Arts Entertainments

Honesty is the best policy for director Dibakar Banerjee; both in his films and in life. The filmmaker, who is known for National Award-winning productions such as Khosla ka Ghosla and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! admits that his latest, LSD 2, wasn’t an easy film to make, particularly because of how accurately it describes the […]

Several miles (kilometers) from the city center at the Malmo Arena, 25 acts — narrowed from 37 entrants by two semi-final runoffs — are due to perform three-minute songs in front of a live audience of thousands and an estimated 180 million viewers around the world. This year’s entries range from emotional to eccentric. They […]

KOCHI: Actor Ali Fazal will be making his Tamil film debut with ‘Thug Life’. Headlined by Kamal Haasan, the film is helmed by Mani Ratnam.   While the details of Ali’s character are being kept under wraps, the actor expressed his elation at being a part of the venture. “I am truly thrilled to be a part of Mani sir’s vision for […]

The couple announced the news on their respective Instagram pages with corresponding posts. Both begin with a short, romantic video clip of the couple kissing. Hailey Bieber is draped in white lace; baby bump prominent in the sheer, form-fitting fabric. It is followed up with a photo shoot of Justin Bieber photographing his wife. In […]

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Kiran Rao says it is heartening to see LGBTQ stories finding space in mainstream filmmaking, even though the progress has been quite slow. The “Laapataa Ladies” director serves as a jury member for the narrative segment of the upcoming edition of Kashish Pride Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ+ film festival. Rao said […]

Even political parties understand music’s potential to convey messages, which is why they, too, often use music to drive their campaigns. The song It’s Time from the 1972 Gough Whitlam campaign was used to evoke feelings of hope in voters through music, lyrics and the involvement of well-known Australian musicians such as Little Pattie. This […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Film director Sangeeth Sivan passed away on Wednesday. The 61-year-old was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mumbai. Sangeeth’s maiden directorial venture was Malayalam action thriller ‘Vyooham’, released in 1990. The film with Raghuvaran in the lead caught the imagination of filmgoers, thanks to the fight sequences involving Babu Antony. He has directed […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Noted film director and cinematographer Sangeeth Sivan passed away in Mumbai, according to film industry sources on Wednesday. He directed approximately 20 films in Malayalam and Hindi. Yoddha, Vyuham, Gandharvam, and Nirnayam are among the Malayalam films directed by Sivan. Kya Kool Hai Hum and Apna Sapna Money Money are some of the Hindi […]

MUMBAI: The Mumbai crime branch has arrested a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang from Rajasthan for allegedly providing financial help to the shooters involved in firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s house, officials said on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Mohammed Rafique Chowdhary (37), an official said. He is the fifth person […]

“There were certain aspects of it that were not authentic to Randy’s performance,” he said, so he began to edit and build on the recording with engineer Casey Wood, who also worked closely with Travis over a few decades. The pair cherrypicked from the two models, and made alterations to things like vibrato speed, or […]