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Zee cinema, India's first and leading Hindi movie channel after the success of its summer kid's festival ' Dopahar Zee Cinema Par ', is proud to present yet another first on its channel - Dil toh Bachcha Hai . This is the first time that a Hindi movie channel in India is venturing into bringing Hindi versions of internationally renowned animated movies to Indian audiences. From the 19th September, 2010 to 7th November, 2010 a contest will follow. ' Dil toh Bachcha Hai ' will kickstart with the ultimate Disney classic, Finding Nemo on Sunday, 19th September, 2010 at 10am every Sunday.

Mumbai: Children and families in India can now access the popular online virtual world of Club Penguin . This announcement was made today in Mumbai by Robb Beeston, head of Disney Online Studios, Asia Pacific and Nitin Chawla, executive director, Disney Interactive Media Group, India. The snow-covered online playground is enjoyed by fans in more than 190 countries around the world. Although it's free it offers additional benefits to those who purchase subscription memberships. In response to a steady growth in popularity throughout India, Club Penguin has launched the option to purchase memberships in local currency. A part of Disney Online, Club Penguin is one of the largest and fastest-growing virtual worlds for children. Since launching into cyberspace five years ago from its headquarters in Kelowna, Canada, the virtual world has expanded internationally, and now has teams located around the globe, including Sydney, Australia. Club Penguin has won numerous

Shah Rukh Khan has proved that he is indeed the 'Baadshah of Bollywood' as he emerged as the No.1 tax payer for the second quarter of Financial Year (FY) 2010-11. The actor paid Rs. 5 crore to the Income Tax (IT) Department as compared to Rs. 3.5 crore that he paid during the same quarter last year. Akshay Kumar, who was the leading tax payer last year, came at No.2 position by paying Rs.4.5 crore as Income Tax for the second quarter of FY 2010-11. As for the other Khans, Aamir is placed at No.3, Saif at No.4 and Salman at No. 6 having paid Income Tax to the extent of Rs. 4 crore, Rs. 2.5 crore and Rs. 2 crore respectively. Teenage hearrthrob Ranbir Kapoor also found himself among the Top 5 names having paid income tax of Rs. 2.5 crore. Among the females, Katrina Kaif leads the brigade having paid Rs. 1.3 crore as Income Tax for the second quarter of FY 2010-11 followed by Kareena Kapoor who paid taxes to the extent of Rs. 1 crore. As for the dire

After the success of Dabangg , Salman regained his position of being the superstar. Everyone wants a piece of him and why not. South of India is all rage about Sallu bhai and he has new share of fans down there. Even producer B.K Krishnan of BRK Films is eager to make a film on the life of Salman Khan. Featuring all his trials and tribulations, the media glare on him, the highs and low in his life and all that has led this star to reach the status he enjoys today. The film, tentatively titled Anna Salman meaning 'brother Salman' is still hero lessclaims the producer who is busy finding the lead actor for his film. The film, apparently, will have similar incidents from the star's life like the Bandra Bakery incident, Black Buck poaching incident etc. It will also have the hero having a torrid relationship with an upcoming star, which presumably refers to Aishwarya Rai and is going to be played by Ritu Sachdeva. Here comes the interesting part,

Shraddha Kapoor is one girl who must be the proverbial 'God's chosen one'. How else do you explain the fact that she got to act alongwith the legendary actors Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley her debut film Teen Patti ! If all of this wasn't enough, this PYT has now been chosen to be the brand ambassador of the cosmetics major Lakme. Even though attempts to establish contacts with Shraddha proved futile, her manager confirmed the news of her being the brand ambassador of Lakme. In the past, Lakme had roped in Bollywood actresses like Rekha, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu, Lisa Ray, Yana Gupta, Raima Sen and Katrina Kaif to be the face of their brand. Some people have all the luck in the world, they say. It couldn't be more truer in the case of Shraddha Kapoor.

'Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi - 3' hosted this time by Priyanka Chopra has opened to a tremendous response garnering opening TVR ratings of 5.5. This even beats the opening ratings of the last two seasons of the show which was hosted by Akshay Kumar. According to the TAM Week 37 data for the years 2009 and 2010, the launch episode this year saw a 26% jump in ratings over last year, the TVR last year was 4.4. The show also saw an increase in overall reach, from 18.4% last year to 19.2% this year. Also, this is the highest TVR ratings for a launch episode of a reality show hosted by a Bollywood star since 2008 beating the likes of Abhishek Bachchan's 'National Bingo Night' (TVR-5.5), Akshay Kumar's 'Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi - 2' (TVR-4.4), SRK's 'Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai' (TVR-4.6) and 'Bigg Boss- 3' hosted by Amitabh Bachchan (TVR-4.6). Priyanka Chopra is naturally over the moon with the stu

Copyright Board, in an order dated 25.08.2010, had fixed the rate of royalty between PPL and 6 FM radio broadcasters. But certain misconceptions and rumours in the industry hinted that the same royalty shall be applied for the entire industry including Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-SERIES). Therefore in a writ petition filed by Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-SERIES) against the order passed on 25.08.2010 clarified the situation as the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi has on 15.09.2010 in its interim order clarified that the rates fixed by the Copyright Board shall not apply to Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-SERIES). Therefore this squashes all rumours that the copyright order passed by Copyright Board is only against PPL and not against T-Series or any other copyright owner. T-Series-MD, Mr Bhushan Kumar, made a public statement regarding the court's order saying, "We at Super Cassettes Industries are pleased with the clarification given by

A name not just transcends race and colour but even borders and time. In the case of Ajay Devgn and Kajol's baby boy, his name is sure to run through the ages. The Bollywood couple have named their newborn son Yug, who was born earlier this week. The name Yug in Sanskrit translates to Aeon in English, originally though the name meant 'life' or 'being', now, it can also translate to 'eternity' or 'era'. This comes after their daughter Nysa who was named after the goddess of beauty in Greek mythology. Further to ensue the protection of the new born Kajol has joined hundreds of other women who have stored their umbilical cord blood and tissues, which act as a stemcell source and help protect their children from several serious ailments.

In Bollywood, if an actress gets to star in a Yash Raj or a Rajshri film, that puts her straight into the top league. Well, in the ad world, some brands do the same trick. For Bollywood actresses through the ages, Lux has been a brand which they take pride in endorsing. After the top league actresses like Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif, the latest one to join the Lux family is the Ghajini girl Asin. ApnaDesi 's sources have confirmed that Asin is now all set to become the brand ambassador of Lux, which is popularly called as 'filmi sitaaron ka saundarya saabun'. Our source also added that the southern sensation has already shot the TVC for the brand, which has been directed by Vinod P Vijay. Looks like Asin, the new 'Lux' babe, has all the 'lucks' in the world!

Acclaimed musical trio Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy have created yet another milestone as they announced their association with technology giant Apple by creating a special application that will enable them to reach out to fans across the globe! SEL, renowned for their fabulous musical scores in movies like Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Wake Up Sid, Taare Zameen Par, Rock On and Housefull , have now become the 1st Indian music composer group to have a customized application on the iPhone, enabling fans all over the world to stay updated with the latest from the band. The application will also allow access to exclusive content, backstage videos and music from the talented musicians. And if this was not enough, it will also help fans across borders to come together and be a part of the exclusive Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy community. This exciting tool is not only available to all iPhone users across the globe but is also compatible with the iPod touch and the iPad. Commenting on

After playing a baddie in Shootout At Lokhandwala , Tusshar Kapoor had yet another opportunity of playing a negative role this time in Venus Films' multi-starrer action thriller Tez (earlier titled Bullet Train ) to be directed by Priyadarshan. However, Tusshar has to now opt out of the film due to date issues. Confirming the same, Tusshar says, "Yes I was supposed to be a part of the film but unfortunately they pushed the dates ahead which ended up clashing with my dates for Rajshri's film Love U Mr. Kalakaar . The schedule was supposed to start in September in London but it has now been pushed to October and there was no way I could adjust my dates and fly down to London in October. My dates would have gone haywire. I had no choice but to opt out of the film." Nevertheless, Tusshar is beaming with joy these days especially after the positive response to the promos of Golmaal 3 . Says the actor, "Yes... the response so far has been super

Pritam Chakraborty has just signed Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Ferrari Ki Sawaari . This is the first time he's working with Chopra who is known to be a hard taskmaster. Now Pritam is expected to set aside a large chunk of his time for Ferrari . Says Pritam, "It's actually because of Raju Hirani whom I've known for ages. He's a friend and his assistant is directing Ferrari Ki Sawaari. " There is good and bad news for buddies and neighbours Pritam Chakraborty and director Anurag Basu. While Anurag is shifting to a place even closer to Pritam, Pritam is soon shifting out of his current place in Goregaon. Explains the composer, "My wife thinks we need a bigger place, and I agree. We bought this other place in Goregaon itself quite a while back. But we never got around to doing it up. Now I'm looking for a professional designer who could do our new place up fast. Because we need a bigger place quickly." Apparently, Pritam

Chitrangda Singh isn't considered sporty, edgy or adventurous but she is certainly beautiful and is going to be the new face of Levis Jeans, reason being, her curvaceous body. The latest new line of Levis jeans has decided to focus on the Indian women consumer thereby customising the fit into waist to hip ratio rather than club them into different sizes. It has to be noted that it's the first time any jeans apparel has ever done something of this sort. Chitrangda confirms the news, "Yup I've signed up for Levis! It's called the Demi fit!" Surely, the Demi goddess is all set take over the ad world.

Where other celebrities are saving the world, someone has taken the up cause of man's best friend and joined hands with PETA. Instead of fighting for vegetarianism or talking about going green, Imran Khan is urging people to make space in your comfy abode for stray dogs rather than going for pedigree dogs. Instead of being one who only preaches rather than practices, Imran himself let an abandoned dog feel at home in his starry house. The story goes like this. One day Imran's dog Kajri was out for a walk. She came back with another dog that followed her home. The dog was abandoned by the owners but Imran and his family took her in. This was after the release of Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na . When PETA approached Imran recently to do an ad with them, he was more than happy. This is one cause he actually believes in and even shot the ad with his adopted pet, Tony. Friends even claim that Imran always urges them to adopt rather than go for pedigree dogs. The P

Just a day before the release of his first film with Sonakshi Sinha, Salman Khan has signed another film with the much talked-about debutante. On Thursday afternoon, producer Sajid Nadiadwala drove down to the Sinhas' bungalow to sign Sonakshi opposite Salman in the Hindi remake of the Tamil blockbuster Kick which Shirish Kunder will be directing for Nadiadwala. Salman was not only keen to sign Kunder as director, he strongly recommended Sonakshi for the female lead which Ileana had performed in the Telugu original. Confirming the news, Sajid Nadiadwala says, "It was Salman who was very keen that I sign Sonakshi opposite him in Kick remake. I became a hundred percent sure of her after I saw her in Dabangg . She and Salman make a great pair. I am very happy to be working with Shatruji's daughter. He has worked extensively for my banner. In fact I've a picture at home with Shatruji when he was shooting for our banner in Bhai Ho To Aisa . I

Chennai Super Kings are the crowned champions of the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 after beating Warriors by 8-wkts in the final. Muttiah Muralitharan  (three for 16) and  Ravichandran Ashwin (two for 16) starred with the ball to restrict the home side a mediocre 128 for seven, with only home captain Davy Jacobs (34) making any meaningful contribution. Murali Vijay  (58) and Michael Hussey (51) then hit half-centuries in a 103-run partnership to hand the Indian Premier League champions the title of best Twenty20 club in world cricket. After winning the toss, the Warriors made a powerful start putting on 39 for the first wicket, which the out-of-form Ashwell Prince contributed just six towards before he played on from Doug Bollinger. Jacobs, who found the boundary eight times in his 21-ball stay, fell shortly after when he was trapped leg before wicket while trying to reverse sweep Ashwin, the leading wicket-taker in the competition, leaving his side at 45 for two in the sixth over.

Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur all lost while Manchester United drew disappointingly at Bolton. Premier League Weekend Review Sunday Manchester United failed to take maximum advantage of defeats for title rivals Chelsea and Arsenal when they were forced to settle for a point from a 2-2 draw at Bolton. United twice found themselves behind, first to Zat Knight's early flick and then to Martin Petrov's second-half effort. But Nani's solo strike brought them level first time around before substitute Michael Owen flicked home the winger's free-kick to earnt his side a point. As United have now conceded nine goals in five league games and trail leaders Chelsea by three points, it was not the best of weekends for them, nor an out-of-sorts Wayne Rooney, who was replaced half-an-hour from the end. Emile Heskey's late goal enabled Gerard Houllier to emerge triumphant from his first Premier League match in charge of Aston Villa as they beat Wolves 2-1.