Mar 5 (ANI): Guru Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Pran, Nargis, and Meena Kumari are among “Asia’’s 25 greatest actors of all time”, according to CNNGo, a division of Cable News Network (CNN). The listing, posted on March four, lists struggling poet of “Pyaasa” (1957) as the “best role” of Guru Dutt and mentions about his “soulful acting”. Talking about “deep voice and broodiness” of Amitabh Bachchan, it declares Inspector Khanna in “Zanjeer” (1973) as …

BAFTA nominated Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) is again in the race to be the “James Bond” girl for the next Bond movie scheduled to be released next year. She reportedly unsuccessfully auditioned for Bond girl Camille Montes in last Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” (Marc Forster). She was reportedly paid about $3 million to act in latest Woody Allen movie. She is currently in three movies under different stages of production—“Miral” (Julian …

“Kavi“, directed-produced-written by Gregg Helvey (Overexposed), has been nominated in “Short Film” (Live Action) category of 82nd Academy Awards. It will compete with “The Door” (Juanita Wilson, James Flynn), “Instead of Abracadabra” (Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjellstrom), “Miracle Fish” (Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey), and “The New Tenants” (Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson). Film revolves around Kavi, a boy in India, who wants to go to school and play cricket …