New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Pakistani artist Adeel says he is hurt by the decision of the producer of ‘Jugaad’ to scrap the film’s promotional video featuring him – a move that came in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.
‘I felt bad because I had worked hard on the song, ‘Kise awaz dun’, and the promotional video, which they have scrapped now. I was not even called for the music launch of the movie on Jan 2,’ Adeel told IANS on phone from Lahore.
‘I know that I was not …

His last two films may have been trashed for being poor imitations of “Sholay” and “What Lies Beneath”, but Ram Gopal Varma confesses rather defiantly that he copies – “from everywhere”! “I copy from Hollywood films. Not only from Hollywood I also copy from Tollywood, Kollywood… in fact from everywhere. These days I am copying from news channels as I am zapped by their speed,” said the man whose last two films “Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag” and “Darling” were super duds in the box office.
“When we are born, we …

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said here Sunday he would love to visit Pakistan.
“I would love to go to Pakistan as soon as I can as my father’s family is from Peshawar,” Khan said at a press conference.
He would also like to see better ties between India and Pakistan, he was quoted as saying by IANS news agency.
“I’m a monkey who dances to the tunes of the director and the writer. Blessings from God and working with good directors has helped me a lot.”
Khan also said acting helped him vent …

As the heads of India and Pakistan prepare for a meeting in New York that is expected to boost peace talks, a wedding show back home is propelling people-to-people contact — often cited by analysts as the bulwark of any permanent peace deal.
In its sixth year, Bridal Asia is more an India-Pakistan bonhomie forum than deal-snapping trade fair.
“We believe in people and spreading love between them,” smiled Divya Gurwara, who has got a 40-member delegation from across the border at her three-day exhibition at the Indian capital’s Taj Palace Hotel.
“The …

In a historic fashion, business and diplomatic move, Faiza Samee, the Pakistani designer who once dressed former prime minister Benazir Bhutto for her wedding, has begun retailing in Delhi, the first ever for a Pakistani designer in India.
Samee, who will be selling at the Carma fashion boutique in Mehrauli, has even made saris for the first time in her more than two-decade fashion career, especially for the India launch.
“This is a dream come true,” Samee told IANS in an interview. “People have been telling for 10 years to sell in …