Unusual heroes
Animation films these days are about protagonists who are offbeat, breaking the stereotype definition of what a hero is
View ArticleKamal Haasan joins Twitter
On Republic Day, actor Kamal Haasan joined micro-blogging site Twiiter. His Twitter handle @ikamalhaasan has already been verified by the microblogging site. India's freedom struggle remain...
View ArticleTechie, born in T.N., wins Academy Award
Mr. Leon will take home the recognition with J Robert Ray and Sam Richards for the "design, engineering and continuous development of Sony Pictures Imageworks Itview".
View ArticleRekha wins Yash Chopra award
Veteran actor Rekha was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award on Monday evening in Mumbai for her contribution to the film industry. The award has been instituted by the T S R. Foundation o...
View ArticleAishwarya Rai lunches with French President
Their conversation ranged from movies to her experiences at Cannes, a guest at the lunch said.
View ArticleAnil calls Dubai his second home
Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor on Tuesday booked a two-bedroom flat in a housing project in Dubai. The veteran actor told reporters that it was his wife, Sunita Kapoor, who approved the deal in Mumbai a...
View ArticleWoody Allen casts Miley Cyrus for Amazon series
Writer-director Woody Allen is turning his attention to the small screen, with a new streaming television series for Amazon starring pop star Miley Cyrus. On her Instagram account, Cyrus confirmed ...
View Article‘Airlift’ encourages Akshay to do films on real-life stories
Released on January 22, a war thriller — "Airlift" — has earned approximately Rs. 54.70 crore at the box office in the country.
View Article30,000 follow Kamal Haasan within 24 hours on Twitter
As many as 30,000 people have followed actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan on Twitter within 24 hours of him joining the micro-blogging site.Haasan joined Twitter on the Republic Day and his daughter Shruti...
View ArticleRajinikanth is a man with golden heart: Akshay Kumar
Akshay, 48, who will be seen in a negative role in the reboot of the 2010 sci-fi film, said he felt like a child when he met Rajinikanth during the photoshoot of the movie.
View Article‘Fast and Furious 8’ to shoot ‘big explosion’ scene in Iceland
“Fast and Furious 8” crew has reportedly planned to film a scene involving the “largest explosion” ever in Iceland. Director F Gary Gray will partly film the movie in Arkanes, Iceland. The town may...
View ArticleFunny route to tinsel town
Srikanth and Sudharshan laughed their way to the film industry with their regional flavour in short comedy films
View ArticleAditya Chopra’s ‘Befikre’ to release on December 9
Filmmaker Aditya Chopra’s much-anticipated directorial comeback “Befikre”, starring Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor, will hit theatres on December 9 this year. Ranveer and Vaani shared the release d...
View ArticleStallone to receive Santa Barbara Film Festival award
Action star Sylvester Stallone has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Montecito Award. Given to “a person in the entertainment industry who has made a gre...
View ArticleMusically yours, from Jaffna
Meet Sri Lanka-based 21-year-old Thuvarakan, whose covers of Tamil songs are gaining popularity on social media.
View ArticleFarewell Kalpana
Charlie was Malayalam actor Kalpana Ranjani’s last film. She played the role of Mary who is forced into prostitution by her husband and is battling AIDS. She then meets Charlie, a wild spirit who tak...
View ArticleResul Pookutty gets two nods for banned film in US awards
Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty has received two nominations for “Unfreedom” and “India’s Daughter”, both the films which are banned in India, at the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 63rd an...
View ArticleMan gets censor board to watch paint dry – for 10 hours
'Paint Drying', a 10-hour film on, well, paint drying, is an attempt by a filmmaker to give BBFC a hard time.
View ArticleA shift of canvas
Why films can’t be acquired and collected just like any other object of art, asks Shai Heredia of Experimenta. She has curated a collection of nine films to be showcased at the India Art Fair
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