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Namrata Singh says the small team was too stretched with an overseas release and a fresh Telugu dub to file for India's Best International Feature submission on time.
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Namrata Singh says the small team was too stretched with an overseas release and a fresh Telugu dub to file for India's Best International Feature submission on time.

Eknath Shinde's vada pav break on a London street has gone viral, capping a UK visit where he pitched Maharashtra to investors, met Virat Kohli and picked up several honours.

Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has crossed 130 crore gross in Kerala alone, overtaking Vaazha 2 to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film in the state's history, per trade estimates reported by Koimoi.

Kareena Kapoor wore a pastel leheriya saree to the Daayra music launch in Mumbai, then posted a throwback comparing it to Karisma Kapoor's Zubeidaa look, sparking a wider chat about the Rajasthani textile's Bollywood history.

Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black across the film franchise, says HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series will feel more satisfying than the movies because it keeps far more of the books intact.

Triptii Dimri has joined eye-focused beauty startup Peep Beauty as investor and co-creator, backing its Rs 12 crore pre-seed round and shaping its push into coloured contact lenses as a self-expression category.

Preity Zinta says she avoids watching her own films even after three decades and 50-plus credits, opening up alongside debutant Vanshika Dhir before their action comedy hits cinemas September 18.

Dr Sharad Bhutadiya, who plays Martin Uncle across the Drishyam franchise, spoke to Bollywood Hungama at the Goa trailer launch about Ajay Devgn's off-screen manner, his character's surprise popularity, and the odds of a part four.

Kenisha Francis has revealed she is the composer credited as 'Hydro' on the poster of Ravi Mohan's directorial debut I'm an Ordinary Man, saying the pseudonym was meant to dodge negative press.

Goldenvoice's inaugural Ocean Way Festival on the Santa Monica beach, headlined by The Killers, Olivia Dean and Jack White, has been called off after storm erosion left too little usable sand to host it safely.

Soori's boat-race drama Mandaadi posted a strong Friday jump after a solid opening day, with trackers reporting anywhere between ₹11 crore and ₹13 crore over two days across five languages.

Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky were photographed walking with their newborn in Northern California, the first sighting since reports surfaced that the couple had quietly become parents.

Fear Street, the Three Colors trilogy, the Before films and Back to the Future all solve the same problem differently: how do you make a third movie feel inevitable instead of tacked on?

Chicago Med returns October 7 with a three-month time jump, an unresolved Hannah-Dean romance, and Sarah Ramos's Caitlin Lennox absent from the first five episodes while the actress is on leave.

Strange New Worlds went full soap opera in "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass," with Deidre Hall guesting and the cast learning to act deliberately badly. Christina Chong also confirmed her dog Runa's Season 1 cameo won't be the last.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has crossed $926 million domestically, over $360 million past its break-even point, even after dropping to third place behind The Odyssey and Hope on its sixth Wednesday.

Bengal-born filmmaker Anuparna Roy is back in Venice's Orizzonti competition with her second feature, a story of four migrants on Mumbai's margins, a year after becoming the first Indian to win the section's Best Director award.

The creative team behind Pasadena Playhouse's sold-out Amadeus is back with Dürrenmatt's The Visit, starring Jefferson Mays as a man his former lover wants dead for the right price.

Mumbai's Ganeshotsav pandals are opening their doors to strays this year, with a Colaba mandal casting its idol as Kaalbhairav and a Kandivali mandal running vaccination and microchipping camps for street dogs.

Advance bookings for Avengers Endgame: Encore are live across India ahead of its September 25 re-release, which adds fresh footage bridging directly into Avengers: Doomsday, arriving in cinemas December 18.

Daayra's music launch in Mumbai brought out Kareena Kapoor Khan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, director Meghna Gulzar and lyricist Gulzar to unveil the title track Sach Ka Daayra ahead of the film's September 18 release.

Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after nearly two decades, is drawing praise for its performances and twist ending on social media, even as its opening day collections stayed low.

Quiver Distribution has picked up North American rights to the feature version of Long Day's Journey Into Night, with Jessica Lange and Ed Harris leading the O'Neill adaptation ahead of its September 25 release.

Haiwaan's Rs 3 crore opening day puts it among the worst starts of both Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan's careers, trailing Sunny Deol's Batwara 1947 despite that film's own disastrous run.