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Hans India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Breaking: Get Free Copyright-Cleared News Clips from Prasar Bharati & Others
After some issues over video rights between news group ANI and YouTubers, India's public media groups are now supporting creators. Prasar Bharati, Doordarshan, All India Radio, and PIB have made their news videos, sounds, and stories available for free or low cost. This content includes old clips, news reports, and short videos in over 15 Indian languages and 50 topics. Creators can use this material on YouTube, podcasts, and other platforms without worrying about copyright problems. Prasar Bharati's website, PBShabd, offers 24/7 free access to safe and authentic content. This helps creators make videos using true information, without paying fees or risking copyright strikes. This move comes after some creators, like Mohak Mangal, raised concerns about copyright strikes from ANI. Now, the government wants to help creators by providing free and reliable content they can trust.
Indian Express
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Navjot Singh Sidhu warned Shah Rukh Khan against joining Bollywood, said ‘they will eat you like a sausage': ‘Have you lost your mind?'
Before Shah Rukh Khan made it in the movies, he was seen in a few television shows and while he was starting to get famous as the 'Fauji' guy from the Doordarshan show, SRK knew he wanted to make it in the movies. Recently, cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu recalled a conversation that he had with SRK before he moved to Mumbai, and shared that even back then, Shah Rukh was confident in his work and was certain about his success. In a chat shared on Magic Moments' YouTube channel, Sidhu recalled that he warned Shah Rukh about the big, bad world of Bollywood but SRK was completely unafraid. He recalled meeting Shah Rukh during a match in Lucknow where the actor walked up to him to share that he was a fan. 'Shah Rukh came up to me and said, 'Sir, I am a huge fan'. I told him, 'I watch you every day. We switch on the TV just to see you on Fauji and Circus'. He was very happy to hear that. Kapil Dev asked me who he was and I told him that he is the next star,' he shared. ALSO READ | Karan Johar, Ram Kapoor, Kusha Kapila face Ozempic barbs: Why this appetite for hate when it comes to celebs and their bodies? When Sidhu asked Shah Rukh about his future plans, the actor shared that he was moving to Mumbai. 'He said, Sir, I am going to Bollywood. I said, 'Teri mat maari gayi hai? (Have you lost your mind?)' I told him, 'you need parents there, you need someone who can support you. Your parents aren't there, you just told me'. He told me, 'Sidhu saab, I will manage',' Sidhu recalled. He then shared what he told Shah Rukh at the time, 'I told him, 'there's cutthroat competition there. They will eat you like a sausage for breakfast'. That's the exact line I told him. He said 'Sidhu saab, can I say something?' He told me, 'I don't compete with anyone. I am my own competition'.' He further praised Shah Rukh and said, 'He is a very polite man. He is just as polite today. Abhishek Bachchan came on our show. He said, 'He is the only guy who is not insecure'. Only those who are completely comfortable with themselves are not insecure.'
Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Mussoorie-based travel writers and Gandhian activist honoured with Padma Shri
Mussoorie: Mussoorie-based travel writer duo Hugh Gantzer and Colleen Gantzer (posthumously), along with noted social activist Radha Bhatt , were awarded the Padma Shri on Tuesday. Hugh Gantzer told TOI, "It is a matter of great honour to receive this award, particularly because I understand that these awards are given based on recommendations by the people of India and only about 120 Padma awards are given each year out of a population of nearly 1.5 billion in our country. " He fondly remembered his late wife Colleen, noting that it was her love of travel that inspired their journey into travel writing. The couple began their career when they were commissioned to write a book on Kerala for the India Tourism Development Corporation. Over the next five decades, the Gantzers produced 52 documentaries for Doordarshan, authored over 30 books, and contributed travel columns to several leading English newspapers. Their work earned them six national accolades, including a National Tourism Lifetime Achievement Award, and two gold awards from the Pacific Asia Travel Association. In 2017, they also received commendation from the Prime Minister's Office for their pioneering contributions to travel writing. Radha Bhatt, often referred to as the 'Gandhian of the Hills,' was honoured for her lifelong commitment to women's empowerment and environmental conservation. Over seven decades, she established 25 Bal Mandirs (children's learning centres), benefitting more than 15,000 children. She also founded a vocational training school for women and launched innovative educational initiatives such as the 'One-Hour School' to provide girls with basic education and practical skills. In addition to her work in education, Bhatt played a crucial role in environmental preservation. Her efforts led to the planting of over 1,60,000 trees across Pithoragarh and Almora districts. She was a prominent figure in both the Chipko Movement and the Sarvodaya-Bhoodan Movement.
India.com
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Remember actress who played princess in serial Chandrakanta? Know what she is doing after 29 years
In the 90s of the showbiz industry in India, the show Chandrakanta was a huge hit. The concept of the show made a place in fans' hearts, and the lead actress who played the role of Princess Chandrakanta became fans' favourite. However, as it is said that very few people can sustain stardom, and that is what happened with the lead actress of Chandrakanta. Once a show which ran due to the face of this lead actress, though gave her name and fame, did not give her sustaining one. This actress, after the Chandrakanta series, vanished into thin air. If you are wondering whose name it is, then this actress is Shikha Swaroop. Born in October, Shikha won the Miss India International title in 1988. In the same year, Shikha won a gold medal in the All India Pistol Shooting Championship. She was a supermodel in her time and did over 400 shows in India and across the globe. Shikha Swaroop made her debut in 1990 with Awaaz De Kahan Hai, and then in 1994, she gained major fame with the serial Chandrakanta. Chandrakanta, which aired on Doordarshan from 1994 to 1996, made her a star overnight. She tried her luck in movies and TV. Over her tenure, Shikha worked in 11 films like Tahalka, Pyar Hua Chori Chori, Policewala Gunda, Police Public, Qaidi-Kanoon, and Awaz De Kahan Hain throughout her career. In most of these, she was in the lead role, but she did not get the fame in Bollywood that Chandrakanta gave her. Gradually, she disappeared from the industry, and her stardom was lost in oblivion. Now, she works as a model in the fashion industry.
India Today
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Ankhen: The sanskari spy who shunned martinis and saved India
As part of our Retro Review series, we revisit 'Ankhen', the 1968 spy thriller that outgrossed every Bollywood film of its year, blending James Bond swagger with desi Ankhen (1968)Cast: Mala Sinha, Dharmendra, Mehmood, Kumkum, Nazir Hussain, Jeevan, Madan PuriDirector: Ramanand SagarMusic/Lyrics: Ravi, Sahir LudhianviBox-office status: Super HitWhere to watch: YouTubeWhy to watch: For tacky gadgets inspired by 007; wacky villains inspired by Hitler; and trendy women's fashion inspired by LebanonMoral of the story: Duty over desire, because India's enemies don't stand a chance against a sanskari spyadvertisementWhat do you get when Ramanand Sagar takes off on James Bond? A 007 who doesn't smoke, isn't bothered about Martinis - shaken, stirred or bugged; and runs away from gorgeous women hitting on him. In short, a sanskari spy - a satyugi avatar of the kalyugi secret agent of drinks, dames, seduction and 'Ankhen', the man who gave us Maryada Purshottam Ram two decades later on Doordarshan, gives us Sunil (Dharmendra), a globe-trotting spy who just wouldn't cross the Lakshman Rekha of maryada. Two beautiful women literally stalk him. But every time they snuggle up to him, Sanskari Sunil lectures them on desh, duty and dharma. No wonder one of them prefers death to the company of a spy who, unlike Mike Myers' Bond avatar, just wouldn't, well, shake a 'Ankhen' is the antithesis of Bond's nocturnal games. But not his diurnal gadgets. Like the arrows that kiss each other to the sound of hissing snakes before falling off in 'Ramayana', Sagar conjures some really tacky gadgets. One of them, like a compass, goes tu-tu-tu whenever Sunil is around. Another, a stethoscope clone, picks out bugs in the (aforementioned) liquor bottles in a Lebanon hotel. In one scene, Sagar beats the future Tom Cruise with a mask that turns a deshbhakt into a traitor. Pity he didn't apply for a patent - the revenue from 'Mission Impossible' would have widened Sagar's 'Ankhen'. Photo credit: IMDb Ankhen's script is both pretentious and prophetic. It features a Kingsmen-like network of saviours - in this case retired INA officers - ready to rid India of its enemy is a curious herd. The head is Dr X, Jeevan, who barks orders through clenched teeth and a voice fraying at the edges, suggesting that he could benefit from a prescription of laxatives. Dr X, who dresses like Hitler in khaki and answers to the call sign of Napoleon, runs a den somewhere in the northeast of India. His goal: destabilise India for the benefit of you-know-who. (Hint: Not Pakistan).advertisementHis most ominous asset is 'Madam', Lalita Pawar. In one scene, the diminutive Pawar slices through a group of men, slashing them with karate chops. For this run alone, 'Ankhen' deserves a Sunil is dispatched to Lebanon to find out who this mysterious Doctor X is. The task is a cinch. Everyone in Lebanon speaks Hindi, and two women, the ones who whisper sweet nothings into his dispassionate ears, are ready to illogical thing leads to another. And Sanskari Sunil completes his DHARAM SERVES COLD Halfway through, you wonder why Dharmendra signed up. His Sunil enters in a Jodhpuri coat, looking like a groom ditched at the mandap, not a suave spy. No dhai-kilo dialogues, no steamy escapades - just a yawn-inducing sanskarism that leaves Garam Dharam the penny drops: 'Ankhen' isn't his film. It's Mala Sinha's show. A box-office titan in the late 60s, Sinha owns every frame. Photo credit: IMDb advertisementShe fits into hairstyles, kimonos, sarees, skirts, and Arabian dresses with equal flair. She stalks Sunil through Japan in a made-for-her intro, belts out Ravi-Sahir's songs in a dramatic platter of emotions, and guns down baddies in the isn't just a spy saga - it's a feminist fest with Sinha kicking stereotypes as deftly as she does gets his moment, though. In a scene made for him. Locked in a cage with a tiger guarding it, he doesn't just escape - —he saws through the bars and wrestles the beast, setting the template for Bollywood's macho showdowns in the 70s, when tigers were in huge its wild gadgety jugaad, 'Ankhen' is a time travel to the 1960s Bollywood - outrageous, earnest, and illogically entertaining. Rewind it for the nostalgia, stay for the sheer audacity of a sanskari spy who makes 007 look like a rebel without a cause, and wine, no women, only desh. That's 'Ankhen' for you.
