The court found a song in Mani Ratnam’s film identical to a classical composition by late musician duo Junior Dagar Brothers, directing the composer & Madras Talkies to pay up over Rs 2 cr.
The teaser for Thug Life—launched in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi—quickly went viral. The Tamil version alone garnered over three million views in just five hours.
Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar claims that AR Rahman has ‘copied’ his family’s Dhrupad composition, Shiva Stuti, for the song Veera Raja Veera in the Tamil blockbuster Ponniyin Selvan-2.
PS: 1 can be a tad overwhelming for someone not well versed with the universe of Ponniyin Selvan. But it still guarantees a grand theatrical experience.
In an open letter to PM Modi in July, nearly 50 celebrities, including Anurag Kashyap and Shyam Benegal, raised concern over incidents of mob lynching and the govt's response to dissent.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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