Spread the love Although a Malayali by birth, it was the Tamil and Telugu film industries that catapulted actor Shamna Kasim (also known by her stage name Poorna) to great heights, underscored by her recent special appearance in the song “Ala Bolelo” with Rajinikanth in director Nelson Dilipkumar’s blockbuster Jailer 2. Recently, Shamna took a trip down memory lane, recalling...
Actor Imran Khan apologises in Bombay HC for participating in anti-SIR protest
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Actor Imran Khan on Monday tendered an unconditional apology after the Bombay high court reprimanded him for participating in a protest against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls despite being a US citizen.A bench led by Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra questioned how the United States would have reacted if an Indian national had protested...
New technique uses light to spot deepfakes in seconds
Spread the love U.S. President Donald Trump has often been the subject of deepfake images and videos. | Photo Credit: Pau Casals/Unsplash Many deepfake videos are easy to spot — the eyes move in strange ways, there’s an extra finger on a hand or the light is weirdly distributed — but many are just as hard, if not impossible. Recent...
Shreyas’ four-word post after India win NZ series leaves fans searching for meaning
Spread the love Shreyas Iyer (Pic credit: Iyer’s X post) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer had a message for his team and fans after guiding the side to a 3-2 T20I series victory over New Zealand, but it was not in English or Hindi. Instead, Iyer chose a four-word Maori expression that left many cricket fans curious about its...
Jamie Dimon to European companies: Fire managers who value process over results
Spread the love JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon CEO of America’s largest bank Jamie Dimon asked companies to get rid of managers who favor process over execution. Speaking earlier this year during an investor conference in Europe, Jamie Dimon warned that bureaucracy can quietly undermine organizations from within. “Bureaucracy, complacency and arrogance will take down a company,” he said at...
Kedartal avalanche: 8 trekkers still missing after 2 failed helicopter sorties
Spread the love The group had left Gangotri for Kedartal on Oct 27 but became stranded following an avalanche. UTTARKASHI: Eight people, including seven trekkers and a guide, remained missing in the Kedartal region of Uttarkashi on Sunday, three days after an avalanche blocked their return route.Two helicopter sorties failed to locate the group or their tents, while heavy snowfall...
US man watches 1,207 movies in a year, sets Guinness World Record
Spread the love Hoskin watched the films at his local Regal Cinema in York Haven, Pennsylvania, between April 2024 and April 2025. For most people, watching three films in a day would be a long movie marathon. For Glenwood Hoskin Jr., it became part of his daily routine for an entire year. The 60-year-old American from Pennsylvania watched 1,207 films...
CM Vijay releases Rs 15.68 crore film subsidy for 224 Tamil producers; funds pending since 2015
Spread the love The Tamil Nadu government, led by Vijay, has released Rs 15.68 crore in subsidies to producers of 224 Tamil films at an event held at Kalaivanar Arangam, clearing a backlog that had been pending for seven years. Each selected producer received a cheque of Rs 7 lakh. The funds cover films produced between 2015 and 2022, selected...
‘Jailer 2 could have crossed Rs 1,200 cr’: Distributor on why Rajinikanth film won’t enter Rs 1000-cr club
Spread the love Veteran Tamil film distributor and financier Tiruppur Subramaniam has said that Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer 2 would have grossed between Rs 1,200 and Rs 1,300 crore worldwide if the film had been given the advantage of flexible ticket pricing. He claimed that restrictive screening policies on opening day cost the film an estimated Rs 5-6 crore in gross collections....
‘Dia Mirza is against Hindutva’: Mumbai mayor on actors’ appeal against firecrackers
Spread the love BMC decided to pull Dia Mirza’s video from its pollution-free Diwali campaign MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has removed actor Dia Mirza’s video from its pollution-free Diwali campaign after Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam objected to her inclusion, triggering a political row, with Mayor Ritu Tawde calling the actor “anti-Hindu” and saying she had been blacklisted.Mirza,...
