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IF YOU SMELT A RAT, YOU'D RATHER KEEP AWAY: VIDYA ON CASTING COUCH SEXUAL EXPLOITATION NOT CONFINED TO FILM INDUSTRY: IRRFAN SHAH RUKH KHAN, AKSHAY KHANNA, SONAKSHI SINHA AND SIDHARTH MALHOTRA DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE OF FILM, ITTEFAQ, IN MUMBAI. PAKISTANI CRICKET TEAM CELEBRATED WITH TROPHY AFTER WINNING THE THIRD AND FINAL TWENTY20 CRICKET MATCH AGAINST SRI LANKA IN LAHORE. MUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Irrfan Khan, who has worked in international projects as well, says sexual exploitation is not confined just to showbiz. Asked about Hollywood's ongoing contro- versy over sexual allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Irrfan said a sexually sup- pressed society was the cause of exploitation and this was not limited to the film industry. "Whenever the society is sexually suppressed, whichever gender who has an opportunity, if the male has more power, he will exploit the woman, and if the woman has more power, she will exploit man," Irrfan said on Wednesday at a media interaction for "Qarib Qarib Singlle". "In India, we do have sexual suppression. We have put so many conditions and values behind it, anyone can judge a relationship between two people and this is not a healthy sign," added the actor. Irrfan said: "People are exploited, and there is nothing to hide in it and it is prevalent in every field. This issue is not limited to film line. Every line of work, where there is sexual suppres- sion, people would exploit." In "Qarib Qarib Singlle", Irrfan is paired with Malayalam actor Parvathy, who is debuting in the Hindi film industry with the Tanuja Chandra directorial. Irrfan said Parvathy gave him a complex. MUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Vidya Balan says she protected herself against "sleazy predators" and "casting couch" in the industry. During an interview on the CNN-News 18 show "Straight Talk with Vidya Balan", Vidya opened up about the clamour around sexual harassment in showbiz after Holly- wood producer Harvey Weinstein was named by multiple actresses and models for rape and assault. The question about why the women remained si- lent has been put up mul- tiple times. According to Vidya, "I come from a privi- leged background, so I al- ways gave the vibe that I don't need this, I'm only doing this as a passion, I'm very serious about this... But I won't react with people in a way that was personal. Almost err on the side of caution. Maybe it's also a middle-class thing. If you smelt a rat, you'd rather keep away. That was my way of protecting myself. Kohli beats Messi on Forbes list NEW DELHI, (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli has pipped Argentina and Barcelona star footballer Lionel Messi in the Forbes list of most valuable brands among sportspersons. Led by Swiss tennis great Roger Federer, the top five in the list comprise American basketball star LeBron James, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, star Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo and American golfer Phil Mickelson. Another US golfer Tiger Woods is at the sixth spot, followed by Kohli at the No.7 position. Irish golfer Rory McIlroy is at the eighth spot while Messi and basketball star Steph Curry finish the top-10. Forbes calculates the brand value of an athlete by subtracting the average income of the top 10 athletes in the same spor t from the total earnings of that athlete, excluding salary and bonus from their sport and all investment income. The calculations revealed Kohli's brand value at $14.5 million, a million dollars more than Messi, and $22.7m shor t of Federer. Kohli, however, is neither the first Indian nor the first cricketer in the top 10 of the Forbes list. His predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the fifth-most valuable sports brand among athletes in 2014, with his brand value calculated at $20m, a million lower than it had been in 2013. The Indian Premier League (IPL), however, failed to make it to the 10 biggest brands among sport and sport-enter- tainment events, led by Super Bowl. KOHLI, MITHALI TOP ICC ODI BATTERS' LIST; PAK'S HASSAN ALI BEST AMONG BOWLERS DUBAI, (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli and his female counterpart Mithali Raj on Monday rose to the No.1 spot in their respective ICC's ODI rankings for batters. Kohli, who struck two centuries during India's 2-1 victory in the three-match ODI rubber against New Zealand. The 28-year-old Delhi batsman, who scored 263 runs in the series against New Zealand including knocks of 121 in the first ODI in Mumbai and 113 in the final game in Kanpur, touched 889 points, which is the best ever by an India batsman. The previous highest points tally of 887 was managed by Sachin Tendulkar in 1998 and by Kohli earlier this year. Mithali jumped a place to claim the number one spot in ODIs. Ellyse Perry of Australia and Amy Satterthwaite of New Zealand also jumped one place each to be at second and third spots respectively. Meg Lanning of Australia has dropped from first to fourth. Mithali has 753 points while Perry and Satterthwaite are on 725 and 720 points respectively. Rohit Sharma's 174 runs in the series, which included a fine 147 in the final match at Kanpur, has seen him reach a career- high rating of 799 points, but remains in the seventh position. India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has reached a career-best third position after finishing with six wickets in the series against the Black Caps. Bumrah rose three spots to be only behind table toppers -- Imran Tahir of South Africa at second and Hasan Ali of Pakistan at the top. Among the women bowlers, veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami retained the second spot in the ICC rankings. SHUTTLER SRIKANTH WINS FRENCH OPEN TITLE PARIS, (IANS) Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in straight games to win the men's singles title at the French Open Superseries here on Sunday. Srikanth dominated from the start to carve out a 21-14, 21-13 win in 34 minutes. Sunday's win helped the eighth seeded Indian to improve his head-to-head statistics against the unseeded Japanese to 2-0.

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SEXUAL EXPLOITATION NOT CONFINEDTO FILM INDUSTRY: IRRFAN

SHAH RUKH KHAN, AKSHAY KHANNA, SONAKSHI SINHA AND SIDHARTH MALHOTRA DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE OFFILM, ITTEFAQ, IN MUMBAI.

PAKISTANI CRICKET TEAM CELEBRATED WITH TROPHY AFTER WINNING THE THIRD AND FINAL TWENTY20 CRICKET MATCHAGAINST SRI LANKA IN LAHORE.

MUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Ir rfan Khan, who has worked in international projects as well, sayssexual exploitation is not confined just to showbiz. Asked about Hollywood's ongoing contro-versy over sexual allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Irr fan said a sexually sup-pressed society was the cause of exploitation and this was not limited to the film industry."Whenever the society is sexually suppressed, whichever gender who has an oppor tunity,if the male has more power, he will exploit the woman, and if the woman has more power ,she will exploit man," Ir r fan said on Wednesday at a media interaction for "Qarib QaribSinglle". "In India, we do have sexual suppression. We have put so many conditions andvalues behind it, anyone can judge a relationship between two people and this is not ahealthy sign," added the actor.Ir r fan said: "People are exploited, and there is nothing to hide in it and it is prevalent in everyfield. This issue is not limited to film line. Every line of work, where there is sexual suppres-sion, people would exploit." In "Qarib Qarib Singlle", Irr fan is paired with Malayalam actorPar vathy, who is debuting in the Hindi film industry with the Tanuja Chandra directorial.Ir r fan said Parvathy gave him a complex.

MUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Vidya Balansays she protected herself against"s leazy predators" and "cast ingcouch" in the industry. During aninterview on the CNN-News 18show "Straight Talk with VidyaBalan", Vidya opened upabout the clamour aroundsexual harassment inshowbiz af ter Hol ly-wood producer HarveyWeinstein was namedby mult iple actressesand models for rape andassault.The question about whythe women remained si-lent has been put up mul-tiple times. According toVidya, "I come from a privi-leged background, so I al-ways gave the vibe that I don't need this, I'm only doing this as apassion, I'm very serious about this... But I won't react with people ina way that was personal. Almost err on the side of caution. Maybe it'salso a middle-class thing. If you smelt a rat, you'd rather keep away.That was my way of protecting myself.

Kohli beats Messi on Forbes list

NEW DELHI, (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli has pipped Argentinaand Barcelona star footballer Lionel Messi in the Forbes list of mostvaluable brands among spor tspersons. Led by Swiss tennis greatRoger Federer, the top five in the list comprise American basketballstar LeBron James, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, star Por tugueseforward Cristiano Ronaldo and American golfer Phil Mickelson.Another US golfer Tiger Woods is at the sixth spot, followed by Kohli atthe No.7 position. Irish golfer Rory McIlroy is at the eighth spot whileMessi and basketball star Steph Curry finish the top-10. Forbes calculates thebrand value of an athlete by subtracting the average income of the top 10 athletesin the same spor t from the total earnings of that athlete, excluding salary and bonusfrom their sport and all investment income. The calculations revealed Kohli'sbrand value at $14.5 million, a million dollars more than Messi, and $22.7m shor tof Federer. Kohli, however, is neither the first Indian nor the first cricketer in the top10 of the Forbes list. His predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the fifth-mostvaluable sports brand among athletes in 2014, with his brand value calculated at$20m, a million lower than it had been in 2013. The Indian Premier League (IPL),however, failed to make it to the 10 biggest brands among sport and sport-enter-tainment events, led by Super Bowl.

KOHLI, MITHALI TOP ICC ODIBATTERS' LIST; PAK'S HASSANALI BEST AMONG BOWLERS

DUBAI, (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli and his female counterpar tMithali Raj on Monday rose to the No.1 spot in their respective ICC'sODI rankings for batters. Kohli, who struck two centuries during India's2-1 victory in the three-match ODI rubber against New Zealand. The28-year-old Delhi batsman, who scored 263 runs in the series againstNew Zealand including knocks of 121 in the first ODI in Mumbai and113 in the final game in Kanpur, touched 889 points, which is the bestever by an India batsman. The previous highest points tally of 887was managed by Sachin Tendulkar in 1998 and by Kohli earlier thisyear. Mithali jumped a place to claim the number one spot in ODIs.Ellyse Perr y of Australia and Amy Satter thwaite of New Zealand alsojumped one place each to be at second and third spots respectively.Meg Lanning of Australia has dropped from first to four th. Mithali has753 points while Per ry and Satter thwaite are on 725 and 720 pointsrespectively. Rohit Sharma's 174 runs in the series, which included afine 147 in the final match at Kanpur, has seen him reach a career-high rating of 799 points, but remains in the seventh position.India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has reached a career-best third position afterfinishing with six wickets in the series against the Black Caps. Bumrah rose threespots to be only behind table toppers -- Imran Tahir of South Africa at second andHasan Ali of Pakistan at the top. Among the women bowlers, veteran India pacerJhulan Goswami retained the second spot in the ICC rankings.

SHUTTLER SRIKANTHWINS FRENCH OPEN TITLEPARIS, (IANS) Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated Japan's KentaNishimoto in straight games to win the men's singles title at the FrenchOpen Superseries here on Sunday.Srikanth dominated from the star t to carve out a 21-14, 21-13 winin 34 minutes.Sunday's win helped the eighth seeded Indian to improve his head-to-headstatistics against the unseeded Japanese to 2-0.

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BY JOYEETA DUTTA RAYBRAMPTON - WINGS (Women's Initiativesto Nur ture, Grow & Suppor t) is aMississauga-based socia l organizat ionfounded to connect enterprising women fromall walks of life to share insights, experiencesand resources to strengthen not just their ownlives but also the lives of women in difficultlife situations.

WINGS now attempts to merge borders and introduce its communitymembers and their women friends to a new territory - Cinema. Theinitiative commences with the internationally acclaimed and highlyawarded Indian filmmaker and veteran actress Aparna Sen's path-breaking directorial English film Sonata that spins you into the med-ley of three unmarried women friends facing mid-life crises.Adapted from the play Sonata by Mahesh Elkunchwar, the story iscentred around Aruna Chaturvedi (professor), Dolon Sen (banker) andSubhadra Parekh (journalist) played by Aparna Sen herself, ShabanaAzmi and Lillete Dubey respectively. Sonata is strung with happinessand compromises that stem from the decision to not settle down with men. Yetthe three do not seem unsettled. They acknowledge that there is no pointin asking 'what-if' questions because life has passed them by and theyare content. The film discusses how demons of the past can continue tohaunt us in the present and future; how love and friendship can help usdeal with whatever life churns up. WINGS was started with the core intention to

Support, Nur ture and Grow women's initiatives in all areas. With thisscreening, the organization brings ventures where women are increas-ingly at the helm on an international platform. As Aparna Sen said to anoted newspaper "I made decision to use my strength in areas like writ-ing, directing, producing so the power, position is in my hand. We haveto be prepared for challenges." WINGS applauds such strength andpower in every woman and is honoured to present the 3 times Na-tional Film and 9 times International Film Awarded Veteran Filmmaker'slatest creation to the Canadian audience at the prestigious premises of HumberCollege, Etobicoke on November 5.

BIG B IS PURE ADDICTION:TAAPSEE PANNUMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu says she is ad-dicted to sharing screen space with megastar AmitabhBachchan. She once again shared screen space with BigB in his game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati 9" after the2016 film "Pink". Taapsee took to Twitter on Thursday toshare a photograph of herself with the 75-year-old actorfrom the set of the Sony Enter tainment Television show."This man is pure addiction! Can never have enough ofsharing screen space with him. Watch me exercising mybrain cells on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'," Taapsee captionedthe image. "Pink", directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury,is a cour troom drama with a strong socially relevantmessage about the choices young women of today makeand about respecting those. The film also featured Kir t iKulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi and Piyush Mishra.

Why should boys have all the fun? Just the sheer pleasure ofwatching two of our feistiest actresses in a road movie set inSweden is enough of a kickback to sail through what is at besta girl-bonding flick with plenty of perk and pizzazz, thanks tothe crackling and hissing chemistry between the two leadactresses. The basic premise is promising. Two very dissimi-lar girls share the same name and nothing else. Kalki isoutgoing, loud, gregarious and 'bindaas'. Richa is quiet,withdrawn and repressed. One wants to live every moment.The other wants her life to end -- the sooner, the better.Though the aggression between them is overdone, their initialbickering is well-scripted and gives away some of what thecharacters are holding back. The striking visuals help anchorthe two protagonists' road journey. Very often, the film lookslike a pretext for promoting Swedish tourism. But thendebutant director Howard Rosemeyer has some surprises forthe second half when the narrative sobers down to a treaclytrickle of tears. Despite its manipulative mould of getting ourattention -- if one of the protagonists is dying and the otherone just wants to die, then the audience is bound to getconcerned -- the characters move us into believing in their

grief and spur ts of joy.It's hard to imagine the film working without the Jias. RichaChadha and Kalki Koechlin sneak a seductive synergy into theproceedings. They know they are playing 'sober' and 'bindaas'and they bring their most cherished acting chops into thepicture. You will be thoroughly regaled by the two actresses,specially in the way they reverse gender biases. Kalki openlylusts after Swedish men on the streets, the way a single Indianmale would if he saw firangi women in a foreign town. The twogirls sing raunchy songs, swig beer and swing together throughsome madcap adventures which don't always make sense.A third interesting character, played by Kashmiri actor ArslanGoni, adds a bit more glint to this curiously quaint yet feistyand sexy road film which adds value to its zany touristic good-times-in-distant-lands theme with a sobering message on why life needsto be valued beyond the calamities that are bestowed on us. Watch out for thesequence in a hospital bed where Kalki talks about her future and why she can'thave it. See the film for the Kalki-Richa jugal-bonding and yes, for theway the film uses the evergreen Shankar-Jaikishan/LataMangeshkar/Mohd Rafi song "Jiya oh jiya kuch bol do" toreiterate life's most valuable lessons.

Nawaz apologises for hurtingsentiments, withdraws memoirMUMBAI, (PTI) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has issued anapology for "hur ting the sentiments" of women whosenames he had mentioned in his memoir, "An OrdinaryLife" allegedly without their consent and has decided towithdraw the book. The 43-year-old actor took to Twitterin the wake of the controversy surrounding his autobiog-raphy, co-written by Rituparna Chatterjee, in which he detailedhis relationships and flings with former Miss India Niharika Singhand actor Sunita Rajwar. "I'm apologising to everyone whose senti-ments are hurt because of the chaos around my memoir 'An Ordi-nary Life'. I hereby regret and decide to withdraw my book," hetweeted. The critically-acclaimed actor drew a lot of flak for reveal-ing personal details about his "passionate" affair with his "MissLovely" co-star Niharika. Excerpts from the book started doing therounds on October 23 and Niharika issued a statement a daylater slamming Nawaz for "exploiting and disrespecting"a woman to sell his autobiography.

There is danger in playing to thegallery: Manoj BajpayeeNEW DELHI, (PTI) Manoj Bajpayee may well be one of thetop draws of commercial cinema, but the actor feels moreat home with content -driven stories which help him break themould of stereotypes. The actor's film "Rukh", currently in cinemahalls, has been acclaimed by critics. The coming-of-age drama,directed by Atanu Mukherjee, revolves around a young man grap-pling with his father's sudden death. Bajpayee, widely praised forhis shor t but memorable turn as the father, said the "clas-sic novel" structure of the script prompted him to take upthe role. "When I read the story, I found all the elements ofa classic novel in it. I play a middle class man who isstruggling to deal with one situation after another.

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'GHOOMAR' SONG MY TRIBUTE TOBRAVE RAJPUT WOMEN: BHANSALI

RAJNEESH DUGGAL, RENU CHAUDHARY AND NEIL NITIN MUKESH AT THE LAUNCH OF MUSIC VIDEO TALEEM IN MUMBAI.

SHAMITA SHETTY ALONG WITH HER MOTHER SUNANDA SHETTY AT THE SPECIAL SCREENING OF FILM JIA AUR JIA IN MUMBAI.

COLIN AGUIAR IN THEMIDST OF SCORING LEGALTHRILLER, 'FINAL VISION'

NEW YORK - A 1920's antique Remington typewriter sits in arecording studio of composer, Colin Aguiar. It is flanked bymusical instruments, computer screens and music manuscriptwhere the composer has etched spontaneous themes for themovie he's scoring. But what 's a typewriter doing in acomposer's workshop? We're about to find out.Colin Aguiar is in the midst of scoring the legal thriller, 'FinalVision', a movie that will be broadcast on the ID Channel in thefirst week of November. Its based on the trial of Dr. JeffreyMacDonald in 1979, which until the O.J. Simpson trial, was thebiggest of its kind in US history. Dr. MacDonald was accused ofmassacring his family - his pregnant wife and two daughtersaged five and seven in 1970. They were killed by way of mul-tiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma. A criminal investiga-tion ensued but MacDonald was let off because of bad manage-ment of the crime scene and the belief that the crime couldhave been committed by perpetrators of a forced home inva-sion. But nine years later, in 1979, the US Justice Depar tmentreopened the case and brought MacDonald back to FederalCour t before a grand jury, and so embarks the story of "FinalVision" starring Scott Foley as Jeffrey MacDonald and DaveAnnable, the writer, Joe McGinniss, who follows MacDonaldand documents MacDonald's court battle."I fell in love with it at the script level" says Colin Aguiar. "Themovie treads a razor's edge between showing MacDonald asinnocent or guilty, sane or insane. It's a one-and-a-half -hourmental chess game with the audience and that's what madethis beautifully engaging as a composer." "I grew up watchingsuspense movies with my mother. I loved Momento, Silence ofthe Lambs and Dial M for Murder. My love usually lies in creat-ing this parallel, invisible script - the emotions that lie be-tween the lines of dialogue and beyond the page of the script,but the point of in t r igue here was in indulg ing in theHitchcockian mechanics of what emotions to introduce andwhen, and that's how I produced a lot of the suspense you'llsee, sorr y, I meant, feel".Colin who's no stranger to scoring films star ted writing musicwhen he was 10 and followed that by writing musicals when hewas still in high school in Scarborough, Ontario. He then did astint of music for theatre plays and then shor t films for stu-dents at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute in Toronto, Canada.But a major corner was turned when he began to bementored by Oscar-winning composer, Mychael Danna. "Ireally owe Mychael so much. He was someone that alwaysencouraged my inventiveness"That inventiveness cer tainly carries through to his music for'Final Vision'. It's laden with haunting vocals from three femalevocalist that symbolize the three female lives lost, solos with aviola da gamba - an old cello-like instrument from the renais-sance period, specially designed synthesizer sounds that per-sonify the insanity of Jeffrey MacDonald and references to theRequiem - a musical mass for the dead. "But even though I hadcreated all this musical material, I was still looking for theultimate metaphor that would unlock the story in a magicalway and that's when I remembered…"Aguiar recalled his father telling him about his grandfather be-ing a hard-working typewriter mechanic. He worked for theRemington typewriter company. It so happens that in the movie,we see Joe McGinniss, the writer using a typewriter as his toolto type out his observations of the trials into his best-sellingbook, Fatal Vision. "It was almost as if the book, was the un-said narrator and I wanted to feel that narrator and bring it tolife. What better tool could I use other than Joe's tool - a type-writer, the same ones my grandfather used to fix."

No environment for women tospeak about sexual abuse: KalkiMUMBAI, (PTI) Kalki Koechlin says there are women who facesexual abuse in the film industry but people often turn a blindeye to them as they are not famous or successful. Recently,Hollywood witnessed the Harvey Weinstein scandal which hasput the spotlight on sexual abuse in the enter tainment industry."I don't think we provide an environment to our women to speakup about sexual abuse," Kalki says in an interview with PTI."We only listen to people once they are successful or famous.There are a lot of women who are at the struggling stages oftheir career who talk about these things but no one will listen totheir story." The actor says people are interested in listening tosomeone only when they become famous. Weinstein has beenin news following a New York Times and the New Yorker ex-pose of his alleged sexual misconduct. More than 50 womenincluding likes of Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, LupitaNyong'o and Kate Beckinsale have detailed their encounter withthe disgraced Hollywood producer.The 33-year-old actor, however, says instead of "harping" on anincident that happened in Los Angeles, one should take respon-sibility for what is happening in the country. "We are harping onthe Harvey Weinstein issue which happened in LA while wehave our own issues -- the incidents at High Spirits in Pune, orthe TVF incident (its CEO Arunabh Kumar was accused of mo-lesting a woman). "You hear about these things for half a dayand then it is gone. We need to take responsibility for our ownstories. I feel it's about time we start listening to them."

BY SUBHASH K. JHAMUMBAI, (IANS) Seeing the amazing grace that Deepika Padukonebrings to the "Ghoomar" song in "Padmavati", it is evident that thenumber did not just happen in the routine way that filmy choreo-graphic songs go. One of the most accomplished Ghoomar dancersof Rajasthan Jyothi D. Tommaar was on the sets to make sure thatDeepika per formed the dance with the understated grace that it de-serves.A source from Sanjay Leela Bhansali productions says: "We wantedto retain absolute authenticity of the Ghoomar. Deepika had to per-form the subtle and intricate dance form not the way it is shown in ourfilms but the way royalty per forms it. In addition to the routine chore-ographers we got Jyothi Tommaar, a true and disciplined exponent ofthe Ghoomar who has taught the dance form to the Rajmata ofKishangarh."Deepika spent 12 days rehearsing the "Ghoomar" number and fourdays actually per forming it on camera. About 60 chorus dancers, alltrained Ghoomar exponents, per formed alongside Deepika. The re-sult is spectacular beyond belief. Movie director Sanjay Bhansalisays: "We wanted the 'Ghoomar' to retain its purity since this wasbeing performed by Rani Padmavati. Every step and every move inthe dance form celebrates the royal grace of royalty. This is our dancetribute to the brave Rajput women of Rajasthan."

TRAILER OF FILM ON KEJRIWAL LAUNCHEDMUMBAI, (IANS) The trailer of "An Insignificant Man" -- a movie that documents Arvind Kejriwal's journey -- was launchedrecently, giving a glimpse into how the film sets out to tell the "extraordinary story of an unlikely election".The film was earlier in the news for a row with the censor board, which under the leadership of Pahlaj Nihalani, had asked themakers Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla to get a no-objection cer tificate (NOC) from Prime Minister Narendra Modi,former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Kejriwal himself, to get a go-ahead for release.The Film Cer tification Appellate Tribunal gave it the green signal. Now it is releasing on November 17. "An InsignificantMan" is a result of 400 hours of footage recorded over the course of a year, capturing the clashes between idealism andpolitics during the Aam Aadmi Party's 2013 election campaign. The trailer takes the viewer back to when Yogendra Yadavand Arvind Kejriwal were working together, and in one shot, Yadav is seen clutching his head.Ranka said in a statement: "It is all real footage. We followed them around with cameras and shot things as they werehappening. There is no script, no interviews." The film is releasing under the banners of Vice and Memesys Lab, and isproduced by Anand Gandhi.

HAVE BEEN ASKED TO COMPROMISE FOR WORK: IRRFAN KHANMUMBAI, (PTI) While Hollywood is rocked by the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Ir rfan Khan said things are not that different inBollywood as he was asked to compromise in his intial days. Without taking names, the actor, 50, said he has been at the receivingend of such proposals. "It has happened with me a lot of times. It won't be good to take names but a lot of times it has been hintedto me and sometimes I have been told clearly that if I compromise I'll get the job. But now it doesn't happen," he said during a mediainteraction here. Irr fan said such things are tricky, especially when they come from the people one knows. "It (invitation) has comefrom both, males and females. It becomes slightly weird because when people you know and respect a lot, give you such offers,you feel that the dynamics of the relationship will change. That's the sad part. But I have the power to accept or refuse them."

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'Rukh': Riveting with fine performances

CAST: MANOJ BAJPAYEE, ADARSH GOURAV,

SMITA TAMBE

DIRECTOR: ATANU MUKHERJEE

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Rukh, which means direction, has been astutely used as a metaphorin debutant director Atanu Mukherjee's film. But, on the face of it, thefilm is about a son's quest to know the truth about his father's death.It is his internal journey.Three years after being rusticated from his school for ruthlessly injur-ing his classmate, Dhruv Mathur finds himself at a loose end when hehears of his father's accident and subsequent death. Not that he has astrong bond with his father, but then how the death and accident ishushed up by everyone, including his mother is what makes him andthe audience curious. Following his own instincts, Dhruv tries to in-vestigate his father Diwakar's accident and in the process, he comesacross some home truths; that his father was "a good man, a man ofhis word," and that he was under pressure for want of funds becausehis best friend and business par tner Robin (Kumud Mishra) had be-trayed him.Now that Robin is trying to frame his dead father in a money launder-ing scam, makes him assume that his father's accident was stagedand that he was actually murdered. With this preconceived notion, hesets out on a journey of redemption and self-reconciliation. Set in amelancholic tone, "Rukh" excels as a fine example of a neo-realismfilm. It subtly captures the time and the current political scenario withflourish. But the screenplay by Akash Mohimen and Atanu Mukherjee,falls shor t in its endeavour as it pursues to convert the drama into amystery thriller. The wrinkles in the mystery quotient seem forced

and is probably what sets in the irritant factor.But what makes the film fulfilling are the per formances. ManojBajpayee is too passive a character to leave much of an impression.But he leaves his mark in a scene opposite Kumud Mishra, who playsRobin, where both of them accuse each other of extracting their poundof flesh. Kumud is a charismatic actor, but as the slimy Robin, he isdeadpan, yet effective. Smita Tambe as Nandini, Dhruv's mother, isrealistic and relatable.Adarsh Gourav is a compelling actor. He por trays Dhruv's anguishand anger with flourish, while being obsessed with unear thing themystery shrouding his father's death. Those are the only two emo-tions the script allows him to display. His backstory seems forced,just inser ted in a formulaic fashion to build his character. Theothers in the suppor ting cast like Jayant - Diwakar's accountant,Hassan and Shinde - Diwakar's labourers and Amit - Dhruv's friend,have their moments of on screen glory. Each one of them is natu-ral and they standout for their soulful delivery.On the technical front, the production design is simply realisticand awe-inspiring. Pooja Gupte's camera work seems to be non-intrusive making the entire viewing experience natural. The twosongs, "Hai Baaki" and "Khidki", along with the background scoreby Anjo John, merge well with the narrative elevating the viewingexperience. Overall, despite a few blemishes, "Rukh" is a film thatkeeps you riveted.

CLOONEY AFRAID OFBREAKING HIS TWINSLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actor George Clooney says he is"scared to death" that he will "break" his children. The actor,56, gushed about being a father to four-month-old twins Ellaand Alexander when he appeared on "The Jimmy KimmelLive!", repor ts people.com. "Listen, I'm scared to death, it'sterrifying," Clooney said of navigating parenthood, adding,"You're afraid of breaking them. They're so little." The"Suburbicon" director and wife Amal Clooney welcomed theirtwins in June, and the father of two has been sharing theirbabies' milestones, including changing diapers. Clooneysaid with two babies, the frequency of the task has become"like cleaning up your dog's p**p". "The Jimmy KimmelLive!" is aired in India on Star World and Star World HD.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN SUESWEINSTEIN COMPANYLOS ANGELES, ( IANS) Hol lywood producer HarveyWeinstein has taken legal action against the Weinstein Com-pany as he wants access to his personnel file and his emailaccount. He wants access to his records to build his legaldefence in the light of recent sexual harassment allegationsmade against him. The producer, who has been accused ofsexual harassment and rape by a number of women, is de-manding access to his emails and personnel file from histime at the company he co-founded, repor ts variety.com.

Kim Kardashian's third babydue just before ChristmasLOS ANGELES, (IANS) TV personality Kim Kardashian'sthird child is repor tedly due to ar rive just before Christ-mas. Kim and her husband rapper Kanye West are towelcome the newest addition to their family via surro-gacy over the festive season, repor ts usmagazine.com.According to a source, after three years of extensiverenovation, Kim and Kanye will be settling into their $20mill ion home in Hidden Hil ls, California, "very soon."The couple has been keeping a close contact with thewoman carrying their third child. Kim confirmed she'sexpecting her third child in a season 14 teaser for herfamily show, but has yet to give fur ther details about thebaby, who is repor tedly a girl. The child will be a siblingto their daughter Nor th, 4, and Saint, 2.

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IT'S NOT ABOUT AKSHAY, BUT WORK-PLACE ETIQUETTE: MALLIKA DUA

SUNNY LEONE AND ARBAAZ KHAN DURING THE TRAILER AND MUSIC LAUNCH OF THEIR FILM TERA INTEZAAR IN MUMBAI.

TUSSHAR KAPOOR, KUNAL KHEMU, SHREYAS TALPADE, TABU AND DIRECTOR ROHIT SHETTY AT A RESTAURANT IN MUMBAI.

Controversies hurt film industry:Sharmila on 'Padmavati'

BY SHARAD AGARWALNEW DELHI, (PTI) Veteran Bollywood star Sharmila Tagoresays the prospects of the film industry are bound to sufferwhen films such as "Padmavati" face controversies.Recently, members of Rajput Karni Sena, an organisation rep-resenting Rajputs, burnt posters of Sanjay Leela Bhansali'smagnum opus. Tagore, 72, was honoured with LifetimeAchievement Award by the PHD Chamber of Commerce andIndustry here for her contribution in the field of cinema. Whenasked if such rows help films garner pre-release publicity,the veteran actor said it is often the opposite."I doubt it. Sometimes it does help, but most of the time itdoesn't. Whatever is happening in the case of "Padmavati', Idon't think it is going to help the film. When you hassle SanjayLeela Bhansali and vandalise the film's sets, the cost of themovie goes up. Even that 'rangoli' was destroyed, how can allthis help?""So, if the film gets delayed, the first three days of the busi-ness gets affected. It affects the economics of the film. Thefirst weekend is very impor tant for the film," Tagore told PTIin an interview. The veteran actor said the debate has in-stilled fear in the minds of the people who already feel scaredto go to the cinema halls.

Privileged to be top mostinfluencer for Unicef: Big BMUMBAI, (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who hasserved as Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for the polio eradica-tion campaign in India, says he is fortunate to be the top mostinfluencer for the organisation. Amitabh on Tuesday shared alist of names of top influencers. "Among top 'influencers' forfight against polio, a list by Unicef. Privileged to be the topmost influencer. Thank you UN!" Big B tweeted.The actor, 75, has been suppor ting and promoting varioushealth and related issues such as childhood immunizationprogramme, anti-tuberculosis campaign and the 'Clean India'initiative. "Unicef Polio; World Polio Day, every child deservesto live a polio free life! I worked eight years on it and todayIndia is polio free." On the acting front, Amitabh, who haswrapped up shooting for "Kaun Banega Crorepati", has twofilms in his kitty -- "Thugs Of Hindostan" and "102 Not Out".

Hrithik is demigod when itcomes to dance: TamannaahMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Tamannaah Bhatia, who is gearingup to essay the protagonist of the Telugu version of "Queen",believes actor Hrithik Roshan is a "demi god" when it comesto dance. Tamannaah bumped into Hrithik at Yash Raj Studioswhile rehearsing for her appearance opposite cricketer Ir fanPathan on Farah Khan's "Lip Sync Battle", read a statement.Sharing her experience, Tamannaah said in a statement: "Ihave always been inspired by Hrithik and he's the very rea-son I got into the enter tainment industry. I am an avid dancerand Hrithik is a demigod when it comes to dance. If there isone favourite actor, then it is Hrithik for me. If an oppor tunityarises, I'd love to work opposite him."The actress also posted an image of herself with Hrithik onInstagram. Its caption read: "An actor that I have looked uptosince the very beginning of my career, the sincerity anddedication that he has, has always inspired me. "Secretlyhoped to meet my favourite hero someday. Today, I feelsuper lucky that I did after all these years. You are sohumble Hrithik Roshan, I think I have never been so ner-vous taking a photo, but I was just so excited thank you forthis wonderful memory," she added.

Would like to do an underdogstory: Arjun KapoorMUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Arjun Kapoor says he would love to doa biopic of a person with an underdog story. Bollywood isbuzzing with spor ts biopics right now. Arjun, who has joinedthe Indian Super League (ISL) bandwagon as co-owner of theFC Pune City franchise, was asked if he would like to do anyof them. He said: "So many biopics are in the making rightnow and so many are already made. I would like to do anunderdog story. I think those are the most exciting biopics. Ireally can't name anyone off hand like this, but I hope wehave some footballer coming through our teams in ISL, whichI would love to emulate at some point and maybe play afootballer star or such a character."Arjun said a biopic of a spor tsperson will be exciting if itbrings out a different facet of the person. "I think biopic shouldbring out a different facet of someone's life. Then only it be-comes interesting. Yuvraj Singh is a very extraordinary man,the way his journey has been, the ups and downs of his life,then there is Sourav Ganguly, the man who defied all odds."I am not saying I want to play anyone of them. All I am sayingis that if there is a (an interesting) journey, it would be fun todo a biopic." On the movie front, Arjun is reuniting with his"Ishaqzaade" co-star Parineeti Chopra for Dibakar Banerjee'sthriller "Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar", under Yash Raj FilmsBanner. "The shooting will start in the coming 10 days innor th India. The shooting is for two months, and I have beenprepping for three months now."For me, it has been an interesting journey. Dibakar is a fan-tastic director and I had fun working with him. The story isquite amazing and extraordinary, that's why I can't reveal toomuch. All I can say is that there is an interesting tussle goingon in India right now, Bharat Vs India, there are two thoughtprocesses which came to sur face in last few years... Thefilm deals with that psychology, how people are changing insociety, what are their ups and downs, especially when you'reso infused in the system."

MUMBAI, (IANS) Comedienne Mallika Dua, who has hit out atBollywood star Akshay Kumar for a remark aimed at her during ashoot, says she wanted to star t a dialogue about etiquette at theworkplace, where big shots often cannot differentiate between "charmand harm." Mallika took to Twitter on Thursday to post snapshots ofan open letter, in which she has addressed the issue.It reads: "Is Kareena Kapoor not entitled to speak about things be-cause she played Chameli? Is Vidya Balan not entitled to speak aboutthings because she did 'The Dir ty Picture'? The people who shame usfor the characters we play are the same people who make it okay fora Bhupendra Chaubey to speak to Sunny Leone the way he did. Shameon you. Fortunately, you can't stop us." A video has surfaced on theinternet in which Akshay is seen saying "Aap bell bajao, main aap kobajata hun (You ring the bell, I will bang you)" to Mallika during theshooting of comedy show "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge".While many came to Mallika's suppor t, many questioned the timing

as Mallika is no longer par t of the show, which is aired on Star Plus.Mallika says "this isn't about Akshay Kumar. This is about every bigBollywood star and every other big shot, who cannot tell the differ-ence between charm and harm. This is about every big celebrity whothinks his colleague enjoys being grabbed by the waist and twirledwithout her consent. "This is about workplace etiquette for every-body, men and women included, and about understanding the idea ofprofessional communication so we don't make someone uncomfor t-able in their place of work, unintentionally or otherwise." She saidwomen are not the "emotional fools most take us to be. I refuse to acton impulse and jeopardise my career for a race of crass alphamales with licences to make us cringe. It amounts to committingsuicide just because every second person in the world is anasshole or not crossing the road because accidents happen. Soyes, we are 100 per cent complicit in letting it pass, sometimes forour own sake," said the daughter of journalist Vinod Dua.

'Dabangg 3' shoot will star t by middle of next year: Arbaaz KhanMUMBAI, (IANS) National Award-winning filmmaker Arbaaz Khan, who produced the Salman Khan-starring, commercially success-ful "Dabangg" series, says that he has star ted scripting the new sequel of the franchise that will go on the floor in the middle of 2018."Yes, we have star ted scripting the film and I think we will star t shooting 'Dabangg 3' by the middle of the next year," the actor-filmmaker told the media at the trailer launch of his upcoming film "Tera Intezaar".As Sunny Leone, who is the co-star in the film, was also present, Arbaaz, asked if he is planning to cast her to do an item number like"Munni Badnaam", said: "Yes, why not? And why would she be a Munni, we can cast her for something different, but for that, we haveto finalize something." Arbaaz has shared his screen space with Sunny for the first time "Tera Intezaar' and according to him, "one ofthe reasons I did the film, was to spend some time with Sunny. She is wonder ful and we had a great time shooting in abroad".Asked about if he is planning to promote the film in "Bigg Boss- 11", which is hosted by his brother, Bollywood superstar SalmanKhan, Arbaaz said: "Well, I think that is the producer to decide. If we have the oppor tunity, and the Colors channel allows us to do so,why not." He added: "Though I do not watch 'Bigg Boss' every day but I like watching the show. Earlier, few seasons, I followed; Iwatched all episodes when Sunny (Leone) was in the show." "Tera Intezaar" is releasing on November 24.

Humayoon Khan excited to work with Sanjay DuttMUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Humayoon Khan says working with Sanjay Dutt in "Torbaaz" is a dream come true moment for him. He iscurrently busy with workshops for the film. "We have star ted workshops for the film, but the shooting will commence in November.It is a big project and working with Sanjay Dutt is a dream project for me. Sanjay sir, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are my ideal,"Humayoon said. "Now, that the dream is slowly coming true it feels amazing," he added."Torbaaz", set in Afghanistan, is a story about child suicide bombers who have been trained to believe that killing is a vir tue and gloryis in the af terlife. It is being helmed by Girish Malik. Humayoon also talked about his character. "My character is also namedHumayoon. I am playing an Army Major's role who is trying to help Sanjay sir in his task of helping children. It is a positive and a veryinteresting character," he said.

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BOXERS DHEERAJ (GOLD MEDALIST), BASANT THAPA (SILVER MEDALIST), JILMIL THOMAS, ANKIT KHATANA (BRONZE MED-ALISTS) ATTEND THE AWARDING CEREMONY FOR THE LIGHT WELTER CATEGORY 64KG AT THE 2ND ELITE MEN'S NATIONALBOXING CHAMPIONSHIP IN VISAKHAPATNAM.

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs to win T20 series 3-0LAHORE: Pakistan marked the return of Sri Lanka with a 3-0Twenty20 series whitewash on Sunday, as officials hoped thematch will help reestablish the country's reputation for hostinginternational cricket. The third and final Twenty20 match, whichPakistan comfortably won by 36 runs at Gaddafi stadium in Lahore,was Sri Lanka's first since their team bus was attacked near thesame venue in March 2009.Those attacks, which left eight people dead and seven Sri Lankaplayers and their staff injured, suspended international cricket inPakistan and forced them to play at neutral venues of UAE. The firsttwo matches, which Pakistan won by seven and two wicketsrespectively, were played in Abu Dhabi before Sri Lanka flew toLahore in a 24-hour fly in, fly out arrangement. The match was thefour th international since the attack, with Zimbabwe playing a five-

match limited over series in 2015 followed by the final of PakistanSuper League and a three-match Twenty20 series with the World XIcomprising of players from seven countries -- both this year.Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi dubbed the match"historic"."This is historic because it marks the beginning of a new era ofinternational cricket in Pakistan," said Sethi. "This sends a bigsignal to the rest of the cricketing nations that Pakistan is ready tohost international cricket." Sri Lanka Cricket President ThilanagSumathipala vowed his board will not leave Pakistan in isolation."We are happy and privileged to be here to support Pakistancricket," said Sumathipala. "It's a wonder ful cricketing nation.Pakistan has done so much for world cricket and to spor ts ingeneral so we cannot leave them in isolation."

INDIA THRASH CHINA INWOMEN'S HOCKEY ASIA CUPKAKAMIGAHARA (JAPAN), (IANS) India came up with an all-round performance to thrash China 4-1 in their second Pool Amatch of the womens hockey Asia Cup 2017 at theKakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium here on Monday. Goals byGurjit Kaur (19th minute), Navjot Kaur (32nd), Neha Goyal(49th) and Rani (58th) ensured that India continued their win-ning momentum in the tournament. The team had previouslybeaten Singapore 10-0 in their opening match.India were quick to get off the blocks, winning a penalty cor-ner in the first 15 minutes to put China on the back foot. Thoughthis was well defended by China, the second quar ter sawIndia's dragflick specialist Gurjit Kaur conver t a splendid goalto give India a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute. Both teams thenplayed cautiously. While India rotated the ball with calm headsand made their way into the striking circle, China were strongon defence to deny India any success.

Manoj strikes gold, Shiva settlesfor silver at NationalsVISAKHAPATNAM, (PTI) Manoj Kumar claimed his secondsuccessive National Championships' gold but Shiva Thapasettled for a silver on an eventful day of summit clashes in thepremier domestic boxing event here.Manoj (69kg), competing for the Railways Spor ts PromotionBoard (RSPB), got the better of Services Spor ts Control Board's(SSCB) Duryodhan Singh for his second successive gold atthe event in a 4-1 decision. Another defending champion,Shiva, however, lost on a split verdict to SSCB's ManishKaushik, settling for the silver medal in the lightweight (60kg)category. Shiva was competing for his home state Assam inthe event.Manoj was adjudged the best boxer, while Manish was de-clared the most promising boxer. King's Cup gold-medallistShyam Kumar (49kg), who was representing RSPB, pulled offa close 3-2 win over Mizoram's Nt Lalbiakkima in the final toclaim the top honours. Commonwealth Games silver-medal-list Mandeep Jangra, who is competing for the RSPB, won hismaiden national title in the middleweight (75kg) category, af-ter he out-punched Mizoram's Vanhlimpuia 5-0.

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TEAM INDIA AFTER WINNING THE THIRD ODI MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND AT GREEN PARK STADIUM IN KANPUR.

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NEW ZEALAND TOUR OFINDIA, 2017

OCT 22, SUNIndia vs New Zealand, 1st ODIWankhede Stadium, Mumbai

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India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODIMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

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India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODIGreen Park, Kanpur

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India vs New Zealand, 1st T20IFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

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India vs New Zealand, 2nd T20ISaurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot

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India vs New Zealand, 3rd T20IGreenfield International Stadium,

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Pakistan to host ACC Emerging Nations Cup in April 2018

WINGS PULL HEAD IN THIRDTO TOP BEASTKALAMAZOO - Brampton Beast forward Corey Durocher scored hisfirst professional goal in the third period but the Kalamazoo Wingsscored four goals in the final frame to outlast the Beast 5-2 at WingsEvent Center on Saturday night. Durocher and Willie Corrin scored forthe Beast who remain winless through their first four games of the2017-18 ECHL season. It was the Wings home opener but the Beasttook the energy out of the building early by scoring the game's firstgoal. Corrin settled a loose puck near the side of the goal and flipped aper fect backhand shot over the glove of Wings starting goaltender JoelMartin for a 1-0 lead at 11:15.The K-Wings would strike back at 14:11 to tie the game heading into thefirst intermission thanks to a goal from Kyle Bushee. Following a tightlycontested, scoreless second frame, Kalamazoo jumped ahead earlyin the third with a goal from Lane Scheidl just 3:48 into the third period.Wings defenseman Eric Kattelus pushed the lead to 3-1 at 14:28before the Beast made it interesting.

BEAST DROP BACK-AND-FORTH AFFAIR TO WINGSBRAMPTON, ONTARIO - Brandon MacLean scored a pair of goalsand Stefan Fournier and Kevin Dufour each recorded their firstgoals of the season but the Kalamazoo Wings scored a quickpair in the third to take a 5-4 win over the Brampton Beast onSunday afternoon at the Powerade Centre. The Beast opened thescoring for the second straight game against Kalamazoo, thistime with a power play goal from Stefan Fournier. The shot rangtowards the net and the rebound was kicked out into the slot byKalamazoo goaltender Michael Gar teig. Fournier pounced andwas able to shovel it into the back of the net from his knees togive the Beast a 1-0 lead at 1:46 of the first. With the Beastshor t-handed, Kalamazoo responded with a goal from JustinTaylor at 10:03. Taylor wasn't finished and added another goalabout five minutes later that gave the Wings a 2-1 lead headinginto the first intermission. The Beast came out flying to star t thesecond period and were rewarded with the game-tying goal offof the stick of Brandon MacLean. MacLean curled out of thecorner and fired a snap shot towards the net that snuck past aconfused Gar teig at 3:01 of the second. Brampton and Kalamazooheaded to the second intermission all tied up 3-3.

Shami backs Kohli's rotationpolicy in home matchesKOLKATA, (IANS) India pacer Mohammed Shami on Fridaybacked skipper Virat Kohli's rotation policy for the home stretch,saying it helps cricketers like him get ample rest for the long grind. "I fullysuppor t Kohli's rotation policy. It gives rest to players like me to get ready notonly for Tests but across formats," Shami told reporters here. In the 16-member India squad named for the Sri Lanka Test series star t-ing next month , the likes of R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja were drafted inafter not featuring in the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand and priorto that Australia. Shami was part of the Australia series but played only onematch in Bengaluru. He did not get a wicket in 10 overs.

SAINA EXITS FRENCH OPEN IN2ND ROUNDPARIS, (IANS) Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a loss inthe second round of the French Open World Superseries here onThursday. London Olympics bronze medallist Saina lost to Japa-nese fif th seed Akane Yamaguchi 9-21, 21-23 in 39 minutes. Itwas 20-year-old Yamaguchi's third consecutive win over 27-year-old Saina, who still leads the Japanese 3-1 in head-to-headrecords. Yamaguchi completely dominated Saina in the first match afteropening up a 13-7 lead before winning it 21-9.Saina, however, fought valiantly in the second game. Yamaguchi star tedagain strongly, holding a 7-3 lead. Saina kept trailing before manag-ing to equalise at the 19-point mark before taking a 20-19 lead.

KANE WILLIAMSON AND HARDIK PANDYA WERE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DURING THE THIRD ODI BETWEEN INDIA ANDNEW ZEALAND IN KANPUR.

PCB CHAIRMAN NAJAM SETHIWANTS INDIA TO SEND TEAM

LAHORE (PTI) Pakistan will host the next Asian Cricket Council (ACC)Emerging Nations Cup in April next year and PCB chairman NajamSethi hoped that India would send its team for the event. He said thedecision to have the Emerging Cup in Pakistan was taken during themeeting of the ACC held in Lahore on Sunday."Having the ACC meeting is by itself a very important step towardsrevival of international cricket in Pakistan. PCB chairman Sethi saidthat six ACC teams including five full members will play in the tourna-ment. "We want to hold the matches in more than one city and we willwork towards that. We will look forward to hosting India, Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and a qualifier team next year," Sethi said.Sethi said he was hopeful by next year India would also agree to sendits emerging team to Pakistan as this would pave the way for regulartours to the strife-torn country.Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) chairman Thilanga Sumithipala also said thathis team would like to come back to Pakistan soon. Sumithipala saidSri Lanka would like to come back to Pakistan with its 'A' team,

national team and under-19 series. "Pakistan is an impor tant nationin the cricket world and if it is weak than Asian cricket is weak and ifAsian cricket is weak than world cricket will be weak," he said.Sumithipala called on Cricket Boards of Asia to suppor t each otherand said the Sri Lankan government had agreed to send the team toplay in Lahore with the same spirit. "Pakistan has always been agood friend of Sri Lankan cricket and they never pulled out of anyseries even when the situation was bad in our country. They nowneed our suppor t," he said. The SLC chairman further said that he would like tosee international events being held in Pakistan as his government, board andsecurity people were satisfied with the security arrangements made by the PCB forthem. Sri Lanka is the first top international side to play in Pakistan since March,2009 although Pakistan managed to get low-ranked Zimbabwe to play a limited-overs series in Lahore in May, 2015. Militants had attacked the Sri Lankanteam in Lahore in March, 2009 which led to international teams refus-ing to tour Pakistan and the PCB was forced to hold its home seriesaway from home in the UAE.

HOPING NEXT 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE ARE AS EVENTFUL: ASHISH NEHRANEW DELHI, (PTI) "If you can, then sprint. If not, then run. Can't run? Then jog. Won't jog? Then at least walk! Can't walk? Then crawlbut just keep on moving," says Ashish Nehra as he gets ready to bid adieu to the game that has given him everything in all these years.A total of 163 international matches across three formats in 20 years is not the greatest piece of statistic but the straight-talking Nehrawill remain an enigma for what he could have achieved had he not gone under knife 12 times. "Trust me, I have had an eventful 20years. I am not a very emotional person. The next 20 years is what I am looking forward to. Hopefully, it will be as eventful as it has been since I star tedplaying for Delhi in 1997," Nehra told PTI during a free-wheeling chat at his academy in Noida, ahead of his final competitive match against New Zealand onNovember 1. "It's been a great journey. May be one regret. If I could change anything in these 20 years, that afternoon in Johannesburg during the 2003 WorldCup final. But nothing else as it's all about destiny," he said with his customary nonchalance. Talk about the journey that star ted atDelhi's famous Sonnet Club in early '90s, he is thoroughly old school with loads of anecdotes."During my first Ranji Trophy game atKotla, Delhi team had late Raman Lamba, Ajay Sharma, Atul Wassan and Robin Singh junior. Raman bhaiya and Ajay bhaiya, I havegrown up bowling to them at Sonnet nets. Difficult to forget Raman Lamba. Dada player thaa (cricketing lingo for dominating bats-man)," he reminisces. "And Ajay Sharma, well I can tell you about his cricket.

BCCI CONDOLES DEMISE OF SRIDHARNEW DELHI, (PTI) The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) condoled the sad demise of its former General Manager Dr MV Sridhar, who hadrecently resigned from his position. Sridhar, 51, passed away at his residence in Hyderabad af ter suffering a massive cardiac arrest.He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He was in charge of BCCI's cricket operations till last month for nearly four years. "Hejoined the BCCI in 2013 as General Manager and played an instrumental role in cricket operations. He served as the Hony. Secretaryand Vice President of Hyderabad Cricket Association and represented HCA on the Board," BCCI said in a statement. On manyoccasions, Sridhar was BCCI's 'Go To Man' in crisis situations. He twice served as a manager with the Indian cricket team.

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