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‘Drishyam’ actress Ishita Dutta on Nishikant Kamat: Fortunate he directed my Bollywood debut

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 17, 2020August 17, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 17, 2020August 17, 2020040

Actress Ishita Dutta started her Bollywood career with late filmmaker Nishikant Kamat’s 2015 thriller, “Drishyam”. She played the pivotal role of Ajay Devgn’s daughter in...

Sushant Singh Rajput was not depressed: Friend Kushal Zaveri shares last WhatsApp chat with actor

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 17, 2020August 17, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 17, 2020August 17, 20200205

Television director Kushal Zaveri has opened up on a message he got in the morning of June 14, the day Sushant Singh Rajput died, from...

Filmmaker Nishikant Kamat passes away at 50, Bollywood mourns loss

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 17, 2020August 17, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 17, 2020August 17, 2020053

Filmmaker Nishikant Kamat passed away in a Hyderabad hospital on Monday. He was 50. Kamat was battling liver cirrhosis for the past two years. On...

Filmmaker Nishikant Kamat is critical but stable, says hospital staff

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020041

Filmmaker Nishikant Kamat is critical but stable, said an official statement issued on Wednesday by the hospital he has been admitted to. “Mr Nishikant Kamat...

How Karanvir Bohra worked on his directorial skills in lockdown

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 7, 2020August 7, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 7, 2020August 7, 2020044

Actor Karanvir Bohra has, through the lockdown, managed to experiment with and work on his directorial skills. Karanvir turns director with the time travel series,...

Randeep Hooda remembers late NSD director Ebrahim Alkazi

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020052

Actor Randeep Hooda has dedicated his latest Twitter post to the late Ebrahim Alkazi, considered the father of modern Indian theatre. Alkazi, the first Director...

Veteran actress Kumkum passes away at 86

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEJuly 28, 2020July 28, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEJuly 28, 2020July 28, 2020072

Veteran Bollywood actress Kumkum, who worked in around 115 films, passed away on Tuesday at her residence in Bandra, Mumbai. She was 86. Television director...

Bollywood action director Parvez Khan dies at 55

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEJuly 27, 2020July 27, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEJuly 27, 2020July 27, 2020067

Bollywood action director Parvez Khan died after a massive heart attack on Monday. He was 55. Khan’s death was confirmed by Hansal Mehta’s tweet on...

Rohit Shetty starts trending on Twitter after Vikas Dubey debacle

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEJuly 10, 2020July 10, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEJuly 10, 2020July 10, 2020032

Filmmaker Rohit Shetty has been trending on Twitter since Friday morning but for all the wrong reasons. Rohit Shetty’s name started to trend after netizens...

Carl Reiner, creator of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ dead at 98

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEJune 30, 2020June 30, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEJune 30, 2020June 30, 2020031

Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front...

Valuer cos can’t have promoter firm member as independent director

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 24, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 24, 2020015

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has said that a member of the promoter organisation of a registered...

‘Dune’ director David Lynch has ‘zero interest’ in film’s new version

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 22, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 22, 2020018

Los Angeles, April 22 (IANS) Filmmaker David Lynch will not be heading to the theatres to watch director Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” adaptation because his own...

Infosys hires Israeli techie as director

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 21, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 21, 2020016

Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) Global software major Infosys appointed Israeli serial entrepreneur Uri Levine as an independent director, the company said on Tuesday. “The board...

‘Shang-Chi’: First production pic shared by director

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 21, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 21, 2020018

Los Angeles, April 21 (IANS) Fans have been excited eversince it was announced that Marvel’s first Asian origin superhero is set to be launched in...

McAfee appoints Rahul Arora as Sales Director for India, Saarc

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 21, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 21, 2020025

New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Cybersecurity company McAfee India on Tuesday announced the appointment of former Skybox executive Rahul Arora as the company’s Sales Director...

Mahesh Babu to work with ‘Baahubali’ director SS Rajamouli

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 18, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 18, 2020011

Hyderabad, April 18 (IANS) Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu is all set to collaborate with “Baahubali” director SS Rajamouli in a new project, and fans are...

‘Extraction’ director Sam Hargrave: Not much space for mid-budget action films

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 18, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 18, 2020040

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) “Extraction” director and popular Hollywood stunt coordinator Sam Hargrave feels cinema has space for either “super big budget movies like...

‘Harriet’ director Kasi Lemmons roped in for ‘The Shadow King’

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 17, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 17, 2020036

Los Angeles, April 17 (IANS) “Harriet” director Kasi Lemmons will be writing and directing the World War II drama, “The Shadow King”. The film is...

Graeme Smith appointed SA’s director of cricket till April 2022

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 17, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 17, 2020018

Johannesburg, April 17 (IANS) Former Proteas captain Graeme Smith was on Friday appointed as South Africas Director of Cricket for a two-year term until the...

‘Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja’ wrong debut for me: Director Satish Kaushik dissects the flop

CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 16, 2020

by CanIndia New Wire ServiceApril 16, 2020025

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Twenty-seven years since the release of the Sridevi-Anil Kapoor starrer “Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja”, director Satish Kaushik opens...