The virtuoso film and TV actress Vidya Sinha, recently sene in ‘Kulfi Kumar Bajewala’, passed away at the age of 71. The actress was admitted to hospital on 11 August for breathing problems. She died of respiratory failure caused by heart and lung disease. The actress was popular for her roles in Rajnigandha (1974), Choti […]
Satyajit Ray fans and followers will be excited to know that five unpublished works of the film maestro and author are to be released from 2020 onwards. The titles mainly comprise unpublished essays and illustrations, a senior official of a publishing house said. “Translations of Ray’s ‘Tarini Khuro‘ and many of his illustrated works, which […]
Films from Indian directors lapped up most of the awards apart from one film from Afghanistan and another from Bangladesh. The 2nd South Asian Short film Festival organised by the Federation of Film Societies of India – FFSI (Eastern Region) closed Sunday evening (31 March) at Nandan, the Film Centre in Calcutta, with a fabulous […]
LOS ANGELES: Green Book — backed by Anil D. Ambani- owned Reliance Entertainment’s Amblin Entertainment — and a film which explores race relations in the US in the 1960s, won the Best Picture honour at the 91st Academy Awards, apart from two other awards. The banner’s First Man also registered a win. The film also […]
Jude Law says that it’s high time we get used to gay role models for children — he has just been cast as Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and he’s meeting J.K. Rowling. “She makes a great effort to make you feel at ease when you know you’re in the presence […]
The Northeast finally gets recognition in the plastic arts ! ‘Village Rockstars’ by Assamese filmmaker Rima Das is the official entry for The Oscars! H’m, haven’t heard of the film? Well then, just read on! The National Award-winning Assamese film, Village Rockstars, has been selected as India’s official entry for the 2019 Oscar Awards, the […]
AIZAWL: Mizoram had its first honest to goodness international short film festival thrown open recently. the festival ends today, September 22. The 1st Mizoram International Short Film Festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla in a glittering red carpet ceremony at Aijal Club on Thursday evening. The film festival will see the screening of […]
On Thursday, Film director Mr. Ruchin Veena Chainpuri organised a press conference in Lazeez Tandoori, Grand plaza , Frazer road . Press conference was organised for the launch of a feature film Dhak-e-Dhanuchi. The story of the film revolves around the life of statue maker .Statue maker plays a very important role from one month […]
Los Angeles, Jul 14 : Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of a role in which she was going to play a transgender man, in support of actors from the LGBT community. The actor exited the drama film “Rub and Tug” a little more than a week after her casting sparked heartburn and questions […]
Los Angeles: Actor Devin Druid has defended the controversial and some would say graphic sexual assault scene from the second season of the teen drama “13 Reasons Why”. The season of the controversial Netflix show saw Druid’s character, Tyler Down, brutally assaulted as Montgomery de la Cruz (played by Timothy Granaderos) sodomises him with a […]
The guys couldn’t believe it! No bikinis on the Miss America show?Hard luck, bikinis and evening gowns are out. How will that affect viewership on TV? That’s a million dollar question, literally! The Miss America beauty pageant is scrapping its swimwear segment and will no longer judge competitors on physical appearance. It’s going to be […]
