‘Dharmendra is king of romance’

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Veteran actress Hema Malini opened up about her first meeting with husband-actor Dharmendra during an appearance on music reality show "Indian Idol 6".

During the shoot Hema, who was accompanied by Dharmendra, revealed that she first saw the legendary actor while he was shooting for the movie "Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi" and immediately fell for him.

She was all praise for Dharmendra and called him "King Of Romance".

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Swapnil, Rajeev recreate ‘Padosan’ magic

TV actors Swapnil Joshi and Rajeev Thakur recreated the magic of 1968 film "Padosan" in new show "Golmaal Hai Bhai Sab Golmaal Hai".

Rajeev essays the role of Sur Samrat Saarangiwaale in the show and is supposed to teach music to Dhanwantrilal Dhyanchand Dholakia’s (Tiku Talsania) sister Pari (Apara Mehta).

Sur Samrat finds himself in a sticky situation where he loses his voice shortly before he is to meet Tiku. However, Sachin (Swapnil) comes to his rescue.

Swapnil decides to sing for Rajeev, while the latter lipsyncs in the show aired on Sab TV. Together they sing "Ek Chatur naar badi hoshiyaar".

"It was a quite difficult task for me as this track was inspired from the film ‘Padosan’, in which Kishoreda had sung the song. In my real life also, I am a big fan of Kishore Kumar’s songs and films. I have drawn my inspiration watching his films," Swapnil said in a statement.

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First of its kind virtual ‘Ram Durbar’

As part of the promotional strategy of "Ramayan", Zee TV has unveiled an innovative, virtual Ram Durbar on the Facebook page of its new mythological show, where the users can perform aartis and shower flowers.

Packaged beautifully, the virtual temple showcases Lord Rama, Lakshman and Sita with Lord Hanuman. To the netizens’ delight, the temple has unique features that let them ring the bell, light a diya, play a choice of aartis, shower flowers, smear haldi kumkum on the deities, break a coconut and even rotate the aarti thali.

The new Ramayan, which is aired every Sunday, is based on Ramcharitmanas that is rich in core values, ideals and principles that form the crux of the society and upbringing.

–Indo-Asian News Service