Noted actress Shabana Azmi has been diagnosed with swine flu during a routine check-up for cough and cold. She is recuperating in the hospital.
However, she is using the time for productive pursuits. "Rarely, do I get a chance to lie back and introspect. This is an enforced break for me," said Shabana.
"I have not been in contact with any swine whatsoever. But I am in hospital recovering fast," she said.
Actress Shweta Tripathi trained with real circus artists for her first Tamil film, "Mehandi Circus".
Television actress Shilpa Shinde said on Tuesday that she will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election on Congress ticket in Mumbai.
Actress Anita Hassanandani and husband Rohit Reddy will feature in the video of a song sung by Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
Whether it is 1947 or 2019, the word 'azadi', which translates to freedom, has connotations that keep changing from place to place, situation to situation and person to person.
It was a rare victory when wordsmith Gulzar and composer A.R. Rahman were awarded the Best Original Song Oscar for "Jai ho" from the film "Slumdog Millionaire".
The film, with the backdrop of the Maoist conflict that affects large parts of India, is a German Indian co-production shot entirely in India with an international crew.