Stokes Powers Pune Win OverGujarat In Do Or Die Match

SHILPA'S NAME DRAGGED INBUSINESS ROW TO CREATE

HYPE: RAJ KUNDRA

AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bangalore sad after losing match against Gujarat Lions by seven wickets.

MUMBAI (IANS) After a criminal case was lodged against Bollywoodactress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra for duping a textilefirm owner for IRs. 24 lakh, the businessman said his wife's namehas been dragged to create media hypes. Kundar released a state-ment on Friday in which he says that "the vendor is misusing hisconnections in various stations."This is a civil matter and an abuse of the law. We have tight contractssigned and on the contrary, the vendor owes us money for not fulfill-ing orders. Beat deal is unfor tunately being wound up due to the busi-ness failing and we are following the laws of the land to close thevarious matters properly," Kundra said in a statement. Kundra alsoadded that Shilpa has nothing to do with the daily running of the busi-ness. "It's sad that at every step of the way, my wife's name is draggedin to create media hype. She was a non-executive, who had nothing todo with the daily running of the business," he said.

Rishi Kapoor criticises young actors forskipping Vinod Khanna's funeralMUMBAI, (PTI) Veteran star Rishi Kapoor, in a series of tweets, hasslammed the "actors of this generation" for not attending VinodKhanna's funeral last evening. Khanna passed away at the age of 70early on Thursday morning, after battling cancer. Kapoor, 64, whoworked with Khanna in films like "Amar Akbar Anthony", "Eena MeenaDeeka" and "Chandni", described the absence of the young generationof stars at the cremation as "shameful"."Shameful. Not ONE actor of this generation attended Vinod Khanna'sfuneral. And that too he has worked with them. Must learn to respect."...Why this? Including mine and thereafter. When I die, I must beprepared. None will shoulder me. Very very angry with today's socalled stars. (sic)." He also lashed out at the celebrities who werepresent at actress Priyanka Chopra's par ty day before yesterday butdid not bother to attend Khanna's funeral."Angry. Met so many chamcha people last night at Priyanka Chopra'sdo last night. Few at Vinod's. So transparent. So angry with them."Kapoor said his actor son Ranbir Kapoor and wife Neetu Singh couldnot attend it as they were out of India. "Yes it has been expressedearlier on social media my wife and Ranbir are out of the country.Would never had been reason not to be there."

Model gets three-year jail for plotting murderMUMBAI (IANS) A Mumbai cour t sentenced model-cum-wannabeactress Preeti Jain for plotting the murder of award winning Bollywooddirector Madhur Bhandarkar 12 years ago. The Sessions Cour t, whichalso fined her Rs 10,000, found two other co-accused -- Naresh Pardesiand Shivaram Das -- guilty and awarded them three years in jail. Twomore accused were acquitted.Shor tly after the verdict, Jain moved an application for bail whichwas granted on a surety of Rs 5,000. When the matter was first high-lighted in 2005, Jain had charged Bhandarkar with rape but the casewas quashed by the Supreme Cour t in 2012 after she dropped thecharges against him. Earlier, in July 2004, Jain filed a complaint withpolice alleging that Bhandarkar raped her 16 times between 1999 and2004 on the pretext of giving her impor tant roles in his films.The director denied the allegations. In her statement then, Jain claimedthat "we had sex 16 times and Madhur made promises of giving me alead role in his films". However, he didn't cast her in any of his films.Barely months later, police investigations revealed that Jain had hireda contract killer to eliminate Bhandarkar and was arrested.During thelong trial, the cour t examined 51 witnesses including Bhandarkar.The prosecution said Jain had paid Rs 75,000 to contract killerPardeshi to kill Bhandarkar. When he didn't carry out her bidding, she

demanded the money back. When mafia don Arun Gawli learnt of theplot, he aler ted the police, leading to Jain's arrest. After the verdict,Jain merely expressed "shock". Mumbai-based Bhandarkar is a re-nowned director of various blockbusters like "Chandni Bar," "Fash-ion", "Traffic Signal" and "Page 3" among others.

OMG: RANBIR KAPOOR, KATRINAKAIF STEP OUT HOLDING HANDS!

MUMBAI (IANS) ActorsRanbir Kapoor and KatrinaKaif stepped out of studiohand-in-hand afterwrapping up the shootingof Anurag Basu's much-delayed directorial JaggaJasoos. Basu shared thenews of wrapping up thefilm's shooting by postingtwo photos of the actorson Twitter on Monday. Inone photo, Basu used theirmorphed 'childhoodphotos'. The other oneshowed the actors smilingand stepping out of thestudio holding hands.Basu captioned it: "Day 1Jagga Jasoos to Last DayJagga Jasoos. How timeflies." According torepor ts, the film has beenin the making for over fouryears. It was slated torelease on April 7. Said tobe a family holiday film, ittells the story of a teenagedetective in search of hismissing father.

PUNE - Ben Stokes' ton powered Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) to acrucial 5-wicket win over Gujarat Lions (GL) in an Indian PremierLeague game in Pune on Monday night. Gujarat Lions picking up threeearly wickets at the star t of the Pune innings put the home team onthe backfoot. How-ever, patient battingfrom MS Dhoni anda brilliant centuryfrom Ben Stokes(103 n/o) helpedPune overhaul thetarget and beat theLions. For Gujarat,Basil Thampi fin-ished with figuresof 2 for 35. BenStokes was ad-judged the Man ofthe Match. Pradeep Sangwan and Basil Thampi provided a brilliantstar t to Gujarat Lions with their quick wickets against Rising PuneSupergiant. But, Stokes and MS?Dhoni came together to guideRPS?home. Earlier, Imran Tahir and Jaydev Unadkat took three wick-ets each as Gujarat Lions were bowled out for 161 against RisingPune Supergiant in their IPL 2017 encounter. Shardul Thakur and DanChristian contributed with one each. Ishan Kishan and BrendonMcCullum stitched together a 50-run stand for GL, but no other bats-man was able to score big.

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'BAAHUBALI 2': A FITTING ANDFANTASY-ESQUE FINALE

CAST: PRABHAS RAJU, RANA DAGGUBATI,

RAMYA KRISHNAN, ANUSHKA SHETTY,

TAMANNAAH BHATIA, NASSER

DIRECTOR: S. S. RAJAMOULI

RATING: ***1/2

Why did Kattapa kill Baahubali? This perennial question thathaunted those who have seen "Baahubali: The Beginning" willnow be rested. Director S.S. Rajamouli does answer thisquestion and offers much more in "Baahubali 2: The Conclu-sion", which is an action-packed revenge drama.For the uninitiated, Baahubali is the story of an orphan princeAmarendra Baahubali and his son Mahendra Baahubali in theKingdom of Maheshmati. While the first edition concentrated onAmarendra being unaware of his identity, the Conclusion takesoff from where the first par t ended and delves deeper into thelife of Amarendra Baahubali, the father of Mahendra Baahubalithe child who was dramatically saved in the opening shots ofthe earlier film.Narrated in a melodramatic manner with surreal action se-quences and epic battle scenes along with plenty of dilemmasand betrayals, it is Amarendra's tale that is interestinglygripping as it answers the question of why Kattapa killedBaahubali. The final act of The Conclusion, which concentrateson Mahendra's story seems like a rushed job. And with a runtime of 167 minutes, the film eventually seems to drag.On the per formance front, with dramatic lines and over-the-top

acts, every actor per forms his par t earnestly. With an impos-ing, yet tender personality, Sathyaraj as Kattapa, the loyalwarrior, is impressive. Prabhas Raju in a dual role is charmingas Amarendra and sincere as Mahendra Baahubali.Rana Daggubati excels as the vicious Bhalladeva. But it isNassar as the scheming Bijjala Deva, father of Bhalladeva, whosteals the thunder from Rana. Ramya Krishnan as the RajmataSivagami along with Anushka Shetty as Devasena --Amarendra's wife -- offer a stimulating per formance.Tamannaah Bhatia as Avantika, Mahendra's love interest, in aminiscule role has nothing much to offer.On the technical front, like its prequel, this film too is at parwith any big ticket Hollywood caper, in terms of its mounting.Visually the film is colossal and monumentally spectacular. Infact, it is a bit better than the previous edition in terms of VFXeffects and sharper edits. The action sequences too are ar tisti-cally and aesthetically choreographed. The music and back-ground score by MM Kreem add to the cinematic experience.Unfor tunately the dubbing in Hindi is not up to the mark.Overall, this concluding par t of Baahubali will appeal to you,irrespective of whether you have seen The Beginning.

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I SELL DREAMS, PEDDLE LOVE TOMILLIONS: SHAH RUKH AT TED TALKSVANCOUVER, (PTI) Shah Rukh Khan has become synonymous withthe phrase "dreams come true" in Indian cinema and the actor sayshe believes love is the emotion that inspires and keeps one fromfailing. In his first address at the TED Talks, which was laced with hissignature wit and humour, the Bollywood superstar proclaimed thathe sells dreams and love to millions around the world."I sell dreams, and I peddle love to millions of people... I've beenmade to understand there are lots of you here who have never seenmy work, and I feel really sad for you. That doesn't take away from thefact that I'm completely self-obsessed, as a movie star should be,"TED Blog quoted Shah Rukh as saying. The actor, 51, said love is thesimplest yet greatest emotion known to mankind."I've learned that whatever moves you, whatever urges you to create,build, whatever keeps you from failing, whatever helps you survive,is perhaps the oldest and the simplest emotion known to mankind,and that is love," Khan said. Shah Rukh, the first Indian actor to de-liver a TED Talk, compared his "ageing" movie star persona to hu-manity. "Humanity is a lot like me. It's an ageing movie star, grappling

with all the newness around it, wondering whether it got it right in thefirst place and still trying to find a way to keep on shining regardless,"he said. Talking about his constant face-off with controversies, be itabout his faith or opinion, Shah Rukh said it has become a practicewith people active on social media to target him."Everything I said took a new meaning; everything I did good, bad,ugly was there for the world to comment upon and judge... I star ted tofeel that I couldn't be who I wanted to be or say what I actually thought.We had expected an expansion of ideas and dreams; we had notbargained for the enclosure of judgement." The actor said onealways has the option to utilise one's faith to break walls or tospread fear. "You may use your power to build walls and keeppeople outside. Or you may use it to break barriers and welcomethem in. You may use your faith to make people afraid and terrifythem into submission. Or you can use it to give courage to people,so they rise to the greatest heights of enlightenment." Shah Rukh willreturn to Indian television as the host of TED Talks' Hindi version,titled "TED Talks India: Nayi Soch".

No one walked the way he did:Bachchan on Vinod KhannaMUMBAI, (PTI) The year was 1969. Amitabh Bachchan waslooking for a break in Hindi films; Vinod Khanna had alreadybagged his first role. "I was struggling to get a role, any role,anywhere," Bachchan, 74, wrote in an emotional blog recenly."He was working in the Ajanta Ar ts film, 'Man ka Meet',"Bachchan wrote, recalling his first meeting with Khanna, hisold screen par tner who died yesterday.Their first meeting was in the office of actor Sunil Dutt, whoalso gave the two their first screen space together in"Reshma Aur Shera" in 1971. "A most good looking handsomeyoung man; a body in elegant frame; a swagger in his walk.And a gentle smile as he looked towards me," Bachchanwrote. "It was 1969 ..." He mourned the end of a 48-year-oldfriendship with Khanna, recalling his "infectious charm"and "optimistic swagger"."His confident charm was infectious. There was alwaysan optimistic swagger about him, a smile, a laugh, acasualness," Bachchan wrote, punctuating his wordswith a string of ellipses to indicate his frame of mind."Nothing seemed to disturb him, one felt ... the relaxed'cool' of today's times." Khanna, he believed, was oneof a kind. "No one walked the way he did...No one hadthe presence he had in a crowded room...No one couldlighten up the surroundings he was in, like him ... Noone," Bachchan wrote.The mega star said soon after their first meeting, theygot a chance to work together in Dutt's production andbecame life-long friends. "Spending time in each other'smake-up rooms, sharing our lunch, just biding time andtalking of all kinds of talk....The late shoot pack ups andthe beyond midnight drives to Juhu Beach, to just sitwith our directors -- he to have a drink, and I mine (Iused to in those days)," Bachchan wrote.The actor toasted the "amazing chemistry of the severalhistoric films" they did together, the "association thatwas so loveable and considerate." Bachchan andKhanna worked in several memorable films such as"Hera Pheri", "Parvarish", "Amar Akbar Anthony" and"Muqaddar Ka Sikandar".

Priyanka Chopra locks threeBollywood projectsMUMBAI, (PTI) Actress Priyanka Chopra has said sheis in final talks to work in three Hindi films and willmake the announcement soon. Priyanka, who haswrapped up the second season of her TV show"Quantico" last month, said she will take the final callon the same after the makers decide the future of theAmerican series."I don't know what's happening with the third season of'Quantico'. I am listening to a lot of scripts. Severalfilmmakers have come and met me in New York andI've met them here. "There are a lot of scripts I liked butonce I know what my schedule is, only then I'll figure outwhen I'll do a film. For sure I've locked three (films). But Ican't announce them till I know my dates," Priyanka toldreporters here during the launch of the new poster of herupcoming Hollywood debut "Baywatch".The 34-year-old star has been rumoured to join theKalpana Chawla biopic and a Sanjay Leela Bhansaliproject based on poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhyanvi's life.When asked if she has signed the Kalpana Chawlabiopic, Priyanka said, "My name gets attached to a lotof films. But I can't comment a 'yes' or 'no' unless mydates get sor ted out." The actress, who arrived in Indiarecently, said she missed doing Hindi films. "I defi-nitely miss Hindi films. This is my home, this is myindustry. I've had so much fun meeting these people inthe last couple of days. It has been a wonder fulhomecoming.

WANT MY MUSICIANS TO ENJOY LIMELIGHT: MOHIT SURINEW DELHI, (PTI) Director-producer Mohit Suri says he owes his success in Bollywood to the music of his films and wants hiscomposers, singers and lyricists to be the centre of attraction. The 36-year-old filmmaker, whose film "Half Girlfriend" releases nextmonth, says he would not have survived in the industry without the music in his films."The composers, lyricists and singers are the stars of my films. They always have been. I will take them along with me on thepromotions of my films now. I want them to enjoy the limelight. "What would I have been without Atif Aslam, Arijit Singh, AnkitTiwari, Toshi-Sharib? They are the ones who make my hits for me. I would not have been here today if not for these people,"Mohit told PTI over phone.The director recently produced the song, "Par ty Nonstop", with EMI Records, which has been composed by British-Indianmusician Dr Zeus. "The EMI records sent this song to me, but I did not know who sang it but knew we had to back this one. Andwhen I got to know it was Dr Zeus' brainchild, I was transpor ted back to my college days dancing to 'Kangna'. "But the soundwas so new and fresh, we had to take it. So, I took the onus on myself to do the video. I enjoyed creatively producing the song.I thought we should not lose a good song if it's not featured in a Bollywood film," he said. The song features singer JasmineSandlas, rapper Ikka and model-actress Evelyn Sharma.

WAS FASCINATED BY SUPERHEROES AS A KID: PRABHASCHENNAI, (IANS) Actor Prabhas, ahead of the release of "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion" in which he plays a superhero-like character,says he grew up as a fan of popular superheroes such as He-Man and Superman. "Even though I was very fond of superheroes suchas He-Man and Superman from a very young age, I never thought of I would play such characters in my career. I need to thank S.S.Rajamouli for offering me a superhero-like character," Prabhas told IANS. In the second part of "Baahubali" franchise, Prabhas willreturn as Amarendra Baahubali. Directed by Rajamouli, the project will finally shed the light on why Kattappa, a character played bySathyaraj, killed Baahubali. The film also stars Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah Bhatia, Anushka Shetty and Ramya Krishnan.

AAMIR KHAN RECEIVES THE 75TH MASTER DINANATH MANGESHKAR AWARD FROM RSS CHIEF RAM BHAGWAT ATSHANMUKHANAND HALL, KING CIRCLE IN MUMBAI.

AYUSHMANN KHURRANA AND PARINEETI CHOPRA IN MUMBAI DURING MERI PYAARI BINDU PROMOTIONS.

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A BOOST FOR NEWCOMER ARTISTSREKHA AT THE PARTY ORGANISED BY PRIYANKA CHOPRA IN MUMBAI.

hollywoodSPIELBERG'S PENTAGON PAPERSFILM TO RELEASE IN DECEMBERLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Steven Spielbergs untitled PentagonPapers drama, which is rumored to star Tom Hanks andMeryl Streep, will open in limited release on December 22.It will expand nationwide on January 12, 2018, a week afterthe Golden Globes broadcast, repor ts variety.comHanks is said to play Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee,with Streep handling the role of publisher Katharine Gra-ham. The Washington Post pair made the decision to pub-lish a classified history of the United States' involvement in theVietnam War over the objections of the Nixon administration. Theopening slot puts the Spielberg film in the hunt for Academy Awardsgold along with the likes of Alexander Payne's "Downsizing," "TheCurrent War" with Benedict Cumberbatch, and "The Greatest Show-man" with Hugh Jackman. Twentieth Century Fox is distributing thefilm. The studio also announced that "Red Sparrow," a spy thriller thatreunites actress Jennifer Lawrence with her "Hunger Games" directorFrancis Lawrence, will open on March 2, 2018. It was originallyslated to debut on November 10.

Vin Diesel had 'secret script' for GrootLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actor Vin Diesel, the voice of Grootin "Guardians of the Galaxy" and baby Groot in its sequel,says that he had a secret script where he was told what thetalking tree was trying to say. "Groot is always challengingto play. As an audience what you hear is, 'I am Groot', but heis expressing himself and you have to try and convey whathe intends to say and his emotions in those three words,"Diesel told dailystar.co.uk. "I actually had a secret script where Iwas told what Groot was trying to say. That made him a lot of fun tovoice." He had to say the line again in 16 different languages for inter-national versions of the movie. "Korean was interesting. It was coolthough because in some countries people have only heard my charac-ters with voice actors. It was good to know people would finallyhear me," he said. Since he became dead wood at the endof Marvel's 2014 movie, he has been reborn as a squeakysapling with a taste for mischief.

Khloe Kardashian flashes lingerieLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Reali ty TV personal i ty KhloeKardashian spor ted a racy look while stepping out, inten-tionally showing her lingerie in a red dress. The "RevengeBody with Khloe Kardashian" host took to Instagram to sharea photograph of her during the outing. She flashed her lace undergar-ments under the dress which featured very plunging neckline and athigh-high slit, showing off her toned abs and legs, reportsaceshowbiz.com. Khloe completed her look with a red lipstick, sun-glasses and nude-coloured high heels, while carrying a red bag. Sheonly captioned the image with three hear t emojis, clearlyproud of her appearance that day.

TORONTO - Toronto proudly proclaims itself the world's most diversecity. Every day newcomers from all corners of the earth arrive here,nervous but full of hope at the possibilities for a better life. They aremotivated to succeed and overwhelmingly they do. But it is hardwork, no matter their profession. It is par ticularly challenging if theyhappen to be actors or musicians, dancers or painters. Whatever thelanguage, whatever the nation, ar tists always struggle to establishthemselves. Recognizing the multicultural richness of our city, theToronto Ar ts Foundation in par tnership with the RBC Foundation isoffering newcomers a boost to help them get star ted. The RBC New-comer Ar tist Spotlight program is designed to break down barriers fornew Canadians who are trying to establish themselves in the ar ts.We are lucky to live in a vibrant metropolis," said Toronto Ar ts Foun-dation board member Nova Bhattacharya, who is an acclaimed dancerand choreographer. "Newcomer ar tists will add to the richness of thecity and we want to suppor t their transition to Toronto."The program has three components. The RBC Ar ts Access Fund pro-vides micro-grants of up to $1500 to suppor t costs associated withar ts projects, ranging from ar tist fees to ar t supplies. The secondcomponent is a mentorship program that will match past grant recipi-ents with prominent businesspeople who will offer guidance on im-proving their entrepreneurial skills-helping them find a way to makea living while also finding their ar tistic voice. The matching processis done in par tnership with WorkinCulture.The third element is called RBC Let's Talk Ar t, which is a series ofprofessional development workshops for newcomer ar tists, wherethey can learn from professional ar tists, ar ts leaders, funders and

business exper ts. "RBC believes that the ar ts encourage a culture ofcreativity and innovation, and helps foster diversity and inclusion inour communities," said Rebecca Louzado, Director, Community andCultural Marketing, RBC. "We are so proud to have been able to par t-ner with Toronto Ar ts Foundation and provide newcomers with thefunding to pursue their ar tistic endeavours while building their livesin Canada." The 2016 winners of micro-grants from the RBC Ar tsAccess Fund include new Canadians from the Middle East, the Carib-bean and Latin America-musicians and visual ar tists with varied andbroad perspectives. But the Toronto Ar ts Foundation is eager to re-ceive applications from members of any newcomer community andis working hard to spread the word.

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PADMA SHRI KAILASH KHER CELEBRATES MUSIC JOURNEY OF HIS BAND, KAILASHA, WITH MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTERDEVENDRA FADNAVIS AND OTHER ICONIC PERSONALITIES.

Feels like yesterday: Rahulremembers father Vinod Khanna

MUMBAI, (PTI) Actor Rahul Khanna today posted a nostalgicblack-and-white photo from his childhood to pay tribute tofather Vinod Khanna. Khanna, 70, best known for his roles infilms such as "Amar Akbar Anthony," "Qurbaani" and "Insaaf"-- passed away on April 27. The picture shows young Rahuland his brother Akshaye enjoying a beach outing with Khanna."Feels like yesterday," the 44-year-old actor captioned thephoto. Meanwhile, Rahul Khanna shared a sweet old photo ofhis father Vinod and brother Akshaye vacationing at a beach.

''Baahubali: The Conclusion" Hindi version earns Rs 128 croreMUMBAI, (PTI) The Hindi version of SS Rajamouli's war epic "Baahubali: The Conclusion" has minted Rs 128 crore in its openingweekend. Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is the presenter of the Hindi version of the film, took to Twitter to share the box office collection."Historic weekend! Here is the Hindi language all India Friday (Rs 41 crore) Saturday (Rs 40.5 crore) Sunday (Rs 46.5 crore) grand totalRs 128 crore! #Baahubali2," Johar tweeted. The movie has already broken the opening weekend box office records of Salman Khan's"Sultan" (Rs 105.53 crore) and Aamir's "Dangal" (Rs 107.01 crore). Starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Ramya Krishnan, Anushka Shettyand Tamannaah Bhatia, "Baahbali: The Conclusion" released last Friday.

It was buffalo meat: Kajol clarifies after video gets trolledMUMBAI, (PTI) Actress Kajol, who was trolled online for posting a video of a beef dish that her friend had prepared, today clarified thatit was actually buffalo meat. The 42-year-old actress issued a statement on Twitter, saying she did not want to hur t religious sentiments.She deleted the clip from her Instagram and Facebook accounts after it attracted negative comments. "A video of me at a friend's lunchsaid that there was a beef dish at the table. That's a miscommunication. What was shown was buffalo meat, that is legally available meat.I'm issuing this clarification because this is a sensitive matter that may hur t religious sentiments, which is not my intention," Kajol wrote.Beef is banned in Maharashtra and other par ts of the country.

You can't lynch actors for their opinion: Richa ChadhaMUMBAI, (PTI) Actress Richa Chadha may believe that celebrities shy away from talking about politics because of "organised" trolling,but that cer tainly doesn't stop the "Masaan" star from taking potshots at politicians. Chadha says it baffles her how people go afterar tistes for holding an opinion but ignore politicians who propagate "the worst ideologies" about "some communities" and women. "Theymay disagree with everything but in the persecution of women, they're unified," Richa told PTI. The actress also feels strongly aboutcelebrities being trolled. "The minute somebody says something, you go after them with a lynch mob, organised trolling on social media.There is no freedom of speech and you expect us to be completely free and open as if the nation building and policy making lie solely onus," she says. Asked if it is an ar tiste's responsibility to speak out on socio-political issues, Richa states that it is an individual choice."We are ar tistes, it's not our responsibility. I've said it before, as a country we need better role models," she says. "We are not rolemodels, we are flawed." While Richa feels that it's a difficult time for ar tistes' all over the world, she is proud that Bollywood is stillmaking films that deal with real issues. "We have had a 'PK' which questioned the mob organisation of all religions.

Opened up about vision issue toinspire people: Rana DaggubatiNEW DELHI, (PTI) "Baahubali" star Rana Daggubati says hisvision is impaired, but he does not let that affect him. He toldPTI that he had an eye transplant years ago and opened upabout it during a chat show, a video of which has gone viralnow. "There was this kid on the show whose mother hadlost vision because of some tumour. I spoke about myvision problem to motivate them and tell them that l ifegoes on. I said it a long time ago and I never knew it willbreak out now," says Rana. The actor, 32, says he does noteven consider it a problem. "I had a transplant years ago.Very few people knew about it. By logic, it's a handicap. IfI shut one eye, I can't see from the other. But it is one ofthose things which I don't think too much about. One needsto have the strength to move forward." Rana essays the roleof antagonist Bhallala Deva in "Baahubali: The Conclusion",which hit the screens last week. The film has some of thegrandest war scenes ever seen on Indian celluloid and Ranasays they would often joke about him missing the target whilefilming these sequences.

May 1, 6:30am: MI v RCB, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai10pm: RPSG v GL, Maharashtra Cricket Association's InternationalStadium, PuneMay 2, 10:30am: DD v SRH, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiMay 3, 10:30am: KKR v RPSG, Eden Gardens, KolkataMay 4, 10:30am: DD v GL, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiMay 5, 10:30am: RCB v KXIP, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BengaluruMay 6, 6:30am: SRH v RPSG, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad8 PM: MI v DD, Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiMay 7, 6:30am: RCB v KKR, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru8 PM: KXIP v GL, IS Bindra Stadium, MohaliMay 8, 10:30am: SRH v MI, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad

FULL SCHEDULE OF IPL 2017 ACCORDING TO TORONTO TIME

IPL 10 highlights

KKR post comfortable 7-wktwin over Delhi DaredevilsKOLKATA, (PTI) Kolkata Knight Riders notched up acomfor table seven-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils intheir Indian Premier League match here and remainedon the top of the table. Chasing a modest 161, theKnight Riders reached the target in 16.2 overs, losingjust three wickets in the process at the Eden Gardens.The Kolkata outfit rode on half-centuries by skipperGautam Gambhir (71 not out) and Robin Uthappa (59).For Delhi, Kagiso Rabada chipped in with two wicketsfor 20 runs. Earlier, sent in to bat, Delhi opener SanjuSamson top- scored with a blazing 60 off 38 balls,while Shreyas Iyer contributed with 47 off 34 balls.For Kolkata Knight Riders, Nathan Coulter-Nile wasthe most successful bowler, returning figures of 3/34from four overs.

Mumbai Indians beat Royal ChallengersBangalore by five wicketsNEW DELHI: Despite Pawan Negi's all-round show RoyalChallengers Bangalore failed to break their losing streakwith Mumbai Indians posting a five-wicket victory overthem in Match 38 of Indian Premier League season 10 atthe Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Monday. SkipperRohit Sharma led the charge for the hosts with anunbeaten 56 as MI chased down a target of 163 with oneball remaining. RCB had posted 162 for eight riding on ABde Villiers 27-ball 43 and Negi's 23-ball 35. Negi then gotRCB back in the game for a brief while bowling a tidyspell of 4-0-17-2. With this win MI climbed to the top ofthe table with 16 points while RCB remained on seventhwith five points.In chase of 163, Mumbai Indians lost Par thiv Patel to agolden duck. Aniket Choudhary's back of the lengthdelivery climbed on Par thiv too much and he mistimed apull that was caught at shor t midwicket by YuzvendraChahal. Nitish Rana and Jos Buttler then got MI back ontrack adding 61 runs for the second wicket. Rana gotthings moving for MI after Par thiv's dismissal takingboundary off Choudhary and then hit Chahal for twoboundaries in one over. Buttler got in to the act with threefours off one Adam Milne over. By the end of powerplayovers, MI had reached 55 for 1.

ICC Meet: BCCI loses both revenue and governance voteNEW DELHI, (PTI) In a massive blow to its influence in the International Cricket Council, the BCCIwas today decimated at the global bodys Board Meeting where the majority voted for a change ingovernance and revenue structures. On the first day of the ICC Board Meeting in Dubai, both thechange in governance structure as well as the revamped revenue model were put to a floor test.BCCI lost the vote on governance and constitutional changes by a 1-9 margin while the revenuemodel, which was the bigger bone of contention, saw India getting walloped by a 2-8 margin. Theonly country that voted alongside BCCI was Sri Lanka. "Yes, the votings are over. It was 8-2 in favourof revamped revenue model and 9-1 in favour of constitutional changes," a senior BCCI functionarypresent in Dubai told PTI today. "The BCCI has voted against both as we had, in principle, maintainedthat all these changes are completely unacceptable for us. At this point, we can only say that alloptions are open for us. We would have to go back to our SGM and apprise the members of thesituation," he added. It was learnt that since BCCI outrightly rejected the additional USD 100 millionpay-out in revenue, it was once again given the original option of USD 290 million which is a USD280 million cut from the USD 570 million India had been getting till last year.

May 9, 10:30am: KXIP v KKR, IS Bindra Stadium, MohaliMay 10, 10:30am: GL v DD, Green Park, KanpurMay 11, 10:30am: MI v KXIP, Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiMay 12, 10:30am: DD v RPSG, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiMay 13, 10:30am: GL v SRH, Green Park, Kanpur8 PM: KKR v MI, Eden Gardens, KolkataMay 14, 6:30am: RPSG v KXIP, Maharashtra Cricket Association'sInternational Stadium, Pune10:30am: DD v RCB, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiMay 16, 10:30am: Qualifier 1May 17, 10:30am: EliminatorMay 19, 10:30am: Qualifier 2May 21, 10:30am: Final, Rajiv Gandhi International. CricketStadium, Hyderabad

IPL: Warner's 126 takes Hyderabadto victory over Kolkata

HYDERABAD (IANS) Opening batsman David Warner smashed a ma-rauding 126 runs off 59 deliveries as Sunrisers Hyderabad registereda crucial 48-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an IndianPremier League (IPL) clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadiumhere. The Hyderabad captain unleashed mayhem as he milked 10fours and eight sixes to power his team to 209/3 in 20 overs. Kolkatacould only score 161/7, as Hyderabad remained behind them in thepoints table at the third spot with 13 points. Warner and Shikhar Dhawanforged a 139-run par tnership for the opening wicket as the formerproduced an astonishing show of power hitting. He also became thehighest run-scorer of the tournament so far with a tally of 459 runs.After winning the toss and opting to bowl, Kolkata captain GautamGambhir applied a strategy of completing the six overs of Powerplaywith six bowlers. But none of them could stop Warner, who completedhis 50 in only 20 deliveries. At the end of six overs, Hyderabadrocketted off to 79/0, with Warner at 62 not out off 25 balls. One

delightful stroke that signified Warner's belligerence was a switch-hitto Sunil Narine as the ball went for six over the shor t third man.Later, Warner got a life as Chris Woakes dropped an easy catch atlong-off off chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the fifth ball of the10th over. The catch went over the boundary line for a six and thefollowing ball gave Warner another six to take him to 98. The next oversaw Warner complete a double with a flick towards midwicket off aUmesh Yadav delivery as he registered his century in just 43 deliver-ies.All this while, Dhawan played a perfect foil to Warner, scoring a run-a-ball 29 before being run out, with the hosts at 139/1 in 12.4 overs.Warner followed him to the dug-out soon, as he mistimed a slowdelivery from pacer Coulter-Nile to Gambhir at shor t cover, withHyderabad at 171/2 in 16.2 overs. Kane Williamson (40 off 25) laterensured that Hyderabad crossed the 200-run mark with smar tstrokeplay.

DELHI KEEP PLAY-OFFS DREAMS ALIVE WITH6-WICKET WIN OVER SUNRISERSNEW DELHI, (IANS) Delhi Daredevils kept their chances of qualifying for the Indian Premier League(IPL) play-offs alive after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets at the Ferozeshah Kotla hereon Tuesday. On paper, it was a mismatch between Daredevils and Sunrisers but the hosts put on acollective batting effor t to register a win with five balls to spare. With their third win in the tourna-ment, Delhi moved up to the sixth spot with six points while Hyderabad are still at the third spot with13 points after their four th away loss in the tournament.All-rounders Corey Anderson's quick-fire 24-ball unbeaten 41 and Chris Morris' 7-ball 15 helpedDelhi raise an unbeaten 41-run fifth wicket stand to register the much-needed win. Chasing amammoth 186, Delhi were off to a decent star t with Sanju Samson (24 off 19 balls) and skipperKarun Nair (39 off 20) putting on 40 runs before medium pacer Mohammed Siraj packed backSamson. Samson, who had faced 19 balls by now and struck two boundaries and a six off Siraj's first deliveryof the match, was undone by a slower one in the bowler's second over which Shikhar Dhawan latched on comfortablyat cover point. Nair looked in good touch during his brief stay, which saw the ball crossing the boundary on fiveoccasions besides twice over it. The right-hander could add 32 runs for the second wicket with wicketkeeper-batsmanRishabh Pant (34 off 20) before the first strategic time-out once again saw the dismissal of a batsman, this time in theform of Nair. Medium pacer Siddharth Kaul, who was clobbered for a six and a four in his very first over by Nair, got hisknuckleball to send the right-hander back caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar at long-off. With both the openers back in thedug out, the onus was on Pant and new man Shreyas Iyer (33 off 25) but Siraj, after getting clobbered for a six in theprevious ball got a toe crusher to cannon into the southpaw's stumps. The right-handed duo batted well to put 37 runsfor the third wicket before being separated by Siraj. Pant's dismissal brought together all-rounder Corey Anderson andIyer, who was at his destructive best, clobbering two consecutive sixes off Yuvraj Singh, before Purple Cap holderBhuvneshwar Kumar packed Iyer back with a slower bouncer. Anderson then took on the responsi-bility and with new man Morris, wasted no time in using the long handle. With 24 needed off the lastthree overs, Anderson clobbered Bhuvneshwar for a six and a four off back to back balls beforeMorris sent Kaul outside the park to take Delhi within sniffing distance of the win. Earlier, YuvrajSingh (70 not out from 41 balls) made the most of the life he got on 29 when he was droppedbySamson at deep square, to propel Sunrisers to 185/3 after being sent to bat.

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PAKISTAN POSTPONES BANGLADESHTOUR, BCB SAYS WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION

GAUTAM GAMBHIR AND ROBIN UTHAPPA'S 100-PLUS PARTNERSHIP SAW KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS DEFEAT DELHI DARE-DEVILS BY SEVEN WICKETS AT THE EDEN GARDENS IN KOLKATA.

KARACHI, (AFP) Pakistan's cricket chief said today that a scheduledvisit to Bangladesh this summer has been postponed for at least ayear after the Bangladeshis refused to reciprocate the tour because ofsecurity fears. Pakistan was due to play two Tests, three one-dayinternationals and a Twenty20 match in Bangladesh in July and Au-gust. But the militancy-wracked country has been forced to host mostof its matches overseas after an attack on the Sri Lankan team in2009, barring a limited over series against Zimbabwe in 2015.Security has improved over the past two years and some foreignplayers have tentatively endorsed returning. But cricket chiefShaharyar Khan said Bangladesh had turned down the invitation. Hetold AFP he had spoken to Bangladesh cricket board representativeson the sidelines of an International Cricket Council meeting in Dubai,and "decided to postpone the series for one or two years. But we willdefinitely play them," Khan added."We toured Bangladesh in 2012 and 2015 without Bangladesh recipro-cating so we hope they will discuss fur ther and find a solution," hesaid. When Pakistan last toured Bangladesh in 2015 they demanded ashare of the revenue, and were repor tedly paid 325,000 by the hosts.Since the suspension of international cricket Pakistan have been forcedto play all their home series in the neutral venues of the United ArabEmirates. But the successful staging of the Pakistan Super League in

Lahore in March has boosted long-held hopes of bringing the spor thome to the cricket-obsessed nation. The Pakistan Cricket Board seesa World XI tour of the country in September for a shor t Twenty20series as another positive step. "Some progress has also been madeon the World XI tour and we hope that that tour will fur ther help us inreviving international cricket in Pakistan," said Khan. Meanwhile theBangaldesh Cricket Board has said it will take leagal action againstPakistan for cancelling this tournament.

Beast Mount Incredible Third Period Come-back to Win Series Over Reading 4-2PENNSYLVANIA - Brampton Beast captain Brandon Marino tookthe team on his back in the third period at Santander Arena inReading on Monday night in Game Six, scoring the go-aheadgoal with just over six minutes remaining in regulation timeand sealing the victory with an empty net dagger, giving theBeast a 3-1 win, and more importantly a 4-2 series win overthe Reading Royals. Luke Pither scored the game-tying goalearly in the third period and goaltender Zach Fucale turned inanother superlative performance between the pipes, makingan eye-popping 40 saves to help guide his team to victory. Thefirst period was an equally-played affair, but it was Readingwho had a slight edge in play, outshooting the Beast 19-13. Thehometown Royals struck first late in the opening frame asJustin Crandall found the top corner with a perfectly-placedshot over the glove of Fucale at 16:12.

BEAST ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE FORNORTH DIVISION FINALBRAMPTON - After defeating the Reading Royals in six gamesin the Nor th Division Semifinal, the Brampton Beast, ECHL affili-ate of the Montreal Canadiens, have moved on the to the North DivisionFinal and will play the Manchester Monarchs in the second round of theKelly Cup Playoffs. The Monarchs, ECHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings,defeated the Adirondack Thunder in their opening series in six games. At theend of the regular season, the Beast finished as the third seed in the NorthDivision with 88 points while the Monarchs finished in fourth place in theNorth Division with 85 points, giving Brampton home ice advantage for thefirst time in their ECHL history, hosting four of the possible seven games,including the first two contests of the series, at the Powerade Centre inBrampton. The schedule for the Kelly Cup Playoffs North Division Final is asfollows:Game 1: Brampton vs Manchester - Thursday, April 27, 7:15pm at PoweradeCentreGame 2: Brampton vs Manchester - Saturday, April 29, 7:15 pm at PoweradeCentreGame 3: Brampton at Manchester - Monday, May 1, 7pm at SNHU ArenaGame 4: Brampton at Manchester - Tuesday, May 2, 7pm at SNHU ArenaGame 5: Brampton at Manchester - Wednesday, May 3, 7pm at SNHUArena (if necessary)Game 6: Brampton vs Manchester - Friday, May 5, 7:15pm at PoweradeCentre (if necessary)Game 7: Brampton vs Manchester - Sunday, May 7, 2pm at PoweradeCentre (if necessary)Tickets for the North Division Final against the Manchester Monarchs areavailable NOW! To get your tickets, please call the Brampton Beast office at905-564-1684 or purchase your tickets online at http://bramptonbeast.com/playoff_tickets/. Fans can listen to every Beast game, both home and away,with Beast play-by-play broadcaster Chris Ballard on the Brampton Beastapp or on www.BramptonBeast.com

IPL 10: Punjab humiliate Delhi by 10 wicketsMOHALI (IANS) Kings XI Punjab dominated with both bat and ballto thrash a rather off-colour Delhi Daredevils by 10 wickets intheir Indian Premier League (IPL) match. Medium-pacer SandeepSharma played a starring role for Punjab, returning figures of 4/20 to bag the Man of the Match award as Delhi were bundled outfor a mere 67 runs at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadiumhere. Delhi's total was the second lowest in this year's IPL after RoyalChallengers Bangalore were dismissed for 49 during their 82-run loss toKolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens last week. Needing only 68 runsfor a win, Punjab crossed the line in just 7.5 overs with New Zealand starMartin Guptill smashing a half-century in double quick time.

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