The Legend of Maula Jatt
A new trailer of The Legend of Maula Jatt, billed as the biggest film ever produced in Pakistan, has hit the net. A remake of a cult Pakistani classic of the same name, The L...
Days after its release, Malayalam film Kaduva has landed in controversy over certain inappropriate dialogues against differently-abled persons following which its director Shaji Kailas and lead a...
Dimmed light
Sir — Fireflies have often been used by writers and film-makers to lend romance to dreary scenes or elevate drama. But these dazzling beetles are now quickly disappearing all aroun...
In a recent television interview, the actor, Akshay Kumar, commented on the contents of history textbooks in India. While discussing his recent film, Samrat Prithviraj — loosely based on the &ld...
There are some figures in history that become the stuff of legends and literature. Prithviraj Chauhan is one of them. A beloved king, a lover, a warrior, this figure from history has found his way int...
What were your biggest learnings from working with Akshay Kumar?
It is his professionalism and his efficiency at work which speaks a lot about how he’s managed to become who he is today. That&r...
Claiming that the 12th-century warrior king Prithviraj Chauhan belonged to the Gurjar community and not the Rajput, a Gurjar organisation on Friday reiterated its demand to depict him as a Gurjar rule...
Let’s start from the very beginning, a time when celluloid was just opening up to the light of day. And in those first few pages of the history of Indian cinema, one place finds mention again an...
When the family was in full bloom, Raj Kapoor was once asked who his favourite child was. The father of two daughters and three sons had pointed to how the child that lagged behind always had a specia...
The ancestral home of Bollywood’s Kapoor family in Pakistan’s Peshawar is facing a demolition threat as the current owner of the house is adamant on building a commercial complex at the si...