Tarlochan Singh, an unknown achiever in Hindi playback singing

Amritsar: Tarlochan Singh, a Hindi playback singer from Amritsar, can be seen an achiever for his immense contribution in the Hindi playback-singing industry. Tarlochan is also an avid fan of Hindi film industry legend singer Mohammad Rafi, and is the President of the Mohammad Rafi Memorial Society in Amritsar, which was formed in 1982 to award established and upcoming singers in the state to acknowledge their talent. Talking about his zeal for singing, Tarlochan stressed that it has been his pa...

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56th National Film Awards announced; Priyanka Chopra wins Best Actor female

New Delhi: The 56th National Film Awards for 2008 were announced today. The Juries for Feature Film, Non-Feature Film and for Best Writing on Cinema presented their report to the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni. As per recommendations of the Jury, Priyanka Chopra bagged the best actress award for film Fashion . Kangana Ranaut is selected for best supporting actress also for Fashion while Arjun Rampal was adjudged best supporting actor for his role in Rock On . Sh. Bala wo...

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Actors lobbying to get National Awards, reveals jury member

Mumbai: One of the jury members of the National Awards committee has revealed that actors constantly lobby to be included in the award list. While announcing the 56th National Awards, Sudhish Pauchauri, flanked by Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, said that there was no pressure from the Ministry, but it was the actors who constantly called up the jury members in order to get their name included in the award list. Pachauri added that the jury of National Awards works on independ...

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Mohan Lal, Kaniha to get best actor, actress award at 2009 Malyalam Movie Awards function

Kochi: Popular actor Mohan Lal and Kaniha have won the best actor and actress category awards for their roles in the movies Pazhassi Raja? and ?Bhagyadevatha? respectively in the 2009 Malyalam Movie Awards announced here on Thursday. Veteran Director and filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan will be given the lifetime achievement award during this award ceremony to be held in Sharjah Cricket stadium on November 6, 2009. The mega event is expected to be attended by over 30,000 people including the non-r...

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Ambika Soni congratulates Manna Dey for Dada Saheb Phalke Award

New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Saturday congratulated eminent Bollywood playback singer Manna Dey for being selected for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2007.In a congratulatory letter sent to Dey, Soni said that the award ?was richly deserved and your outstanding contributions to music for over fifty years are an integral part of India?s musical heritage?.?I am also happy that the announcement has been widely acclaimed across the count...

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