• Friday, February 28, 2025

Fifty years of Pakeezah: An iconic courtesan drama

POWERFUL courtesan drama Pakeezah marks its 50th anniversary on February 4. One of the greatest Bollywood films in history has become iconic since it released in 1972 and gave a career-defining performance to lead star Meena Kumari, who is widely regarded as the most technically gifted leading lady in Hindi cinema history.…

Vijay Singh named CEO of new Sony talent company

The joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment will offer actors, musicians, sportspersons, gamers, and content creators in India opportunities for co-ventures, metaverse solutions, brand partnerships, and management. Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today the creation of ‘Sony Entertainment Talent Ventures India’ (SETVI), a…

Actor Adeel Akhtar and director Aleem Khan bag nominations at…

The complete list of nominees for the 2022 BAFTAs has finally been revealed with Denis Villeneuve’s epic science fiction Dune (2021) emerging as the most nominated film with a staggering 11 nominations in total.  The Power of the Dog (2021) received 8 nominations and Belfast (2021), a period drama directed by Kenneth Branagh, bagged 6.…

Rojo’s Top 10 Musical Influences

NEWLY formed UK band Rojo compose, sing, and produce predominantly Sinhala songs, and recently announced themselves with their acclaimed debut single Age Adare. The multi-lingual act aims to bring Sinhala music to the forefront, but also perform, write, sing and produce English and Hindi songs, including popular covers. Eastern Eye got band members Anjelo…

Actor-turned-director Kash Arshad takes theatre audiences on An Adventure

ACE writer Vinay Patel’s critically acclaimed theatre play An Adventure makes a welcome return with a brand-new production at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton this month, from February 4 until February 26. A talented cast of four bring the epic global story spanning seven decades, about a couple who leaves 1950’s India in…

Small-screen superstar’s Sirf Tum comeback

HE MAY be one of the biggest TV stars of his generation, but that hasn’t stopped Vivian Dsena from being super selective about work he takes on. That desire to concentrate on quality over quantity has turned the actor into a small-screen icon and why his return with new serial Sirf Tum was…

Jacqueline Fernandez teams up with AL Vijay for a horror…

Jacqueline Fernandez, who was last seen in Bhoot Police (2021), has joined hands with well-known filmmaker AL Vijay for an emotional horror thriller. Vijay last helmed the biographical drama Thalaivii (2021), starring Kangana Ranaut as former actress-turned-politician Jayalalitha. Sharing more details on the forthcoming venture, a source in the know informs, “It is a…

Priyanka Chopra joins Anthony Mackie for Hollywood film ‘Ending Things’

Actress Priyanka Chopra, who was most recently seen in The Matrix Resurrections (2021), has now signed on to star in yet another high-profile Hollywood film ‘Ending Things’. She is set to feature alongside Anthony Mackie in the upcoming True Lies-esque actioner, Ending Things. Kevin Sullivan is onboard to helm the project. He also serves…

Prabhas & Pooja Hegde’s Radhe Shyam books a new release…

Starring Prabhas and Pooja Hegde in lead roles, Radhe Shyam is one of the most anticipated pan-India films of 2022. Earlier, it was set to hit screens on January 14, but the makers had to put its release on hold due to the third wave of coronavirus, fuelled by the Omicron variant. Now that cases are…

ZEE5 Global drops Huma Qureshi-Avantika Dassani’s Mithya trailer

Mithya will premiere on ZEE5 Global on 18th February. ZEE5 Global on Wednesday unveiled the trailer of the upcoming psychological thriller, Mithya, starring Huma Qureshi and debutante Avantika Dassani in lead roles. Directed by Rohan Sippy, the series has been jointly produced by Applause Entertainment and Rose Audio Visual Production. In addition to…