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Bollywood perfectionist start Aamir Khan has been honoured as one of the juries of 61st Berlin film festival. The actor turned producer, whose two films have been nominated for Oscar twice in the past years, will join Italian-American actress Isabella Rossellini headed team of juries.

The organizers of the festival, which is set to take place next month, have said that Aamir will bring some Indian spice to the jury. The seven-person jury will choose the winner of the prestigious Golden and Silver Bear prizes. The festival will be held from February 10 to 20 in the German capital.

Bengali film industry is going to have a great week in the beginning of February as the industry will see the release of seven films on February 4. There was a time when viewers of Bengali films became limited but with the increase in the number of films and improvement in qualitative films, have again got back its loyal viewers and added some new generation fans too.

Those who support the cause of Julian Assange have a reason to be happy. Julian’s life is all set to be portrayed through a biopic, under plan right now. The biopic will be based on the soon to be released biography written on the man, who managed to jolt the world with his WikiLeaks news.

Move over Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafael Nadal will take the field now! No, it is not the football field we are talking about here! It’s the Armani field, with and without the underwear! Nadal is the face of Armani’s Spring/Summer 2011 jeans and underwear collection! As he takes over the crown from Ronaldo, to which even David Beckham had been attached once, we guess he would not mind the limelight off the tennis court!

India’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) champion Khali was already an international star but his participation in Colors’ reality show ‘Bigg Boss 4’ made him more popular among some other group of audience. However, this fan frenzy cost him a lot last Friday night.

Shantha Kumar’s Devadas is nearing completion and the first time director is geared for some appreciation as he believes his choice of actors is not only good, but best suited for the role too. Shantha was present at a press-con where he shared that his actor Yogish happens to be the best choice for the film given his subject.

For those not in the loop, Shantha is directing his first, titled Devadas, which is not the traditional Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel’s remake. Shantha’s Devadas spans a modern life where the hero plays the role of a software engineer. And given the name, there would be a love story involved in here.