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Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) It is a good idea to celebrate a day honoring women, but what about the other 364 days in a year, wonders Bollywood actress Kiara Advani, when we quizzed her about her thoughts on Women's Day.## "Everyday should be Women's Day and everyday should be celebrated. Why just one day? I feel every single day belongs to us!" Kiara told IANS, on the sidelines of promoting her new Netflix film, "Guilty".## Celebrating just one day for women hardly makes sense unless discrimination and crimes against women are curbed and we learn to respect the female gender, but Kiara is happy that at least a conversation has started.## "Earlier these conversations would always be suppressed. We would never have these conversations. Today, we are finally tapping into those uncomfortable conversations. While the rate of rape is alarming in our country, we all need to fight against it. The fact that these conversations have started is one step closer to the ultimate goal. I'm hoping that stricter laws are implemented against these kinds of crimes," said Kiara.## For more and latest news about Bollywood, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Actress Kirti Kulhari, while opening up on the concept of Women's Day, said that she isn't personally a fan of allotting a single day in a year to a cause, but is happy that awareness about crimes against women is finally a reality.## "I am personally not a big fan of any of these days that are celebrated as a particular day in the whole year. I wish we learn to celebrate every single day. I think it will be great if we as a society strive towards understanding the real meaning of these days and applying them in our lives," Kirti told IANS.## She feels the change has finally started, whereby we are much more aware as citizens and the laws have become stricter. However, the actress adds that children should be guided right from their growing-up years so that they get a sense of what is right and what is wrong.## "I think these crimes have been happening around us since a very long time but we never came to know about it. Now there is much more awareness among people, the law is stricter, and social media has helped in creating movements out of incidents that have happened. The government is aware of the fact that safety for all is of utmost importance. Everyone is answerable and I think that's a good space to be in," added Kirti.## The "Mission Mangal" actress further said: "While we are working on other aspects to control all this, how a child has been raised, in what environment, with what perspectives and awareness, are some major factors. This is where it all starts and that's where it needs to be dealt with, in every household -- not by telling the child what's to be done but by guiding them, and through parental actions and behavior. Feed the child the right ideas and I think that's the deeper change that we are looking at."## Kirti concluded with her message on Women's Day. "On women's day, I want to tell society that although it seems that sometimes women are overdoing it, trust me they are not. Only if we all had information about what all they have been through, it just seems fair that all of us are waking up and fighting for our own rights. I think we all should open ourselves to the idea of what 'equality' means to so many women. Just providing this faith in your own house will mean so much to the women in your lives."## "Women, in general, are nurturers, they will never leave your side, they will love you and care about you, but you also need to respect their space, freedom, and equality, so that they flourish, nurture their own selves and reach the highest potential," she concluded.## International Women's Day is on March 8.## For more and latest news about Bollywood, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Popular singer Kumar Sanu's daughter Shannon K has released her new song titled 'I do', which she describes as 'a bittersweet love song'.## "The meaning behind 'I do' is how you still have feelings for them despite being apart from each other. How all the places and things still remind you of them and you're confessing that you can't get them out of your head because somewhere deep down you still love them. Although you don't want to come in between their new relation, so you wish them well with their new life," Shannon said.## Written by Shannon, Maize, Louise, the song has been produced by Infinity, who has worked with artistes like Ludacris and Mary J Blige.## Shannon has also worked with Indian artistes such as Sonu Nigam, Shaan, and Himesh Reshammiya.## For more and latest news about Songs, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Actor Sanjay Gagnani had been away from 'Kundali Bhagya' for a while. He is now back on the show.## His character Prithvi Malhotra's sudden disappearance from the Ekta Kapoor show had left many wondering about Sanjay's absence.## "It was a sudden break from the show because the content demanded me to be off-track for a couple of months. If I would have been there then the story wouldn't have moved forward because everyone knows that Prithvi Malhotra can do anything and everything," he said.## "The content did not demand his presence that is why he was away from the show for a couple of months. I miss being part of 'Kundali Bhagya' because I have been there in the show for more than two and a half years now. It's great to be back," added the actor, who is also seen in Ekta's other production "Naagin".## Sanjay asserts that his character's entry is at the most opportune moment.## "Prithvi enters the show during the Holi celebration when everyone is having fun and that's when the unpredictable happens - the earthquake or volcano called Prithvi Malhotra enters. So exactly at the moment and in a kind of scenario when no character, no viewer or in a way at a point where no one expected, Prithvi Malhotra is back on the show," he said.## For more and latest news about TV, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Business magnate Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani's daughter Isha Ambani and her businessman husband Anand Piramal kicked off Holi celebrations by hosting a grand party at their residence on Friday in Mumbai, and A-list celebrities were in attendance.## Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas were among the first guests to arrive. The couple looked stunning in matching white traditional outfits with colorful embroidery. Priyanka and Nick flew down to India from the US earlier this week.## Vicky Kaushal arrived at the party in a white shirt and blue jeans, and Katrina Kaif came in wearing white sleeveless salwar kameez.## The Ambanis wore colorful outfits. Nita Ambani wore a cream salwar kameez while Isha wore a bright tie-dye maxi dress. Her brother Akash Ambani opted for a T-shirt with blue, pink and yellow tie-dye accents and jeans and his wife Shloka Ambani chose to wear white co-ords with a quirky, colorful print.## Jacqueline Fernandez looked gorgeous in a floral crop top paired with a matching long skirt. Rajkummar Rao and his girlfriend Patralekhaa were dressed in their traditional best.## Filmmaker Gauri Shinde came with her husband, filmmaker R Balki. Anusha Dandekar wore a simple white salwar kameez. Huma Qureshi came in an all-white ensemble, as well.## Sonali Bendre, Elnaaz Norouzi, Diana Penty, writer Mushtaq Sheikh, Armaan Jain with wife Anissa Malhotra were also spotted at the party, as were Priyanka Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra and brother Siddharth Chopra, who came with rumored girlfriend Neelam Upadhyaya.## For more and latest news about Entertainment, stay tuned with us.

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Melbourne, March 7 (IANS) Global music superstar Katy Perry on Saturday met the Indian cricket team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where they would face Australia in the much-anticipated final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Sunday -- International Women's Day.## Perry met another famous Perry, injured Australian star Ellyse Perry who presented the pop icon with a 'Perry' Australian shirt and also met Australian fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck and the full Indian squad, led by captain Harmanpreet Kaur.## Perry, who is expecting her first child with fiance and Hollywood actor Orland Bloom, will on Sunday perform two songs to get the final underway followed by a one-hour post-match concert, with her full band.## Speaking to reporters a day before her performance, Perry said: "It's gonna be female-centric. There's gonna be a lot of female symbolism. It's going to be the first show that I will be playing while I am pregnant, that's going to have its own female-centric vibe about it. There's going to be lots of strong messages and music through the show.## "In an event like this that's so big, there are so many different people of age-ranges that are watching and listening, from 8 to 80 maybe, and lots of international people. So I'm going to give them what they know. I am not going to shoot myself in the foot. You came for Roar you came for Firework and that is what I am going to give you."## More than 75,000 seats have been sold so far for the showpiece at the MCG. Also, the final presents an opportunity to set a new record for attendance at a women's sporting fixture, bidding to beat the 90,185 set at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final in the USA.## For more and latest news about Cricket, stay tuned with us.

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Los Angeles, March 7 (IANS) Singer Justin Bieber is quite a prankster. He recently went undercover as a tour guide on the set of the popular sitcom 'Friends' in California.## Some of the fans of "Friends" didn't suspect him as he wore a pair of glasses and comical facial hair. At one point, he called himself a "Joey guy" and reenacted one of the Matt Le Blanc character's catchphrases, "How you doin'?"## "I gotta be honest, I'm Justin Bieber and I'm just messing with you guys. This is all a set up," he says to one couple before posing for a selfie with the shocked fans, reports people.com.## Bieber even sang the iconic song "Smelly cat" that Lisa Kudrow‘s Phoebe once belted on the sitcom, which ended 2004.## The prank played by the 26-year-old was aired on Friday's episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show".## He got to demonstrate more of his prank skills earlier this week on the TV show.## During an episode, Bieber had jumped from within a box positioned near football legend David Beckham to scare him.## For more and latest news about Hollywood, stay tuned with us.

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London, March 7 (IANS) Researchers have found that social isolation and loneliness could be associated with increased inflammation in the body, though loneliness and isolation should neither be used interchangeably nor grouped together.## For arriving at the findings, published in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews, researchers analysed 30 previous studies to investigate the link between social isolation and loneliness with inflammation in the body.## "Our results suggest loneliness and social isolation are linked with different inflammatory markers. This shows how important it is to distinguish between loneliness and isolation, and that these terms should neither be used interchangeably nor grouped together," said study researcher Christina Victor, Professor at Brunel University in UK.## According to the researchers, inflammation is the body's way of signaling the immune system to heal and repair damaged tissue, as well as defending itself against viruses and bacteria.## Inflammation can eventually start damaging healthy cells, tissues, and organs and lead to an increased risk of developing non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease.## Researchers found that social isolation, the objective state of being isolated from other people, was associated with the presence of C-reactive protein, a protein substance released into the bloodstream within hours of a tissue injury, and increased levels of the glycoprotein fibrinogen, which is converted into fibrin-based blood clots.## Interestingly, researchers also identified that the link between social isolation and physical inflammation was more likely to be observed in males than females.## Further work is needed to clarify why this might be, but previous work suggests that males and females might respond differently to social stressors, the said.## "The evidence we examined suggests that social isolation may be linked with inflammation, but the results for a direct link between loneliness and inflammation were less convincing," said study researcher Kimberley Smith, Professor at the University of Surrey in UK.## "We believe these results are an important first step in helping us to better understand how loneliness and social isolation may be linked with health outcomes," Smith added.## For more and latest news about Life and Style, stay tuned with us.

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New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Actress Keira Knightley's comedy-drama 'Misbehaviour' will release in India on April 9.## PVR Pictures will bring the film, which celebrates the significance of womanhood, to India.## Set in the 1970s, "Misbehaviour" is a satirical interpretation of the beauty pageant -- Miss World. It also stars Jessie Buckley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Philippa Lowthorpe has helmed the film from the script by Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe.## The movie is based on true events and the characters are seen strongly voicing their opinions about the stereotypical pageant world.## The plot reflects unjust norms of the beauty industry along with the objectification of women. Knightley, Buckley, and Mbatha will be seen playing feminist activists who disrupt the patriarchy and show women the true face of womanhood.## For more and latest news about Hollywood, stay tuned with us.

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Los Angeles, March 7 (IANS) Actress Tessa Thompson has confirmed that 'Batman Begins' star Christian Bale will play a villain in 'Thor: Love and Thunder'.## "Christian Bale is going to play our villain, which is going to be fantastic," Thompson told etonline.com.## "I've read the script. I can't tell you much. Lots of exciting text messages exchanged between Natalie (Portman) and I. We're going to have fun. Taika is writing (and) directing. Some familiar faces. Some new people coming into the mix," she said.## She also confirmed that when viewers reunite with her character for the first time post-Endgame, she will be King Valkyrie.## "She's king," she clarified of her royal title. "If she can't find her queen, she'll just be king and queen at the same time."## The fourth installment in the "Thor" franchise was announced at last summer's Comic-Con, with Taika Waititi announcing Natalie Portman will be reprising her role as Jane Foster.## For more and latest news about Hollywood, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Shalini Pandey, who is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Ranveer Singh starrer 'Jayeshbhai Jordaar', says she always wanted to be an actress and that it comes naturally to her.## "I only wanted to be an actress since I was a child! I have always enjoyed watching people in different situations. If I get really fascinated by any character, be it onscreen or offscreen, I tend to subconsciously behave like that person and that can be anything!## "Maybe the hand gestures, maybe the walk, the way they talk, the way they eat, the way they sigh, it can be the slightest of the mannerisms. So, for me, being an actor comes naturally," says Shalini.## The "Arjun Reddy" actress says she has always been fascinated by drama and movies.## "I enjoy being different people. I've always gotten attracted to movie characters that are strong, loved strong stories that touch your heart. I love listening to stories!"## Shalini said that she has always been drawn to the content cinema and had secretly wished that her journey in Bollywood should start with cinema that could make the country proud.## "After getting into theatre, I realised how much I loved good, strong content and characters. I'm glad that I'm getting to start my journey in Bollywood with 'Jayeshbhai Jordaar'.## "I heard it and I immediately knew that I had to be a part of it. Good content has always given me an adrenaline rush and I'm glad to be a part of a project that has excited me to perform out of my skin each day on set," she said.## For more and latest news about Bollywood, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) The upcoming web series 'Bhaukaal' is a gripping action drama based on true events and centered on an IPS Officer who brings down the organised crime rates in Uttar Pradesh in the early 2000s.## Toplined by Mohit Raina, the show is directed by Jatin Wagle.## Raina returns to the screens after his lauded roles in "Uri: The Surgical Strike" and also his small screen avatar as Mahadev in "Devon Ke Dev: Mahadev".## "Bhaukaal" is set in Muzaffarnagar of 2003, which was known as the crime capital of India back then. The series tells the story of how a single courageous police officer takes it on himself to clean up the town of organised crime and also battles influential locals in the process.## Raina features alongside an ensemble cast that includes Abhimanyu Singh, Siddhanth Kapoor, Bidita Bag, Sunny Hinduja, Rashmi Rajput, Pradeep Nagar and Gulki Joshi.## The 10-episode series is produced by Harman Baweja and Vicky Bahri and scripted by Akash Mohimen, Jay Bansal and Rohit Chauhan.## The series streams on MX Player.## For more and latest news about Bollywood and Web, stay tuned with us.