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New Delhi, July 11 - Lack of creativity or too much inspiration, call it what you will, but too many Bollywood filmmakers are referring to contemporary songs for the titles of their films.

A string of forthcoming films like "Kajraare", "Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai", "It's My Life", "Allah Ke Banday", "Zindagi Milegi Na Dobaara", "Anjaana Anjaani" and "Dil Toh Bacha Hai Ji" have their titles inspired by popular Bollywood numbers.

Prague, July 11 - "The Mosquito Net", a film by Spanish director Augusti Vila, won Saturday the top prize, the Crystal Globe, at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held for the 45th time in a Czech spa town of the same name.

The top award at the festival, which is known for its festive mood and youthful backpacking crowds, carries prize money of $30,000.

New Delhi, July 11 - Girls have emerged supreme in the battle of sexes on the small screen. Massakali Girls have been adjudged winners of Star Plus' dance reality show "Zara Nachke Dikha 2", the finale for which was aired Saturday.

The girls' team included actors like Aditi Gupta, Hazel Crowney, Kritika Kamra, Mukti Mohan, Rakhi Sawant, Rashmi Desai, Sangeeta Ghosh, Sanjeeda Sheikh and child actress Sparsh Khanchandani.

Mumbai, July 11 - Contrary to popular impression, director Rajshree Ojha says her film "Aisha" is not women-centric even though it has a woman protagonist. She also feels that Bollywood has copied Hollywood films for too long and it's time to reverse the trend.

"The protagonist may be a woman, but it's not a women-centric film. It's an ensemble piece and a romantic comedy," Rajshree told IANS in an interview.

One of the main reasons because of which people used to go for medical insurance is going to end very soon. The medical claim policies that promised to give cashless facilities are going to end it now.

These facilities, in particular, are not going to cover hospitals like Apollo, Fortis, Ganga Ram, Max or Medicity in Delhi, NCR and in metros like Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.

A technical trouble that developed in Insat 4B has led to the disruption of service to many DTH customers. All the major providers are facing trouble and as much as 70 per cent of the customer base has been affected.

While some channels are becoming tough to watch the others have gone off-air completely. The same is not the situation with the digital capable and IPTV customers who are enjoying their services as usual.