India is shining, although I will argue that it is a temporary acceptance until India once again makes a mega-successful film like RRR or another beautiful, moving, documentary like The Elephant Whisperers, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Pictures from the glittering IIFA Utsavam awards.
'It's very heartening because it's a kind of underdog story and you know, we're not a big film, we're not with big people, we have not been able to plaster ourselves all over the place to make ourselves be seen and watched.' 'But still, we have managed to somehow get here.'
Legendary cricketer and co-owner of Indian Super League football club Kerala Blasters, Sachin Tendulkar, on Wednesday met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to discuss about setting up a state-of-the-art residential football academy in the state.
'I believe FFI has made a mistake,' notes Aseem Chhabra.
'The media is portraying the Malayalam film industry as the worst place, but that's not true.'
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.
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.
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.
The 36-year-old actor has been questioned two-three times by the agency in the said case earlier.
'Back in India, I am the dictator. No one tells me how to make a film.'
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.
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Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Thursday chose to keep mum on the "rape remark" controversy and jokingly said he should talk less as these days whatever he says gets misinterpreted.
'We need to understand and respect wildlife behaviour.'
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The movie failed to make the cut in the top-10 movies that will advance to the next round of voting at the 92nd Academy Awards.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Fashion shows, bhangra dances, film screenings and lots of goodwill mark IIFA-BUZZ, a series of events in the Greater Toronto area leading up to the star-studded IIFA Awards later this month.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'I could have never imagined such a day would come and bring light and celebration of light.'
'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.' Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.
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.
'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.'
Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Sukanya Verma goes down memory lane to recap the desi sightings at the Oscars.
Aseem Chhabra is heartbroken that India overlooked the acclaimed film, The Lunchbox, as its Oscar nominee.
'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.'
Pebbles, India's official entry in the international feature film category at the 2022 Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'The jester's job, the joker's job, the fool's job is to make fun of people to make them seem beautiful.'
Reliance's network includes the wide reach of IM Global,
The Oscars is prestigious and all artists covet it but ultimately, the business of winning is ruthless and political. And India has seldom risen to the challenge, argues Sukanya Verma.
Batra's The Lunchbox was passed over for The Good Road last year.
'It is a film with a good human concept that would touch people around the world.' 'We are honouring a film that deserves to be at the Oscars.'
'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.'
