Uri: The Surgical Strike

‘Mission Mangal’ director’s next an action drama

3:56 pm May 14, 2020

Mumbai: Writer-director Jagan Shakti, who made his directorial debut with “Mission Mangal”, says he has locked the script of his next feature film — an action-drama with an element of science. The filmmaker said the team will make a formal announcement once the lockdown is lifted. “I have finished one script and it is locked. […]

Top five Bollywood films of 2019: Where are the women?

3:44 pm December 28, 2019

New Delhi: If box office success is any yardstick, mainstream Hindi cinema continues to be overtly macho with four of 2019’s five top grossers dealing with themes of hyper masculinity leaving women as mere props or maybe a side note at best. While “War”, “Kabir Singh”, “Uri: The Surgical Strike” and “Bharat” demonstrated the skewed […]

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu honours winners at 66th National Film Awards

7:49 pm December 23, 2019

New Delhi: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Monday presented the National Film Awards to this year’s winners with actors Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana and Keerthy Suresh receiving top honours. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was supposed to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the ceremony, skipped the event citing ill health. The 77-year-old actor will now […]

UNICEF appoints Ayushmann Khurrana as celebrity advocate for children's rights campaign

‘Andhadhun’ taught me to challenge my inhibitions: Ayushmann Khurrana

9:51 pm October 5, 2019

Mumbai: Celebrating the first anniversary of his National Award-winning film “Andhadhun”, Ayushmann Khurrana on Saturday said the movie pushed him to “challenge his inhibitions”. The 35-year-old actor, who played a pianist in the Sriram Raghavan-directed movie, said the film shaped him as an actor. “As an artist, I’m a constant learner of the craft of […]

Films that other artistes don’t accept easily have become my safety bracket: Ayushmann

7:42 pm August 20, 2019

Mumbai: Ayushmann Khurrana, who recently won the National Film Award for best actor, says the recognition is an assurance that he is treading the right path by taking up slightly radical scripts that other artistes think twice before accepting. In 2018, Ayushmann had back-to-back successes with “Andhadhun” and “Badhaai Ho!”, which he followed up this […]

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