After marriage my priority is family:
Fahad Fazil
Thiruvananthapuram: Family is the most important for Malayalam actor Fahad Fazil, who Saturday got engaged to teenage sensation Nazriya Nazim.
The two stars got engaged here in the presence of their families and the marriage has been fixed for August.
To a question if Nazriya will continue to act after the marriage, Fahad said: ‘My priority is family but I have no issues if she acts.’
‘She understands what I meant. I am not sure if we will act again together,’ he added.
Fahad is the son of legendary Malayalam filmmaker Fazil, who launched, moulded and gave the career of many stars like superstar Mohanlal, Sobhana and numerous others, a big boost through his film in the eighties and nineties.
But strangely when the master director launched his son in 2001 in the film ‘Kaiyethum Doorath’, it miserably failed and many thought that the career of Fahad in his debut film itself had reached a dead end.
Fahad however returned in 2009 to act in ‘Kerala Cafe’. Then came an offbeat film ‘Chappa Kurishu’ which clicked and since then he has had no reason to look back.
On their relationship, he pointed out that it was their families which took the lead and it ended in them deciding to get married.
Nazriya also seems confident of her new life after marriage.
‘I need no preparation for a new life as his family is similar to mine,’ said Nazriya, who added that Fahad is one of her favourite actors.
Nazriya also denied media reports that she was a minor.
‘ No, no, I am 19,’ said the actress who began her career as a child artist in popular director Blessy’s ‘Palunku’ in 2006 and has acted in a dozen films.
And when asked if the age difference is going to be a problem, Fahad said: ‘My parents too have a similar difference and they are happily married for many years.’
India's Olympic Suspension Lifted
New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) More than a year after being shunted out of the Olympic movement due to tainted officials, India was today welcomed back by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) within days of conducting a fresh election in the IOA.
The IOC lifted the 14-month old ban on India after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) barred charge-framed officials from its fresh election held on Sunday in which World Squash Federation chief and younger brother of BCCI boss N Srinivasan, N Ramachandran, was elected as the president.
‘The IOC has informed us through telephone that the ban on India has been lifted,’ newly-elected IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta told PTI.
The decision comes after the IOC’s three observers for the elections left Indian shores ‘satisfied with the IOA elections promising to submit a ‘favourable report to the IOC President’.
Jerome Poivey, IOC’s head of institutional relations, event went on to state that the amended IOA constitution was one of the best in the world and it should be implemented fully.
All India Tennis Association (AITA) chief Anil Khanna was elected Treasurer in the polls which marked the exit of corruption-tainted Abhay Singh Chautala and Lalit Bhanot from the IOA.
It all started 14 months ago when on December 4, 2012, the IOC suspended the IOA for adhering to the government’s Sports Code and for allowing tainted persons to take part in the election process.
In an act of defiance, IOA went ahead with the polls next day. The world body refused to recognise Chautala and his team of office bearers.
The IOC later proposed a meeting with the IOA and government representatives but maintained that the Indian body must hold its elections solely under Olympic Charter to return to the Olympic fold.
Meera Jasmine ties knot with computer engineer
South actress Meera Jasmine has tied the knot with a computer engineer she met on a matrimonial site.
National Award winning actress Meera Jasmine married engineer Anil John in a church in the state capital Wednesday.
Their marriage was formally registered as per law in front of a sub-registrar at the Kochi home of the actress Feb 9, but the wedding ceremony took place Wednesday.
The two are said to have met through a matrimonial site. Their respective families then took the lead.
Meera Jasmine told reporters here that her first priority would be the family but if good roles come her way she will don the grease paint.
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John works as a computer engineer in the Middle East and the two are shortly flying out to an undisclosed destination for their honeymoon.
Their nuptials took place amid tight security at John’s behest, and the ceremony was attended by known names in society.
During a career that began in 2001 with the film ‘Soothradharan’, Meera went on to win a best actress National award in 2004 for ‘Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam’. She has since emerged as a sought after name in the industry here.
In her over a decade long career in the movie world, she has starred with all the top stars in the industry here and has acted in more than 65 films.IANS
A boy who had no friends got 40,000 friends in facebook 
A boy who claimed he had no one to celebrate his 11th birthday with will be getting quite a surprise on his special day.
His mother has managed to round up almost 40,000 Facebook friends to wish him many happy returns.
Colin has a disorder similar to Asperger syndrome, which affects his social skills and ability to make friends.
When his mother Jennifer, from Richland, Michigan, in the US, asked him if he wanted a birthday party, she was heartbroken when he told her he had no friends to invite.
So she took to Facebook in an attempt to make him feel special on his big day, launching a page called Colin Is Eleven which has been inundated with messages of support.
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