Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Actor-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan has submitted a six-point memorandum to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, seeking major policy interventions aimed at revitalising the Tamil film industry. The proposals include the launch of a state-owned OTT platform, tax relief measures, stronger anti-piracy enforcement, and incentives to support film production and theatre owners.Haasan met the Chief Minister late Saturday and detailed his deman…
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Chennai, May 15 (IANS) Pointing out that India too, like the rest of the world, was feeling the impact of rising fuel, energy, logistics, and production costs as a result of the continuing crisis in West Asia, actor and parliamentarian Kamal Haasan on Friday underlined the need for the Indian film industry to evolve practical and sustainable operating practices for efficient filmmaking and urged the different stakeholders of the Indian film industry to have a conversation on how to collectively …
Chennai, May 10 (IANS) Director Vignesh Shivan, who is also the husband of actress Nayanthara, on the occasion of Mother’s Day on Sunday penned a heartfelt post lauding Nayanthara for the way she had made their children the centre of her universe. Taking to his Instagram page to pen the post, he wrote, “Behind every smile of our children there’s your love quietly working day and night. The most beautiful thing about you is not just how hard you work… it’s how u made our kids feel like the …
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) The makers of director Shaji Kailas’s eagerly awaited Malayalam action survival thriller ‘Varavu’, featuring actor Joju George in the lead, on Friday released an action-packed trailer of the film, much to the delight of fans and film buffs. Olga Productions, the firm producing the film, took to its Instagram page to share the link to the trailer and said, “The game begins now. #Varavu Trailer is now Streaming on YouTube!”The trailer begins with a voice over that says,”Th…
Jaipur, March 30 (IANS) In a significant ruling, the Rajasthan High Court has held that investigating agencies cannot freeze an individual’s entire bank account and must restrict action only to the disputed amount. The order came in a case involving filmmaker Shwetambari Vikram Bhatt, whose accounts had been frozen fully during a fraud investigation. The court observed that freezing a bank account is an “extraordinary measure” and should be used sparingly, with due legal safeguards.It rule…
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Actor Varun Dhawan offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse from the sets of his latest release “Border 2” as he shared moments of director Anurag Singh giving final finishing touches to his character. Varun took to the Instagram stories section, where he re-shared a video originally posted by his fan club. In the video, Anurag is seen fixing Varun’s look as Major Hoshiar Singh Dahiya for a scene in the film.The actor captioned the post: “My director @anurag_singh_films g…
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Music producer and singer Nakash Aziz has expressed his wish to produce a film. The singer spoke with IANS recently, and shared his long-term plan of producing a film. He told IANS, “A lot of interesting things are happening in the world. Should I be very honest? So, I would love to in the future. I would love to produce a movie, probably direct one as well. I would probably want to try politics as well”.He also spoke up about his podcast series ‘Nakash Az iz’, as h…