Bipasha Basu is feted as Asia’s sexiest woman. Asiya Andrabi is India’s most militant female Muslim leader. Now the two are set to meet in court in a row over whether a Bollywood babe can portray a burqa-wearing Muslim on the silver screen.
Andrabi decided to sue the makers of Lamhaa, a Bollywood blockbuster about the plight of Kashmir and the lives of militants fighting Indian rule, when she discovered Basu had been cast to play her character.
She had held a number of earlier meetings with the film’s producer, she said, …

Bipasha, Sanjay Dutt and Kunal Kapoor are in heaven. Or near-about. Shooting in the Dal Lake of Kashmir in freezing January has never been heard of.
Saif and Bipasha get steamy in Race
Normally by the end of December and beginning of January the idyllic world-famous lake turns into ice. For the first time in living memory, the Dal Lake is de-frozen in mid-winter. And the Lamhaa makers are making the best of it, shooting what could possibly be the only Hindi film to be shot in Dal Lake at this time …

Starring : Purav Bhandare, Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Rahul Khanna, Sana Shaikh, Sarika, Victor Banerji, Ankush Dubey, Dheirya Sonecha.
Director: Santosh Sivan
Ratings: ***
Santosh Sivan’s ‘Tahaan’ - is a fable-like journey of the eponymous eight-year-old boy in ravaged Kashmir.
The film is set against the picturesque backdrop of Kashmir and tells the story of a little boy too innocent to comprehend the evil around him- all he wants is his donkey that was sold against his will by his mother to make ends meet.
The story tells the tale of the journey he takes …

A Pakistani cultural troupe is slated to present a play in Jammu and Kashmir next week on Baba Bulleh Shah, a 17th century Sufi saint who was revered by both Hindus and Muslims in his time.
The troupe of 20 artistes, comprising qawwals and actors of the Pakistani group Ajok, will give a performance in Jammu on Jan 27 and 28.
Jammu is preparing in a big way to receive the artistes with theatres fully booked.
The group, which has won acclaim for its play “Ek Thee Nani”, is led by two well …