National Awards 2013

Jiwanjot Singh Teja was instrumental in reviving two-time Asian Games medallist Trisha Deb's career.

"I have worked with best actors," said Saurabh Shukla

Amitabh Bachchan, who worked with filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh in The Last Lear, shared posters of the movie as it completed 10 years of its release on Tuesday

Kanyashree Prakalpa, the scheme launched by Mamata Banerjee in October 2013, two years after she became West Bengal chief minister, today won her government the United Nations Public Service Award at The Hague.

Riteish Deshmukh launched his production house Mumbai Film Company in 2013

One of the country's premier design institutes, Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Design, has been awarded the status of 'institute of national importance' with Parliament passing the National Institute of Design Act, 2013 last week.

Director Hansal Mehta's Shahid, which won the National Award for the best film for the year 2013, was replaced by Marathi feature film Astu as the opening film at the 61st National Film Festival, 2014.

After losing out on the Man Booker Prize, Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri has made it to the finals of the 2013 US National Book Award in fiction for her new novel, "The Lowland".

Helmed by a first-time director, the National Award winning film has beaten 21 other entries, including The Lunchbox, to earn the right of passage to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Indian-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is among 10 novelists shortlisted for the prestigious US National Book Award 2013 in the fiction category for her new work 'The Lowland', which is a tale of two brothers set in Kolkata of the 1960s.

Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls' right to education, has won the prestigious International Children's Peace Prize, KidsRights announced today.

Credited with bringing out the best in the leading ladies of his films, critically acclaimed director Madhur Bhandarkar on Thursday (June 27, 2013) confessed to connecting emotionally with Tabu, who played the female lead in his film Chandni Bar.

Jiwanjot Singh Teja was instrumental in reviving two-time Asian Games medallist Trisha Deb's career.

"I have worked with best actors," said Saurabh Shukla

Amitabh Bachchan, who worked with filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh in The Last Lear, shared posters of the movie as it completed 10 years of its release on Tuesday

Kanyashree Prakalpa, the scheme launched by Mamata Banerjee in October 2013, two years after she became West Bengal chief minister, today won her government the United Nations Public Service Award at The Hague.

Riteish Deshmukh launched his production house Mumbai Film Company in 2013

One of the country's premier design institutes, Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Design, has been awarded the status of 'institute of national importance' with Parliament passing the National Institute of Design Act, 2013 last week.

Director Hansal Mehta's Shahid, which won the National Award for the best film for the year 2013, was replaced by Marathi feature film Astu as the opening film at the 61st National Film Festival, 2014.

After losing out on the Man Booker Prize, Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri has made it to the finals of the 2013 US National Book Award in fiction for her new novel, "The Lowland".

Helmed by a first-time director, the National Award winning film has beaten 21 other entries, including The Lunchbox, to earn the right of passage to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Indian-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is among 10 novelists shortlisted for the prestigious US National Book Award 2013 in the fiction category for her new work 'The Lowland', which is a tale of two brothers set in Kolkata of the 1960s.

Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls' right to education, has won the prestigious International Children's Peace Prize, KidsRights announced today.

Credited with bringing out the best in the leading ladies of his films, critically acclaimed director Madhur Bhandarkar on Thursday (June 27, 2013) confessed to connecting emotionally with Tabu, who played the female lead in his film Chandni Bar.