In sad turn of events, veteran filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away on Sunday at 10:30 am at his home in Bhawanipore, Kolkata. He was 95. He had been suffering from age-related ailments for a long time. Mrinal Sen was a noted Bengali filmmaker based in Kolkata. Along with his contemporaries Satyajit[Read More…]
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Art is never a competition: Filmmaker Iram Haq
Mumbai, Norwegian-Pakistani actress filmmaker Iram Haq, whose film “What Will People Say” has been selected as Norwegian entry for the best foreign language film at the 91st Academy Awards, says telling a compelling story is more important for her than winning an award because she does not believe in competition[Read More…]
Was in relationships where I was open but my significant other wasn’t: Onir
Mumbai: Onir says he was in relationships in the past where he was open but his significant other was not comfortable maybe because the person had the fear of being assumed as gay just because he was with the filmmaker. “I have been in relationships where I was open but[Read More…]
Astounded by choice, variety of films Alia is doing: Mahesh Bhatt
Veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said that he was astounded by his actor daughter Alia Bhatt’s choices and the variety of movies that she was doing in her immensely successful film career. Mahesh Bhatt was interacting with the media at press meet of 3 x 3 Pro Basketball League (3BL) along[Read More…]
Indians are comfortable when woman becomes Sita not Kali: Pooja Bhatt
Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt says that in India people are comfortable when a woman becomes Sita or Savitri but when she acts like Goddess Kali, then they have problems. Pooja attended a press conference along with her father and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt for the success of their radio show “Bhatt Naturally”[Read More…]
Padmavati row: Shatrughan Sinha questions PM Modi, Big B for silence
Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s silence over the “burning” issue of the film “Padmavati”. “As ‘Padmavati’ becomes a burning controversy, people are asking why the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, most versatile Aamir Khan and most popular Shah Rukh Khan have no comments. And[Read More…]
Interview: Nothing can stop release of ‘Padmavati’, says Deepika Padukone
A decade ago when she forayed into Bollywood, Deepika Padukone never imagined she would be a Sanjay Leela Bhansali heroine. Now, as she prepares for the release of epic drama “Padmavati“, which clocks her trilogy with the filmmaker, the actress is confident the movie will tide over the controversy, hit[Read More…]
Why a good actor has to be a good man, asks Vivek Agnihotri
In the wake of the sexual allegations made against American actor Kevin Spacey, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has questioned why is it believed that a good actor has to be a good man. “Do we love actors for their performances or their sex life? Why is it believed that a good[Read More…]
Playing Amitabh Bachchan most difficult task of my life, says Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty Kundra will be seen playing megastar Amitabh Bachchan in filmmaker Farah Khan’s TV show, Lip Sing Battle. She said playing Bachchan was the most difficult task of her life. The actress took to Instagram to share a picture in which she can be seen flaunting Bachchan’s popular look.[Read More…]
Every time you are playing a woman’s card, Farah Khan tells Kangana Ranaut
Choreographer-turned-director, Farah Khan reacted to the Hrithik Roshan-Kangana Ranaut controversy, saying the ‘Queen’ actor is playing a woman card. Though, Farah did not take name of Kangana directly. Feminism meant equality and if a man would have made statements like Kangana, he would have faced the wrath of the society,[Read More…]
‘Glad India is finally taking sanitation seriously’: Twitterati reacted on Pahlaj Nihalani’s removal
Pahlaj Nihalani was sacked from the post of Central Board of Film Certification chairman on Friday. “Yes, it is correct. Pahlaj Nihalani had to resign from his chairmanship. Recently there was a lot of friction in the working of the CBFC,” CBFC member and filmmaker Ashok Pandit told indianexpress.com. Nihalani’s[Read More…]
Trailer: Manisha Koirala is making comeback with ‘Dear Maya’
Bollywood veteran actress Manisha Koirala is back with Sunaina Bhatnagar’s film ‘Dear Maya’. The first trailer of the film has released on Friday. Notably, Bhatnagar has worked with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali on Jab We Met, Love Aaj Kal and Rockstar. The trailer shows two teenage girls Anna and Ira –[Read More…]
FIR lodged against filmmaker Shirish Kunder for slamming CM Adityanath
Filmmaker Shirish Kunder seems to be in a trouble as an FIR was registered against him for allegedly derogatory remarks against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath under Section 66 of Information Technology Act, 2008 with Hazratganj police station on Thursday. The FIR was lodged by Amit Kumar Tiwari, secretary[Read More…]