Coronavirus: Shootings of movies, TV shows halted

To contain the spread of novel coronavirus, film bodies in India including Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE), Indian Film & Television Directors' Association......

Bleeding hearts! Don't bleed the nation!

'All their idealism, intensity of emotions, acute sense of right and wrong, and burning passion for public causes can never serve as justifiable grounds to be touted by students of any country, let......

Suddala Sudhakar Teja is Telangana's 'vaastu' expert

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao has made no attempts to conceal his obsession with vaastu, the ancient Indian principles of architecture, even telling the assembly,......

Things to look forward to in 2015

This is the season for hope and forecasts. As the calendar preps itself to reset to January 1, we look at the things we hope will be granted in 2015. Some of these are simple while others will......

3D screens are gaining popularity

Around five months earlier, Shrikanth Ghanekar, a city-based wholesale textile exporter, watched a 3D film for the first time. The film, Haunted, was being screened at Regal Cinema in Mumbai, and......

Mera Bharat in Hollywood

I must confess to remaining fairly unaffected by any great stirrings of 'patriotism'-- or, at least, by what passes for the honourable emotion most of the time. I would frankly smirk if anyone......

Anil Ambani, Spielberg close to deal: WSJ

Superstar Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and Anil Ambani are about to sign a deal that will see the ADA Group bankroll Spielberg's DreamWorks SKG with between $500 million to $600 million, The......

Hollywood banks on 'dubbed for India'

Hollywood is cashing in on the tremendous success of Spiderman 3, released in Hindi, Bhojpuri and Tamil, among other languages, raking in a record Rs 27 crore in the first week. Distributors of......

Kaathal: Demystifying The Indian Superstar

'As I watched Mammootty 'try out' Mathew Devassy, I could hear from my theatre seat the ready-made appreciation of the liberal press, their applause for the great actor having flirted with......

'Don't be fooled by Ranveer's bling'

'In him resides a fierce lion of an actor who would have made Stanislavsky proud.' 'With Rocky he started with his body, his hair, his clothes; then his walk, his language, the constant listening......

'It's so amazing I get to roleplay for a living'

'Touch wood, I'm blessed that I am getting this chance to do the things I love.''I know a lot of people would love to be in my place.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Tanya Maniktala/Instagram When......

The JINX Shabana Wants to BREAK!

'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.''The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.''So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to......

Abbott receives support from Hughes's family; need to make sense of loss

Clarke and Hughes's sister spending time with the bowler ‘The real impact for the one who bowled the ball would probably be playing out weeks and months down the track when the shock wears......