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Akshay Kumar attended the finals of his Akshay Kumar Karate Invitationals in Mumbai on 31st October 2010 to hand out medals and pose alongside the winners in the respective categories. “It was because of the love for martial arts, I entered the film industry. It was because of the film industry I could be a part of organising India’s biggest Karate championship here. The students, you can see here, have come from all over India. This year we received around 55,000 applications in comparison to 33,000 last year. We have invited around 4500 students here and have given them a platform to showcase their talent,” said Kumar. The best five kids of the competition would be sent to Japan to take part in an international tournament. “I would select three to four students and send them to Japan for the international tournament,” said Kumar. Pictures of Akshay Kumar at National Karate Championship Awards Function in Mumbai Akshay Kumar attended the National Karate Championship award function, A...

The Commonwealth Games opened in New Delhi on Sunday night in a spectacular of dance, music and fireworks. It was a proud moment for India to host Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, said, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his welcome speech at the three-hour-long dazzling opening of CWG 2010, on Sunday, Oct, 3. These videos below show the spectacular opening ceremony of the Delhi commonwealth Games 2010 showcasing the diversity and splendor of India. CWG: Glimpses of grand opening ceremony CWG Opening ceremony with colour, music and a giant balloon CWG kicks off with spectacular opening ceremony Videos of Commonwealth Games 2010 opening ceremony, CWG 2010 Opening Ceremony videos, visuals,

CWG gets off to breathtaking start: The biggest sporting spectacle India has ever hosted kicked off in typically colourful fashion on Sunday night (Oct 3rd 2010) when the 19th Commonwealth Games was officially declared open at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Click Here For the Videos of the Opening Ceremony >> About 60,000 people filled Nehru Stadium for the opening ceremony, which featured 7,000 performers from all over India, many of them schoolchildren. It depicted 5,000 years of India's cultural history in a pageant of music, light and dance. Pictures from the Commonwealth Games 2010 Opening Ceremony in New Delhi, India "I am delighted to declare the Games open," said Britain's Prince Charles, who was greeted with chants of "India! India!" before he read out a message from his mother Queen Elizabeth, the head of the Commonwealth. A plethora of musical instruments enthralled a capacity crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi a...

The Bollywood actress Rani Mukerjee who launched the first sports docu-drama on women cricketers, Poor Cousins of Million Dollar Babies in New Delhi, said that cricket is wrongly termed a'gentleman's game'. "Since childhood, girls are always discouraged from playing sports and are told that cricket is a gentleman's game, which is incorrect. Learning it for the film made me realise what a beautiful game cricket is. It is about technique, not power," Rani told reporters. Pictures of Rani Mukerji at Sunil Yash Kalra's Docu-Drama On Indian Womens Cricket Team Rani Mukerjee with Former Women's Rani Mukerji at Yash Kalra's Docu-Drama Rani Mukerji at Sunil Yash Kalra's Docu-Drama The 25-minute-film directed by Sunil Yash Kalra features members of the national women's cricket team of India, over a period of 4 years and focus on their lives on and off the pitch.

It’s a feat that no Indian has achieved before. Music composers Salim Merchant and Suleiman were not only asked to compose the anthem for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, but the Bollywood duo will also open and close the football tournament in South Africa that commences on June 11 and goes on till July 11. Salim and Suleiman - Music composers India has reached the global stage and we are being recognised for not just the land we come from but also for the music we make. They will be performing along with African RnB singers Loyiso Bala and Eric Wainaina who flew down to Mumbai specially to record the song. “It’s called the African Promise,” says Salim who along with Suleiman had composed the popular track Chak De! India which had almost become like an anthem while the T20 matches were on. But the FIFA anthem, no doubt, is a bigger honour. The music composers say it all started with a friend from Africa suggesting that they compose music for the country. And thus was born the song which l...

Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar participated in a T10 cricket match between their Housefull team captained by Akshay and Future Group Customers team captained by Mohammad Azharuddin, as part of the ongoing 'The Great Indian Shopping Festival' in Mumbai, on May 1. The movie’s starcast was out on the field at Goregoan for a fun game. Besides Deepika and Akshay, the cast of Housefull, Arjun Rampal and Riteish Deshmukh along with director Sajid Khan were also spotted on the field. Pictures from the Cricket match between Housefull team and Future Group Customers team Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar promoted Housefull at a cricket Match Deepika Padukone promoted Housefull at a cricket Match Deepika Padukone Deepika Padukone Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar Jiah Khan, Sajid Khan, and Deepika Padukone Sajid Nadiadwala, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Rampal Deepika Padukone Sangeeta Bijlani and Mohd Azharuddin with some kids on the field Sangeeta Bijlani, Wife of Former ...