Shabana Azmi’s 50 glorious years in Cinema – New York Indian Film Festival to celebrate The 50-year milestone cinematic journey of veteran actress Shabana Azmi will be celebrated in June at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), the annual celebration of features and documentaries from the Indian subcontinent. Notedly, the 24th edition of the…
Paul Auster, author of New York Trilogy no more – he was 77 Paul Auster, the visionary American novelist behind the acclaimed New York Trilogy, has departed to the immortal world at 77. The update on Auster’s death was confirmed by his wife and fellow author Siri Hustvedt, who said that Auster died on Tuesday…
Meet actor Master Mayur emerged famous for playing young Amitabh Bachchan, Master Mayur turned out to be a very famous actor after he was cast as young Amitabh Bachchan. Mayur’s first film was a super hit and he became popular among the audiences as ‘Young Amitabh’. Mayur Raj Verma then appeared in ‘Laawaris’ which made…
Looking back: Vidhu Vinod Chopra opens up on industry’s ban on Sanjay Dutt Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra looked back on roping in Sanjay Dutt in Munna Bhai.MBBS following Shah Rukh Khan back out from the project. The Filmmaker added that he wanted to cast Sanjay Dutt in the role of his lifetime. But at that…
Tamil playback singer Uma Ramanan no more she was 72 A big setback for the music fraternity of the South Indian Film Industry in the sad passing away of veteran playback singer Uma Ramanan on Wednesday 1 May. Uma has rendered memorable songs through her bright career. She was 72 and is survived by her…
Rajnikant starrer ‘Coolie’ faces trouble – Music composer Ilaiyaraaja serves copyright notice Rajnikant starrer ‘Coolie’ faces trouble as veteran Music composer Ilaiyaraaja has served a copyright notice to the makers for using his music sans his permission in the film’s promotional video which uses his song ‘Va Va Pakkam Va’ from the 1983 released movie…
Veteran actress Farida Jalal turns grandmother It goes without saying that Hindi Cinema’s veteran actress Farida has emoted innumerable characters both mainstream and parallel films. However, she got typecast first phase of her when she played the role of Dilip Kumar`s sister in ‘Gopi’ It’s atypical for actors to mushroom on screen, but Farida Jalal…
Anuj Thapan accused in Salman house firing case commits suicide lockup toilet He was accused of supplying weapons to shooters who opened fire outside Khan’s residence in Bandra on April 14 As per Police officials, incident came to their knowledge when a crime branch official noticed that Thapan was in the toilet for a long…
Actress Rupali Ganguly Joins BJP ahead of the LS Polls Television actress Rupali Ganguly, impressed by PM Modi ‘s work has joined BJP. Rupali Ganguly, is known for her roles in the series ‘Anupama’ and ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’. The event took place at the party’s headquarters in Kolkata and saw the attendance by several senior…
Mona Singh roped in for Aryan Khan’s debut project ‘Stardom’ Aryan Khan gears up to make his directorial debut with the project titled Stardom. As per latest reports Mona Singh has been brought on board to join the star studded cast. Ever since the announcement, the project has created significant buzz in the industry and…
