John Davidson and Robert Aramayo at BAFTA 2026 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, which took place on Sunday (February 22, 2026), was interrupted for a while due to strong words used by John Davidson, a man who lives with Tourette’s Syndrome. Davidson was seated inside London’s Royal Festival Hall where the…
India is a rhythmically diverse nation, where every region nurtures and practises its own percussive dialect. To unify this musical spirit, the Mahindra Percussion Festival, organised in association with The Hindu, returns to Bengaluru with its fourth edition on March 7 and 8. Presenting a curated line-up of artistes across generations, regions and rhythmic expressions,…
Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt at an event, in Mumbai, Friday, Jan 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI At the BAFTA Awards 2026 that were announced on Sunday, February 22, 2026, Bollywood star Alia Bhatt made her debut as a presenter as she announced the award for Best Film Not in the English Language. In a…
Robert Aramayo and Jessie Buckley posing after winning the BAFTA for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively | Photo Credit: AP The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards 2026 were announced on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at London’s Royal Festival Hall. In one of the night’s major shocks, Timothee Chalamet lost the…
Last Updated:February 23, 2026, 10:15 IST Wedding buzz surrounds Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna as reports hint at a private Udaipur ceremony. Here’s a look at their big day and Rs 130 crore combined wealth. A grand reception is said to be planned in Hyderabad on March 4, where prominent personalities from Tollywood and the…
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from “One Battle After Another.” | Photo Credit: AP The politically charged action thriller “One Battle After Another” has won six prizes, including best picture at Britain’s BAFTA film awards. Vampire saga “Sinners” and gothic horror story “Frankenstein” each won three prizes….
Boong. Instagram/@excelmovies In a major achievement for Indian cinema, ‘Boong’, an Indian Manipuri-language film, won the BAFTA award for the category of Best Children’s & Family Film award. Boong is directed by Lakshmipriya Devi and produced by Farhan Akhtar, along with Vikesh Bhutani, Alan McAlex, Ritesh Sidhwani and Shujaat Saudagar. The makers, including Farhan Akhtar,…
Iranian filmmaker-activist Mahnaz Mohammadi, 51, lets me record her on camera, at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, where her sophomore feature Roya premiered in the Panorama segment. She says she loves Indians. An Indian friend had gifted her a clock, whose time she didn’t change. Now, that frozen time acts like a good memory. Life is a…
Actor Rishab Shetty, producers Bhushan Kumar, Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar; and director Prasanth Varma launch ‘Jai Hanuman’ with a traditional puja held at Anjanadri Betta in Karnataka | Photo Credit: X/ @SumitkadeI The upcoming mythological film Jai Hanuman, starring Rishab Shetty in the role of Lord Hanuman, has officially gone on floors. The project…
A still from ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ | Photo Credit: Briarcliff Entertainment Science fiction can be heavy and allegorical or light-hearted and still put across a serious message. Gore Verbinski’s return to the director’s chair after a 10-year-break offers a movie from the latter category. Well-beloved sci-fi themes from AI becoming self-aware to…
