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September 17 was an auspicious day in India. Not only was it <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/GodSaveTheOcean-This-Ganesh-Chaturthi-Mumbai-NGO-makes-idols-that-fish-can-eat/articleshow/48786857.cms">Ganesh Chaturthi</a>, but it also happened to be the birthday of India’s beloved Prime Minister, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Educate-In-India-Narendra-Modis-new-pet-project/articleshow/47456640.cms">Narendra Modi</a>. So, as is tradition, one would have expected not only his party (<keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword>), but the entire country to shower extravagant blessings on its favourite son. But, hold your horses, because Modi had a diktat for how not to celebrate his birthday, a diktat that was supposed to have been followed to the ‘T’. 
 
The message was clear- the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=BJP">BJP</a> top management was not to make Modi’s birthday a national event. After all, it is for dynastic parties like the <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> to put up posters in every street corner wishing their “young” Vice-President a happy one! For once, perhaps, Modi-fans and sycophants, agreed. Some people might say, “Thank God for small mercies”, maybe this dissuaded <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/topic/Mallika-Sherawat">Mallika Sherawat</a> from reprising her Marilyn Monroe-act and singing “Happy Birthday, Prime Minister”. 
 
But such diktats do little to subdue the indomitable spirit of the young and enterprising. A company that promotes hygienic sanitation in India and builds toilets printed birthday cards to mark the Prime Minister’s birthday with a call for “janm-divas samaroh” (a birthday get-together). A young and very enterprising minister; who has been in the eye of storm recently, for his politically incorrect statements; was the chief guest of this get together and unveiled a 365 kg jumbo ‘laddu’ to mark the special day. But this Minister of State with Independent Charge of a couple of ministries was quick to dub the event as a conference to mark the organizer’s achievements in the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=SWACHH+BHARAT">Swachh Bharat</a> Mission; a programme close to the birthday boy’s heart. 
 Another event, another young minister but the same date: September 17. This young and dynamic Minister of State decided to mark the PM’s birthday by calling it “an auspicious day”. Though he was quick to add that it was Ganesh Chaturthi as well as Vishwakarma puja that were being celebrated on the same day. But the minister wanted to make sure that his birthday wish was conveyed to the right man, so he decided to make the auspicious day remark again, the moment he saw his boss, the Cabinet Minister walk into the conference. After all, his boss is known to enjoy <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>’s confidence and have his ear. But seasoned politician that his boss is, he chose not to acknowledge the birthday remark of his junior minister. 
 
Maybe one should follow the First Citizen of India’s example and just take to Twitter for birthday wishes. 
 
Image credit: Indiatimes

Narendra Modi to his
Ministers: How not to celebrate my birthday

Respect for the national flag comes from within, and no sane person would ever think of willingly insulting the tricolor, a mark of our national pride. However, sometimes, people tend to overlook some codes and conducts, and end up insulting the tricolor out of ignorance. 
 
While nobody does it deliberately, it often happens that if the defaulter is a known face, the matter becomes a national issue. 
 
Given are the names of some such celebrities, who got into a fix for disrespecting the tricolor.

#Independence Day Special: 6 Celebrities who got into a fix for insulting the tricolor

The <keyword id="6366702" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cannes">Cannes</keyword> Film Festival 2015 has already been kicked off, and this time four gorgeous actresses from <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> are making their hotness felt in the cool Cannes in <keyword id="6354785" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="France">France</keyword>. The mercury is soaring high in a cold land; all thanks to our glamorous desi girls—Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, <keyword id="710" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sonam-Kapoor">Sonam Kapoor</keyword> , <keyword id="6354850" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Katrina-Kaif">Katrina Kaif</keyword> and <keyword id="6363209" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mallika-Sherawat">Mallika Sherawat</keyword>. 
 
The fab four from Bollywood are there and are busy tweeting their selfies. 
 
Katrina has already sashayed down the red carpet yesterday and the day before, while Aishwarya will saunter the ramp on May 17 and 20. 
The micro blogging site is getting flooded with tweets by the actresses with their travel ‘companions’, half done makeup, hair dos and power naps. 
 
Here's , the Behind the Scene story of Cannes 2015. Take a look! 
 
Behind the scenes! Hair styled by <keyword id="2853554" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Stephan-Lancien">Stephan Lancien</keyword> 
 
 
 
Dress and shoes of Katrina by <keyword id="349033" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Elie-Saab">Elie Saab</keyword>, styled by <keyword id="1063572" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Michael-Angel">Michael Angel</keyword> 
 
 
 
Katrina Kaif's makeup under process by <keyword id="2853555" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Charlotte-Willer">Charlotte Willer</keyword> 
 
 
 
Selfie mode on with <keyword id="85099" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Julianne-Moore">Julianne Moore</keyword> 
 
 
 
Sonam Kapoor feeling sleepy of waiting 
 
 
 
Sonam kapoor working out minutes before walking the ramp 
 
 
 
The last touch- Before walking the red carpet 
 
 
 
(Image : Twitter)

#Cannes 2015: Here’s a glimpse of some ‘behind the scene’ moments of Bollywood celebs

Here’s the New Year’s first <keyword id="1636016" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="rom-com">rom-com</keyword> that should have hit the theatre on the Valentine’s Day. But the Farhan Akhtar-Vidya Balan starrer has arrived exactly two weeks late and you can’t even call it a hit, in spite of a decent opening. The lead duo rocks, of course, and <keyword id="303" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Director">director</keyword> <keyword id="27707" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Saket-Chaudhary">Saket Chaudhary</keyword> does his best to bring back the impish charm of his directorial debut, <keyword id="27579" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="Pyaar-Ke-Side-Effects">Pyaar Ke Side Effects</keyword>. Nonetheless, the (pseudo) sequel, <keyword id="853887" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shaadi-Ke-Side-Effects">Shaadi Ke Side Effects</keyword> (<keyword id="1575401" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="SKSE">SKSE</keyword>), lacks the earlier spice and spunk, at least during the second half. The new movie has a new star cast as well – Farhan &amp; Vidya as <keyword id="66282" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sid">Sid</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="13161" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Trisha">Trisha</keyword> instead of <keyword id="2097200" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="PKSE">PKSE</keyword>’s <keyword id="3194" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Rahul-Bose">Rahul Bose</keyword> and <keyword id="6363209" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Mallika-Sherawat">Mallika Sherawat</keyword>. And it could be one big reason that makes the difference here. <keyword id="5015" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Farhan-Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</keyword> is quite brilliant as Sid and Vidya remains irresistible, but not in the same way the ‘other’ Trisha pulled it off. 
 
Predictably, Shaadi Ke Side Effects saw a somewhat slow start at the <keyword id="827271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Domestic-Box-Office">domestic box office</keyword>, netting a little over Rs 5 crore on the opening day (February 28). But collections went up dramatically during the first weekend and the movie netted around Rs 21.5 crore at home after Day 3 as most of the circuits saw 40% or more growth. Overall occupancy was 60-65% but some of the major multiplex chains saw even 70-80% occupancy in the evening shows over the weekend However, earnings slumped on the crucial Day 4 (Monday, March 3) to Rs 4 crore, according to industry estimates. 
 That’s definitely a roller-coaster ride at the <keyword id="25892" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="box-office">box office</keyword>, but not without reasons. For once, the inconsistency in <keyword id="182563" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="BO">BO</keyword> collections seems to replicate the movie’s roller-coaster performance – a mature <keyword id="6359193" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Comedy">comedy</keyword> in the beginning that gradually loses its ‘cool’ and gets totally clichéd and utterly predictable at the end. 
 
To begin with, you have Farhan Akhtar (Sid), a married man caught in the baby trap after a lot of scotch and a passionate night. As usual, it is wife Trisha (Vidya) who dotes on the baby and leaves her job to raise it, but hubby is not ready yet to accept the catastrophe. Interestingly, if Sid was commitment-phobic in PKSE, here we find a man who is literally struggling to keep his happiness, self-confidence and sanity intact – a much tougher task than before. So he starts leading a dual life – reliving (not very convincingly) his carefree days and weaving a string of white lies (as sagaciously advised by brother-in-law and the ‘perfect dad’ <keyword id="17416" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ram-Kapoor">Ram Kapoor</keyword>) to appease a nagging wife. 
 
The situation gets pretty taut emotionally and also tougher, thanks to the demands of baby care (remember those scenes from Heyy Babyy?). But every incident turns out to be incredibly funny and Farhan keeps the comedy sparkling till the end. His perfect comic timings, hilarious jokes, sardonic voiceovers and the interplay between family and freewheeling cause some laughter riot and give us a rocking time. More so, because they are so everyday kind of humour and happenings, so relatable yet so quirky. Even in terms of comic scores, Vidya complements Farhan while their poignant on-screen chemistry holds together a near-absent storyline and a weak script. 
 But beneath these layers of breezy fun, there are glimpses of a disturbing reality that Chaudhary decides to keep out of the frame. The growing lack of communication between Sid &amp; Trisha, the <keyword id="23666" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="stress">stress</keyword> of motherhood or the painful efforts the two make/don’t make to come to terms with reality could have thrown open a plethora of possibilities and held the centre stage at the end. 
 Instead, we get some <keyword id="2097209" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood-histrionics">Bollywood histrionics</keyword> – stereotype characters that look like caricatures, some gross gender politics (why should Farhan have all the attention, one wonders), superficial confrontations and rapid reconciliations. It almost looks like Chaudhary has a rulebook for ‘turning happy marriages into happy parenting’ up his sleeves and scripted the later part of the movie accordingly. And that makes Shaadi Ke Side Effects an average, humdrum rom-com that could have been a brilliant black comedy with uneasy questions disrupting the free flow of laughter. 
 
<keyword id="6362021" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anuradha">Anuradha</keyword>: A tear-jerker without impact Here is one <keyword id="2097210" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood-drama">Bollywood drama</keyword> that should be left severely alone unless you want to watch a paragon of virtue suffering for nothing and enduring it all. Directed by <keyword id="1092477" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Raju-Mavani">Raju Mavani</keyword>, the movie features two debut actors in the lead roles – <keyword id="2973" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rahul-Jain">Rahul Jain</keyword> and <keyword id="2036044" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Disha-Choudhary">Disha Choudhary</keyword>. But that’s where the novelty ends. Disha, an ideal daughter, wife and sister, is the good old weeping bahu oppressed by mom-in-law as she demands dowry and snubbed by sis-in-law (<keyword id="4469" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Hrishita-Bhatt">Hrishita Bhatt</keyword>) who displays loads of filmy depravity. But unlike other ‘woman-centric’ movies of the 80s and 90s, there’s no unique storyline here or strong characters who can be a role model of sorts. So the output is, once again, too clichéd to be palatable. We have not got the box office numbers yet but some industry insiders peg it at Rs 25 lakh on the opening day (February 28) and further updates are awaited. Meanwhile, get ready for the upcoming Friday that will usher in loads of thrill, excitement and fun in the form of <keyword id="1523830" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gulaab-Gang">Gulaab Gang</keyword>, <keyword id="1952335" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Total-Siyapaa">Total Siyapaa</keyword> and <keyword id="6377522" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="queen">Queen</keyword>. 
 
Image: Indiatimes

Box Office: Shaadi Ke Side Effects Fails To
Hit A High Note; Anuradha Just A Shoddy Tear-jerker

Indian TV is getting a bit exciting. First, Star network brings a new channel with the latest international shows. Then <keyword id="6354700" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Anil-Kapoor">Anil Kapoor</keyword> wows the country with the Indian version of the popular American 24 series. And now <keyword id="6363209" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mallika-Sherawat">Mallika Sherawat</keyword>, the so-called new <keyword id="392424" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="bachelorette">bachelorette</keyword>, will be wooed by a bunch of men. The new show is aired on Life Ok channel, who has partnered with Nimbuzz to initiate a dialogue between Mallika and thousands of her fans. 
 Users who have Nimbuzz accounts and use its chat client can have a word with Mallika Sherawat. They have access to the actress and can ask her questions using the Buddy feature on the chat client. This feature is free for all Nimbuzz users and can be accessed any time. The Chat Buddy will also give users the opportunity to make live suggestions to Mallika and tell her whom she should choose as her companion. Anubhav Sharma, head of monetisation and strategy at Nimbuzz, said this is the first time that a reality show of such scale has recognised the engagement value that Chat Buddies bring to the <keyword id="4578" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="entertainment">entertainment</keyword> industry. 
 
Prior to this, we had seen the SMS and web login forms coming into play for reality TV shows, but this is probably the first time a chat client is coming into play for an Indian TV show. That said, this new live and interactive method should bring fresh users to the Nimbuzz platform. Let us see how the numbers jump as new users, who want to talk to the single lady, come on board.

25 Million People Can Now Chat With The New Indian
Bachelorette Mallika Sherawat

There was this young girl who entered a coveted beauty pageant for the pure joy of participation. She wanted to see how the world looked from inside. She had no prior experience in walking the ramp, and least of all, no ‘I want to be a beauty queen when I grow up’ kind of a dream that could have helped her pickup the nuances. She was this gawky teenager, just outliving her college life and thought she could just enter a beauty contest since her friends said she should try her hand at it. 
 
Little did she know, with no godfathers and mentors in the industry, this ‘daddy’s girl’ she could steal the show and take home the most coveted crown for which people work through their entire teenage! 
 That was then. <keyword id="1655" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Priyanka-Chopra">Priyanka Chopra</keyword>, born to parents who were serving as doctors in Indian army, surprised everyone including herself, when she won Miss India in 2000. The new millennium changed the grand plans this girl had for her life. Confused between whether to become a criminal psychologist or software engineer—gosh, those are REALLY distant professions – Priyanka Chopra accidentally entered the world of fashion and beauty. She aced it like a pro. Her winning streak had just begun and she went on to claim the Miss World title too in the same year. While she was busy making plans for future, the destiny had something else lined up for her. 
 
After astounding success in the beauty industry, Bollywood seemed to be a natural choice. And, boy! Did she grow into a fine actor! Some of her films have been runway successes and there are those where she silenced her critics who thought they were watching a non-actor perform on the screen. Her performance in Barfi! as Jhilmil Chatterjee was something that only she could pull off. 
 
A biopic made on ace Indian boxer and Olympic medallist Mary Kom was something that took away a lot of her energy. She put up a splendid performance again, leaving no stone unturned to make her role look every bit authentic. The girl had clearly arrived! 
But you would be making a mistake if you thought acting, looking good and sculpting herself after the roles are just all that she could be focusing on. 
 You must hear the melody of her voice and her impeccable sense of music in the albums she cut with international pop artists. In the international circuits, Priyanka Chopra aka <keyword id="1078051" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="PeeCee">PeeCee</keyword> isn’t just known for her drop-dead looks or her courtship with the camera; she is known better for her music. How else would she make such perfect choices of the musicians she has worked with? <a href="http://will.i.am/" target="_blank">Will.i.am</a> and Pitbull featuring some super trendy numbers, directed by names like Joseph Kahn, Emil Nava, Jeff Nicholas and Jonathan Craven. 
 
Seriously, this is clever planning and is a total testimony of how the 33-year-old gorgeous actor has been chalking her career chart. She, for sure is a fast learner. 
 
Her moves are much like that of a chess player. They are planned ahead, meticulous, and are done with subtle performance so as to bring drama into the game. 
 She is already a familiar name on international circuit and while doing that, she didn’t turn crass like some actors of Indian origin have done. Remember Mallika Sherawat who had become a regular of sorts meeting people in <keyword id="2370" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="hollywood">Hollywood</keyword> and even tried her luck in that non-descript movie which sunk without a trace? 
 
PC probably took each fiasco of a Bollywood actor failing to live it up in Hollywood as a chapter to learn important lessons from. So to say that she wasn’t even a regular at Cannes. She made an appearance in 2012, and that was it. She had her brand managers, publicists and PR managers on a better mission: creating a niche for herself in Hollywood. 
 
The latest success that comes into her kitty is the lead role she has bagged to play in the television series Quantico. The show has been picked up by ABC television network. PC plays an FBI recruit the character which is pretty much prominent and central to the storyline. She is paired with Jake McLaughlin, who is known for gritty shows such as ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘CSI: Miami’ and ‘The Mentalist’. Jake plays a suave guy who meets Alex -- Priyanka’s character and then, Alex unravels his real identity. Josh Safran, Mark Gordon and Nick Pepper are producing the series. 
 
In an interview last year to one of the popular Hollywood magazines, PC talks about how her twitter followers are always supportive of her. She sounded just perfect and at home at Hollywood. Despite some initial criticism about her American twang, the ‘accent’ has also set in, adequately. Now, she will just roll the role, literally and figuratively too. This, truly is the ‘girl rising’ where she plays the narrator. 
 
(Image credits: economictimes.com)

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