- Saturday, March 01, 2025
INDIA’S annual monsoon covered the entire country on Sunday (2), six days earlier than usual, the state-run weather office said, but rain totals are 10 per cent below average so far this season. The monsoon, the lifeblood of India’s $3 trillion economy, delivers much needed water to farms and restocks…
PAKISTAN’S headline inflation eased for the first time in seven months in June, figures released Monday (3) showed, a bright spot for a beleaguered government that must call an election this year. Year-on-year inflation was 29.4 per cent last month, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data showed, compared with a record…
Ram Gopal Verma’s Satya, which hit cinemas exactly 25 years ago, turned out to be a game-changer for actor Manoj Bajpayee. The actor received an overwhelming response for playing the character of Bhiku Matre. As the iconic film completes 25 years of its theatrical release on Monday, the National Film Award-winning…
Language is no longer a barrier when it comes to good content, says Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, Executive Director, PVR INOX Ltd, who has acquired the Sundance Film Festival breakout Past Lives for India release. Past Lives, by first-time director Celine Song, is an English-Korean relationship drama that has earned rave reviews with…
Be it Baazigar, Dushman, Gupt, Salaam Venky, and now series The Trial, Kajol has a penchant for powerful female characters, and the actress says portraying women who are not “weak and vulnerable” come naturally to her. In the upcoming Disney+ Hotstar show, the actor plays Noyonika Sengupta, a housewife who is forced to return to work…
Actor John Abraham’s next feature film The Diplomat will hit the theatres across the country on January 11, 2024, the makers have announced. The film, directed by Shivam Nair of Naam Shabana fame, is a high-octane drama and features Abraham in the role of a high-ranking government official, a press release stated. The Diplomat has…
Writer, and actor Keshavi Jaharia’s directorial debut Cybershot wins the ‘Best Artificial Intelligence Film’ Award at the prestigious Cannes World Film Festival after being selected out of thousands of entries. Cybershot which Jaharia wrote, directed, and starred in alongside Sharib Hashmi (The Family Man / Asur / Vikram Vedha) explores complex themes of…
Actor Allu Arjun and filmmaker Trivikram are set to collaborate for their fourth feature film, the makers announced on Monday. The currently untitled project will be backed by Allu Aravind and S Radha Krishna under production banners Geetha Arts and Harika & Hassine Creations, respectively. Geetha Arts made the announcement…
The makers on Monday announced that Malayalam superstar Mohanlal will feature in Vrushabha, a pan-India bilingual film that will hit the screens in 2024. Ektaa R Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms has teamed up with Connekkt Media and AVS Studios for the project, which will be filmed in Telugu and Malayalam. Directed by…
Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday (01) handed over a comprehensive list of 308 Indian prisoners, comprising 42 civilians and 266 fishermen, currently held in Pakistani jails. The list was given in accordance with the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access and this action was taken as part of the ongoing…
