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Q: What does it feel like to be chosen the third most handsome man in the world next only to Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and Robert Pattinson? A: Well, handsome is as handsome does. I am honored, of course. I told my sons to remember to always thank people for compliments. This is a compliment, not an achievement. Q: Flattered? A: Good looks should never become a part of your internal character. To not care about how you look will make you look even more attractive. Q: It is an honor for our entertainment industry. Do you agree? A: To be counted in the world’s top 10 of anything I guess gets eyeballs,
so in that regard, yes. It’s good. Q: With your looks, why are you not doing films in Hollywood? A: I haven’t liked anything yet. It’s not about Hollywood, it’s always about a good script for me. Q: How do you react to compliments about your looks? A: I react to them like one should react to a compliment. I smile and say, thank you. Neither do I reject it, nor revel in it. Q: Have you beaten the myth that good looking people can’t act? A: Every single good actor has broken that myth. Mr Dilip Kumar, Mr Amitabh Bachchan, Marlon Brando and Brad Pitt are lookers and shakers.
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impact far beyond the expected.” The 73-year-old actor, who essays the role of a lawyer in the film, tweeted this week: “PINK invited for a special screening of the film at UN Head Quarters, in New York by Assistant Secretary General...honored.” Referring to the special screening, Amitabh Bachchan’s co-star Taapsee Pannu said that the team never thought Pink would have such long legs.
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Aamir: Will apply for tax exemption for ‘Dangal’ MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan says the makers of the forthcoming film Dangal will apply for tax exemption. In the biopic, Aamir will play Mahavir Singh Phogat, father of wrestler Geeta Phogat, who won India’s first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. “I think Dangal falls in the line of tax exemption. We will be applying for tax exemption, but I am not someone to decide on that. It will be the deci-
sion of each state government. We will try to make it happen before the release, but it is a process. Aamir Khan It may or may not happen,” Aamir said here. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the sports drama is set to release on December 23. Asked if demonetization will affect the box office collection, Aamir said: “I hope not.” —IANS
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MUMBAI: Actor Hrithik Roshan says he is yet to like any Hollywood project offered to him, and that a good script will always be his priority while selecting projects. Excerpts from an interview with Hrithik, who was recently elected the third most handsome face in the world by a global online survey on the portal worldstopmost.com:
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into Turkey using false documents and a fake name. A confirmation of Neil Prakash’s arrest by the Australian government is still awaited. Neil Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, has been presented as a key player in inspiring violent terrorism in Australia. A son of an absentee Fiji-Indian father and Cambodian mother, Neil Prakash was reportedly involved in foiled terror plots at Anzac Day commemorations in 2015 and 2016. Australia’s Attorney-General
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Demonetization hits NRI weddings
DUBAI: Indians living in the UAE are mourning the demonetization of high value currency by the Indian government, which has hit their families back home, ruining many NRI weddings, travel and house construction plans, a media report said. Several Indian families living abroad, who had plans to visit India around the year-end, are keeping a close watch on the prevailing situation. According to travel agents, if the present cash shortage situation in India doesn’t improve in a few days, many families are going to cancel their visit to the country, Khaleej Times reported.
nce believed to be dead, Australia’s most wanted Islamist terrorist, Neil Prakash, whose father is a Fiji-Indian, is reported to have been arrested while trying to cross over from war-torn Syria into Turkey. According to the governmentowned Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Prakash was arrested by Turkish officials when he tried to cross the Syrian border
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