Los Angeles: Pop star Shakira will be honoured with the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 edition of MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The singer, known for belting out global chartbusters such as “Wherever, Whenever”, “Hips Don’t Lie” and “Waka Waka”, will receive the honour during the awards ceremony on September 12. She will be the…
Mumbai:)Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer “Dream Girl 2” has collected Rs 10.69 crore net on domestic box office on the first day of its release, the makers said Saturday. Directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa, “Dream Girl 2” is a sequel to Khurrana’s 2019 hit of the same title. The actor reprises his role of Karam, who decides to cross…
Mumbai: Veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar, actors Renuka Shahane and Prakash Raj have called for strict action against a teacher in Uttar Pradesh who allegedly asked her students to slap a boy from a minority community. A video showing the school teacher in Muzaffarnagar asking her students to slap the Muslim boy and making objectionable remarks against…
New Delhi: Winning a National Award is a big deal, says Kriti Sanon after bagging her maiden best actress honour and she hopes it marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in her professional journey. Sanon, who is currently in her ninth year as an actor, bagged the award on Thursday for her performance…
Mumbai: Actor Aishwarya Lekshmi, who played boat woman “Poonguzhali” in Mani Ratnam’s period drama “Ponniyin Selvan”, says her performance in the film has been so loved that fans are now revisiting her past work. The two-part historical epic, based on author Kalki Krishnamurthy’s hugely popular 1955 Tamil novels of the same name, features the actor as…
New Delhi: In a hat tip to mainstream cinema in the north and the south, Hindi film “Rocketry: The Nambi Effect” was named the best feature film in the National Awards for 2021 announced on Thursday while Allu Arjun, Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon won the top acting honours. Bollywood stars Bhatt and Sanon shared the…
Mumbai: There is a “check and balance” happening but creative people aren’t afraid of telling the stories they want to, filmmaker Karan Johar said while commenting on navigating the constraints in place in a “changed country”. Johar on Monday was in conversation with Anant Goenka, executive director, The Indian Express, and Shubhra Gupta, film critic, The…
London: Bollywood star and BJP MP Sunny Deol spoke of his joy over the successful box-office run of his latest release, “Gadar 2”, as he introduced a special screening of the film in London. Organised by the Indian High Commission in London and its cultural wing, the Nehru Centre, the packed screening at Vue cinema Leicester…
Mumbai: Director Amit Rai says he wanted everyone to watch his latest release “OMG 2” in theatres, a wish that remained unfulfilled after the CBFC cleared the film with a few modifications and an ‘A’ certificate. The Hindi movie, starring Pankaj Tripathi and Akshay Kumar in the lead, explores various issues concerning teenagers, including sex education….
Mumbai: Actor Tiger Shroff on Sunday said he has completed filming for his upcoming movie “Ganapath: Part 1” and described it his “biggest and most challenging film yet”. Touted as India’s first dystopian action thriller, the film is directed by “Queen” helmer Vikas Bahl. The first part of “Ganapath” will be released in cinemas on October…
