New Delhi: Celebrated filmmakers Yash Chopra and Shyam Benegal will be honoured at the upcoming edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) 2025, set to be held in the Rajasthan capital between January 17 and 21. While the gala will bestow the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award on Chopra, it will also pay tribute to…
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar recently addressed the advice he often receives from people, urging him to limit his film releases to one or two per year. Speaking to the media at the trailer launch event of his upcoming film “Sky Force,” the actor shared his thoughts on his work ethic and unwavering dedication to…
Hyderabad: Telugu actor Allu Arjun, named as an accused in the case related to the tragic death of a woman during a stampede at the premiere of his latest film Pushpa 2, appeared before the police here on Sunday as part of his bail conditions. Arjun, listed as accused No. 11 in the case, was…
Hyderabad: Actor Allu Arjun has been granted regular bail by a Hyderabad Court in connection with the ongoing investigation into the death of a 35-year-old woman in a stampede during Pushpa 2 screening at a theatre. The court has directed the actor to furnish two sureties of Rs 50,000 each as part of the bail…
Bengaluru: For playback singer Kavita Krishnamurthy, her Bollywood songs might have etched her in the minds of people, but she said it is singing for Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival that expanded her mind and kept her on her toes. “Bollywood is great. It has given me everything — people know me through my Bollywood, and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh on Wednesday, and lauded his rise from modest beginnings to make a name for himself internationally. “A very memorable interaction,” Modi said on Instagram, sharing a short clip of their interaction. He said in a post on X, “A great interaction with Diljit Dosanjh! He’s…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as filmmakers Shekhar Kapur, Hansal Mehta, and cine stars Manoj Bajpayee, Akshay Kumar, and Kajol paid rich tributes to Shyam Benegal, remembering the director as someone who ushered in a “new kind of cinema” and whose films continue to be admired by people from…
Mumbai: Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who heralded the Indian parallel cinema movement in the 1970s and 1980s with films such as “Ankur”, “Nishant” and “Manthan”, died on Monday, his daughter Pia said. He was 90. The filmmaker passed away at Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital due to chronic kidney disease, Pia Benegal told PTI. “He passed away…
Kolkata: Bengali film ‘Bohurupi’ has crossed Rs 17.25 crore of revenue at the box office after screening for 68 days, setting a record as the “biggest blockbuster” in the state, an industry body official said on Friday. The success of the film is a “reflection of cinemagoers’ unwavering love for authentic storytelling”, one of the…
New Delhi: His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. Zakir Hussain was the maestro of tabla, percussionist, composer and even actor – a legend who was India’s very own and yet belonged to the world. Hussain died from ‘idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis’, a lung disease,…
