Srekala Bharath and students of her Thejas School of Performing Arts presented ‘Uthama Deivangal’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Srekala Bharath and Thejas School of Performing Arts presented ‘Uthama Deivangal’, a thoughtfully-curated thematic production focussed on Santoshi Mata, Shirdi Sai Baba and Swami Ayyappa, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. The presentation employed music, movement and…
A still from the Uzbek film Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement GUWAHATI The second edition of the Guwahati Asian Film Festival (GAFF) opened at Jyoti Chitraban, Guwahati, on Thursday (January 22, 2026), bringing together stories, voices, and visions from across the continent. Over four days, GAFF 2026 will screen 26 regional, national and international films…
A sequence from ‘Chatha Pacha’. Every minute aspect about World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestlers, ranging from their signature moves to their individual body dimensions, is imprinted in the memories of a generation that grew up in the 1990s. Debutant filmmaker Adhvaith Nayar’s Chatha Pacha attempts to tap into this enduring nostalgia of the WWE trump…
The Academy’s morning announcement in Los Angeles confirmed what awards-season chatter had hinted at and then some. Sinners swept into history with a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most for any film in Academy history, topping the previous high of 14 held by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land; turning the presumed frontrunner into…
Last Updated:January 22, 2026, 17:53 IST Bhuvan Bam surprised his fans with a special birthday announcement, leaving everyone buzzing with excitement. His series Dhindora premiered in 2021. (Photo Credit : Instagram) Popular content creator and actor Bhuvan Avnindra Shankar Bam, widely known as Bhuvan Bam, is celebrating his birthday today. Instead of receiving gifts, the…
A still from ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 2 | Photo Credit: Disney/YouTube What a joyful ride Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympiansis! There is adventure, action, humour, heartbreak, and growing up in a complete package. Based on the second book of Rick Riordan’s popular fantasy novel series, The Sea of Monsters,…
Ahead of nu-metal legends Linkin Park’s first-ever show in India, bassist Dave Farrell sounds grounded and slightly astonished that the band is standing where it is again. After a seven-year silence following Chester Bennington’s death in 2017, the band’s future once felt suspended in grief and unanswered questions, but that ambiguity made their surprise 2024…
Last year, independent film editor-turned-director Tanushree Das felt rewarded when, after watching her directorial debut, Baksho Bondi (Shadowbox), at Berlinale, people turned emotional. Some were reminded of their childhood in East Berlin, while others recalled their mothers’ invisible labour. A soldier spoke about how psychologically stifling it was not to be able to speak to…
Last Updated:January 22, 2026, 15:52 IST Screenings and events are spread across several venues in the city, turning the festival into a week-long cultural circuit rather than a single-location event. Beyond screenings, BIFFes will host a series of panel discussions, masterclasses, lectures and filmmaker interactions. Representative Image: Canva As January draws to a close, Bengaluru…
Sobhita Dhulipala and producer Suresh Babu Daggubati discuss their new Telugu crime thriller, Cheekatilo, and what it takes for an film to stand out in the digital space. Cheekatilo streams on Prime Video from January 23. Source link
