Indo-Pak tensions cast its shadow on the Mumbai International Film Festival with organisers on Monday dropping Pakistani film "Jago Hua Savera" in its retrospective section amid threats of protests at its screening.
'I could have never imagined such a day would come and bring light and celebration of light.'
The song Naatu Naatu from S S Rajamouli's RRR has been nominated in the Best Original Song category at the 95th academy Awards. But that's not all.
Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
Like Slumdog Millionaire, RRR will remain a one-time phenomenon until another big, larger-than-life, Indian film connects with the critics in the West, predicts Aseem Chhabra.
Sukanya Verma goes down memory lane to recap the desi sightings at the Oscars.
The producers of Nachom-ia Kumpasar sent their entry to the Oscars privately in two categories -- Best Foreign Film and Best Background Score.
A look at the other contenders that were passed over for The Good Road this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country is proud and elated with "Naatu Naatu" winning an Oscar and hailed the song as one that will be remembered for years to come.
S S Rajamouli's period action film RRR has scooped nominations in two categories at the Golden Globe Awards: Best Picture, Non-English, and Best Original Song, Motion Picture.
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Telugu film industry.
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Telugu film industry.
'Just the other day I went to a coffee shop and there were three people asked me, "Are you Dr Dia?"'
A special NDPS court in Mumbai on Wednesday permitted actor Rhea Chakraborty, an accused in a drugs case related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, to travel to Abu Dhabi for four days to attend the IIFA awards show.
'I believe FFI has made a mistake,' notes Aseem Chhabra.
He recalled PM Modi's message at the United Nations and hailed India's mission "to save the planet from conflict and violence" through the principles of Buddhism.
'We didn't expect the film to be recognised at this level; we focused on making an honest and simple film.' 'We didn't have any expectations even like being appreciated at festivals.'
Say hello to Bollywood's new talent Samiera, Ibrahim and Kaveri!
Fifteen award-winning films will be selected, says filmmaker Shyam Benegal.
'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.' 'And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole world, then we are really being losers.' 'The visionaries of the industry must pull up their socks and say that now we will create for the world.'
'We don't want to lose out on its cult value by rushing into something just for the sake of making Part 3.'
'We have to do everything in our power to get as many Academy members to watch the film as possible.' 'After that, I am confident, my film will speak for itself.'
This year's edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards will be held at the South Korean city.
'No small artistic film can even hope to win, except, maybe, as random tokenism,' asserts Deepa Gahlot.
'Back in India, I am the dictator. No one tells me how to make a film.'
'Why does it happen that our films don't work there, their films work here?'
Indian Americans have asked the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to introduce a new award category of 'Best Bollywood Film' for films made in India.
'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.' Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.
A few weeks before attending the Academy Awards on March 12, Ram Charan appeared on Good Morning America.
Bollywood stars up their fashion game at IIFA!
Pebbles, India's official entry in the international feature film category at the 2022 Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race.
'How do you stay so energised? So young?' 'Dev Anand flashed that familiar crooked grin and told me, "The mind never grows old. It urges you to surge ahead".'
'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.' 'He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his films.'
Gully Boy", produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, featured Ranveer as an up-and-coming rapper who sets out to achieve his dream by rhyming about his life on the Mumbai streets.
'The jester's job, the joker's job, the fool's job is to make fun of people to make them seem beautiful.'
Batra's The Lunchbox was passed over for The Good Road last year.
'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.'
Aseem Chhabra is heartbroken that India overlooked the acclaimed film, The Lunchbox, as its Oscar nominee.
Hyderabad-based Anshul Sinha is making hard hitting films on important social issues, but there are no takers.
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