Srinivas Padma: Personal Musings on Life, Growth, and Connections

Daughters Are Precious In this episode Aamir talks about the killing of unborn girls, or female foeticide, an alarming and frightening reality. It involves the collusion of families, doctors and a social structure that encourages the desire for a boy child - at any cost. The result has been the death of over 3 crore unborn girls since independence and a generation of young men, many amongst whom will find it very tough to get a life partner.   

INDORE 24 October 2007 : A court here on Tuesday issued a non-bailable warrant against actor Aamir Khan who failed to appear before the court in a case of alleged disrespect to the national flag. Judicial Magistrate First Class B S Muvel issued the warrant on the complaint filed by one Shailendra Sharma against Khan for violating Section 2 of the Prevention of Insult to the National Honour Act of 1971. The court had earlier issued bailable warrant against the actor and three others, but they failed to appear in the court on Tuesday. The complainant alleged that Khan disrespected the national tricolour during inauguration of a car showroom here on August 16 last. He accused that the flags atop the showroom remained hoisted even after the sunset and the showroom employees pulled the flags down in a derogatory manner. The court has fixed November 7 as the next date of hearing.

After Salman Khan in Tere Naam, it is Aamir Khan's turn to go bald for his yet untitled home production which is a remake of the South hit Ghajini. A source close to Aamir says that since the script demands that in the second half of the film, Aamir's character should sport a bald look to avenge his girlfriend's murder by the villain, the actor decided to do it. "Aamir has seen the original Tamil film and was so impressed by it that he wanted to produce its remake, apart from acting in it. The shooting of the film is currently on in Mumbai and Aamir is planning to go for the bald look in a month from now when they start shooting the film in Chennai," adds the source. Aamir sports fluffy hair in the first half of the film as he plays a business tycoon . The twists in the film's story lead to his girlfriend in the film, played by Asin, getting murdered and him being hit by a rod on his head. This results in a temporary memory loss for his character. Aamir's...

Actor Hrithik Roshan has gone beyond any actor’s pricing after signing a deal with Adlabs, a Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company , at a reported price of a whopping Rs. 350 million ($7.6 million). Adlabs Film Ltd. has apparently signed the ‘Krrish’ star for a three-film deal. While Roshan’s father Rakesh Roshan says “negotiations are on,” other reliable sources say the deal has been signed, sealed and delivered. The deal makes him the highest-paid star in Bollywood, outpricing every other actor, including Aamir Khan , who was reportedly paid Rs. 70 million ($1.5 million) for supethit film ‘Rang De Basanti.’ Roshan’s reported price would change the entire pricing system in Bollywood, spiralling star fees out of control. A famous filmmaker, who wanted to be anonymous, said: “If true, this is a very unhealthy development. Hrithik is no doubt a fabulous hard-working actor. But star prices have constantly been the bane of Bollywood. Often more than 65 percent of the budget for a f...