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Culture and cinema at IFFI 2025

India, Nov. 22 -- On Thursday, the Goan streets lit up to kickstart the 56th International Film Festival of India. In a first for IFFI, the opening ceremony took the form of a colourful street parade.... Read More


Kiran Rao on why small-town stories take Indiato the Oscars

India, Nov. 22 -- T he Oscar campaign for Homebound has begun in the US, with the film recently screened there as part of its awards push. Filmmaker Kiran Rao, whose Laapataa Ladies was India's offici... Read More


A filmy proposal for Palaash and Smriti

India, Nov. 22 -- Composer-filmmaker Palaash Muchhal and cricketer Smriti Mandhana's wedding rumours have been doing the rounds for some time now. Putting a stamp on the buzz on Friday, first Smriti p... Read More


Vivek, Aftab and Riteish try hard to revive a legacy, one bad joke at a time

India, Nov. 22 -- Direction: Milap Zaveri Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmukh, Elnaaz Norouzi, Shreya Sharma, Ruhi Singh, Arshad Warsi, Nargis Fakhri Rating: Published by HT Digita... Read More


Samaira is the daughter, not Safira: Mandhira Kapur questions Sunjay's will

India, Nov. 21 -- T he dispute over late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's estate has escalated after his sister, Mandhira Kapur, publicly questioned the will submitted by his widow, Priya Sachdev Kapur. S... Read More


Let Her Go echoes through Gurugram as Passenger makes India debut

India, Nov. 21 -- M ichael Rosenberg, better known as Passenger, performed in India for the first time as he opened his three-city tour at Gurugram's CyberHub on Wednesday evening. The British singer-... Read More


Farhan Akhtar's heartfelt war drama takes time to connect

India, Nov. 21 -- Direction: Razneesh Razi GhaiCast: Farhan Akhtar, Raashii Khanna, Ankit Siwach, Sparsh Walia, Eijaz KhanRating: Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from HT City... Read More


Karishma's silver screen comeback: Excited to be opposite Bobby deol

India, Nov. 21 -- After over a year away from films, actor and TV presenter Karishma Kotak is returning soon to the silver screen with a thriller featuring Bobby Deol and Rahul Bose. Speaking about he... Read More


K-pop band SUPER JUNIOR-D&E perform in India: Curry on checklist

India, Nov. 21 -- B oy band Super Junior's Lee Dong-Hae (39) and Eunhyuk (39), popularly known as D&E, were recently in India for the KTown 3.0 festival in Mumbai, and the duo couldn't stop gushing ab... Read More


World TV Day: Filmmakers who leaped from small screen to Bollywood

India, Nov. 21 -- Tigmanshu Dhulia: TV taught me how to budget and do quality work quickly I directed the Shekhar Kapur-produced serial Hum Bambai Nahi Jayengey (1993), that I co-wrote with Saurabh Sh... Read More