Ace veteran director Bharathiraja has decided to return the prestigious 'Padma Shree' award that was awarded to him by Indian Government.
Bharathiraja take this decision in order to show his disapproval over its inactiveness on the Sri Lankan Tamil matter.
The strike, organized by the Tamil film fraternity Eelam support movement, was held at South Indian Film Chamber Theatre on Thursday, April 23, and saw lots of zealot Tamilians from the film society.
The participants speak against the administration for not controlling the killing of Tamils in Lanka.
The big news doing the rounds is that Vivek Vaswani's upcoming flick 'Dulha Mil Gaya' is going through financial crisis at the moment.
The film is suffering all this as Anil Ambani's 'BIG Pictures' has given up the movie rights due to the financial losses the company suffered following the ongoing depression.
On his part, film's producer Vaswani has decided to re-offer the film to 'BIG Pictures' and if doesn't work out try to find another prospective buyer.
Washington, Apr 25 : Oprah Winfrey is at the centre of a legal battle with the bosses of an insurance company over the use of her signature catchphrase-the "Aha moment".
The talk show queen is known to use the popular phrase for a revelation on `The Oprah Winfrey Show' and in her O magazine, reports Contactmusic.
However, now the same catchphrase has landed the media mogul in a dispute with executives at Mutual of Omaha Bank.
London, April 25 : Jack Tweed reportedly headed for sun bathing after telling his fellow prisoners that Jade Goody's death "set him up for life".
The widower, who is serving 12 weeks for assault on a taxi driver, was said to have been topping up his tan for an hour daily in the Chelmsford Prison, Essex.
The 21-year-old allegedly bragged about his bulky bank balance gathered from interviews, thanks to the media circus around the death of 27-year-old Jade, who lost her battle to cervical cancer on March 22.
London, April 25 : The HIV positive German pop star, who had been taken into custody on suspicion of infecting an unaware partner with the disease, has been released.
Nadja Benaissa allegedly had unprotected intercourse with three people, between 2004 and 2006, leaving at least one infected.
The 26-year-old, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, was claimed to have left her partners in the dark about her condition, reports the BBC.
London, April 25 : Sir Paul McCartney may have left a Californian festival to face the music from authorities after overrunning his late night performance.
The former Beatle had played for an extra 54 minutes at the weekend's Coachella music festival.
But the 66-year-old would not be held responsible to pay the fine for running over time since laws of the area''s local authority held promoters Goldenvoice accountable for the breach.