Diaspora
Marathi Film Gondhal Heads for Oscars
The Marathi film, Gondhal (which means ‘Chaos’) is India’s choice for the upcoming (99th) Academy Awards. The Film Federation of India announced the winner among 33 films at a press conference on…
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Diaspora
Film Reviews: The ‘Vibe’ from Daayra and the ‘Daayra’ of Vibe
This week saw two big releases—Meghna Gulzar’s Daayra, a crime thriller inspired by dark reality and Kunal Kemmu’s Vibe, an action comedy of two normal youths coerced into going on a patriotic…
Diaspora
Getting the Right ‘Vibe’: A Rapid-Fire with the Film’s Team
The team of Vibe met batches from the media for a rapid-fire shortly before the action comedy’s release. Though the meet was very brief, it was all that was allowed by the…
Diaspora
Netflix Announces Festive Cheer as The Great Indian Kapil Show Returns for Season 5
This festive season, the celebrations are getting a whole lot louder, the laughter a whole lot crazier, and the family WhatsApp groups a whole lot more entertaining! Netflix is all…
Diaspora
Film Review: Blast (Tamil) is a Blast of Improbable Entertainment
Gotta hand it to the folks from the South. For every execrable biggie actioner, they hand us a modest and riveting action-comedy. Logic takes a walk through the southern states…
Diaspora
Don’t Be Shy! Sees Alia Bhatt on the Other Side of the Camera as She Launches Four New Faces
Best Friends, breakups, and bad decisions: Prime Video’s Don’t Be Shy! promises a messy, funny, and heartfelt young adult rom-com, premiering September 25. The trailer was launched on September 11 at the…
Australia
West Australian Indian Film Council Launches at Government House, a Century After Perth’s Fearless Nadia
Nearly a century after Perth's Fearless Nadia, the West Australian Indian Film Council (WAIFC) launched at the Government House Ballroom in Perth on September 11, 2026, with her story providing…
Diaspora
Film Review: Mahaprabhu Jagannath is a Winner all the Way
This devotional is a winner all the way. The story of how Lord Jagannath (of Puri) demolished the ego of Aham, an erstwhile ideal student of a sage, with the…
Diaspora
Boman Irani Reveals Why He Ditched his Usual Rehearsal Routine for Haiwaan
Boman Irani has revealed an interesting change in his approach to his upcoming crime thriller, Haiwaan, directed by Priyadarshan, which stars Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan in the lead. The…
Diaspora
A ‘Classic’ Culmination: Drishyam—The Conclusion Sets New Benchmarks
It was a 2-day junket to Goa, with the right ambience created with a lot of effort by the PR machinery of Parag Desai and team. A ‘Confidential Case File’…
Diaspora
Film Review: Babita Singh Reporting is Much Ado About Less Than Nothing
Prime Video continues with its abundance of drab and dissatisfying fare with Babita Singh Reporting. A purported crime thriller, it just does not thrill. Wonder what is wrong in the Prime…
Diaspora
Disaster Trek: A Look at Hindi Cinema’s Greatest Disasters in the Millenium—Part 2
Continuing with Hindi cinema’s greatest fiascos of all time, I have explained that a flop is a film that does not recover its investment, but a disaster is that which…
Diaspora
Film Review: Mirzapur The Movie is Gritty, Unabashed Entertainer
It’s a first for an Indian TV series. Mirzapur—The Movie cashes in on the much-loved three-season hyper-violent series that has become endemically popular. In a merciful situation, we have censors for the…
Diaspora
Preity Zinta, Kunal Kemmu Give Out a Fun ‘Vibe’ at Trailer Launch
It’s all about the Vibe. The second Kunal Kemmu directorial, Vibe, is set to release on September 18, clashing with Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kemmu’s sister-in-law’s Daayra, a dark thriller. Kemmu now turns…
South Asia
India’s Future Investors Unveils BullVale, the First Guardian of its Financial Universe
A gathering of personalities from the worlds of entertainment, finance and the creative industries came together as India’s Future Investors (IFI) unveiled the first chapter of its homegrown Money Entertainment…
Diaspora
Ancient Questions, Modern Science: Exploring the Future of Healing
For thousands of years, healing traditions across South Asia have treated health as more than disease. Mind, body, environment and inner life were understood as connected, with meditation, breath, movement,…