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Choreographer Terence Lewis has been associated with dance reality shows for long. He agrees that there is a surfeit of talent-based shows on television, but he feels all of these are important because they provide platforms to aspiring artistes in a hugely populated country like India.

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Filmmaker Rohena Gera's award-winning debut feature "Is Love Enough? SIR" is scheduled to release on March 20.

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"Thappad"; Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Pavail Gulati, Kumud Mishra, Ratna Pathak Shah, Tanvi Azmi, Maya Sarao, Dia Mirza, Manav Kaul; Direction: Anubhav Sinha; Rating: * * * * (four stars)

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Actress Gayatri Sai, who made her acting debut as a child artiste in director Mani Ratnam's 1990 film "Anjali", has filed a police complaint against a pizza delivery boy for allegedly sharing her contact number on several adult whatsapp groups.

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Kartik Aaryan's "favourite crickter" Jemimah Rodrigues shook a leg on the song "Haan main galat" from his latest release "Loev Aaj Kal", and the young actor is simply loving it.

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What happens when a mic is given to 42-year-old stand-up comic who is a father of two teenagers? Well, he has lots of funny family stories! New Delhi-based comedian Amit Tandon has come out with an hour long special titled "Amit Tandon: Family Tandoncies". The funnyman is over the moon, what with Indian society finally learning to embrace stand-up as an art and a profession, and says that thsi form of comedy has emerged as a great form of expression.

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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has posted pics to prove that she is indeed a hands-on mother.

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Actress Taapsee Pannu, who is riding high on recent films such as "Badla", "Mission Mangal" and "Saand Ki Aankh", and is gearing up for "Thappad", first made an impact in Bollywood as the daredevil special agent in Neeraj Pandey's 2015 spy thriller, "Baby". That was a small role highlighted by a brilliant action sequence. Today, the actress has become one of the most prominent faces of heroine-centric, content-driven Hindi cinema.

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Ingrid Newkirk, who is the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), has come up with a new book, "Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries About Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion", and she has been receiving a lot of support from the celebrities across the world, including Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan and Dia Mirza.

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Actress Pranitha Subhash, known for her roles in southern films such as "Atharintiki Daaredi", "Saguni", "Porki" and "Brahma", is set to tickle the funny bone in her upcoming Bollywood film, "Hungama 2".