The Palm Springs International Film Festival will have special ‘Focus on India’ in its 30th edition next year. Six films will be screened under the prominent section. These include the Hindi films Manmarziyaan (2018), Namdev Bhau In Search of Silence and Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota. The Bengali film Ek Je Chhilo Raja (2018) and … Read more
It looks like Dinesh Vijan’s wedding will not keep the producer away from launching new projects. Reports suggest that Vijan’s Maddock Films is teaming up with Rajkummar Rao for yet another horror-comedy after their last runaway success, Stree (2018). The new film will be directed by Mrigdeep Singh Lamba, who helmed the Fukrey franchise. Mumbai Mirror, … Read more
After Indian actress-filmmaker Nandita Das expressed her disappointment on her film Manto (2018) not getting clearance to be released in Pakistan, the country’s information and broadcasting minister Fawad Chaudhry has extended help with an online petition urging prime minister Imran Khan to lift the ban on its screening. “Disappointed that Manto will not be seen … Read more
Geetanjali Khanna, first wife of late actor Vinod Khanna, passed away on Saturday [15 December] at the family’s farmhouse in Mandva. She was 70. Geetanjali and her son, actor Akshaye Khanna, were visiting the farmhouse for the weekend. She complained of uneasiness and was taken to a hospital in Chondi village. After being treated there, she … Read more
Two short films Sambhavtaha and Tungrus won big at the Critics Choice Short Film Awards. The ceremony, held on Saturday (15 December), was organised by The Film Critics Guild and Motion Content Group with the intention to recognise and appreciate the inventiveness and creativity of short storytellers across the country. The short (fiction) film Sambhavtaha … Read more
Superstar Prabhas’ keenly anticipated Saaho has finally secured a release date. The film will see the light of day on India’s Independence Day, 15 August 2019. Directed by Sujeeth, the film is a trilingual, which has been shot in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Saaho is said to be a slick spy thriller. It also stars … Read more
Anupam Kher will next be seen in The Accidental Prime Minister where he steps into the shoes of India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh. The film was due to be released on 21 December, but has now been delayed. With the Congress party winning in three of the four states in the recent assembly elections, … Read more
Actor Sandeep Kulkarni’s long awaited debut as a producer in the form of Dombivli Return will be finally released in February 2019. The Hindi film, which also stars Kulkarni in the lead, has been in the making since 2014. Interestingly, Kulkarni’s rise to fame was the Marathi movie Dombivli Fast (2005), which became an enormous … Read more
Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra wrapped up the final schedule of their upcoming film Kesari in Jaipur today (17 December). The film is based on the great Battle of Saragarhi of 1897 fought between the British Indian Army and the Afghans. Akshay plays the character of Havildar Ishar Singh from the Sikh regiment, who fought … Read more
Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra wrapped up the final schedule of their upcoming film Kesari in Jaipur today (17 December). The film is based on the great Battle of Saragarhi of 1897 fought between the British Indian Army and the Afghans. Akshay plays the character of Havildar Ishar Singh from the Sikh regiment, who fought … Read more