- Sunday, March 09, 2025
Harri, whose real name is Harikrishnan Keezhathil Surendran Pillai, is the designer whose striking oufit Sam Smith wore to the 2023 Brit Awards. The renowned British singer donned a bespoke, all-black latex ensemble featuring billowing shoulders and trousers, along with a pair of matching high-heeled boots. Taking to his Instagram…
THE south Asian movie that was most adored by the international film festival circuit in 2022 was Joyland. Although the path-breaking drama did not receive an Academy Award nomination, it became the first Pakistani movie in history to be shortlisted for an international feature Oscar. But more importantly, it expanded…
CASH-STRAPPED Sri Lanka announced its first major foreign investment since it declared bankruptcy, approving a $442 million (£368m) wind power project by India’s Adani group. Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment said Adani Green Energy, part of the business empire of controversial Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, will set up two wind…
Short film Goolar Ka Phool, directed by journalist-turned-filmmaker Dheeraj Bhatnagar, has been nominated for an award at the Barcelona edition of the Around International Film Festival (ARFF). The short film, written by Bhatnagar’s friend Sudhir Mishra, is nominated in the short film category of the festival. The Around International Film Festival…
Ahead of the 95th Academy Awards, the organisers have a new “crisis team” in place. The creation of the crisis team is a response to the 2022 Oscars, where Will Smith infamously walked on stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock. Academy president Janet Yang previously said the group’s response to…
Team RRR has been making all of us proud ever since the period drama hit the theatres in March 2022. Helmed by SS Rajamouli, RRR, which stars Jr NTR and Ram Charan in the lead roles, collected over £120 million worldwide. Later, the film’s track ‘Naatu Naatu’ bagged the ‘Best Original Song-Motion Picture’…
Actors Yami Gautam and Sunny Kaushal’s upcoming movie Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga will release on Netflix on March 24, the streamer announced on Thursday. Touted as a fast-paced heist-thriller, the movie is directed by Ajay Singh and produced by Amar Kaushik and Dinesh Vijan of Maddock Films. Also starring Sharad Kelkar, Chor Nikal…
Chandni and Lamhe were Rani Mukerji’s favourite films growing up and the actor says she loved the way Yash Chopra presented his heroines on the screen. The filmmaker’s legacy has been celebrated in a popular Netflix docu-series The Romantics, which takes viewers behind-the-scenes of the studio, its movies and the impact the filmmaker has…
A thick layer of smog, or smoke-induced fog, enveloped parts of the national capital of India on Wednesday (22). Delhi recorded an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 201, which is the ‘poor’ range, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). Residents in Delhi…
A case has been registered against 30-40 unidentified officials of the Rajasthan Police for allegedly assaulting Srikant’s (the accused in the Bhiwani deaths case) pregnant wife. In the case registered, sections related to miscarriage have been invoked. The family of Srikant, who was arrested in connection with the Bhiwani deaths…
