JCB announces India's richest literary award of Rs 25 lakh, ropes in award-winning novelist Rana DasguptaThe award will discover and celebrate distinguished works of fiction by Indian writers.
Sharmila Tagore, Deepa Mehta in Academy's new class of membersTheir inclusion is an effort to boost diversity following the controversy earlier this year when no actors of colour were nominated for the...
K P Sharma Oli hardsells Nepal to Bollywood, India IncK P Sharma Oli today called upon India Inc to invest in the Himalayan nation as it presents tremendous business opportunities.
What's the right length? Shabana Azmi on Bond censorshipThe National-award winning actress, however, praised the board when it passed "Fire", a film which boldly chronicled the same sex relations...
Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair heap praise on Shahid Kapoor's 'Haider'The industry has come in full support of the on-screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet', starring Shahid Kapoor in the tit...
Divisive politics reining in Kashi’s free spirit, says its chroniclerAmong the best chronicles of contemporary Banaras is Kashi Ka Assi, a novel where all the protagonists can be found at a tea stall holding ...
- A metaphorical India is fast becoming an Oscar shoo-in
Clearly, India has to win its foreign accolades vicariously.
Mamata blocked my arrival, police incited protests: RushdieControversial author Salman Rushdie was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata as he was told that he would be bundled out in the next flight.
Rushdie incident has demeaned Kolkata's prestige: Mahasweta DeviRushdie who travelled to Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai without any problem, was to attend promotionals for the film and hold a press conferen...
Kolkata Literary Meet paid surprise guest Rushdie's flight ticket: Deepa MehtaWith the organisers denying any such invitation to Rushdie, Mehta, who too was to attend a session at the literary meet, chose to cancel he...
Salman Rushdie's Kolkata visit cancelled due to security reasonsSalman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata to promote Deepa Mehta's film 'Midnight's Children', based on his novel, has been cancelled due to securi...
Salman Rushdie to play Punjabi thug in Deepa Mehta's movie on Canada’s gangstersWinner of Booker of Bookers, Salman Rushdie says he will play “a very urbane sophisticated dada” in Deepa Mehta’s upcoming.
- Seven Indo-Canadian including Lisa Ray honoured
Cancer-stricken actress Lisa Ray is among seven seven Indo-Canadian who are conferred with "Voice Achievers Award for 2009" for their outst...
- Heaven on Earth: Movie Review
Heaven on Earth turns into a hell of a viewing experience.
- Firaaq and Heaven on Earth win awards at DIFF
Nandita Das’ directorial debut ‘Firaaq’ and Deepa Mehta’s ‘Heaven on Earth’ have been awarded at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIF...
- 'Water' loses in Oscar race
India-born writer-director Deepa Mehta's 'Water', a story about the plight of Hindu widows in 1930s, failed to win the best foreign film Os...
- Rang De Basanti out of the race for Oscar
India’s official entry to the Oscars, the Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra-directed Rang De Basanti has lost out in the race for best foreign film i...