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While shooting for the recently released movie Lamhaa, director Rahul Dholakia and the film's leading actors Sanjay Dutt and Bipasha Basu could realize the plight of the Kashmiris, whose lives were drastically changed in the horror afflicted region.

They could see directly how the children were orphaned following the terror attacks and how they continue to live in fear year after year. Touched by the tragedies, Sanjay, Bipasha, and Dholakia have planned to start an NGO for these Kashmiri orphans.

Film exhibitors as well as the distributors from Karachi have gone ahead and filed a petition with the PCB or the Pakistani Censor Board so that the Indian film Tere Bin Laden can be released in Pakistan.

The movie is banned all over Pakistan for panic of terrorist attacks.

The film, was released in India on the July 16. This movie also debuts Pakistani pop star Ali Zafar. He enacts the role of as an over-ambitious TV reporter, who uses the lookalike of the Al Qaeda chief Osama so as to get into USA.

Bollywood actors usually play safe when it comes to announce their favorite films and filmmakers. But the perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan does not bother to call a spade a spade. The actor and filmmaker said it very clearly that he likes only his own movies as they come with a universal appeal.

It was Himesh Reshammiya's birthday yesterday and the man hasn't stopped smiling even as a day has passed by. Reason being that he managed to convince his parents to compose and sing a song that would be primarily a `family only' affair. Titled `Taara Vina', the song is in Gujarati and while Himesh's dad Vipin Reshammiya would be composing it, he would also be coming behind the mike along with wife Madhu Reshammiya to sing it.

Renowned South Indian actress Nayantara has bagged a role in the sequel of Mammootty starrer award winning Malayalam movie Mathilukal. The sequel, which again stars megastar Mammootty, is titled Mathilukalkkappruam.

Interestingly, the role to be played her was supposed to be essayed by Bollywood actress Vidya Balan. However, now Nayantara has replaced her. The original film was directed by national award winning film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan in 1989.

As expected, Pratyusha Banerjee was officially unveiled as the new Anandi. Thus the suspense factor had long gone out of the window. All were simply interested in seeing what show Colors put up at the press conference. It turned out to be quite a spectacle. There was no shortage of drama as Colors turned back the clock and unveiled Pratyusha in the same manner as they did for Avika in 2008.