Mumbai, Oct.28 – Bollywood actors Fardeen Khan, Hrithik Roshan and his wife Suzanne, besides film director Vidhu Vinod Chopra and veteran actress Waheeda Rehman attended a special screening of a cancer documentary titled ‘1 A Minute’ here on Wednesday.
The 90-minute documentary featured celebrity cancer survivors such as actresses Barbara Mori and Jaclyn Smith, and singers Olivia Newton-John and Melissa Etheridge.
The documentary was aimed at initiating a global movement that would curb the disease by spreading awareness.
Hrithik said that he was present to extend his support to the cause.
“We.
The 90-minute documentary featured celebrity cancer survivors such as actresses Barbara Mori and Jaclyn Smith, and singers Olivia Newton-John and Melissa Etheridge.
The documentary was aimed at initiating a global movement that would curb the disease by spreading awareness.
Hrithik said that he was present to extend his support to the cause.
“We.
- 10/28/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Singer/actress Olivia Newton-John stopped by The Grove to chat with "Extra's" Mario Lopez about being cancer-free for 18 years, and about her new documentary on breast cancer.
"I'm very grateful that I'm here, and I don't take it for granted. I'm very lucky," said the 62-year-old of beating breast cancer.
Olivia is now is reaching out to all women with a new documentary, "1 A Minute," which spotlights the disease and ways to prevent it. "In the whole world,...
"I'm very grateful that I'm here, and I don't take it for granted. I'm very lucky," said the 62-year-old of beating breast cancer.
Olivia is now is reaching out to all women with a new documentary, "1 A Minute," which spotlights the disease and ways to prevent it. "In the whole world,...
- 10/8/2010
- Extra
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When Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, she didn’t hide anything from her kids.
“They were 6 and 8 at the time,” she recalls. “Tammy and I said that my tumor was like a lump with a cold in it, that the cold had spread to my body, and that we needed to take it out, and take some medicine.”
Explaining her disease in terms Bailey Jean and Beckett (now 13 and 11) understood made things easier, she says. “I didn’t say anything frightening, like ‘I might die!’ ” she shares. “But I wanted to let them know the seriousness of it,...
When Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, she didn’t hide anything from her kids.
“They were 6 and 8 at the time,” she recalls. “Tammy and I said that my tumor was like a lump with a cold in it, that the cold had spread to my body, and that we needed to take it out, and take some medicine.”
Explaining her disease in terms Bailey Jean and Beckett (now 13 and 11) understood made things easier, she says. “I didn’t say anything frightening, like ‘I might die!’ ” she shares. “But I wanted to let them know the seriousness of it,...
- 10/4/2010
- by Kate
- People - CelebrityBabies
Indian and international stars will join the global premiere of Indian filmmaker Namrata Singh Gujral’s breast cancer docudrama ‘1 a Minute,’ highlighting the fact that one women dies from breast cancer every 69 seconds.
The Oct 6 global premiere of the UniGlobe Entertainment film in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, in 527 theatres in the Us, followed by a rolling release across the globem will kick start Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The international roll-out will include a theatrical release.
The Oct 6 global premiere of the UniGlobe Entertainment film in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, in 527 theatres in the Us, followed by a rolling release across the globem will kick start Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The international roll-out will include a theatrical release.
- 9/1/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
According to the Hindustan Times, Indian-American Namrata Singh Gujral is currently producing, directing, and co-starring in 1 a Minute, a docu-drama on cancer, while she undergoes “radical cancer treatments” for invasive breast cancer. The 33-year-old actress, best known for her roles in Warner Bros’ Americanizing Shelley and Bollywood’s Kaante, hopes to spread global awareness about cancer, with a focus on global breast cancer.
Joining Gujral as co-stars in the project are fellow cancer survivors and activists Lisa Ray (who was recently diagnosed with cancer) and plays a lesbian in The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Straight), Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Diahann Carroll, Morgan Brittany and Bollywood actresses Priya Dutt and Mumtaz.
Billy and Danny Baldwin, both of whose lives have been affected by cancer, also appear in the film. Out lesbian Kelly McGillis will narrate the docu-drama, which is expected to release globally in 2010.
Though Gujral...
Joining Gujral as co-stars in the project are fellow cancer survivors and activists Lisa Ray (who was recently diagnosed with cancer) and plays a lesbian in The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Straight), Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Diahann Carroll, Morgan Brittany and Bollywood actresses Priya Dutt and Mumtaz.
Billy and Danny Baldwin, both of whose lives have been affected by cancer, also appear in the film. Out lesbian Kelly McGillis will narrate the docu-drama, which is expected to release globally in 2010.
Though Gujral...
- 11/30/2009
- by drummerdeeds
- AfterEllen.com
American Indian actress Namrata Singh Gujral of Kaante fame, in which she featured alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt, has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Bravely, the actress is working on a short movie One a Minute, to spread awareness of the disease, alongside other actresses such as Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Mumtaz and Priya Dutt.
Born in Dharamsala, Namrata is a graduate of the University of West Florida and for five years was Nurse Kathy in NBC's Passions. She was also the first star of Indian origin to feature on Cmt with the Country/Bollywood track Dancing in the Clouds.
Namrata, the star of Americanising Shelley, has suspended filming on her current projects whilst she undergoes treatment but is looking forward to taking the lead in two upcoming Bollywood movies - Mitsein and Himalayan Rhapsody.
Born in Dharamsala, Namrata is a graduate of the University of West Florida and for five years was Nurse Kathy in NBC's Passions. She was also the first star of Indian origin to feature on Cmt with the Country/Bollywood track Dancing in the Clouds.
Namrata, the star of Americanising Shelley, has suspended filming on her current projects whilst she undergoes treatment but is looking forward to taking the lead in two upcoming Bollywood movies - Mitsein and Himalayan Rhapsody.
- 10/8/2009
- Bollyspice
Indian Star Rallies Celebrity Support For Cancer Movie
Indo-American actress Namrata Singh Gujral is making a celebrity movie all about cancer as she battles the disease.
The Kaante star is undergoing treatment for invasive breast cancer and she's recruited a group of famous friends to talk candidly about their experiences with the disease in 1 a Minute.
The documentary features survivor Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Kelly McGillis, Melissa Etheridge and Bollywood stars Mumtaz and Priya Dutt, among others.
The film will also include Lisa Ray, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
The Kaante star is undergoing treatment for invasive breast cancer and she's recruited a group of famous friends to talk candidly about their experiences with the disease in 1 a Minute.
The documentary features survivor Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Kelly McGillis, Melissa Etheridge and Bollywood stars Mumtaz and Priya Dutt, among others.
The film will also include Lisa Ray, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
- 10/8/2009
- WENN
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