The Kannada film industry was in a state of shock after hearing the news. Monica has acted in four Kannada films in a career spanning six years. She had created a lot of controversies and her name featured regularly in magazine gossip columns.
A naval officer and his girlfriend, a Kannada film actress, were arrested in connection with the murder of creative head of a television production house.
Sacred Games Season 2 premieres on Netflix later this year.
He, however, did not name these 'influential and wealthy people'.
Check out the winners of the 63rd National Film Awards.
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Rediff.com looks at other sensational murder mysteries that left India shell-shocked.
The element of curiosity and chill is doubled when it's inspired from real-life manslaughter.
A special screening of Gurinder Chadha's new film Partition: 1947 was held in a theatre in Mumbai.
Aseem Chhabra attends an unusual medley of movies and literature in Chandigarh.
How the gangster and cop will look in the much-awaited second season.
'According to legal advice provided to me then, I was told we had very limited options.' 'Now in hindsight and after taking stock of things myself, I can quite see how I was ill-advised.'
Bollywood gets no love at the box office!
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Desipite good reviews, Baby and Dolly Ki Doli don't work at the box office.
Masaan co-writer Varun Grover talks about the film.
'If I have slipped and through my actions or words caused pain or hurt or trauma to absolutely anybody, please accept my apology.'
The hits and misses of the week.
Priyanka Chopra parties in Hollywood, while her Mary Kom team has bash back home.
Like the first season, Sacred Games 2 has become a talking point once again, getting its share of love and flak from viewers.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
'I may sound snobbish but I am genuinely tired of responding and saying thank you on Facebook, on Twitter, on phone calls. People are calling from everywhere. There is all this excitement and different groups are throwing parties. I have to attend them or else they will think I am snooty.' Meet Masaan director Neeraj Ghaywan.
A look at the hits and misses of the week.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
A look at the hits and misses at the box office this week.
'He loved me so much...I will miss him so much.'
'Anu Malik has great respect for lyrics and lyrics writers. He has worked with big important people through the '80s and the '90s -- everyone from Gulzar and Majrooh Sultanpuri. He treated me with great respect.' 'I don't think the AIB controversy will affect any comedian who can think right and straight, who is clear about his comedy and politics.'
'What would a composite of Dawood, Rajan, and Arun Gawli be like?' 'What if an absconding mafia boss were to land in Mumbai tomorrow, tired from all the running, and tender his final apology to the city by narrating his story and narrating it with brutal honesty?' Sreehari Nair watches Sacred Games.
Radhika Sharma/PTI catches up with the stars at the international film festival in Goa.
Love, fear, sadness, and many more, seen through the filmi lens.
Masaan is an immense achievement for a first-time filmmaker and must be applauded, says Raja Sen.
'This may seem like a lyrical lamenting of a writer, but it is the sad reality in and outside the industry. In films, nine out of 10 times the writer's name is not mentioned in posters, publicity or even reviews.' Screenwriter Anjum Rajabali and actress-writer Preeti Mamgain hope to make way for Bollywood's writers.
Aseem Chhabra's take on the highlights of Indian cinema this year.
'Peddlers isn't a movie of grand cinematic achievements, but one of small yet startlingly original victories.'
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