The Indian Diaspora has been able to carve a niche in their adopted countries as a result of their talent, perseverance and hardworking nature, asserts Rup Narayan Das.
Shabana Azmi is thrilled for director Deepa Mehta.
Ram Madhvani's series is all over the place and also boring to watch, complains Deepa Gahlot.
As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year old man and a literary treasure, wonders Subhash K Jha.
Sushmita starts shooting... Kangana's state of Emergency...Kapil goes to Toronto...
Check out the star arrivals.
Stories of rural India, campus capers, realistic family dramas and urban romance that are no longer picked up by film-makers, find their way to the Web, and the viewing experience is richer for the variety available.
Anurag Kashyap, Deepa Mehta, Shriya Saran and Shahana Goswami represent India at the ongoing Toronto Film Festival with their films.
Netflix hosted a get-together for all its stars in Mumbai, and they turned up looking fashionable and gorgeous.
Here are the red carpet arrivals.
Deepa Mehta offers a sneak peek of her new film.
The actresses were spotted at the premiere of their film, Cooking With Stella at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival.
Find out what Cooking With Stella -- one of the Indian movie which is premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival -- is all about.
Cooking With Stella will open the 8th annual Indian Film Fetsival of Los Angeles, to be held April 20 to 25 at Arclight Hollywood. The festival will showcase 33 films from five countries, including four world premieres and seven United States premieres.
India-born author Salman Rushdie and Indian Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta will collaborate to produce a movie based on his prize winning novel Midnight's Children.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
The actor confirms the same on twitter.
With two directors -- Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta -- whose films have been nominated for Oscars, and with the veteran actress Shabana Azmi and the relatively younger Preity Zinta joining the celebrities, the eighth edition of the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival opens on Wednesday in New York.
Life Of Pi composer Mychael Danna talks about his life's journey so far.
Controversial author Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata to promote Deepa Mehta's film Midnight's Children, based on his novel, has been cancelled due to security issues.
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned.
In an Exclusive Interview with CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, one of the greatest contemporary literary voices Salman Rushdie and internationally acclaimed film maker Deepa Mehta talk about the new form of intolerance towards writers, artists and filmmakers in India.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Three Indian films -- Midnight's Children, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and English Vinglish -- will be showcased at the festival.
The Midnight's Children actress is quite a looker!
'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.' 'If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.' 'I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.'
While grad student Suraj Sharma Churai is making his dream debut with Ang Lee's Life Of Pi, Yale graduate Satya Bhaba is stepping into the limelight with Deepa Mehta's celluloid telling of Midnight's Children.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Aishwarya Rai's will appear in Rituparno Ghosh's first Hindi film, Raincoat.
Devyani Saltzman, director Deepa Mehta's daughter, on the shooting of Water.
Controversial author Salman Rushdie has said that he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata as he was told that the police would bundle him out in the next flight on instructions from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
Actor Satya Bhabha talks about his work in Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children.
The Indo-American Arts Council brought in the Oscars with a fun party in New York City.
Picking 10 excellent performances has been difficult but the attempt is to acknowledge the work of actors, who are often overlooked in favour of stars.
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