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Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s five-month-long wedding celebration culminated with their reception. The grand affair included pre-wedding bashes hosted by Mukesh and Nita Ambani, the baraat, jaimala, and bidaai ceremonies, all of which were attended by numerous Bollywood celebrities, global personalities, politicians, and cricketers. Despite the star-studded attendance, some notable celebrities were missing from the event. Here’s why:

Kartik Aaryan: Busy shooting for “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3,” Kartik’s absence has sparked speculation among Reddit users. They believe his romantic history with Janhvi Kapoor, now dating Anant’s best friend and groomsman Shikhar Pahariya, might be the reason for his lack of an invitation.

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Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan: The couple, who were vibrant participants at the pre-wedding celebrations in March, missed the wedding due to their annual July holiday with sons Taimur and Jehangir Ali Khan,...

ReviewVishwaksen, who plays dual roles in Das Ka Dhamki, has also written and directed the film co-starring Nivetha Pethuraj. There is a drug to cure cancer. There is another drug that controls human minds. Obsessed with nameless drugs and their extraordinary capabilities, Das Ka Dhamki is set in a world where peer review of any scientific study or research is unheard of. The film stars Vishwaksen, who has also written the screenplay and handled the direction. The cast also includes Nivetha Pethuraj, Rao Ramesh, Rohini, Tharun Bhascker, Akshara Gowda, Hyper Aadhi, Mahesh, and others. Vishwaksen plays dual roles in the film. He appears as Krishna Das, a waiter, and also as Sanjay Rudra, a pharmaceutical company’s CEO. Nivetha Pethuraj plays the role of Krishna’s girlfriend Keerthy, who hides many mysteries behind her smile. Prasanna Kumar Bezawada has written the film along with Vishwaksen. After watching Prasanna Kumar’s previous film Dhamaka,...

This story was originally published in the April 22nd, 1976, issue of “Rolling Stone.”

You’D Think That Baba Ram Dass, who had been a Harvard psychology professor and psychedelic drug researcher in his former incarnation as Dr. Richard Alpert, Ph.D., would know all about mind games by now. And yet the toothache had felt real enough, building until the nerve seemed a snaking electric wire, making it all but impossible for him to fix his attention on the tip of his nose and watch his breath go in and out,...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jackson Browne, multi-Grammy award-winner Bonnie Raitt, Grammy award-winning blues artist Joan Osborne, Mickey Hart and Friends and Pura Fe & Cary Morin plus host Wavy Gravy, will celebrate the Berkeley-based Seva Foundation on January 12th at a benefit concert at the Fox Theatre in Oakland called Sing Out for Seva.

Sing Out For Seva

This event marks four decades of benefit concerts performed by celebrity artists since Seva was founded forty years ago. By expanding access to eye care in developing nations, Seva is leading the global charge to eliminate avoidable blindness within our lifetime.

Bonnie Raitt to Perform at Sing Out for Seva

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Seva’s first benefit concert was in 1979, with the Grateful Dead at the Oakland Auditorium. At that same time Seva organized the first nationwide assessment of blindness in Nepal.

Jackson Browne to Perform at Sing Out...

DVD & Digital Release Date: Sept. 24, 2013

Price: DVD $29.99

Studio: Zeitgeist

One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das movie scene

The music-filled documentary One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das chronicles the life of Jeffrey Kagel…and how his life path ultimately resulted in his emergence as Krishna Das—the world-renowned spiritual teacher, chant master and Grammy-nominated recording artist.

It begins in 1970, when young musician Kagel turned down the lead singer slot in the band that would become Blue Oyster Cult. He sold all his possessions and moved from the New York suburbs to the Himalayan foothills in search of happiness and a little-known saint named Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji).

One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das follows Kagel’s journey to India and back, his struggles with depression and drug abuse, and his eventual “return” as Krishna Das.

Directed by Jeremy Frindel, the movie features interviews with Be Here Now author Ram Dass,...

The 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival to be held from January 24-February 3 will screen a host of Indian films. Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur has been selected for Competition section. Manjeet Singh’s Mumbai Cha Raja and Suman Ghosh’s Shyamal Uncle Turns Off the Lights will be screened in Pan Asia section.

Blood Brother (India, USA) by Steve Hoover will compete in Documentary section. It chronicles the story of a man-dissatisfied with his life in America-who decides to move to India and restart his life among children living at an orphanage for those infected with HIV.

One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das by Jeremy Frindel will be showcased under Cinesonic section. The film tells the story of Jeffrey Kagel who sold all of his possessions and moved from suburban Long Island halfway across the world to India, where he studied under Neem Karoli Baba. He...

Zeitgeist Films has acquired Jeremy Frindel’s documentary “One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das” for a theatrical release next April. Frindel’s film tracks the story of Jeffrey Kagel, who in 1970 declined to sing for the band that would become Blue Oyster Cult, sold all his possessions and went to the Himalayas to find a saint named Neem Karoli Baba. In the process, Kagel eventually became the chant master Krishna Das, who was recently nominated for a Grammy for Best New Age Album. J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. scored the film with Devadas. Mike Harrop produced. Zeitgeist has recently released “Elena,” “Payback” and “Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters.” Forthcoming releases include “Hannah Arendt” and “Koch.”...