Topic: Indian films

Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2019

The Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2019 is to be presented jointly to two debutant film-makers for the first time since 23 years of its inception. Aditya Dhar for...

March 17, 2020

Actor Kishori Ballal passes away

Veteran Kannada actor Kishori Ballal recently passed away at the age of 82. She was known for starring with Shah Rukh Khan in his movie -Swades as ‘Kaveri...

February 19, 2020

Gully Boy wins all 13 nominated categories in Filmfare awards

The Bollywood movie based on the life of two rap singers, Gully Boy created history in the Filmfare awards by winning 13 of them. The film won in...

February 17, 2020

Manipuri films blacked out at International Film Festival of India

Manipur films, some of which have carved a niche in the national and international film world by bagging prestigious awards such as Grand Prix and Golden Conch blacked...

November 16, 2019

Veteran actress TP Radhamani passes away

Veteran actress TP Radhamani who was predominantly active in Malayalam cinema passed away in Chennai. The 67-year old actor was under treatment for cancer.

October 28, 2019

Priyadarshan conferred with National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018-19

On 13th October 2019, the noted director and producer Priyadarshan has been conferred the National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018-19 in Khandwa, the birthplace of the legendary singer-...

October 14, 2019

Viju Khote, Hindi and Marathi film-theatre actor, passes away

Viju Khote (77), the veteran Hindi and Marathi film-theatre actor, has passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He had acted in more than 300 Hindi and Marathi films. He...

September 30, 2019

Telugu comedian and actor Venu Madhav passes away

Venu Madhav (51), the well-known Telugu comedian and actor, has passed away in Secunderabad on  25th September 2019. He started as a mimicry artiste and forayed into movies....

September 27, 2019

S K Padmadevi, actress of Kannada cinema. passes away

Veteran actor and multi-faceted artiste S.K. Padmadevi (95),  who was part of the first Kannada talkie film that went on sets, has passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka on...

September 24, 2019

Movie ‘Gully Boy’ named as India’s official entry to Oscars 2020

Director Zoya Akhtar’s musical drama film “Gully Boy” has been named as India’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category to the 92nd Academy Awards (Oscars...

September 23, 2019

Sathar, renowned actor of Malyalam cinema passes away

Veteran Malayalam actor Sathar (67), who was known for his character roles in films, has passed away at Aluva on 17th September 2019.  He has over 300 movies...

September 17, 2019

Sanjib Datta, renowned Bollywood editor, passes away

Sanjib Datta (54), the renowned Bollywood editor, has passed away in Kolkata on 15th September 2019.  He worked on films like “Dor”, “Mardani”, “Iqbal”, “Ek Hasini Thi”. Datta...

September 16, 2019