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Mumbai, Nov 1 :  Actresses Prachi Desai and Neha Dhupia added glamour to a show put together by designer duo Falguni and Shane Peacockthe at the ongoing Amby Valley India Bridal Week (AVIBW), which is low on Bollywood quotient.

While Prachi sashayed on the ramp in a nude tone net sari with sequins border and opened the show, Neha dazzled in a gold floral embroidered gown with a bare back moulded top and it was teamed up with red net dupatta
(stole).

Klang (Malaysia), Nov 1:  Traditional dresses worn by Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai in the films "Raavan" and "Robot", which have been runaway hits here this year, are the flavour of the season as Malaysian Indians shop for Deepavali.

The churidar and long-sleeved kameez Aishwarya wore as a dance teacher who gets kidnapped in the modern-day version of the "Ramayana" are a hit among women shoppers.

London, Nov 1:  Indian filmmaker Zoya Akhtar has been asked to remove scenes capturing Spain's famous running of the bulls from her upcoming film "Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara".

Spanish-American actress Charo has written a letter to the filmmaker asking her to delete the scenes, reports contactmusic. com.

"Deriving any pleasure from abusing bulls is something we should all be ashamed of and certainly nothing that should be promoted in a feature film," Charo wrote in her letter to Akhtar, who had earlier helmed "Luck By Chance".

Mumbai, Nov 1 - Bollywood star Ajay Devgn may have appeared in "Kaun Banega Crorepati" to promote his forthcoming comedy "Golmaal 3", but he actually opposes the new marketing gimmick of using TV shows to market movies.

"I am always under the producer's pressure to do such things to promote films. If one is doing it, then another has to do it as well because it becomes a habit for the audience to watch such things," Ajay told IANS in an interview.

Mumbai, Nov 1 - A benchmark index of Indian equities M

Tokyo, Nov 1 - Tokyo shares inched down in Monday morning trading, dragged down by bank shares and the yen's appreciation hurting investor sentiment.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 16.41 points, or 0.18 percent, to trade at 9,186.04 while the broader Topix index was down 6.06 points, or 0.75 percent, at 804.85.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc was down 1.87 percent while Mizuho Financial Group Inc lost 1.71 percent.