Sara Ali Khan turns wellness coach with this Airbnb Experience

Sara Ali Khan turns wellness coach with this Airbnb Experience

Sara Ali Khan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sara Ali Khan could be your wellness instructor. And no, we are not kidding. With Airbnb Experiences, the actor is curating and hosting a wellness retreat in Goa. “Goa has always been a place of calm and serenity — a haven where I can unwind, practise yoga, […]

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‘Shocking’: Ananya Panday, Sonam Kapoor, Manish Malhotra, mourn demise of fashion designer Rohit Bal

‘Shocking’: Ananya Panday, Sonam Kapoor, Manish Malhotra, mourn demise of fashion designer Rohit Bal

Actor Ananya Panday with designer Rohit Bal on the ramp during the grand finale of Lakme Fashion Week, in New Delhi. Bal passed way on Friday, Nov 1, 2024, after suffering a heart attack, at Aashlok Hospital in New Delhi | Photo Credit: PTI The recent passing of legendary fashion designer Rohit Bal has sent […]

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The Hindu Litfest 2024: Tarun Tahiliani on his book, Bollywood, and fashion

The Hindu Litfest 2024: Tarun Tahiliani on his book, Bollywood, and fashion

Model in a creation by Tarun Tahiliani | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tarun adding the final touches to American supermodel Karlie Kloss’s outfit before the amfAR benefit at Festival de Cannes | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Other than sartorial breakthroughs, among Tarun Tahiliani’s contributions to the world of fashion is the term ‘India Modern’. Which means […]

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The Hindu Litfest 2024: Tarun Tahiliani on his book, Bollywood, and fashion

The Hindu Litfest 2024: Tarun Tahiliani on his book, Bollywood, and fashion

Model in a creation by Tarun Tahiliani | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Other than sartorial breakthroughs, among Tarun Tahiliani’s contributions to the world of fashion is the term ‘India Modern’. Which means being inspired by India and updating it to our modern life. “Whether you take the maharajahs or the Kumbh, or like in my […]

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“I remembered my own edge and revelled in it”: Bollywood’s ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ girl Zeenat Aman on playing the muse for jewellery brand Misho

“I remembered my own edge and revelled in it”: Bollywood’s ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ girl Zeenat Aman on playing the muse for jewellery brand Misho

Veteran actor Zeenat Aman, who joined Instagram nearly two months ago, has quickly become a social media darling — not just among followers nostalgic for her iconic body of work from the ’70s and ’80s, but also those who have been floored by her refreshing honesty on an otherwise highly filtered app. Zeenat’s social media […]

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Anup Singh’s fable-like film ‘The Song of Scorpions’ unfolds in a moral and emotional twilight zone, a thrilling final stop for Irrfan Khan on screen

Anup Singh’s fable-like film ‘The Song of Scorpions’ unfolds in a moral and emotional twilight zone, a thrilling final stop for Irrfan Khan on screen

Irrfan Khan in a still from ‘The Song of Scorpions’ Almost three years since he passed, Irrfan Khan continues to deliver at a steady clip. Preternaturally talented in life, he remains coolly prolific in death. After a couple of online premieres, we get his first posthumous theatrical release in India, The Song of Scorpions. Anup […]

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The rash of remakes of south Indian movies by the Bombay industry

The rash of remakes of south Indian movies by the Bombay industry

For more than a year, the Hindi film industry is unspooling a popular concept of computer science on the screen: garbage in, garbage out. Bachchhan Paandey, Jersey, Cuttputli, Hit, Vikram Vedha, Mili, Drishyam-2, Cirkus, Selfiee, Shehzada, Bholaa, Gumraah, and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan — there has been a glut of remakes of South […]

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Mani Ratnam says Hindi cinema should stop calling itself Bollywood; Vetri Maaran concurs

Mani Ratnam says Hindi cinema should stop calling itself Bollywood; Vetri Maaran concurs

Mani Ratnam on the sets of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Veteran director Mani Ratnam, who attended the second edition of CII Dakshin Media and Entertainment Summit in Chennai, spoke at a panel which was about the impact of south Indian films. During the interaction, the filmmaker suggested that he was against the […]

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Drishyam 2 director Abhishek Pathak marries Shivaleeka Oberoi in Goa

Drishyam 2 director Abhishek Pathak marries Shivaleeka Oberoi in Goa

Shivaleeka Oberoi and Abhishek Pathak | Photo Credit: @shivaleekaoberoi/Instagram Actor Shivaleeka Oberoi and Drishyam 2 director Abhishek Pathak have tied the knot, the couple announced on Friday. The wedding ceremony, which took place in Goa on Thursday, was attended by family and close friends from the film industry. Shivaleeka, known for films such as Yeh […]

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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ movie review: Anurag Kashyap’s romance-drama is almost engaging, but not quite there

‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ movie review: Anurag Kashyap’s romance-drama is almost engaging, but not quite there

A still from ‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ There comes a phase in the career of filmmakers when they test their relevance in the mindscape of young hearts. It seems director Anurag Kashyap is passing through that phase. Years after he broke conventions of love stories with  Dev D, his latest attempt at reinvention is […]

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