The prolonged Covid-induced shutdown and the attendant paranoia have dealt a deadly blow to this hereditary profession, posing question marks on its very survival.
September 27, 2021Directed by Prabhu Deva, Dabangg 3 will release in four languages i.e Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu.
September 11, 2019Produced by Salman Khan Films and Arbaaz Khan Productions, Dabangg 3 is slated to release on 20 December 2019.
September 11, 2019Prabhu Dheva is reuniting with Salman Khan after 10 years.
August 21, 2019Vinod Khanna had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1997 and was elected as the Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur for the first time in 1998, a feat he followed in 1999, 2004, and 2014 General Elections.
April 27, 2019Sunny has become the third Deol from his family after Dharmendra and Hema Malini to join politics; it is being speculated that he will be fielded from Punjab's Gurdaspur constituency in the Lok Sabha elections
April 23, 2019Bollywood actor Akshaye Khanna received his father late Vinod Khanna’s Dadasaheb Phalke Award Thursday in Delhi. Remembering his father in this proud moment, he said it was a “bittersweet moment” for the family. “We are really proud as a family. It is a bittersweet moment for us. I wish my father was here to receive this award. I …
May 3, 2018April 27 marks the first death anniversary of late actor Vinod Khanna, who passed away a year ago after battling bladder cancer. On the occasion of his first death anniversary, let’s take a look at the actor’s journey from a villain to one of the most iconic heroes of all time in Indian cinema. Khanna …
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April 27, 2018Actor-turned-politician Vinod Khanna, who died last year, has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — the highest cinema honour in India — posthumously. It was a collective decision of the 65th National Film Awards jury, chaired by filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, to confer the award on Vinod Khanna, who starred in some of the biggest Bollywood …
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April 13, 2018It is the inevitable and unavoidable outcome of human existence but still death seems tough to countenance. Even when it beckons those whom we never knew personally or had seen face-to-face but cheered in films, sang along when playing their songs or appreciated or benefited from their contributions across a wide spectrum of activity. This …
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December 30, 2017As the year nears the end, thestatesman.com takes a look back to come out with a list of prominent names from the entertainment industry who bade adieu to the world in 2017. Here’s the list: Shashi Kapoor The last of the second-generation stars from the Kapoor dynasty, veteran actor Shashi Kapoor, who was popular in the industry …
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December 19, 2017Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who is here with other actors — Sonakshi Sinha, Prabhu Deva and Kriti Sanon — for “Dabangg-The Tour”, says he never thought veteran actors like Vinod Khanna and Shashi Kapoor, will “ever leave us alone”. In the light of “Dabangg 3” releasing in March next year, which also had Vinod Khanna …
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December 10, 2017Megastar Amitabh Bachchan paid tribute to late Vinod Khanna at the Star Screen Awards 2018 here on Sunday night. He says the veteran actor-politician left us before time. Vinod Khanna died in April after a prolonged illness at the age of 70. While sharing a few photographs from the awards show on his official blog, …
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December 4, 2017Ignoring former member of Parliament (MP) Vinod Khanna’s widow Kavita Khanna’s claim for Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat which fell vacant due to the death of the actor-turned-politician, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday named Swaran Singh Salaria as its candidate for the Lok Sabha byelection scheduled for 11 October. Salaria, 58, hails from Chauhana village of Bhoa …
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September 21, 2017Actor Akshaye Khanna says he doesn’t look like his late father and actor Vinod Khanna. Asked if the “Mom” actor would like to essay his father’s character in a biopic, Akshaye told IANS over phone from Mumbai: “To portray any real life character, you have to look like that person. I don’t look anywhere close …
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August 15, 2017