practical. Sure, you aren’t planning to be multi-tasking sort of a professional on that or taking part in games like Asphalt eight while not a stutter, however those area unit the compromises that one will put up, as long because the basics area unit taken care of.

Slowly however for sure, the value of a “good enough” mechanical man expertise is inching towards the Rs 5,000 mark.

I don’t regret not working with Juhi Chawla in the past-Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri also said that she is happy to work with Juhi in 'Gulaab Gang' and hopes to work with her again.

Actress
Madhuri Dixit says there is no such word called difficult in her dictionary and
she likes to conquer problems. The Bollywood diva, who will be seen next in
‘Gulaab Gang’, has done her own stunts in the movie.

‘Gulaab
Gang’ directed by newcomer Soumik Sen, is based on Gulabi gang, a group of
Indian women vigilantes and activists dressed in pink saris, fighting against
the social injustice and operating in Bundelkhand region of UP.

When
asked if doing dance or action was difficult, she says, “I had a training in
taekwondo hence it became little easy for me to do action. We had no body
doubles, we all did the stunts and action on our own. Even while dancing one
ends up getting injured… So its ok. There is no such word called difficult
(mushkil) in my dictionary.. I like to conquer.”

Madhuri
hopes the film does good business at the box-office. Madhuri and Juhi Chawla
are coming together for the first time on screen in a film. The two did get an
offer to share screen space earlier but Juhi had refused the film.

“I am
happy we worked together in this film. I don’t regret about not working in the
past. I hope to work with her again. I don’t think one should compare us or
talk about comparison as we are playing two different roles in the film. I am
the hero, she is the villian… These two characters would be nothing without
each other. I think we have got the best energy for this film,” she said.

“She
plays a sweet villain in the film… It is scary in a way. It is a very different
role for her and I liked watching her on screen. It was wonderful working with
her,” Madhuri said.

The
46-year-old actress feels women need to be educated. “We need to educate women…
Education is the key. They should be respected, there should be gender
equality,” she said.

‘Gulab
Gang’, directed by Sen and produced by Anubhav Sinha, is slated to release on
March 7, a day before the International Women’s Day.