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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicCinema

Topic: Cinema

Dear India, Bangladesh’s SRK is coming to you. With movies and skincare

Shakib Khan has spent more than two decades as the top star of Dhallywood. Now he is crossing the border with a still-in-production pan-Indian film Dard.

After 350 films & 4 decades of acting, Prosenjit still reinvents himself with every new film

Prosenjit is to the Bengali entertainment industry what Rahul Dravid was to Indian cricket at the height of his career.

Indians flocking back to cinemas, particularly for blockbusters, finds survey

Study by LocalCircles finds a 150% increase in the number of respondents who plan to go to a movie theatre over the next 60 days.

Before PS:1 and Baahubali, Sohrab Modi gave India one of its first big-budget epics

Filmmaker, actor and thespian Sohrab Modi made Bollywood's first technicolour film, Jhansi Ki Rani, in 1953. But his legacy landed in Mumbai's Chor Bazar.

Long before Mahsa Amini, Iranian cinema has fought hijab in small rebellions

From Abbas Kiarostami to Rakshan Bani-Etemad and Mania Akbari, for Iranian filmmakers it has been a carefully choreographed waltz of rebellion against stifling hijab rules.

Low prices, big hits — over 6.5 million people in India watched films on National Cinema Day

According to Multiplex Association of India, with tickets priced as low as Rs 75, many major chains in the country saw advance bookings being done for National Cinema Day Friday.

‘I’ll become a nun’— Balraj Sahni’s autograph made Deepti Naval want to be an actor

In 'A Country Called Childhood', Deepti Naval talks about her interest in cinema, and experiences that pushed her to be an actress.

OBC lead, Ambedkar & Shivaji books – Marathi film Jayanti is a milestone in anti-caste cinema

Shailesh Narwade’s Jayanti is perhaps the first time SC, ST, OBC and Muslim characters are overtly used in a single movie.

Imam dismissed as advisor on Islamophobia to UK govt for supporting ban of ‘The Lady of Heaven’

In a letter to Imam Qari Asim, the UK government said that his support to a campaign to limit free expression is the reason behind his discontinuation.

75 years of Cannes: India is ‘country of honour’ and what this means for our cinema

As India occupies centrestage at Cannes film market, a look back on major milestones in the history of Indian cinema at Cannes.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.