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Veteran Bollywood actress Tabassum, who hosted the iconic television (talk show) series, “Phool Khile Hain, Gulshan Gulshan” on Doordarshan for two decades, passed away following a massive cardiac arrest, her son Hoshang said here on Saturday. She was 78.

Rushed to a private hospital after she suffered chest pain, Tabassum breathed her last around 8.40 p.m. on Friday, he said. She is survived by her son, and other relatives including her brother-in-law and actor Arun Govil (Ram of Ramayan).

“Her funeral rites were also completed late last night itself,” Hoshang informed. He described her as being totally healthy and her sudden departure has left the family in a state of shock.

Tabassum was married to Vijay Govil, the elder brother of the films and television actor Arun Govil – who portrayed the character of Lord Rama in the epic serial “Ramayana” (1987) and previously as King Vikramaditya in another cult serial, “Vikram Aur...

Mumbai, Nov 14: Rati Agnihotri enjoyed watching Neetu Singh in "Do Kaliyan" while Shabana Azmi names Baby Naaz as her favourite child star as celebrities talk about their favourite child artists and songs on Children's Day Thursday.

When it comes to the songs, "Rail gaadi" and "Lakdi ki kathi" are among the favourites.

Here is what celebrities have to say about their favourite child artist and children's song:

Shabana: My favourite child actor was Baby Naaz and my favourite children's song is "Nanhe munne bachche teri mutthi mein kya hai" from the film "Boot Polish".

Rati: My favourite child actor was.

On May 26, when the 66th Cannes film festival draws to an end, India will anxiously wait to see if either Monsoon Shootout or Dabba will bring home a Camera d’Or, the award given to the best debut film in the festival. Ritesh Batra’s Dabba which played in the International Critics’ Week won an audience award-the Grand Rail d’Or-following unanimous praise by the critics and the audiences.

While we wait, let’s go down in the annals of history to know about the Indian films that won awards at the premier film festival. Although they might seem like a rare and exquisite breed, there are actually quite a few of them starting from the very first edition of Cannes.

At the inaugural edition of the festival in 1946, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar screened in competition and shared the Grand Prix with several other films. The top award-now Palme...

Singer Asha Bhosle has lodged a written complaint against yesteryear actor Sadhana at the Santacruz Police Station for allegedly encroaching and trespassing on a garden at her bungalow in Mumbai's Khar area.Sadhana has been staying in the bungalow as a tenant for over 50 years. In her complaint filed last month, Bhosle alleged that Sadhana was not allowing her to use the garden.Apart from Sadhana, builder Yusuf Lakdawala lives on the second floor and actor Baby Naaz stays...