Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) Veteran actor Mukesh Rishi shared his views on the backlash faced by the recently released web series, ‘Raakh’ for tampering with the facts.While many applauded the Sonali Bendre and Ali Fazal starrer, there was also a lot of social media outrage claiming that there were many unnecessary additions, altering the narrative of the real story. It was further alleged that even the details of the characters were altered to suit the narrative the makers wished to push.Speaking ex…
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Mumbai, June 20 (IANS): Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has penned a warm birthday note for her mother, Sunanda Shetty, whom she described as her toughest critic, best friend, and soulmate. Shilpa shared a handful of pictures featuring her alongside her mother Sunanda, husband Raj Kundra, sister Shamita and children. The gamut of photographs also featured pictures of her mother from her younger days.The actress wrote in the caption section: “Happy Birthday, Mom. My biggest blessing, greatest s…
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Director Vikram Bhatt, who is receiving a lot of positive response to his recently released film ‘Haunted 3D’, has spoken up on the evolution of the CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification). Vikram spoke with IANS during the promotions of ‘Haunted 3D’ in the city, and said that by the early aughts. A lot was happening concurrently in India and globally in the early 2000s, the dot com bubble burst, the maturation of India’s Economic Policy of Liberalization, and mor…
Kochi, June 18 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued an urgent notice to filmmaker Vipul Amrutlal Shah, producer of “Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond”, on a petition challenging the film’s certification and seeking removal of the word “Kerala” from its title.A bench of Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, while hearing the plea, questioned whether the petition had become ineffective since the film had already been released and had been watched by a large number of people.The court, however, agreed…
Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has now cleared director Nandini Reddy’s upcoming action drama, ‘Maa Inti Bangaaram’, featuring actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead, for release with a U/A certificate. Tralala Moving Pictures, the production house producing the film, took to its social media timelines to announce the development. It wrote, “#MaaIntiBangaaram certified U/A. A complete family entertainer with a fresh twist. Bring your bangaaralu and joi…
Hyderabad, June 10 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has now cleared legendary filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s upcoming film ‘Sing Geetham’ for release with a clean ‘U’ certificate. Taking to its X timelines, the production house Vyjayanthi Movies released a poster that showed that the censor board had cleared the film for release with a U certificate. It wrote, “The Ride gets bigger on June 12. #SingGeetham is certified with a Clean 𝐔. An experience for everyone to e…
Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) The last rites of the late filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani were held at the Santa Cruz crematorium in Mumbai on Thursday, and the film industry turned up in huge numbers to pay their final respects to the departed soul. Actors Govinda, Farhan Akhtar, Shatrughan Sinha, Varun Dhawan, Govind Namdev, Kunal Kapoor, producers Ramesh Taurani, Boney Kapoor, and actress Neelam Kothari attended the last rites.Filmmakers Anees Bazmee, Madhur Bhandarkar, Sunil Darshan, David Dhawan, his son,…
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has now cleared director Sasi’s eagerly awaited upcoming film, ‘Nooru Saami’, featuring actor and music director Vijay Antony in the lead, for release with a U/A certificate. Vijay Antony Film Corporation, the firm producing the film, took to its X timeline to make the announcement. It wrote, “(U)nfiltered and (A)uthentic – A story made for familes packed with peak emotions! #Noorusami gets a U/A 13+! #NoorusamiFromJune19. A #…
Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) Bollywood actors Sunny Deol and Kangana Ranaut took to social media to mourn the sad demise of veteran producer-filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani. Both expressed deep sorrow over the loss and remembered his significant contribution to Indian cinema. Taking to his Instagram Stories, the ‘Gadar’ actor shared a throwback picture featuring himself with Pahlaj Nihalani and wrote, “Pahlaj ji was a very dear friend was a family, a gem of a person always ready to help anyone. His str…
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) After legal hurdles, delays, and a Bombay High Court written petition, Subodh Bhave’s starrer biopic on Neem Karoli Baba has now cleared it’s censor formalities. The biopic based on the life of globally revered saint Neem Karoli Baba, has finally received its censor certificate after months of delays and legal proceedings, with the makers now officially locking May 29 as the film’s theatrical release date.Also starring Hiten Tejwani, the film was earlier slated to release…