Sai Dhanshika and Vishal during their engagement. | Photo Credit: @VishakKOfficial/X Actors Vishal and Sai Dhanshika got engaged on August 29, 2025 (Friday). The couple celebrated the occasion on Vishal’s 47th birthday. Vishal and Dhanshika had made their relationship official in May 2025 during a press conference. The couple’s wedding was supposed to happen on…
Lollapalooza India 2026 unveils lineup | Photo Credit: BookMyShow The lineup for Lollapalooza India 2026 has been announced, with Linkin Park, Playboi Carti, YUNGBLUD, Kehlani and Knock2 set to headline the festival’s fourth edition. The event will return to Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Racecourse on January 24–25, 2026. The confirmation follows Linkin Park’s announcement yesterday, that they…
“My play begins where Ibsen’s Peer Gynt ends,” says Deepan Sivaraman, director of the 19th-century play’s eponymous adaptation, written by Henrik Ibsen. Deepan’s retelling of the fantasy cautionary tale about a young peasant who travels the world, exploiting everyone who crosses his path, is set to be staged at the Alexandrinsky Theatre Festival in Russia,…
For centuries, Japanese folklore has seethed with shapeshifters, grotesques, tricksters, vengeful ghosts, and objects that come alive when left alone too long. But the word yōkai — a neat compound of two kanji meaning “suspicious” and “doubtful” — has resisted the simple taxonomy of goblins and ghouls. They are not quite demons, not quite gods,…
There is a certain degree of freedom that storytellers enjoy with a film that is not tailored to suit an actor’s image. One can sense that liberation in director Mohan Srivatsa’s Telugu film Tribanadhari Barbarik, which, despite being a done-to-death redemption drama centred on a missing child, rises above the limitations of its genre, thanks…
Nandamuri Balakrishna | Photo Credit: File Photo Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has congratulated Nandamuri Balakrishna on winning recognition by the World Book of Records, U.K., for his extraordinary journey in the film industry. Mr. Naidu stated on X that Mr. Balakrishna was admired by people across generations and celebrated for his dedication and passion…
A still from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Netflix has announced that KPop Demon Hunters has become its most viewed film ever, surpassing the previous record-holder Red Notice. Since debuting in June, the animated musical has been streamed more than 236 million times worldwide, outpacing the 230.9 million views of the Dwayne Johnson,…
Lakshmi Menon moved the high court seeking pre-arrest bail with the contention that the complainant had insulted her. | Photo Credit: lakshmimenon967/Instagram Young actor Lakshmi Menon, known for her roles in Malayalam and Tamil films, has been booked by the Ernakulam North police, along with three others, in a case of alleged abduction and assault…
President of Venezia 82 Competition jury Alexander Payne poses on the red carpet, ahead of the opening ceremony of the 82nd Venice Film Festival, in Venice | Photo Credit: REUTERS The ongoing genocide in Gaza dominated the opening press conference of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, but jury president Alexander Payne avoided taking a…
Performing artiste-turned-filmmaker Shilpika Bordoloi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The saying that the smallest pebble can cause the greatest ripples finds resonance in Shilpika Bordoloi’s short film Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw, which has won the National Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director in the Non-Feature Films category this year. In Delhi…
