Women-directed Malayalam films get top billing at 20th NYIFF
By Utpal Borpujari / New Delhi The 20th edition of the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), which like many other movie fetes has gone online this year because of…
Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek suffering from mild Covid-19 symptoms
AMN / WEB DESK Doctors of Nanavati Hospital who are treating Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek for Covid-19 have said that the father-son duo have very mild symptoms…
India can become a global leader in the film industry: Piyush Goyal
AMN / NEW DELHI Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has assured the film industry that if any country is creating road blocks for Indian films to be shown in…
Jagdeep will never be forgotten by cine lovers
WEB DESK Veteran Bollywood actor, comedian Jagdeep who breathed his last on July 8 at his home in Mumbai will be missed forever by his fans and cine lovers. Born…
Priyanka Chopra is among world powerful women
AGENCIES Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has joined international celebrities including Oprah Winfrey and Meryl Streep in USA Today’s list of “50 most powerful women in entertainment”. Honoured on getting…
Documentary on Menstruation stigma ‘Period’ wins Oscar
WEB DESK A Netflix documentary Period. End of sentence, on the menstruation taboo in rural India has won a well-deserved Oscar Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The story is…
Korea’s Ayodhya princess story to get big screen makeover
Utpal Borpujari / New Delhi The popular Korean legend of a princess from Ayodhya getting married to a king of Korea many aeons ago will soon get a big screen…
Indian short film wins award at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival
By Utpal Borpujari / New Delhi “Binnu Ka Sapna”, a short film by Kanu Behl of “Titli” fame, has won the Student Jury Prize for best short in International competition…
Google dedicates doodle to Madhubala on her 86th birth anniversary
Google dedicates doodle to Madhubala on her 86th birth anniversary One of India’s most beautiful actress Madhubala, was born on 14 February 1933 in Delhi and died on 23 February…
Oscar-nominated British actor Albert Finney dies at 82
WEB DESK Oscar-nominated British actor Albert Finney has died aged 82. Finney’s family today said that he passed away peacefully after a short illness with those closest to him by…