The honour is considered India’s highest award in cinema. The Centre on Thursday announced the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Rajinikanth for his contribution as an actor, producer and screenwriter. Announcing the decision in New Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said, “For the past 50 years, Rajinikanth hasContinue Reading
How the actor’s gut instinct made him choose ‘Sulthan’, which hits screens this Friday Can a peace-loving man manage a hundred rowdies at once? That is the one-liner that Karthi heard from director Bakkiyaraj Kannan a couple of years ago. The actor’s ears perked up. He listened to a 20-minuteContinue Reading
Benjamin Daimary, India’s first gay actor to win a national award, opens up on acceptance Mumbai or any other place in the “mainland” is not as tolerant or understanding of the LGBTQ community as the northeast of India, the country’s first gay actor to win a national film award says.Continue Reading
The prints, which are in the 16mm and 35mm format, also contain some important Hindi films. In a major acquisition of vernacular cinema classics, the vaults of the city-based National Film Archive of India (NFAI) have added 89 film prints, a significant number of them from the ‘Golden Age’ ofContinue Reading
Sinha penned a long note as her portions for the series came to an end. Actor Sonakshi Sinha on Sunday said she has finished shooting for her upcoming Amazon Prime Video series tentatively titled “Fallen” and thanked the show’s cast and crew, including director Reema Kagti, for the experience. SinhaContinue Reading
In Hindi cinema, the tradition of ‘hori’, celebrating the love of Radha and Krishna, has always been big It is hard to imagine Indian festivals without music. As most festivals are associated with the change of seasons and the arrival of a new crop, song and dance provide an opportunityContinue Reading
The group took to social media on Thursday evening to announce their decision to disband, saying that the members will share an “inseparable bond” Pakistani rock band Strings, known for belting out hits songs like “Dhaani” and “Duur”, have announced that they are ending their 33-year-long musical partnership. The groupContinue Reading
Lalitha of the Hyderabad Sisters, who passed away recently, carried forward the Alathur baniContinue Reading
The Palarivattom flyover, found damaged soon after it was commissioned and was subsequently rebuilt, is finding repeated mention as electioneering to the State Assembly polls is catching up. Campaigning for the Left, poet Balachandran Chullikkad used it as a metaphor suggesting that the flyover symbolised the political, social and economicContinue Reading
How medical professionals, belonging to the class of ‘78 from Madurai Medical College, have come out with a ‘Covid Vaccine Song’ to leave a positive message on vaccination A group of doctors, from across the world, have come together with a song in Tamil and English to motivate people toContinue Reading
