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MUMBAI: The Versova police have booked actor Om Puri in an assault case following a complaint by his estranged wife. Nandita, Puri's second wife, has accused him of hitting her with a stick after an argument at their Versova flat last week. Puri has been booked under IPC sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of the peace). Puri and Nandita were going through a rough patch when his first wife, Seema Kapoor, rekindled ties with him. He moved out of the Versova flat and started living with Kapoor in Oshiwara. Nandita and Puri are yet to separate legally. Nandita had earlier filed a suit against him in family court, under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act in a family court, demanding maintenance. Puri had not been attending court hearings and Nandita was upset because of this, said the police. Nandita said, "He wants me to leave the house and shift to Kolkata. He has n...

Indo-Canadian actress Sunny Leone says she wants to romance Bollywood biggies Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor on-screen and also try her hands at comedy. Sunny first made her appearance in TV reality show 'Bigg Boss 5' in 2011 and this led to her entry in Bollywood. She made her debut in Hindi films with 'Jism 2' and will be next seen in 'Ragini MMS 2'. "It's been a year or so (in film industry) and I love being here. I am new to this industry, but I am open to doing romantic and comedy films. I want to romance both Salman and Ranbir. I want to act with both of them. I liked 'Bodyguard'.. it was fun to watch Salman," she said. The actress was talking to reporters here at a promotional event of 'Shootout at Wadala' last evening. Sunny has done a special song, 'Laila', in the Sanjay Gupta-directed crime drama, which is loosely based on a police encounter that took place in Mumbai in 1982. "I never thought I will be ab...

Mumbai, Feb 27 : Arshad Warsi loves to entertain people with light-hearted films, but he is not game for sex comedies and prefers to be part of "intelligent" and "smart humour". In fact, he is still remembered for his role as Circuit in the "Munnabhai" series and his next "Jolly LLB" is a fun film too - and a clean one. "I don't like sex comedies or over the top comedies. I like intelligent and smart humour," Arshad told IANS in a group interview. "It is very easy to write sex comedies, it's crap. Even over the top banana peal comedy, it's typical...I don't like it," said the actor who made it big with "Tere Mere Sapne". The 1996 release saw him in a funny, yet decent role. "I prefer to do cleaner films. I was offered all these 'Kyaa Kool Hai Hum' and all, but I refused...it's great that it works, happy that people made money. But I don't want my kid to think, 'Wh...

New Delhi: Who could be better than Shah Rukh Khan to demonstrate the pressure a superstar has to deal with? All it takes him is one wrong move to became everyone's target. Now, when the charismatic actor is returning with late Yash Chopra's last directorial venture 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan', everyone is seeking the answer to the same question, will Khan get back his Midas touch with this film? Made at an approximate budget of Rs 50 crore, the film is likely to recover its cost within the first weekend, so that's not the concern. The real question is, will the die-hard Khan fans find the film good enough? Khan ascended to stardom due to his cynical brand of acting in films such as 'Baazigar', 'Darr' and 'Anjaam', but he became the 'hero' with 'DDLJ' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'. He displayed a new side of romance that wasn't exposed to the Indian audiences till then. Indian heroes could stand up against 'villa...

It was being said that veteran actor Dilip Kumar will celebrate his much-awaited 90th birthday in a lavish manner, but in a recent media interaction, he had slammed down such reports and said he is yet to recover from the sad demises of the legends. With so many great personalities gone in recent times, including the sad demise of the patriarch of Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackerey, the veteran Dilip Kumar will not celebrate and had even cancelled his 90th birthday. The award-winning actor, who will turn 90 on December 11, 2012, expresses that, "We are grieving the passing of Balasaheb Thackeray who I always thought was not a Tiger but a Lion... Rajesh Khanna who was with us at our party last year, and Dara Singh who wished me so warmly on my birthday last year." Further added, "With so many dear friends gone this year, how can we even think of a celebration?" Well there is certainly an unpleasant thing to notice that in just recent time we have lost so...

The 92-year-old veteran actor and one of the most iconic villains in Hindi cinema, Pran, have been admitted to the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai just recently. It is being said that the actor is having a complaint of severe weakness. The actor's wife, Shukla, confirmed the above news in a recent media interaction regarding her husband, Pran, being admitted to the hospital. "He was admitted about 4 days before after he complained of weakness," said the veteran actor's wife. The award-winning actor Pran had a career spanning over six decades and has approximately acted in more than 350 movies. In 2010, he was named on the list of CNN's Top 25 Asian actors of all time. He achieved the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997, and also in the year of 2001, he was honored with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, for his contribution towards Indian cinema. Well, we here wish a speedy recovery to the legendary actor Pran saab.