- Sunday, February 23, 2025
Award-winning filmmaker Priyadarshan has confirmed that he will soon join forces with Akshay Kumar for a comic-caper. The duo has previously delivered a string of successful comedy films, including Hera Pheri (2020), Garam Masala (2005), Bhagam Bhag (2006), and Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007). The two last worked together on Khatta Meetha in 2010 and are set to collaborate again after a…
After the runaway success of WAR (2019), Hrithik Roshan has not signed any new film. If insiders are to be believed, the superstar has only Krrish 4 in his pocket, which is expected to roll in 2021 after facing several delays in the past. The latest update on the forthcoming sci-fi film is that…
THE US president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris were jointly named Time magazine’s 2020 “Person of the Year”, chosen from a list of finalists that included the man Biden vanquished at the polls – president Donald Trump. The Democratic former vice president and his running mate, a California senator whose…
THE UK has announced sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, on 11 politicians, officials and others responsible for gross human rights violations in Russia, Venezuela, The Gambia and Pakistan. Anwar Ahmad Khan, former senior superintendent of Police in Malir district, Karachi, Pakistan and Yahya Abdul Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh,…
THE UK prime minister Boris Johnson vowed to go the “extra mile” for a Brexit trade deal but instructed his government to prepare for Britain to crash out of the EU’s single market at the end of this year. The gloom deepened over the drawn-out Brexit saga after Johnson and…
Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on Wednesday(9) elected as the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), which will play an influential role during the next Biden administration. Jayapal, 55, said that the caucus will advance racial justice, tackle poverty and inequality and help transform the country. “As a lifelong organiser,…
THE EU countries will contribute more than €100 million (£91.8m) to a Bangladeshi welfare programme to aid thousands of garment workers hit by job losses and pay cuts during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. The EU is the biggest market for clothing made in Bangladesh, which saw billions of dollars in orders…
Speculations were rife lately that the makers of the Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi-starrer Chehre were planning to release the mystery thriller directly on a streaming media platform, forgoing a theatrical release. The latest news is coming in that they have already signed a lucrative deal with Disney+ Hotstar for the premiere…
The creator of an animated film on blasphemy in Pakistan is hoping it will prompt discussion on tolerance at a time that rights advocates say hate speech on social media is increasingly triggering violence. The short film Swipe is about a boy obsessed with a hypothetical smartphone app that allows people to…
Prime minister Narendra Modi attended the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday (10) for a huge new Indian parliament, the centrepiece of a grand but contentious redevelopment of New Delhi’s colonial-era core. Critics say the 200 billion rupees ($2.7 billion) that the government is reportedly spending on the vast project could be…
