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Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet 36 year old British actress will receive an honorary Ce'sar award on Februry 24th from organizers of French equivalent of Academy Awards for Roman Polanski's Clashing couples film Carnage.

Worst films awards are given by Razzies in the west.
check the link below.

Razzies.com

Bollywood stars better watch out. Movie fans in India are handing out their own versions of Razzies,the annual Oscars spoof that spotlights Hollywood's worst performances.
The second Ganta(Bell) Awards and fourth Golden Kela(Golden Banana) awards are doing rounds of social media networkks with fans voting in various categories for the worst films in 2011-Reuters
The Ghanta Awards
Golden Kela Awards

Raj Kanwar eminent director died at Singapore due to kidney ailment on February 3,2012 . He was only 50. Deewana and Andaaz were his most successful films.

he directed following films:

Sadiyaan (2010) Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006) Andaaz (2003) Ab Ke Baras (2002) Farz (2001) Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (2000) Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega... (2000) Badal (2000) Daag: The Fire (1999) Itihaas (1997) Jeet (1996) Jaan (1996) Kartavya (1995) Laadla (1994) Deewana (1992)

The Stoning of Soraya M. - Official Trailer [HD]

A "Must watch " movie. Some true stories are so touching and heart rending to push one into thinking how some people suffer in agony of misfortune caused by none other than their own people.

Sad but true -another story of once shining star fading away.
This is the news which appeared in the media.



The song never failed to bring a smile on your face. When Balraj Sahni serenaded his Zohra Jabeen, in possibly one of the most romantic songs picturised on a mature couple, Achala Sachdev's coy smile and twinkling eyes melted a thousand hearts.

Those eyes are weighed down with pain, the lips now parted in agony as the veteran actress remains confined to a nondescript hospital bed in Pune.

If you are lucky, you may be able to catch the song Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen on a special segment on the radio or perhaps on national TV. The actress, who has acted in more than 250 films in her career, should be lucky if she is remembered. Such is the vagary of stardom.

Forty years ago, Achala Sachdev moved to Pune after marrying British national Clifford Douglas Peters, making the city her home. However, despite attempts at philanthropy, Sachdev has been abandoned by the same city in hard times, after her husband passed away in 2002. For the last 12 years, the actress has lived a lonely life in her two-bedroom Konark Estates apartment near Poona Club, with only a night attendant to take care of her.

On September 8, Sachdev suffered a fracture in her femur when she went into her kitchen to get a glass of water. She was shifted to the Poona Hospital and Research Centre but discharged soon. Then, she was re-admitted after she being diagnosed with multiple emboli in her brain leading to quadriplegia - total paralysis of all four limbs and torso. Since October 21, Sachdev is under treatment at Poona Hospital. It would be a miracle if she survives this.

Rajiv Nanda, a close family friend of Sachdev, told Mirror that he has been contacting people from the film fraternity and updating them about Sachdev's heath. However, he complained that there are no attendants to take care of her at the hospital. "She needs proper care and right treatment. There should be two full-time attendants with her."

After her husband's death, Sachdev spent most of her time meditating and listening to meditation music and discourses. Five years ago, she gifted her flat to the Janseva Foundation. In return, founder-chairman Dr Vinod Shah took on the responsibility of looking after her. When Mirror spoke to Shah, he said Sachdev's condition is improving and she is responding to medication.

"I am taking proper care of her. For the last few days there have been no attendants, because they are squabbling with hospital staff. Otherwise there are always two attendants looking after her. Her son will reach Pune on December 27 from the US," Shah said.

Nanda narrated how Sachdev met and married Peters and came to Pune. In an almost filmy turn, Sachdev was introduced to Peters by Yash Chopra on the sets of a film in Mumbai. Peter's first wife had passed away by then and Sachdev herself was a divorcee. They ended up tying the knot. Peters, a mechanical engineer, had a factory in Bhosari and the couple lived in a bungalow in the same area for a while before shifting to Hadapsar.

"I was introduced to the couple when I had gone to attend to a leakage problem in their house some 27 years ago. We soon became very good friends. Peters always motivated Sachdev to keep acting as she was so passionate about it," Nanda recalled.

Sachdev's son Jyotin from her first husband, says Nanda, studied and worked away from home. Though in 2006, Sachdev visited him in the US for her granddaughter's wedding, the son hardly ever visited her,

preferring to keep in touch over the phone. Sachdev also has a daughter in Mumbai, who is not in touch with her.

About Achala sachdev

Achala Sachdev began her career in Bollywood as a child star. But soon, she became popular for essaying roles as a mother and grandmother. Her most memorable films

Arzoo 1965
Waqt 1965
Mere Naam Joker 1970
Hare Rama Hare Krishna 1971
Chandni 1989
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 1995
Kabhi Kushi Kabhe Gham 2001
Kal Ho Naa Ho 2003

Bollywood fans line up outside the TIFF Bell Lightbox to see Shah Rukh Khan - 680News

Bollywood fans line up outside the TIFF Bell Lightbox to see Shah Rukh Khan - 680News