Prayagraj: Maha Kumbh 2025 is set to become a spectacular blend of spirituality and cultural celebrations, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Tuesday, announcing programmes of popular singers and composers at the world’s largest religious gathering. In addition to the sacred dip in the Sangam, devotees from across the country and abroad will be treated…
Panaji: Veteran actor Nagarjuna on Friday said his grandmother always wanted to have a girl child and when that didn’t happen, she started dressing up his father and Telugu cinema star Akkineni Nageswara Rao as one. Nagarjuna recalled his father, fondly known as ANR, would look cute in plaits and believes that’s one of the…
Jaipur: Hindi film ‘The Sabarmati Report’, based on the 2002 Godhra train burning incident in Gujarat, has been made tax free in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said on Wednesday. Rajasthan follows three other BJP-ruled states — Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh — in giving the tax-free status to the Vikrant Massey-starrer film, which released…
Mumbai: Actors Akshay Kumar, Rajkummar Rao, Shubha Khote, filmmaker Farhan Akhtar and other Bollywood personalities stepped out early Wednesday morning to vote for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections. Voting began in all 288 assembly seats in the state at 7 am and will end at 6 pm. “The best thing is that the arrangements are good…
New Delhi: Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh sang modified lyrics to his chartbusters “Lemonade” and “5 Taara” at the Hyderabad show of his Dil-Luminati India Tour 2024 tour on Saturday, days after receiving a notice from the Telangana government directing him to not sing any songs promoting alcohol, drugs or violence at the concert. Clips of…
New Delhi: Popular folk singer Sharda Sinha, known as ‘Bihar Kokila’ for her melodious rendition of Chhath and folk songs such as “Kartik Maas Ijoriya”, “Suraj Bhaile Bihaan” and Bollywood hits “Taar Bijli” and “Babul”, lost her battle with cancer at a hospital here on Tuesday. She was 72. Sinha, who pioneered and popularised the…
New Delhi: Designer Rohit Bal, a pioneer who helped put Indian fashion on the global map and dressed celebrities at home, Hollywood, and elsewhere, died on Friday night at a south Delhi hospital following a heart attack. He was 63. The celebrated designer, Gudda to his friends, who stitched together flamboyance, elegance and talent in…
New Delhi: British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri says her debut feature “Santosh”, which is the UK’s official entry to the Oscars, is a deeply political film but she was careful that the story, woven around two female cops, doesn’t become “didactic”. Set in the interiors of north India, the movie revolves around a widow, played by…
London: A British Indian actor is making a dream West End debut as a much-anticipated stage adaptation of celebrated American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s 1960s black comedy ‘Dr Strangelove’ opens in London on Friday. Dharmesh Patel, at home with Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions across the UK, is taking on a new challenge as Lincoln –…
Mumbai: Kangana Ranaut starrer ‘Emergency’ has been finally passed by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). On Thursday, Kangana on X handle to share the news with her fans. “We are glad to announce we have received the censor certificate for our movie Emergency, we will be announcing the release date soon. Thank you…
