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Hollywood

Sony films leak online after hack attack

Los Angeles: A hack attack into Sony Pictures\' systems has led to several of their unreleased films leaking online. Several DVD screener copies of new Sony movies such as \'Annie\', Brad Pitt starrer \'Fury\', \'Still Alice\', \'Mr Turner\' are among the pirated Sony titles that have seen brisk illegal download since the Monday hack by a group calling itself Guardians of Peace, according to Torrent Freak. There are reports that the hackers made off with an estimated 11,000 gigabytes of files which contained sensitive data from the company. The hackers have warned Sony that the data would be released into the wild if their demands were not met. According to a thread posted on Reddit, documents containing passport and visa information for cast and crew working on Sony movies, Outlook inboxes, documents detailing the company\'s IT systems, accounting and research information a

Bollywood

Bachchan justifies title of his upcoming movie Shamitabh

London: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan today dismissed suggestion that his name has been incorporated in his upcoming movie \'Shamitabh\' for creating some kind of sensation and described the film as a "never before seen" plot. Bachchan, who is in London to promote the film along with co-stars Dhanush and Akshara Haasan, said, "A lot of people have been intrigued by the title and feel that my name has been incorporated for some kind of sensation. That is quite untrue. The title actually comes out of the script of the film. It\'s a story of two individuals who have different exceptional qualities and what happens when they come together. I give my voice to the character of Dhanush... an aspect of the film which was a first for me," explained Bachchan. The actor described the film as a "never before seen" plot. Writer-director R Balki\'s \'Shamitabh will hit the sc

Tamil

Sridevi returns to Tamil cinema with Puli

Mumbai: Bollywood diva Sridevi is all set to make her Tamil film comeback with Vijay\'s fantasy drama \'Puli\' after a gap of more than two decades. Sridevi, 51, whose last cinema outing was \'English Vinglish\', said she is enjoying her shooting schedules. "It gives me immense happiness to announce the title of my new Tamil film PULI. It’s been a wonderful experience working with the cast and crew," Sridevi posted on Twitter. Sridevi is slated to play Hansika Motwani\'s mother in the film, which also stars Shruti Haasan and Sudip. The wife of Boney Kapoor started her career as a child artist in MA Thirumugham\'s devotional Thunaivan at the age of four, and continued to act as a child artiste in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her Bollywood debut as a child artiste in the hit 1975 film \'Julie\' and played her first adult role at age 13 with the Tami