Actress Monica Bellucci, stars in SPECTRE, is not worried about getting older and says that there is a certain sexiness that comes with getting older.
“In Europe, I think we’re lucky. Look at Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling and Juliette Binoche. There are a lot of women getting beautiful roles as they get older, and I think it’s right,” Monica Bellucci was quoted as saying in an interview to Rhapsody Magazine.
“There’s a certain beauty with youth, but there’s another one that comes with age. Your soul grows, and that’s sexy,” she added. Monica Bellucci co-stars with Daniel Craig, Naomi Harris, Lea Seydoux and Christoph Waltz in SPECTRE.
Actor Daniel Craig says that he does not like watching himself on the silver screen but is very “excited” and “can’t wait for people” to see his forthcoming James Bond film “Spectre”.
“It’s fantastic to see everyone out tonight. I’m not overwhelmed I’m very excited and I can’t wait for people to see the movie,” Craig was quoted as saying from London’s Royal Albert Hall, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Asked if he likes playing the British Secret Service agent, he added: “I hate watching myself on screen, but I love playing James Bond.”
The 47-year-old also said he has no interest in who takes over from him as the next 007.
“I don’t care as long as they are good,” he added at the event.
The event also saw Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry as a guests.
Cricket is said to be a gentleman’s game. However, controversies appearing in the media regarding India-Pakistan cricket are really unfortunate especially when there has been excellent relations between the players of both countries. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Shahryar Khan and the head of the PCB’s executive committee Najam Sethi had arrived in India last week to hold talks with BCCI in a bid to finalise the India-Pakistan cricket series in December. Shiv Sena workers stormed the Mumbai office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to disrupt the resumption of cricketing ties between both the nations. The Shiv Sena, which rules Maharashtra in alliance with the BJP, says it will not allow any engagement with Pakistan. ICC withdrew Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar from the rest of the series. The unprecedented withdrawal of an official owing to political pressure came after ICC president Zaheer Abbas cast a shadow over Pakistan’s participation in next year’s World T20 to be held in India
By playing cricket together both the nations can improve bilateral ties. Players are innocent. They are not involved in any terrorism activities so political parties should not raise any objections. Bowling, batting and fielding skills will improve if India and Pakistan play together. We are neighbours and cannot afford to keep fighting with each other all the time. People admire Pakistani players like Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akthar and Zaheer Abbas etc and they have never uttered any derogatory word against us. The last time India and Pakistan met in a bilateral series was in late 2012, when they faced each other in two T20s and three ODIs. Ever since, their meetings have been confined to ICC events.
The intolerance we witness today doesn’t augur well for the nation’s development. We cannot progress by harbouring animosity. The nation can’t develop if political parties raise needless issues regarding people’s eating preferences. I have sailed with several Pakistani Masters and they all have been very fair. They were of the opinion that well known foreign forces do not allow us to come together. Let us understand their true motives.
Hindus and Muslims must work together realizing strengths of each other and co-operate effectively. Several regions of the nation are witnessing drought due to deficient rainfall. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is upset with ministers making controversial comments. The statements might affect BJP’s performance in the Bihar assembly election. BJP President Amit Shah on summoned four senior leaders — Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan, party MP Sakshi Maharaj and MLA from Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Som — and served a gag order on them. On the other hand, the Congress termed the gag order a “gimmick” and a mere formality.
Model-turned-actress Neha Dhupia, who also represented India at the Miss Universe pageant in 2002, says modelling is not a brainless profession but a job that needs lot of “hard work”.
Controvcerting the people’s common perception about models, Neha said that modelling is a “hardworking” job with models, who are also practicing dentists, lawyers and have corporate jobs.
“It is a myth that modelling is a brainless profession. We have girls here who are dentists, lawyers, girls who are doing corporate jobs and working in tech companies. It is a lot of hard work, long hours and everyday you have a new boss,” Neha told IANS in an interview here.
“It is not a great place to be but having said that, there is a lot of adulation. If you are good at what you do, it is a great place to be. It is competitive, cut-throat like everything else. Get into it only if you are fully ready,” said the “Singh Is Kinng” actress.
Advising that modelling is about working on your positive traits and concealing the negatives, Neha said that imperfections are beautiful and it’s about owning yourself.
“If you want to get into modelling, be professional, work on your positives, conceal your negatives and keep at it. Don’t come with pre-conceived notions. Imperfections are beautiful,” she said.
“Even if you think that you cannot be model because there is something wrong…just get into it. You have models in New York who have taken the modelling industry by storm, there is a girl who has discoloured skin patches but still she is everywhere! It is about owning yourself,” she said.
“Chak De India” actress Vidya Malvade is all set to play a politician in upcoming romantic comedy “Yaara Silly Silly”.
The actress, who famously played goalkeeper ‘Vidya Sharma’ in the 2007 hit sports drama, will feature in a cameo appearance in the Subhash Sehgal-directed film.
“I am playing a politician in ‘Yaara Silly Silly’ which is going to be different from any of my past film. Though it’s a cameo but my role is a very strong one, which is fun, bold and an outgoing character,” Vidya said in a statement.
“My role isn’t based on any real life politicians but I play my own self,” she added. The 46-year-old “Kidnap” actress praised her co-star popular Bengali actor Parambrata Chaterjee, saying she had a wonderful time on the set.
Parambrata, who was seen in Vidya Balan starrer “Kahaani”, plays the main lead of the film along with actress Paoli Dam.
Ankit Tiwari has composed music of the film, jointly produced by Reena Bhushan Suri and Neena Subhash Sehgal, and is scheduled to release on November 6.
An absolute stunner Deepika Padukone will rock the audiences in not just one but two big budget films this year—’Tamasha’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Both the movies are special as she will be seen with Ranbir Kapoor in one and Ranveer Singh in the other (need we give the reason too?).
When quizzed about the love scene in ‘Tamasha’, Dippy was quoted as saying that it is as intense and passionate as a love scene should have been for the characters of that film.
‘Tamasha’ is set to release on November 27, 2015.
Well, we like the way Dippy handles press bytes. Way to go girl!
Rajan gang has been keeping an eye on Dawood Ibrahim’s movements and providing vital information about him to intelligence agencies.
Indonesian authorities have arrested underworld don Chhota Rajan Nikhalje wanted in several murder cases. The 55 year old Rajan has been on run off since more than two decades and was reportedly ill. The Interpol had flagged him as a wanted man back in 1995. According to sources, Rajan gang has been keeping an eye on Dawood Ibrahim’s movements and providing vital information about him to intelligence agencies. Will Rajan’s arrest enable the Indian government to catch hold of Dawood Ibrahim? Rajan was a key aide of Dawood but he parted ways with latter after the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. Differences between the both had arisen after Dawood henchman Subhash Thakur killed three Chhota Rajan groupies. After the bomb blasts even the Mumbai underworld was divided on religious lines as Chhota Rajan positioned himself as a Hindu gangster. To demonstrate his claims of being a Hindu don, Rajan threatened to kill those accused of engineering the Bombay bomb blasts.
According to the reports, Interpol, an international investigative agency, had flagged off Rajan’s movement from Australia’s Canaberra airport to Indonesia’s Bali airport on Sunday evening. The Bali police officials who were working on a tip-off detained the underworld don.
Bali police spokesman Heri Wiyanto said, “We received information from police in Canberra on (Sunday) about the red notice for a murderer. We arrested the man at the airport. What we know is that this man was suspected to have carried out 15 to 20 murders in India.”
Bali police were coordinating with Interpol and Indian authorities, Wiyanto said, adding it was likely Nikalje would be deported to India.
A spokesperson for Australian Federal Police said Interpol in Canberra had alerted Indonesian authorities “who apprehended Nikalje at the request of Indian authorities”.
The federal police confirmed last month that Nikalje was living in Australia under another identity and had been in discussions with Indian authorities, the spokesperson said, but would not provide further details.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh and CBI Director Anil Sinha confirmed the development.
“Once identification and verification is done, appropriate action will be taken,” said Rajnath Singh.
Singh’s remark came after the Central Bureau of Investigation’s director Anil Sinha said Rajan had been held at the agency’s request made through the Interpol.
Born into a Marathi family in Mumbai, Rajan Nikalaje grew up in the lower middle class locality of Tilaknagar in Chembur, a suburb in central Mumbai. It is alleged that selective police action against the Dawood gangsters during the Shiv Sena regime and their elimination in encounters helped strengthen Rajan’s position, just as Dawood himself had benefitted in the 1980s.
Finally, fugitive underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, better known as Chhota Rajan, wanted over a series of murders in India, has been arrested in Indonesia after decades on the run. Chhota Rajan is known as Hindu terrorist and supporter of Hindu groups. There were rumours that he was helping Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) to gain information on Pakistan activities. Anyway, this could be another plot to help him come to India in high security arrest as his family and business both exist here. Moreover, his brother who is affiliated with one of the political party Deepak Nikhalje helped Narendra Modi and BJP in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
Report says that, the federal police confirmed last month that Nikalje was living in Australia under another identity and had been in discussions with Indian authorities, but would not provide further details. Acting on a tip-off from Australian police, Indonesian authorities detained Rajan on Sunday as he arrived in the popular resort island of Bali from Sydney. The 55-year-old Rajan, gangster in India, had been on the run for two decades, with Interpol flagging him as a wanted man back in 1995. Rajan was suspected to have carried out 15 to 20 murders in India. Bali police were co-ordinating with Interpol and Indian authorities; it was likely Rajan would be deported to India very soon. Abu Salem too was deported to India and he is living a lavish life behind the bars. Same things may happen with Rajan also. All the gangsters are coming back to Mumbai; in future they may help Indian authorities to arrest Dawood Ibrahim.
Rajan was born in Mumbai, and was wanted for multiple charges including murder and possession and use of illegal firearms.
Chhota Rajan (Little Rajan also known as “NANA”) is the boss of a major crime syndicate. He was a former key aide and lieutenant of Dawood Ibrahim. Starting as a petty thief and bootlegger working for Rajan Nair, also known as Bada Rajan (Big Rajan), Chhota Rajan took over the reins of Bada Rajan’s gang after Bada Rajan’s murder. Later, he was affiliated with and operated at the behest of Dawood in Mumbai and eventually fled India to Dubai in 1988. He is wanted for many criminal cases that include extortion, murder, smuggling, and drug trafficking and film finance. His brother is said to produce films financed by Rajan. He is also wanted in 17 murder cases and several more attempted murders.
He parted ways with Dawood Ibrahim in 1994 after the Mumbai serial bomb blasts. A group within the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company led by Sautya, Chhota Shakeel and Sharad Shetty had started to resent the growing clout and influence of Rajan. They had started planting stories against him to Ibrahim. Rajan, increasingly became suspicious and insecure of the developments taking place within the gang and began fearing for his life. This led him to request the Indian officials to help him flee Dubai and settle down in another country under a different identity, in return for information about Syndicates.
Born into a Marathi family in Mumbai, Rajan Nikalje grew up in the lower middle class locality of Tilaknagar in Chembur, a suburb in central Mumbai. Then he met mentor Bada Rajan and Yadagiri of Hyderabad under whom he learned the tricks of the trade. Once Bada Rajan was killed, Nikalje received the throne and the title—Chhota Rajan. For a short period, Dawood Ibrahim, Rajan and Arun Gawli worked together. Then Gawli’s elder brother Papa Gawli was murdered over a drug deal and a rift formed. Rajan went to Dubai—his family is still here apart from his wife. In 1989 he went to attend the wedding of Noora, Dawood’s brother. He never returned. There were even reports that he tipped off the Research and Analysis Wing about Dawood’s network. The Dawood-Rajan party was over, the messy end coming in September 2000, with Chhota Shakeel’s attack on Rajan in his Bangkok hotel room.
After the split, Rajan formed his own gang. Reports of bloody shootouts between Rajan and Dawood’s hoodlums have been common since the split. In 1994, Rajan lured one of Dawood’s favourite “narco-terrorist” Phillu Khan alias Bakhtiyar Ahmed Khan- to a hotel room in Bangkok, where he was tortured to death, having been betrayed by his closest aide and sidekick Mangesh “Mangya” Pawar. Both Phillu and Mangya were involved in the 1993 blasts as Police had filed cases on 15 March 1993 alleging their involvement in the blasts.
In September 2000, Dawood tracked down Rajan in Bangkok. Sharad Shetty, used his links with Mumbai-based hotelier Vinod Shetty and A Mishra to track down Rajan in Bangkok, Dawood’s aide Chhota Shakeel then led the hit. Posing as a pizza deliveryman, they gunned down the trusted Rajan hitman Rohit Varma and his wife. However their aim of killing Rajan failed, with Rajan making a dare-devil escape through the hotel’s roof and fire-escape. He then recovered in a hospital and slipped away to evade capture.
Dawood Ibrahim confirmed the attack on telephone, saying Rajan tried to escape by jumping out of the window of the first-floor room where he was attacked. He, however, broke his back in the fall and was taken to hospital. This failed assassination attempt proved costly for Dawood. Chhota Rajan’s associates tracked down and shot dead Vinod Shetty in 2001 in Mumbai, as well as Sunil Soans – another Dawood associate. Both Vinod and Sunil had provided information to Dawood’s associates about Rajan’s whereabouts.
While the killings of Vinod Shetty and Sunil Soans did not significantly disrupt D-Company, on 19 January 2003, Chhota Rajan’s associates then gunned down Sharad Shetty – Dawood’s chief finance manager and money-laundering agent – at the India Club in Dubai. This brazen killing was an emblematic of the shift of power between Dawood and Rajan. Not only was the execution in a very public setting, it was at a location that Dawood considered his operational backyard. Intelligence reports have suggested that Sharad Shetty’s death was a crippling blow to D-Company, since much financial and monetary information of the crime syndicate operations managed by Sharad Shetty was never fully recovered by Dawood. The couple has three daughters; Ankita Nikalje, Nikita Nikalje and Khushi Nikalje
Finally, the don is coming back to his own soil. Let’s see what happens next in Mumbai’s underworld.
Maharashtra government will press the Centre for gangster Chhota Rajan to send to Mumbai after deportation to the country as his questioning is expected to shed light on several cases he is linked to.
“Chhota Rajan is wanted in several cases in the state. So, we have decided that once he is deported and central investigation agencies are done investigating him, we will request the Centre to first send him here so that we can extract information from him in cases for which he is wanted here,” said Minister of State for Home (Rural) Ram Shinde.
The cases in which his involvement is alleged include murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.
The government is also planning to compile a list of cases in which Rajan is wanted so as to put him on trial after the gangster, whose real name is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, is sent to Mumbai where he has spent much of his underworld life.
“The case is being dealt by the Ministry of Home Affairs as it is a matter between the two countries. If there is an extradition treaty between India and Indonesia, he will be brought back to the country. Then on, Maharashtra will come into the picture,” the official, requesting anonymity, said.
“Until that happens, we will compile and forward (to the Centre) the list of cases in which he is wanted so that he can be tried under a court of law here,” he said.
According to serving and former police officers, who have dealt with the Mumbai underworld, the arrest of Rajan is a “major development” and his questioning is expected to shed light on hitherto unknown facts related to cases linked to his syndicate, including his alleged role in murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.
However, former Mumbai Police Commissioner, M N Singh, who had played a key role in cracking down on underworld gangs in the city, said he would rather wait and watch till the 55-yer-old gangster was brought back to the country.
Y P Singh, IPS-officer-turned politician, termed Rajan’s arrest as “significant” which will help investigating agencies to bring out “unknown” facts about the underworld-police-politician nexus.”
The details of conspiracy behind the murder of Jyotirmoy Dey on June 11, 2011, which was executed allegedly at the behest of Rajan, and firing on another scribe in early 1990s may also come to fore if he is questioned, he said.
Also, police and other law-enforcing agencies could come to know Rajan’s connections in the killings of his own hirelings in India and abroad, said a Crime Branch officer requesting anonymity.
Taking a dim view of money sanctioned from CM’s Relief Fund for a dance troupe’s foreign tour at a time when a poor girl from Latur district committed suicide, the Shiv Sena has said it depicts “unhealthy mindset of the government”.
The Sena said those who feel the ink attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni brought “disrepute to the state, should now answer if this incident has brought repute”.
Swati, a Class XI student from Jadala village near Latur, allegedly committed suicide recently as she could not manage Rs. 260 for her bus pass to go to school.
In her suicide note, the girl purportedly said she took the extreme step as she could not bear to see her parents suffer and worry about arranging marriage for their daughters.
“With the girl’s suicide, it has become clear that those in power can only speak. On one hand Swati committed suicide due to poverty and on the other the state government approves Rs 8 lakh to fund a dance troupe to Bangkok. This depicts the unhealthy mindset of the state government,” the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana‘.
Many such young girls may be on the verge of committing suicide, the ruling alliance partner said while describing such incidents as a blot on the state’s image and sought to know what the government plans to do about it.
“At one point, the ‘Latur pattern’ was famous in the education sector. Now, the region has developed a ‘suicide pattern’. It is a blot on the image of Maharashtra. Those who say the ink attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni brought disrepute to the state, should now answer if this incident has brought repute,” the party said.
The ‘Latur Pattern’ of study, developed by former principals of a college in Latur, is a combination of special training and intensive coaching, designed to help students in providing point-to-point answers to questions which could be expected in the examination.
Taking a dig at its senior ally, the Sena said it was happy that its ministers, who claim to be sidelined in the government, were not consulted before the sanctioning of Rs 8 lakh for the dance troupe.
“Shiv Sena ministers say they are not treated with respect and are not taken into confidence before taking decisions. We are happy that we were not taken into confidence before allotting Rs 8 lakh for this foreign tour or we too would have been cursed by Swati,” it said.
While the government celebrates its one year in power, it should also ensure such incidents are not repeated, the Sena stressed.
An RTI query filed by activist Anil Galgali recently found that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had approved Rs 8 lakh for a government employees’ dance troupe to participate in a competition in Bangkok in December.
Actress Monica Bellucci, stars in SPECTRE, is not worried about getting older and says that there is a certain sexiness that comes with getting older.
Actor Daniel Craig says that he does not like watching himself on the silver screen but is very “excited” and “can’t wait for people” to see his forthcoming James Bond film “Spectre”.
Model-turned-actress Neha Dhupia, who also represented India at the Miss Universe pageant in 2002, says modelling is not a brainless profession but a job that needs lot of “hard work”.
“Chak De India” actress Vidya Malvade is all set to play a politician in upcoming romantic comedy “Yaara Silly Silly”.
An absolute stunner Deepika Padukone will rock the audiences in not just one but two big budget films this year—’Tamasha’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Both the movies are special as she will be seen with Ranbir Kapoor in one and Ranveer Singh in the other (need we give the reason too?).
Indonesian authorities have arrested underworld don Chhota Rajan Nikhalje wanted in several murder cases. The 55 year old Rajan has been on run off since more than two decades and was reportedly ill. The Interpol had flagged him as a wanted man back in 1995. According to sources, Rajan gang has been keeping an eye on Dawood Ibrahim’s movements and providing vital information about him to intelligence agencies. Will Rajan’s arrest enable the Indian government to catch hold of Dawood Ibrahim? Rajan was a key aide of Dawood but he parted ways with latter after the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. Differences between the both had arisen after Dawood henchman Subhash Thakur killed three Chhota Rajan groupies. After the bomb blasts even the Mumbai underworld was divided on religious lines as Chhota Rajan positioned himself as a Hindu gangster. To demonstrate his claims of being a Hindu don, Rajan threatened to kill those accused of engineering the Bombay bomb blasts.
Maharashtra government will press the Centre for gangster Chhota Rajan to send to Mumbai after deportation to the country as his questioning is expected to shed light on several cases he is linked to.
Taking a dim view of money sanctioned from CM’s Relief Fund for a dance troupe’s foreign tour at a time when a poor girl from Latur district committed suicide, the Shiv Sena has said it depicts “unhealthy mindset of the government”.