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Dangal actress Zaira Wasim’s announcement that she’s quitting films because of religious reasons has severely polarised opinion. Many responses have applauded her decision, others say her choice must be respected, and still others have criticised her as being regressive – actress Raveena Tandon is among the latter. “Doesn’t matter if two-film olds…

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas recently attended a wedding reception that was hosted in their honour by Nick’s parents. Priyanka’s mother and brother were also in attendance at the function. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas tied the knot in December 2018, but the wedding celebrations still seem to be in…

Swara Bhasker is the latest actor to launch her production banner with an aim to support filmmakers who have fresh and powerful stories to tell. The critically-acclaimed actor has joined hands with her entrepreneur brother Ishan Bhasker for ‘Kahaaniwaaley’. “The idea of Kahaaniwaaley has been in the works since the…

Humanity has always taken precedence over ideology for auteur Mrinal Sen, who did not deter to join the movement against Nandigram violence in 2007 despite his Left leanings, veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has said. Sen was a rebel who believed in fighting for the cause of common people of and…

Talking everyone onboard on a journey of imagination, Booker Prize winner Yann Martel recreated the story of his magnum opus “Life of Pi” sans the tiger, orang-utan or the hyena on a ferry that set sail on the Hoogly river here. Martel spoke of how he came up with the…

Eminent Hindi author and essayist Krishna Sobti died Friday in Delhi, family sources said. She was 93. The author breathed her last in a Delhi hospital this morning, where she was admitted for the last two months, Ashok Maheshwari, a friend and managing director of Rajkamal Prakashan, said. ”She was…