Interviews

This playback singer does not need any introduction. His magical melodious voice takes everyone in trance. Nothing succeeds like success, then be it Kajra Re, Jash-E-Bahara or Guzzarish he has proved he is here to stay. Winning IFFA and Radio Mirchi awards for the best playback singing says it all for this ultra-talented singer. Javed Ali in an interview talks about his experience so far and of course, about his latest achievements IFFA and Radio Mirchi award.

Akshay Kumar is playing a MCP in his forthcoming release 'Kambakkth Ishq' who believes that he would never ever get hitched with just one woman for his entire life. However, his character falls in love, and how! Ending up exclaiming 'Hai Yeh Kambakkth Ishq', he goes on to proclaim that while men are from Mars, women are not from Venus, but in fact Heaven. Getting ready for his return to India so as to be in time for the film's premier, Akshay Kumar chats with Joginder Tuteja over phone from USA where he had gone with his family for a holiday.

We all have witnessed Mink going through the toughest phase of her life in ‘Sarkar Ki Duniya’. Her wild card entry in the show did miff the contestants and they started bullying her. She was made to do everything that she would not do in her real life. She was made to milk cow, taking them for a walk and also had to collect eggs from hens.For somebody like Mink who is blessed with all the luxury in life, SKD was definitely a life time experience. She got candid in an interview about her journey in SKD.

First his father and now fellow-musician Michael Jackson is gone in less than a week... This hasn’t been a good time for Adnan Sami. "I was working on an album with Janet and Michael Jackson. I'm producing and composing the album. But now I wonder what happens to it!" wonders Adnan.

One of the VIVA girl’s Anushka Manchanda has come a long way in this industry. After the group spilt because of differences, Anushka got to work as VJ for Channel [V] for a short time. She has also been in the modelling world.

The music album ‘Naav Maaza Shaami’’ is introducing a new voice Radha Mangeshkar. Her Last name precisely hints her belonging to the biggest musical family in the film industry. She is the niece of melody queen Lata Mangeshkar and daughter of Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar. Radha is the 3rd generation of Mangeshkar gharana into singing. Her debut album comprises of marathi folk songs. Legendary marathi poet ND Manohar, Sudhir Moghe and Late BB Borkar have written the lyrics of the songs. Her father who is also her guru have composed the music.

Akshay Kumar was his usual entertaining self off screen during the press meet of his upcoming film, Kambakkht Ishq. Following are the excerpts from his interview taken that time.

Bollywood’s new import from America. Since time immemorial, Bollywood has had icons known for their dance and styles. Be it Neetu Singh, Vaijayanti Mala, Padmini, Helen, Waheeda Rehman, Asha Parekh, Hema Malini, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty or Urmila Matondkar, we’ve idolised their dance. But it’s been quite a few years now, the industry has seen a new dancing sensation.

Balaji’s latest show on Zee has introduced a new face to the TV. Ankita lokhande is another marathi mulgi to join the bandwagon of onscreen dukhiyari betiya. ‘Pavitra Rishta’ is a story of a mother whose major concern is her eldest daughter Archana’s marriage. Archana has been sacrificing her desires so as to help her mother to bring up her other children. Let’s find out with Ankita how much she resembles her reel personality.

Last week of May was quite eventful for Udita Goswami. Apart from shooting non-stop for the final schedule of Deepak Tijori directed 'Fox' in a gruelling week, she was also required to make back to back appearances in cities outside Mumbai. No wonder, it took a toll on her body and made her feel like a zombie.

Ex-inmate of last season's BIG BOSS, Payal Rohatgi, has explored the root cause behind her initial stint with Bollywood being not as successful as she had envisaged. She confesses that the biggest goof up of her career was to indulge into skin shows in movies that were not male dominated.

Leaving the short stint on ‘Kitni Mohabbat Hai’ recently, you are back on Television after quite some time. How does it feel? Hiten: Well, I would say it was a well-deserved break. But yes, it feels great to be back to work and on my toes once again. I am re-energized and ready to entertain my viewers once again.