We feel cheated by Maha govt: Subhash Ghai

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai on Friday said that he felt "cheated" by the Maharashtra government after Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court order quashing the 20 acre land allotted to his film......

Will react after CAG report is tabled: Vilasrao Deshmukh

Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday declined to comment on the latest CAG report which is said to have indicted him over a land allotment in Mumbai. "I would not......

SC raps Vilasrao Deshmukh for bending rules on land sale

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was on Wednesday pulled up by the Supreme Court for giving 20 acres of land to film producer Subhash Ghai in 2004 for his film institute, saying......

SC dismisses Subhash Ghai's plea, asks him to return land

In a setback to film producer Subhash Ghai, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Bombay high court order quashing the 20 acre land allotted to his film institute in Mumbai. A bench of justices......

Music to the ears, money to the banks

Ram Sampath, 30, is part of a quiet revolution in the music-making industry, where young twenty-somethings are literally making a living on a song and a prayer, right from the cosy confines of......

Indian institutes on Canadian radar

After spreading its wings in China, the Canadian education system is now looking at India. Thirteen international academic tie-ups are in the offing. Some of the top-ranked universities from......

'Lataji was sakshaat Saraswati'

'I tell the next generation of singers to take a leaf out of Lataji's book.''Be it Kavita or Alka, every time I give a song to a singer, I tell them, 'Dhyaan se suno, listen attentively, phir......

'If you make a film on sex, you don't need to be vulgar'

'It was fun trying to regulate ourselves and keep it in the family zone, and yet be tongue-in-cheek.'Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com meets director Shilpi Dasgupta to find out what it takes to make a......

How talent management firms make stars

A clutch of professional talent management firms is changing the balance of demand and supply in India's entertainment industry, discovers Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Director Vikramaditya......

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro director Kundan Shah passes away

'What a tragic loss for cinema, for India.' Filmmaker Kundan Mehta, who made iconic films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron and Kabhie Haan Kabhie Naa, succumbed to a heart attack on Saturday......