- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Karan Johar’s Dharma Production and Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment on Saturday announced their second collaboration, an adaptation of French hit The Intouchables. The Hindi-language film will be directed by Collin D’Cunha, best known for assisting on movies such as Sanju, Secret Superstar, and Shaandaar. The original film, which released in 2011, featured French star Omar…
For their next movie venture, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri and his actor-wife Pallavi Joshi have zeroed in on the critically-acclaimed Kannada novel, Parva, by S L Bhyrappa. The 1979 Kannada book is a retelling of the Sanskrit epic ‘Mahabharata’. Considered among Bhyrappa’s most widely debated and popular works, Parva weaves its tale through the…
ANTI-SEMITIC and Islamophobic hate crimes in London have soared amid the Israel-Hamas war, the Metropolitan Police force said. Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took more than 200 hostages. More than 4,130 Palestinians, mainly civilians,…
INDIA on Saturday (21) successfully launched the first unmanned trial run of its upcoming crewed orbital mission, in the latest milestone for its spacefaring ambitions. The Gaganyaan (“Skycraft”) mission is slated to send three astronauts into Earth’s orbit in 2025, an important yardstick of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO)…
ROCKING revolutionary Shammi Kapoor introduced the kind of swagger into Bollywood that enabled the Hindi film hero to connect with a more globalised audience. From his cool style and good looks to high energy performances, he became a magnificent movie icon and delivered marvellous musicals filled with magical moments. Then…
LET’S allow ourselves a bit of artistic licence and imagine Queen Victoria has slipped into the Hammersmith Lyric to take a peek at Tanika Gupta’s play, The Empress, a retelling of the story of her relationship with Abdul Karim and her Indian subjects in general. “We are amused,” the Queen declares.…
IT MAY have been a smooth transition from winning prestigious beauty pageants Miss India and Miss World to becoming an actress, fashion icon and humanitari – an, but Manushi Chhillar didn’t plan anything. By combining hard work with following her instincts, the 26-year-old has made a big impact in a…
Actress Haydn Gwynne has died at the age of 66, her representatives have confirmed. She had recently been diagnosed with cancer. The versatile stage and screen actress was best known for her roles in the comedy series Drop The Dead Donkey and as Camilla in the British sitcom The Windsors. She also starred in…
Pearl V Puri, a well-known face on Indian television, makes his silver screen debut with this week’s release Yaariyan 2, directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru. As the title aptly suggests, the film is a spiritual sequel to the 2014 hit Yaariyan. Easter Eye recently met Pearl at T-Series’ office in…
DIVERSITY in the boardrooms of the UK’s largest listed companies witnessed a significant drop in the past year, a new survey has revealed. The decline occurred due to an increased focus on hiring experienced individuals during uncertain times, found out a survey by recruitment firm Spencer Stuart. Spencer Stuart’s 2023…
