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Actress Tamannaah Bhatia's parents test COVID-19 positive

Aug 26, 2020, at 11:17 pm

Chennai: Southern actress Tamannaah Bhatia, who is better remembered to the national audience for her performance in Baahubali movie series, on Wednesday confirmed her parents have tested COVID-19 positive.

India's first gay film 'Badnam Basti' found after 49 years, to screen at KASHISH 2020

Jul 26, 2020, at 12:33 am

Mumbai/IBNS: 'Badnam Basti', India's first gay film that was released in 1971 only to be lost to obscurity for around five decades, before it was found in a Berlin archive, will be scerened at KASHISH 2020.

SS Rajamouli's take on 'Parasite' as 'little boring' makes Twitter angry

Apr 23, 2020, at 11:27 pm

Mumbai/IBNS:  Celebrated filmmaker from south SS Rajamouli seems to have made his Twitter fan following angry after he called Bong Joo-ho's Oscar-winning film Parasite 'little slow.'

Allu Arjun unveils first look poster of his next movie Pushpa

Apr 08, 2020, at 10:35 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Southern superstar Allu Arjun will soon be seen in the movie Pushpa and its makers unveiled the first look and title of the film on Tuesday.

Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan extends support to PM Modi's Janata Curfew

Mar 21, 2020, at 06:02 pm

Chennai/UNI: Actors Rajinkanth and Makkal Neethi Maiam (MNM) Founder Kamal Haasan today released video messages in support of the Nation-wide Janata Curfew called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow to combat coronavirus.

Suriya's next movie is titled Aruvaa

Mar 01, 2020, at 07:26 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Southern superstar Suriya named his next project as Aruvaa.

Kamal Haasan faces heat on social media after Tamil actress Rekha makes 'kissing' confession

Feb 28, 2020, at 02:29 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Veteran actor Kamal Haasan is facing heat on social media after Tamil actress Rekha made a confession that she was kissed without her consent by the former in filmmaker K. Balachander's 1986 movie Punnagai Mannan.

Makers unveil new poster of Master

Jan 26, 2020, at 10:03 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Makers of the upcoming southern movie- Master- have unveiled a new poster of the film.

Vijay's Master to release in April, makers unveil new poster

Dec 31, 2019, at 05:29 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Makers of superstar Vijay's upcoming southern movie Master has been unveiled by its makers.

Darbar makers unveil new poster, features Rajinikanth

Dec 31, 2019, at 04:10 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Makers of the upcoming southern movie Darbar, which features megastar Rajinikanth, have unveiled the new poster of the film.

Makers unveil first poster of Nagarjuna's upcoming movie Wild Dog

Dec 27, 2019, at 05:50 pm

Hyderabad/IBNS: First look poster of southern actor Nagarjuna's upcoming Telugu film Wild Dog was released by its makers on Friday.

Makers release new poster of KGF: Chapter 2, features Yash

Dec 21, 2019, at 09:35 pm

Chennai/IBNS: The first look poster of the upcoming movie KGF: Chapter 2 was released by its makers on Saturday.

Southern superstar Rajinikanth turns 69

Dec 12, 2019, at 09:12 am

Chennai/IBNS: Southern superstar Rajinikanth turned 69 on Wednesday as fans are expected to celebrate his birthday across the nation.

Keerthy Suresh to star opposite Rajinikanth in Thalaivar 168

Dec 09, 2019, at 05:45 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Southern actress Keerthy Suresh will star opposite megastar Rajinikanth in upcoming movie tentatively titled Thalaivar 168. 

NBA Launches Hoop Nation Episode 2

Nov 28, 2019, at 07:35 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: The National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched a four-part lyrical documentary series – Hoop Nation presented by Uber. 

Rishav Ghosh directed Agamani to be released on Addatimes soon

Nov 26, 2019, at 05:07 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Young film director Rishav Ghosh has recently said that his new film Agamani will be releasing soon on the popular OTT (over the top) platform Addatimes.

Ray Stevenson, Alison Doddy to feature in SS Rajamouli's RRR Movie 

Nov 20, 2019, at 05:11 pm

Chennai/IBNS: International actors Alison Doody and Ray Stevenson will feature in Indian director  SS Rajamouli’s period saga RRR.

25th KIFF concludes: A closer look at the Indian award-winning films

Nov 17, 2019, at 01:16 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Let us take a closer look at some of the Indian films that bagged awards at the grand concluding ceremony of the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) presided by Shabana Azmi who delivered the principal address as the Guest of the Evening.

KIFF film poster exhibition takes cine-goers to yesterday once more

Nov 15, 2019, at 01:31 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The 25th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) has put up a poster exhibition for the entire duration of the festival at the Gaganendra Pradarshanshala and extending the festival at the Metcalfe Hall in the city.

Unheard India-Cinema in rare languages at 25th KIFF

Nov 15, 2019, at 01:24 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Have you ever heard of the Paniya language spoken by tribals of the adjoining border areas of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka besides Kannur and Kerala where this is spoken at Palakkad, Mallapuram and Waynad areas? Some sections of the audience got to hear this language in the feature film Kenjira, directed by Manoj Kana.

Advancing technologies are great but the true essence of cinema is getting lost: Kumar Shahani

Nov 13, 2019, at 01:01 pm

IBNS Correspondent Shoma A Chatterji in conversation with filmmaker Kumar Shahani at the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) the challenges of digitisation to true essence of cinema  

Synthetic Sati focuses on social media addiction among young adults and its effect, set for year-end release

Nov 12, 2019, at 02:21 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali language film Synthetic Sati, produced by Power Publishers & Motion Pictures, is scheduled to be launched at the end of this year, on a popular movie-streaming app.

Playing my character in Dark Light was a mental trauma: Debutant actress Chandni

Nov 11, 2019, at 02:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Debutant actress Chandni said her experience of portraying the lead character in Mayur Hardas' film Dark Light was more a mental trauma than a physical one.

25th KIFF: The Bengali panorama this year is a healthy concoction

Nov 11, 2019, at 01:33 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Bengali Panorama this year does not have slot of its own because most of the films are featured either in different competition sections or in the maestro section. Which also means that the selection panel possibly felt that they were above average films or had something special to say.

25th KIFF: Competition in Indian language films

Nov 10, 2019, at 12:11 pm

Every year, the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) presents a host of excellent films and this year is no exception. It would be interesting to pick a few films that finally went through a gruelling contest with other films and now have pride of place at the festival.

As Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne completes 50 years, KIFF makes it inaugural film in 2019

Nov 09, 2019, at 03:22 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne was premiered in Kolkata on May 8, 1969. This year marks the 50th year after its release. It may be interpreted as a film addressed largely to children.

Film Darklight to be screened at 25th Kolkata International Film Festival

Nov 08, 2019, at 01:04 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After receiving a standing ovation at the Montgomery International Film Festival, Darklight is all set to be screened at the 25th edition of the prestigious Kolkata International Film Festival on Nov 10 and 12, 2019.

Megastar Rajinikanth to be conferred with ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’

Nov 02, 2019, at 05:10 pm

In a first, the Government of India has constituted a special award titled ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ which will be conferred upon the eminent film personality S Rajinikanth.

Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha movie in Tokyo film festival line-up

Oct 27, 2019, at 08:47 pm

Tokyo, Oct 27 (UNI) 'Blinded by the Light', the new movie by Indian-origin director Gurinder Chadha about immigrant life in Britain in the '80s, is among entries from around the world at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival beginning in the Japanese capital on Monday.

Makers release poster of Rajinikanth's Darbar

Oct 26, 2019, at 05:53 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Megastar Rajinikanth is back and a new poster of his upcoming movie Darbar was unveiled by its makers on Saturday.