Composer Sidhant Bhatia, singer Raja Kumari, singer-producer Raghav Mehta and mixing engineer Deepak PA talk about Sounds of Kumbha, which is shortlisted for the Grammys in the Best Global Music Album category.
Freida Pinto is all set to star in a new series adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri's acclaimed short story collection Unaccustomed Earth.
Anupam Kher's directorial Tanvi The Great is all set for its grand premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and the team is already turning heads.
'We met Gulzar sahab at his residence to honour him with the Jnanpith Award. Gulzar sahab's son-in-law Govind Sandhu, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, his wife Rekha, and a few writers were present on this occasion.'
Renowned music director A R Rahman has been admitted to a corporate hospital in Chennai. Sources say he is doing fine, but details about his hospitalization are not yet available.
Billionaire Gautam Adani on Wednesday shared a personal note on the development of Dharavi in Mumbai, days after the Maharashtra government issued a resolution to award the Dharavi redevelopment project to his conglomerate on July 14. In the note shared with the media, Adani said his first tryst with Dharavi in Mumbai was in the late 1970s, and the slum settlement continues to amaze and inspire the billionaire to date. "When this opportunity to renew Dharavi came calling, I seized it with both hands," he said.
'Our fractured world has been embroiled in wars and hatred, and many sessions reflect these concerns.'
The comic book movie, which has seen various efforts to bring it to the screen over the last two decades, grossed over the weekend a decent but unspectacular $83 million, nearly 55 percent of it in North America. Slumdog, which was number one film for just one week in its dream run worldwide, made about $18 million. It lost about 35 percent of its box-office clout after having soared to the top amidst post Oscar celebrations.
Slumdog Millionaire might have won accolades the world over but parents of two children starring in the rags-to-riches tale set in Mumbai have accused the producers of exploitation.
The Prime Minister "congratulates A R Rahman, Resul Pookutty (sound engineer), Gulzar (lyricist), and entire Slumdog Millionaire team for the success at the Oscars," a PMO spokesperson said. Singh said "they have done India proud".
All We Imagine As Light remains heart-warmingly affecting because you know experiences like this are few and far between. Payal Kapadia's film-making voice must be cherished, asserts Mayur Sanap.
The Opposition had promised to scrap the Dharavi redevelopment project if it came to power. With the Mahayuti's massive mandate in the Maharashtra assembly election, that prospect has been laid to rest.
Mohammed Ismail, died in Mumbai after a long battle with tuberculosis.
In addition to being nominated in the best picture, director, adapted screenplay and music categories for the Oscars, Slumdog Millionaire is also expected to be nominated for cinematography, editing and costumes.
Ayush Manesh Khedekar who played young Jamal in the Oscar-winning movie is in Cannes to promote his latest movie Shyam's Secret.
There was dancing, there was singing and heavy dose of patriotism on a glitzy night at the Indian Premier League opening ceremony in Chennai on Friday.
Slumdog Millionaire was nominated in the following BAFTA categories: Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Music, Production Design, Sound and Outstanding British Film.
After making waves overseas, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire is all set to release in India in January.
"I don't know if he has seen Slumdog Millionaire. I know he wants to," White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, told reporters during the course of his daily press briefing.
It was not necessary to rake up the dirt to create a film to bring Oscars to India.
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, an art house hit in America and Canada and which will roll out of across the United Kingdom next month, grabbed a trio of top awards at the British Independent Film Awards. The film, which is slowly adding extra theatres each week, was No 11 on the North American box-office chart for the weekend, earning $1.36 million, taking its total to $3.6 million. It is in 49 theatres, having added 17 over the weekend.
Sector 36 goes for the gruesomeness and shock; watching it needs a tough heart or a quick averting of the eyes, warns Deepa Gahlot.
Decapitated ghosts, ancient ghosts, devil judges, devious cartoons, angry young women, it's a super flavourful platter of assorted goodies on the OTT menu this week.
Slumdog Millionaire, which was orphaned a few months ago when distributor Warner Independent folded into the parent company, consolidated its Oscar nomination chances last week winning a slew of key awards and being nominated for four Golden Globes.
Long before the Oscars and many other awards Slumdog Millionaire received in the last six weeks, director Danny Boyle was emphasizing the importance of smaller distributors and moaning their decline.
SlumDog Millionaire has won over the Western audiences with its 'fairy tale in a Mumbai slum' storyline but back home the film has opened up a heated debate about the stereotyped representation of India and Mumbai in the Western films.
Though Irrfan Khan did not walk the red carpet for Slumdog Millionaire at Golden Globes Awards. He is very happy that he is part of the movie Slumdog Millionaire. As the film won 4 awards for the film in different categories we spoke to Irrfan Khan on how he feels about his film winning the movie and he not being present at the award function.
The Booker prize winning author dismissed the film publicly in a speech at Altanta's Emory University, saying it "piles impossibility on impossibility". The writer called the book and movie nothing more than "feel-good" and complained about various portions of the story.
A member of Rubina's family told rediff.com that the little girl does not appear interested in studies and no one in her family ensures she attends school regularly.
Slumdog Millionaire not only getting the some of the best reviews in recent years but also doing brisk business in arthouses. The Danny Boyle directed film, focusing on three slum children in Mumbai and their tryst with fate as grown-ups, grossed a highly promising $420,000 in just five days in 10 theatres in North American cities.
Simbu dubs for Dev Patel while S P Balasubramanian dubs for Anil Kapoor in the Tamil version of the hit film.
Vikas Swarup, whose debut novel was made into the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire, has been appointed as spokesperson in the external affairs ministry.
Rubina Ali's slum home was demolished this morning.
The latest episode of 10 Ka Dum pits the Slumdog kids against TZP's Darsheel, and promises to be an eye-opener.
Fox Star Studio India, the distributor of Slumdog Millionaire in the country, has managed to gross around Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) from the markets, surpassing collections of some of the biggest Bollywood hits of last year such as Rock On.
When the team heard about Rubina's loss in the recent Bandra fire, they presented her with two cheques.
M Night Shyamalan has signed Dev Patel for his adventure film, The Last Airbender.
Slumdog Millionaire has bagged five prestigious prizes including Best Composer award for Indian music maestro A R Rahman at Broadcast Film Critics Association's 14th annual Critics Choice Awards.
Composer A R Rahman on the sounds of Slumdog Millionaire.
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