Rani Mukerji | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It is a breezy winter afternoon in Mumbai. The sun shines bright on Juhu Beach. From a huge window on the the seventh floor, the serene blue of the sea is visible. “It is quite a view,” I remark, looking at the vastness as Rani Mukerji smiles while…
A typical green screen. | Photo Credit: FLICKR Chroma keying — or green screen technology — essentially involves filming subjects in front of a bright-coloured background (usually green), and then using video editing software to digitally remove that colour and place something else in there in post-production. The set-up The way chroma keying works is…
Actor-producer and social activist Trupti Bhoir tears up as she recounts the gruelling experience of playing a paro (meaning a bride slave) in her Hindi film Paro. “But my tears don’t matter in front of the horrors that the real victims go through,” she says, recounting the long journey she has had with her NGO,…
Siddhant Chaturvedi and Mrunal Thakur in ‘Do Deewane Seher Mein’ teaser | Photo Credit: ZEE Studios/YouTube The teaser of Siddhant Chaturvedi and Mrunal Thakur’s romantic-drama, Do Deewane Seher Mein was unveiled by the makers on Monday, January 19, 2026. The film is set to be released in theatres on February 20. The teaser offers a…
The release of Jana Nayagan, the high-budget farewell film of actor-politician Vijay, has reached a legal and bureaucratic impasse that threatens a ₹500 crore investment. The film was diverted to a Revising Committee just days before its planned January 2026 debut. This last-minute intervention fuelled allegations of a “political conspiracy” intended to stifle Vijay’s entry…
Rima Das returns to the A-lister festival, Berlinale, for a third time, since Bulbul Can Sing (2019) and Village Rockstars 2 (2025). The Berlin International Film Festival, now in its 76th year, has been an alma mater of sorts for her alongside the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Her latest feature, Not a Hero, is…
Dancers and musicians share the stage in Viswa Kala Pradarshana at Chennai’s Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Viswa Kala Pradarshana, presented at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, was an Indo–Australian collaborative production that brought together Australian jazz, Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam. Conceptualised by Rajeswari Sainath and Vyshnavie Natya Centre, the evening was shaped…
The Pink Panther franchise was created by filmmakers Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin, along with producer David H. DePatie and animator Friz Freleng. It started out as a series of mystery-comedy movies featuring Inspector Jacques Clouseau, and his adventures (or misadventures, thereof) guarding and retrieving the Pink Panther diamond. Most of the films were written…
Last Updated:January 19, 2026, 15:02 IST Flowers from Karnataka will be sent for the wedding of actress Rashmika Mandanna and actor Vijay Deverakonda, confirmed Srikanth Bollepalli, president, Flower Council of India. Flowers from Karnataka will decorate Rashmika Mandanna’s wedding, linking the actor’s roots to the state’s floriculture hubs. Image: Instagram Long before wedding lights are…
A still from ‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’. | Photo Credit: Netflix Calling it Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials should have been an early warning. There are so many excellent adaptations of Christie novels, from David Suchet’s definitive Poirot and Joan Hickson’s Miss Marple, to the grim Sarah Phelps adaptations. On film, Kenneth Branagh has starred as…
