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The Sky is Pink emotionally healing for Priyanka Chopra, says director Shonali Bose
TORONTO: With her Priyanka Chopra-starrer The Sky is Pink, Shonali Bose has become the first Indian female director to score a hat-trick of films premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The Sky is Pink is also the only Asian film in the gala presentations at the world’s premier film festival this year. The film will…
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Dev Patel says he thought David Copperfield was a magician
At the premiere of The Personal History of David Copperfield at Toronto International Film Festival, film director Armando Iannucci says Dev Patel was the first choice for the role TORONTO: A non-white actor playing the role of David Copperfield in Charles Dickens’ famous literary work of the 19th century Victorian England? Yes, that is what Slumdog Millionaire…
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Sikh tourist choked to death by Norwegian man at Phuket in Thailand
A 34-year-old Sikh tourist from the UK was choked to death by a Norwegian man at Phuket in Thailand this week. Amitpal Singh Bajaj was staying at Centara Grand Resort with his wife and young son when the tragedy happened at about 3.30 am early Wednesday morning – August 21. According to The Phuket Times, the Sikh…
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Woodstock memories: When Indian Swami Satchidananda was flown in to open it
My Woodstock memories include Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Alla Rakha delivering nirvana and The Band from Canada unleashing their iconic song `The Weight’ as over 500,000 people gathered at the history-making concert This year is the 50th anniversary of the counter culture movement’s globally renowned concert simply known as Woodstock! Just say Woodstock to…