Award nomination for Britz

C4 drama tabled for Royal Television Society AwardCHANNEL 4 drama Britz has been nominated for a Royal Television Society award. The drama has been shortlisted in the Best Drama Serial category alongside BBC’s ‘Five Days’ and ‘Torn’ which was...

UKAMA joy for music stars

Asian music awards honour stars of past yearGLITZ, Glamour and plenty of Gyrating was the recipe for this years UK Asian Music Awards which took place at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and it went down a treat as...

Shilpa denies musical axe rumours

Actress is still ‘Miss Bollywood’, says publicistSHILPA Shetty has denied reports that she has been axed from the second run of her successful West End musical 'Miss Bollywood'. A report in Indian tabloid Mumbai Mirror alleged that the show's...

Mumbai to London: Bollywood School comes to the UK

Anupam Kher goes global with Bollywood academy RENOWNED Indian actor Anupam Kher has revealed he is to open a Bollywood acting school in London. The actor, a veteran of over 400 films, will open his first international Actor Prepares...

British Asian theatre research conference

Asian theatre experts to offer viewsBRITISH Asian theatre arts will be celebrated and explored at a major international conference at the University of Exeter in April.  The event is a culmination of a 4-year research project led by the Drama...

Branson conquering Bollywood

Business mogul sets sights on Indian marketHE may seem an unlikely Bollywood hero, but Virgin boss Richard Branson proved he may just have what it takes to cut it alongside Shah Rukh and Salman after starring in his first...

‘Britney is having my child’

Brummie Adnan claims star is pregnantBRUMMIE photographer Adnan Ghalib is back in the news and claiming popstar Britney Spears is pregnant with his child. The Small Heath-born photographer told press the star has “a baby Brummie in her tummy”,...

British Bhangra conquers adversity to go global

Book charts rise of Asian music genreBHANGRA music has gone from an obscure 1960s Birmingham import to an internationally recognised art-form - says the author of the first ever history of the genre. But according to Dr Rajinder Dudrah who...

‘I don’t compete with anyone’, Salman Khan

Bollywood star dismisses industry rivalryBOLLYWOOD star Salman Khan has dismissed suggestions of an industry rivalry with some of his fellow stars. Khan, one of Bollywood biggest actors, told the BBC Asian Networks ‘Love Bollywood’ show he has never competed...

‘Award juries should snub Aamir Khan’

Sajid Khan speaks out after Star Screen AwardsBOLLYWOOD director Sajid Khan has claimed award juries should snub fellow directing rival Aamir Khan after seeing him sweep the board at the 14th Star Screen Awards. Khan, who was the brains...