Actor Salman Khan and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap were honoured for their work on Bigg Boss and Sacred Games respectively at the first edition of the Asian Academy Creative Awards in Singapore over the weekend. The first season of Neflix’s Sacred Games won two awards for best direction (fiction) by Kashyap and best editing by Aarti … Read more
Producers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala have come together for a host of projects. The duo is producing director Shonali Bose’s The Sky is Pink that stars Priyanka Chopra, Zaira Wasim and Farhan Akhtar. This is Chopra’s first full-fledged role in Hindi cinema after her work in American TV series, Quantico. Given her … Read more
After screening at the film festivals of Mumbai, Dharamshala and Kerala, Anamika Haskar’s Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon is headed to Park City, Utah to screen at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. The film, starring Ravindra Sahu, Raghubir Yadav, Gopalan, and Lokesh Jain, is one of six films selected for the … Read more
This Republic Day weekend will see a clash between Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi and Hrithik Roshan’s Super 30, as both are scheduled to be released on 25 January 2019. Apart from the box office clash, what adds spice to this tussle is the frail relationship between Hrithik and Ranaut. A report in … Read more
Director Abhishek Kapoor has had a tough time in getting his film Kedarnath (2018) released. The film was delayed as result of financial disputes with initial producers KriArj Entertainment. Ronnie Screwvala then took over the reigns of production and the film was theatrically released on 7 December. There were concerns whether releasing Kedarnath only a … Read more
Urjit Patel, also known as Urjit Ravindra Patel, is a noted Indian economist, who is known for being the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Besides being one of the prominent economists in India, Mr. Patel has also been known for his firm stand over some economic policies, which often took the form … Read more
There are few filmmakers who evoke as much admiration among film craftsmen as director Buddhadeb Dasgupta. With his latest film, Urojahaaj (2018) screening at the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), Dasgupta attended the Tagore auditorium venue for a conversation with director Kamal K M. Speaking to a gathered audience of film lovers, Dasgupta … Read more
As a filmmaker from Iran, Majid Majidi is more than familiar with the act of films being banned or censored. At the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), the director came down heavily on people banning films. The director’s own Muhammad: The Messenger Of God (2015) was supposed to be screened at the festival but was later … Read more
When Namdev Bhau is fed up with the cranking noise around him, he sets out to the most peaceful place in this world. His profound silence is the reply to the outer world’s deafening noise. After Namdev Bhau: In Search Of Silence was screened at the second edition of the Kazhcha-NIV Indie Film Festival (KIFF), Dar … Read more
After starring in two web-series titled It’s Not That Simple and Rasbhari, actress Swara Bhasker is added a third to her resume. Swara Bhasker will play a tough police officer in the Eros Now original series titled Flesh, which will explore the murky underworld of human trafficking. In the 2016 web-series It’s Not That Simple, Swara … Read more