His movement is limited, diet is restricted and he recognises only a few close ones. But as he turns 96 on Tuesday (11 December), Hindi film legend Dilip Kumar continues to get the love of his fans who have embraced his prolific performances in a glorious career that has earned such epithets like Indian cinema’s … Read more

Freedom seems to have become the buzzword at the ongoing 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). In his conversation with film critic and writer CS Venkiteswaran, director Umesh Kulkarni seconded Majid Majidi and Buddadeb Dasgupta’s ideas saying, “Politicians are completely using the idea of faith of the common people and trying to set their … Read more

As an actress Katrina Kaif has her limitations, but there has been no doubt of her dancing skills. She has enthralled the audiences with memorable performances in songs like ‘Sheila Ki Jawaani’ from Tees Maar Khan (2010), ‘Chikni Chameli’ from Agneepath (2012) and ‘Kamli’ from Dhoom 3 (2013). Kaif adds her another glorious number ‘Husn … Read more

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has added a film on Empress Elisabeth of Austria to the growing list of projects he is working on. After directing the Oscar-nominated Elizabeth (1998), starring Cate Blanchett, Kapur will be directing a German film on the life of the Austrian royal and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. The upcoming film … Read more

Popular Marathi film actor Aniket Vishwasrao and actress Sneha Chavan tied the knot in a private ceremony in Pune on 10 December. The couple were engaged in August this year.  As per reports, Vishwasrao and Chavan are family friends. Reportedly, Vishwasrao’s aunt and Chavan’s mother are close friends. The two of them shared pictures from … Read more

Actor turned producer Dev Adhikari and his real life partner actress Rukmini Maitra are going to pair up for Aniket Chattopadhyay’s next yet untitled film after he finishes the biopic on social worker Padma Sri Subhasini Mistry. The film will be a fantasy tale, inspired by noted author Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar’s two stories on Habu … Read more

One of the surprises of the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) was the non-screening of Majid Majidi’s film, Muhammad: The Messenger Of God. The film was initially set to be screened on 10 December, but the screening was cancelled owing to a delay in acquiring a censorship exemption certificate. The film’s second screening … Read more

After starring in Daddy (2017) and Paltan (2018) on the big screen, actor Arjun Rampal is headed for the digital space for his first ever web-series, The Final Call. He will play a pilot in the series, based on author Priya Kumar’s best-seller, I Will Go With You: The Flight Of A Lifetime.   The … Read more

Salman Khan’s relationship with the festival of Eid is well-known. Since 2009, the actor has come up with a number of releases on the festival and most of them have worked at the box office. Because of his power at the ticket window during Eid, no other big film in the recent past has clashed … Read more

Director Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation, 2017) will be released in Germany on 18 January 2019, according to an official statement. Starring Lalit Behl, Adil Hussain, Palomi Ghosh and Geetanjali Kulkarni, the film was released in India last year to critical acclaim. (It was ranked fourth in Cinestaan.com’s list of 10 best feature films of the … Read more