Director Anurag Kashyap would be conferred the French Government's 'Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters' award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20. India is the guest country at the ongoing 66th Cannes International Film Festival, which began on Wednesday. It celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema. Four of Kashyap's works, including production projects "Monsoon Shootout" and "Lunchbox", as well as directorial "Ugly" and "Bombay Talkies", are to be screened at the fiesta.

Another international pornstar of Indian origin, Priya Rai, is about to make her debut with a stereoscopic 4D film – the first of its kind in India, even as pornstar-turned-actress Sunny Leone is struggling to make a mark in Bollywood,. Not much is known about the film except that, this heroine-centric film is being directed by Asokan P.K. The film’s complete cast has not been finalized yet.

"Invisible" is the film that Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt's most successful protege Emraan Hashmi will star in, thereby ending media speculation that the actor has been in two minds about doing a project for the banner that kickstarted his career. Confirming that the project with his nephew Emraan is titled “Invisible”, Mahesh Bhatt said: “Emraan is in New York. I spoke to him just an hour ago and he ceartinly didn’t sound even remotely miffed. Our relationship is not built on quicksand.”

Akshay Kumar To Romance Nargis Fakhri In Shaukeen Remake – Akshay Kumar has been reportedly roped in to play the lead role opposite Nargis Fakhri in Rumi Jaffery’s Shaukeen remake.

Bollywood industry "Dhak Dhak Girl" , Madhuri Dixit, a flawless actress known for her remarkable dancing skills has turned 46 today. Dixit made her film debut in Abodh and received wider public recognition with Tezaab 1988.Madhuri has won six Filmfare Awards, four for Best Actress, one for Best Supporting Actress and one special Filmfare award for completing 25 years in Bollywood.

Omkara and Golmaal Returns have shown Kareena Kapoor and Ajay Devgan together, enjoying an appealing onscreen chemistry between the two. Another one is in the queue, Satyagraha. Apparently, an untitled project to be produced by fashion designer Shabinaa Khan, is hopeful to see the duo together once again. “As Shabinaa is a close friend of Kareena, she is keen to have her on board and she has given her nod to the project,” the source added.

Kiran Rao has an eclectic taste in cinema and is seen as an ardent supporter of good cinema. Now, Kiran Rao wants to take her passion a step forward. Would like to support new talent and present films that are good quality content. When called for a casual screening of the film SHIP OF THESEUS, Kiran found the film to be stunning and came off thinking that films like this need to be promoted and nurtured. Under this banner she would be presenting films that are important and deserve to get a wider platform for their release.

Bollywod Actor Salman Khan has promised to donate 2,500 water tanks to drought-hit districts in Maharashtra, which is facing its worst drought in 40 years. Across Maharashtra, it has been a devastatingly dry summer as more than 11,000 villages grapple with the worst drought in four decades. The actor, through his charity, Being Human, has promised to distribute 2,500 water tanks in the region. And 400 of these tanks have already been sent to Osmanabad, Beed, Jalna, Aurangabad and Nanded, some of the areas hit worst by the drought.

Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has been conferred with the Chevalier Sivaji Award for 2012,instituted in memory of thespian Sivaji Ganesan. Dressed in a black suit, Khan received the award from actor Kamal Haasan, flanked by fellow actors Vijay and Sivaji Ganesan's son Prabhu, at the seventh Vijay Awards of Vijay TV here last night. Khan attended the function after the awards team personally invited him in Mumbai a couple of days ago.

The 152nd birth anniversary of Kabiguru Rabindranath Thakur was celebrated on the auspicious dawn of ‘Pachisey Baisakh’ by ‘Khanan’ , the creative Bengali Journal of Vidarbha and the recipient of legendary ‘Mahadiganta’ as well as ‘Premchand Munshi’ Awards, on Thursday , the 9h of May 2013, at Rajaram Sitaram Dixit Library of Dharampeth, Nagpur 440 010, here.