The Narendra Modi government on Monday announced the prestigious Padma awards for 2021. In all 119 Padma awards were announced, of which the Padma Vibushan, the second highest civil award in......
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village', discovers Ranjita Ganesan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It is the fifth visit to......
Pakistani filmmakers are gearing up to co-produce films with their Indian counterparts and rope in Indian actors.A 25-member official Pakistani film delegation, in Mumbai to take part in 'FRAMES',......
Perhaps never before had so many celebrities converged on the soil of this city of nawabs on a single day.The occasion was the marriage of Sahara group chief Subrata Roy's two sons and the guest......
Eighteen industrialists have made it to the final round of the coveted Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. An eight-member jury, chaired by M Damodaran, the former chairman of Sebi, IDBI......
Ten months after Reliance MediaWorksand Inox filed for open offers to acquire majority stake in multiplex operator Fame, the Securities and Exchange Board of Indiahas cleared decks for offers of......
It all began with an e-mail exchange between father Shyam Shroff and his son Shravan. In 1996 Shravan Shroff, then managing director of Fame India, sensed a gap in the cinema exhibition business......
Full time film critic with The Hindu, when 31 year old Sudhish Kamath isn't raving about Lost, he takes time off work to make movies. His self-financed first feature, That 4 Letter Word, starring......
Cinema lovers will have a good time in August with over 20 Bollywood films lined up for release during the month.Riding on an investment of nearly Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion), the stakes are high......
Randeep Hooda and Lin Laishram made a handsome couple at their wedding reception in Mumbai, where they invited their friends from the film industry. Their wedding ceremony was......
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's newsmakers and events... A: ALIA ALL OVER IMAGE: Alia Bhatt at the Berlin film festival. Photograph:......
Bollywood movies have a soft corner for Dil and Pyaar. But its Ram love is no less prolific. It's no surprise Akshay Kumar, whom Caravan magazine dubbed Hindutva's poster boy, has a new release......
'The second half of 2022 definitely looks stronger for Bollywood.' Photograph: Kiara Advani and Kartik Aaryan in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. The show goes on in the Hindi film industry: It is steadily......
India disappointed yet again at the Olympics. The contingent from the world's second most populous nation returned home with a solitary silver medal and was shamed by two doping expulsions.But......
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at28th Olympic Games in Athens on Monday.Archery: Men's individual events (Tarundeep Rai, Sawaiyan Majhi, Satyadev Prasad)Badminton:......
Yet to make an impact in the over 100-year history of the Olympics, India is sending its "best-ever" 78-member contingent to Athens for next month's mega event with the hope of clinching a few......
He is a legend of Indian sport; the country's first authentic world champion in any sport.Today, he lies prone on a sick bed, alone and desolate, completely off the radar as far as officialdom is......