New York: Actors Shefali Shah, Jaideep Ahlawat and director Avinash Arun Dhaware won the top honours at the 2023 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) that showcased and celebrated new Indian cinema among the diaspora and global audience here. The gala ran from May 11-14 here and this year’s festival line-up featured 35 films that showcased…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies of the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea of the producers of “The Kerala Story” challenging the ban in the two states. While, the Mamata Banerjee headed TMC government has banned screening of the film citing the possible slip in law and order problem,…
Mumbai/Kolkata: Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on Tuesday said he has sent a legal notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for defaming his movie “The Kashmir Files”. Officials in the chief minister’s office said they had no information on the legal notice. Banerjee on Monday ordered a ban on the screening of “The Kerala Story”…
Hyderabad: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused the Telangana government of failing to fulfil the aspirations of people with the requirement of water, funds and jobs not being provided to them so far even as the state witnessed suicides of 8,000 farmers since 2014 when the party came to power. Attacking the…
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday announced to give tax-free status to ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi credited the movie for bringing out terror conspiracies and used it to attack the Congress during a rally in Karnataka. “We have already made a law against…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain pleas related to the movie “The Kerala Story”, and asked the petitioners to approach the jurisdictional high court. The film is scheduled to be release on May 5. The pleas, including the one which sought that a disclaimer should be added to the title of the…
Boral: Just on the outskirts of the old city limits of the megapolis of Kolkata stands the semi-urban hamlet of Boral, where a young art director with the advertisement agency D J Keymer shot his classic debut film ‘Pather Panchali’ (Song of the Road), some 70 years ago, to metamorphose into the celebrated movie maestro Satyajit…
London: Popular UK-based Indian-origin actor-writer Meera Syal has been conferred a BAFTA Fellowship, the highest accolade bestowed by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film and/or television. The 61-year-old, who was born to Punjabi parents and grew up in the West…
Mumbai: Actor Sonam Kapoor is set to share the stage with global icons such as Lionel Richie and Katy Perry and at the grand Coronation Concert planned for King Charles III in May. The 74-year-old royal will be formally crowned as monarch along with his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, at Westminster Abbey in London on…
Mumbai: Registrations for the 15th edition of the “Kaun Banega Crorepati” will start from Saturday evening, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has announced. The 80-year-old actor, who has served as the host of the reality show since its inception, shared the news in a post on Twitter. “#KBC15 Registration starts from 29th April .. @9PM @SonyTV” Bachchan tweeted….
