Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut LUCK BY CHANCE is based on the film industry and its dark side. Farhan Akhtar and Konkona Sen Sharma play lead role in the film.

This movie is not meant for lovers of typical Bollywood masala movie. However intelligent viewers can like it as an Art film. The movie represents various issues related to film industry like exploitation of aspiring actors and actresses by producers and directors, broken dreams, struggle, false hopes etc.

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Electronics goods maker, Samsung has slashed the prices of its products between 1 and 1.7% to pass on the full benefit of 2% cut in excise duty to its clients.

In a statement, the company said that it has cut the prices of its high-end LCD TVs by 1.2-1.7% according to the model size that transforms into a price cut in the range of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000.

The price cut for Plasma TVs is between Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000 depending on the model size, the statement added.

There was no plan to waive loans of the landless, said the Government on Thursday.

But at the same time, the Govt said that schemes are in place to assist them get out of the grips of loaners.

While answering to a supplementary during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of State for Finance, stated that there was no plan to waive loans of the landless.

There are several schemes for them, he said.

Indian Banks Association ordered its associates to offer loans to the landless in order that they can pay off the money-lenders, the Minister said.

Mr. Bansal also said that the administration has been receiving demand for lifting the 5-acre limit for farmers’ debt waiver plan.

The 30-share Sensex continued to trade weak with selling pressure seen across all the sectoral indices. There were no gainers in the sectoral indices. BSE Realty, IT and Oil & Gas and Metal were hammered badly.

Weak industrial production figures also added to the weak outlook on the major bourses, which were already reeling under heavy pressure after a weak start this morning. Negative closing of the US markets and weak Asian markets also weighed sentiments.

Mirroring widespread selling BSE Midcap and Smallcap were also down by 0.66% and 0.38% respectively.

For his devoted efforts in the arena of music, Indian music maestro AR Rahman will be conferred honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) during its convocation later this month.

A University statement said, “AMU has decided to confer D. Litt (Honoris Causa) degree on Indian music maestro A R Rahman.”

The varsity's executive council took the decision to award the honorary degree to India’s first Oscar Award winner.