Mary Kom in Shabana Azmi's ramp show

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, the ace boxer who rose to fame after winning the London Olympic bronze, has become a source of inspiration for everyone in the country.

The latest is that Mary is going to walk the ramp for Shabana Azmi's NGO, the 'Mijwan Welfare Society' on Monday, September 3, at the Grand Hyatt.
Along with Mary, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Chitrangda Singh, Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson, Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Chiraag Paswan, Dia Mirza, Imtiaz Ali, Kalki Koechlin, Karan Johar, Kunal Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan, Neha Dhupia, Rohit Roy, Rohit Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Shahana Goswami, Shahzaan Padamsee and Yuvraj Singh will be walking the ramp.

It was just days back, news of Sanjay Leela Bhansali making a movie based on her real life story were doing the rounds.

"It is an inspiring story that touched my heart. Not many films are based on biopics of living people, so this is a rare experiment. I am proud that I am part of this film," Bhansali, who is producing the film, told the media.

Mary is also well-known for her melodious voice and her love towards singing. It’s also because of this reason she is often asked to sing in many events. Buzz is that she sung the title song of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam for Bhansali which immensely touched him. According to some sources she is even planning to meet India’s Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar!

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- Unknown Updated at: Saturday, September 01, 2012

Vidhya receives another award

Actress Vidya Balan has received another award. This time she was awarded the Prabha Khaitan Puraskar 2012 from the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce.

Vidya was donned in an off-white sari with a rich blue-gold brocade border and a three-quarter velvet blouse, accessorized with just a pair of jhumkas. 

Vidya received the award from West Bengal Governor M.K.Narayanan who was with wife Padmini Narayanan in Kolkata on Wednesday. She addressed the governor saying that, "I feel proud to receive this award from you." To which the governor M.K. Narayanan said, "I am doubly privileged to present this award to Vidya Balan as I come from the same small town of Kerala where she was born."

The president of the chamber, Alka Bangur spoke about Vidya Balan's commitment to advancement of women's issues. The managing trustee of Prabha Khaitan Foundation, Sundeep Bhutoria presented Vidya with an embroidered shawl.

Vidya said that, "I feel extremely overwhelmed to receive this 'Prabha Khaitan Puraskar' specially after knowing a few names who has earlier received this award for excelling in their own field." She added, "I think women are taking the centre stage in various walks of life all over the country and cinema is just a reflection of that."

Vidya spoke in chaste Bengali, and said 'Ami Kolkatar meye'. She said that she felt "taller and a little proud" of herself after knowing the previous recipients of the award, include Shabana Azmi, Kapila Vatsayan, Medha Patkar and Shanu Lahiri.

She even said that she wanted to work in Bengali movies but hasn't received any offer till not. She said that, "Satyajit Ray is my favourite Bengali director. I am also fond of Rituparno's (Rituparno Ghosh) work."

'Prabha Khaitan Puraskar' is awarded to women for their outstanding achievements and commitments in various fields. Prabha Khaitan, a former president of the chamber started this award in 1992 with an aim to empower women. Earlier in 1996, actor Shabana Azmi received this award. Bengali author Nabaneeta Dev Sen were among the panel of the judges for selecting the recipient of the award.

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- Unknown Updated at: Saturday, June 02, 2012

Ranbir praised by Shabana

Rockstar, the new movie from Ranbir Kapoor is bringing a lot of attention and the recent comment was from the well known actress Shabana Azmi. The actress is all praises for the actor who plays 'Jordan' the rockstar in the movie. She feels that Ranbir is much close to original in the movie. 

She says, "Ranbir's performance in "Rockstar" is totally original. He inhabits Jordan's complex world and infuses it with childlike honesty that's believable." Furthermore, Shabana also had a word or two of praise for director Imtiaz Ali. Calling the film an example that Hindi cinema is coming of age, the actress says, "Imtiaz Ali's writing in "Rockstar" is surprising and unpredictable. It is tugged at my heartstrings...Hindi cinema is finally coming of age...wow!"

The music of the movie is much appreciated and so is the acting talent of Ranbir Kapoor, the movie has done a decent business at the movie houses and also stands tall among the latest releases.

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, November 17, 2011

Shabana Azmi Hard on Protests!

Earlier today, Shabana Azmi, veteran actor condemned the attacks on Prakash Jha's latest movie Aarakshan. She mentioned this on twitter that she finds these protests as shameful for the fact that the leaders protesting have not actually viewed the movie. 

The movie Aarakshan speaks about reservation system based on castes and touches the sensitive area in politics. Shabana Azmi who has been known to raise her voice against what she finds bad has went ahead to criticize the censor board for their incapability of releasing the movie even after certifying the movie. She said that if few protests can stop a film from being released then what good is Censor board for?

There has been strong protests ever since the release date was announced for Aarakshan, the movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Manoj Bajpayee. The comments from the actor was in light to the attack on to Prakash Jha's residence this saturday by Republican party of India. 

The movie is set to be released on August 12, 2011.

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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, August 09, 2011