Mysuru, July 11 (IANS) Legendary singer and four-time National Award winner S Janaki, who has rendered over a whopping 48,000 songs in several Indian languages, passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 88.The Apollo BGS Hospitals in Mysuru, where she was admitted on Saturday afternoon, issued a statement soon after her demise. In its statement, the hospital said, “Mrs. S. Janaki was admitted to Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, on 11 July 2026 at 1…
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Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Indian film industry star Sudhanshu Pandey has voiced serious concerns over the growing culture of abusive language being glorified on reality shows. The actor stated that he feels society will be “completely ruined” if such behaviour continues to be celebrated.In a love session on social media, the actor said he was disturbed by the kind of content that has become popular on digital platforms and reality shows.Sudhanshu said, “People are liking such things on Instagram, wh…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Indian film industry actress Pallavi Joshi fondly recalled celebrating veteran actress Zeenat Aman’s remarkable milestone of completing 50 years in Bollywood.The actress revealed how an impromptu dance session to the star’s evergreen songs turned into one of her favourite memories from the sets of ‘Margao Files’.Speaking exclusively to IANS, Pallavi shared that the celebration took place during the film’s shoot in Chhota Udaipur, near Vadodara, where the cast and crew gathe…
Hyderabad, July 6 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has now cleared director Bharat Dharshan’s eagerly awaited Telugu film, ‘Oh Sukumari!’, featuring actors Aishwarya Rajesh and Thiruveer in the lead, for release with a U/A certificate. For the unaware, the film is slated to hit screens worldwide on July 17 this year.Taking to its X timeline, Ganga Entertainments, the production house producing the film, wrote, “It’s U/A for #OhSukumari. Get ready for a Heartwarming Family En…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Acclaimed writer, lyricist and screenwriter Prasoon Joshi is set to be honoured with the inaugural ‘NBT Bhushan Samman’ at the Navbharat Times (NBT) Utsav 2026 on July 4. The special honour has been instituted by NBT Delhi to reward outstanding and enduring contributions in the fields of literature, culture, creativity, and mass communication.The celebrated creative icon will receive the NBT Bhushan Samman by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during NBT Utsav 2026, sl…
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Actor Siddharth Gupta, who essayed the role of Lord Krishna in the recently released drama “Krishnavataram”, compared the large-scale fantasy films being made in India to those in Hollywood. Talking exclusively to IANS, Siddharth pointed out that the budget and infrastructure of both industries are extremely different.Nevertheless, Siddharth pointed out that when it comes to devotion, emotional depth, and intention, no one can beat the Indian film industry.He was asked, “Ho…
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 …
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Music composer Amaal Mallik is expressing his love for the National Award-winning music composer Pritam. He recently took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and penned a long note for Pritam, as he called him his inspiration, and the gateway into the realm of commercial Hindi film music. He wrote, “Bollywood and the Indian film industry must celebrate you for truly holding fort and tirelessly giving US timeless music over the last 3 decades. My life as a listener …
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai, on the 27th of April , recently paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary music composer Pyarelal Sharma, further sharing how deeply the maestro influenced his creative vision.Subhash Ghai shared a beautiful picture of the two on his social media account and penned a beautiful note.“A genius. A guru. A music composer. Living legend. sh #PYARE LAL SHARMA at his home.”He added, “I learnt so much from him how to bend music into visuals chara…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Actor-director-writer Adivi Sesh, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film ‘Dacoit’, has spoken about what keeps him grounded as an actor and a storyteller. The actor spoke with IANS during the promotions of ‘Dacoit’, and said that narrating his films to other actors, and sorting their dates for shoot is a humbling experience every single time.He told IANS, “Oh, it’s very grounding to try and narrate your film to like actors who, sometimes are day …