Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Rap and pop singer Baba Sehgal plans to sue Karnataka Bank for allegedly trying to defame him in the matter of a loan he had taken for business purposes by mortgaging his office and residential premises. The singer said that although he had “settled” the matter with the bank over two and a half years ago, he suddenly learnt that the bank was reportedly planning to issue a public notice against him for recovering the “outstanding dues”. (more…)

Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty’s foray into local soccer has become an election issue in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), with the dissidents owing allegiance to Jagmohan Dalmiya demanding action against an affiliate unit close to the ruling group for getting associated with the Indian Cricket League (ICL). (more…)

Chennai, July 24 (IANS) Bollywood actress Nisha Kothari has replaced Malavika in the controversial bilingual film “Karthigai”. Malavika had alleged sexual harassment by the producer of the film for refusing to do dance steps due to her pregnancy. (more…)

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty says she has turned down a lot of international projects as she wants to focus more on Hindi films.”I have left a lot of international projects to come back to Hindi films. Someone told me I was already out of sight and I did not want to be out of mind too. I want a good end product - a good Hindi film made in India,” said Shilpa on the sidelines of an event here Wednesday. (more…)

Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Manoj Tiwari, host of reality show “Chak De Bachche”, had a heated argument with the judges - Raveena Tandon and choreographer-director Ganesh Acharya - for not paying attention to the contestants from the team of ‘Desi Dhurandhars’. (more…)

Thiruvananthapuram, July 24 (IANS) Far from the world of programming and coding, a group of nine software engineers tried their hand at filmmaking and have made a 90-minute full length Malayalam movie to be released Saturday.The film titled “The Myth”, made in hi-definition video format, will be screened here and has been directed by techies Bijoy and Prasanth, who work for SunTec Business Solutions at Technopark here. (more…)

Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) When most of the television actors bid adieu to the medium after getting a chance in films, Shabbir Ahluwalia, who was seen in “Shootout At Lokhandwala”, says he is still in love with small screen and will continue working in serials.Shabbir played one of the lead characters in Apoorva Lakhia’s “Shootout At Lokhandwala” and will now be seen in his “Mission Istanbul” that is releasing Friday. (more…)

Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Remembering legendary Bengali actor Uttam Kumar on his 28th death anniversary Thursday, his co-stars said no hero has as yet been able to match up to his natural talent and acting ability.”A suitable successor to Uttam Kumar has not been found either in the Bengali film industry or at the national level. Even actors like Dilip Kumar and Rajesh Khanna are born once. The present film fraternity can look up to them but can never match up to their calibre,” Sharmila Tagore, one of Uttam Kumar’s co-stars, told IANS. (more…)

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Actor-director Rahul Bose’s second directorial venture, based on Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid’s debut novel “Moth Smoke”, has been deferred till next year.”The story of ‘Moth Smoke’ requires me to shoot in Delhi. I wanted to start my film by the end of 2008. But I realised that Delhi is usually very foggy during November-December and thus I had to push my plans,” Rahul stated in a release. (more…)