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Mahesh Babu plans to recite a Javed Akhtar's poem in Telugu for Farhan's initiative - MARD - which is designed to create awareness among men to respect. Farhan had requested Mahesh Babu and he agreed.

Shriya Pilgaonkar, daughter of actors Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar, is set to enter filmdom with her father’s Marathi directorial Ekulti Ek. “Experience-wise I am a beginner but I think it’s a wonderful time to be in the industry."

Telugu actor Ram Charan Sunday allegedly got manhandled two people for not making way for him at a traffic signal here. A case has been registered against the actor at the Banjara Hills police station.

The Hollywood film, The Avengers, which has also been dubbed in Telugu and Tamil in India, will now get its own Southern theme song.

Urged by friends, National Award winning filmmaker says he plans to return to his roots, reports Dibyojyoti Baksi.

Apparently, Bipasha was readying herself to romance actor-singer Manoj Tiwari in his next flick Kashi, which is based on Varanasi. The actor, however, denies such rumours and says she is too busy.

Southern superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran, who debuted in Bollywood with, Aiyaa, has bought the rights of his hit Malayalam film, Ayalum Njanum Thammil. He plans to make it in Hindi and approach Amitabh Bachchan with the script.

Actor Neha Dhupia, who has been appreciated for her roles in films like Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Dasvidaniya and Phas Gaye Re Obama, is excited about her first Punjabi film, Rangeelay, which releases next month.

Well-known Tamil actor 'Powerstar' Srinivasan has been arrested for allegedly cheating a person of a huge amount of money. Srinivasan was arrested on a complaint from PS Ranganathan of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would watch the film Sadda Haq that has allegedly taken an exalted view of the days of extremism and its leaders in Punjab before taking a call on the plea by its producers seeking lifting of the ban on its screening in Punjab, Chandigarh and Delhi.