Vidya skips film fest in Australia
National Award-winning actress Vidya Balan has skipped the ongoing Indian Film Festival of Melbourne due to her prior commitments and to celebrate her niece and nephew Ira and Ruhaan's sixth birthday on Sunday.

Shruti, Malaika receive Atomic Blonde awards
Actresses Shruti Haasan, also a singer, and Malaika Arora have received the Atomic Rockstar and Atomic Bombshell awards respectively.

Nitesh Tiwari doesn't write scripts keeping actors in mind
Nitesh Tiwari might have said that he was willing to wait for a few years for superstar Aamir Khan to be part of his blockbuster "Dangal" and showed interest in casting actor Varun Dhawan in his next, but the filmmaker says he doesn't write scripts w

Not attending events in Pakistan: Shenaz Treasury
Actress Shenaz Treasury has turned down the offer to visit Pakistan for an event.

Sushant 'deeply honoured' for bagging Best Actor at IFFM
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who has won the Best Actor award for the biopic "M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story" at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), says he is deeply honoured by the award.

Kriti Sanon's many firsts with 'Bareilly Ki Barfi'
Kriti Sanon, who has played a girl-next-door, modern girl or an ancient warrior princess in films, says she likes to try new things as an actor.

Vidya Balan in reconstituted CBFC board
National Award winning actress Vidya Balan was on Friday appointed as part of the reconstituted Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), to be now chaired by writer Prasoon Joshi.

Can watch 'Fukrey', 'Masaan' multiple times: Richa Chadha
Actress Richa Chadha, who will be back on screen as Bholi Punjaban with "Fukrey Returns", says she is expecting the audience to love the movie as it's not an "underdog film" now.

'Babumoshai Bandookbaaz' deals with uncomfortable truths, says writer
Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer "Babumoshai Bandookbaaz", which has been in the news for the 48 cuts suggested by the censor board, projects some uncomfortable truths about society, says its writer Ghalib Asad Bhopali.

Character actor not a derogatory term anymore: Deepak Dobriyal
Actor Deepak Dobriyal, known for his memorable role in "Tanu Weds Manu" and for his latest performance in "Hindi Medium", says people respect character actors more than earlier days and that filmmakers are also writing substantial parts for them.