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Celebs pour wishes as Rajini turns 67 Lovingly called Thalaiva, the superstar's fans gathered outside his home in Chennai to celebrate his birthday IANS, CHENNAI
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n superstar Rajinikanth’s 67th birthday this week, celebrities like megastar Amitabh Bachchan, filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Akshay Kumar wished him a long and healthy life. Fans of Rajinikanth, lovingly called Thalaiva, gathered outside his house in Chennai for his special day. To mark the occasion, Rajinikanth’s son-in-law, actor-producer Dhanush, also launched the second look of the megastar from the upcoming film. The actor is seen wearing sunglasses and a bearded look on the poster. “Here you go! The king of style...
Telugu actor commits suicide, three booked HYDERABAD: Telugu actor Vijay Sai this week committed suicide and hours later, police booked his wife and two others for abetment to suicide. Vijay Sai The 35-yearold was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his flat in Yousufguda neighborhood, police said. Police also recovered a video taken by him on his mobile phone before ending his life, in which he allegedly blamed his wife and two others for driving him to the extreme. Deputy Commissioner of Police Venkateshwar Rao said the selfie video was sent for forensic examination. Vijay Sai and his wife Vanita were living separately for two years and had also filed for a divorce in a court. They have a daughter. On a complaint by Vijay’s father Subba Rao, police registered a case against Vanita, lawyer Srinivas and Sashidhar. The police officer said they were investigating the relations between Vanita and Sashidhar. Police were also trying to identify the people the actor last spoke to over phone or met personally. Vijay’s parents alleged that he was under mental stress due to the behavior of his wife. Vanita, however, dismissed the allegations against her. She alleged that Vijay had even beaten her up on some occasions but she never revealed this. —IANS
Our Superstar’s Kaalaa second look. in awe of your on-screen persona The swag of superstar. Happy birth- but working with you made me a bigger fan of you off-screen. day Thalaiva,” he tweeted. They don’t call you superHere’s what other star just like that. Keep celebrities tweeted: To mark the shining the brightest A m i t a b h Rajinikanth sir. Bachchan: To my occasion, Sajid Khan: To dear friend, colDhanush the man who league and a most launched the defies age... A humble and large second look of true inspiration hearted Colossus! for generations... Birthday greetings. Rajinikanth from The words larger Karan Johar: the upcoming than life were coined Happy birthday to film 'Kaalaa' for him. the mega superstar Rakeysh Mehra: Rajinikanth. The aura, Rajnikanth — Meri umar bhi the magic, the connect and the humility is legendary. Happy aapko lag jaaye — many happy returns of the day Rajinikanth. birthday Sir! Tamannaah Bhatia: Happy birthAkshay Kumar: Have always been
Actor Rajinikanth, who is lovingly called Thalaiva by his fans.
day, Rajini sir. Wish you the best of everything in the year ahead. Huma Qureshi: Happy Thalaiva Day! So blessed to be working with the one and only Rajinikanth. And, there were many others. The actor thanked all his friends for all
the warm wishes he received. “My heartfelt thanks to all my political friends, film fraternity friends, sports world friends and media friends and well wishes for wishing me on my birthday,” Rajinikanth tweeted.
‘S Durga’ director slams IFFK, organizers hit back the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) last month. Sasidharan, in a Facebook post, turned critical towards IFFK, saying it is high time to have a thorough and impassioned discussion on the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and its activities. “It has become a nonsense organization forgetting its aims. How many more years it can run the IFFK on controversies? Film festivals are not festivals actually, they are platforms of discussion, discovery and redefining concepts. IFFK needs to
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fter S Durga director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan hit out at the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) for its “bad shape”, the organizers of the gala questioned his changed opinion. Filmmaker Kamal, Chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, said he fails to understand the sudden change of opinion by Sasidharan, whose film was in the news regarding its exclusion from
see mirror and understand its bad shape now,” Sasidharan wrote. Reacting to the outburst, Kamal told IANS that until last year, Sasidharan had no complaints about the Academy and IFFK. “Suddenly this year, he speaks differently and says the exact opposite. I have only one thing to say to him — he is free to have his opinion and in Kerala there are others also who have an opinion. My job as Chairman is to see the Academy and its activities are run as per rules and regulations,” said Kamal.
‘Bahubali 2’ 2017’s top trending search query on Google IANS, NEW DELHI/CHENNAI
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ntertainment continued to fuel India’s Search momentum in 2017 with Bahubali 2: The Conclusion topping Google’s trending charts and six other bollywood movies featuring among the ‘Top 10 Trending’ queries this year, Google said this week. Bollywood and cricket remained the top two themes that ruled the charts, according to Google India 2017 Year in Search results. “After breaking several records at the Box office, India’s most expensive movie also broke the language boundaries attracting humongous search interest from movie buffs across the nation,” it said. Bahubali 2: The Conclusion was followed by searches around Indi-
A still from the film ‘Bahubali 2’
an Premier League and searches on ‘Live Cricket Score’. Also making it to the Top 10 list were Bollywood blockbusters Dangal and Badrinath Ki Dulhania.
Among the top trending songs this year, Hawa Hawa from the Arjun Kapoor starrer Mubarakan held the top spot on the charts, followed by sufi track Mere Rashke
Qamar originally sung by legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and recreated by vocalist Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Songs like Despacito and Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You also featured in the top trending tracks. Sunny Leone once again featured among the top entertainers this year, followed by Big Boss entrant Arshi Khan, Sapna Choudhary and YouTube singing sensation Vidya Vox. “CBSE results, UP elections, Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Budget featured among the trending news events that witnessed huge interest among Indian users,” Google said. Indian users were also interested when it came to knowing more about Bitcoin prices or expressing interest about ransomware.
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