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The acclaimed Assamese filmmaker opens up about the delayed theatrical release of Village Rockstars 2, making films featuring children and nature, the need to build a better system to support cinema from the Northeast and more.

A damage control team boarded the Belize-flagged MT Seagull 9, carrying 9,000 tonnes of palm oil and 23 crew members, after its engine failed and a ballast tank flooded

What India Is Drinking 2026: Bombay Sapphire, Don Julio, Grey Goose, Bacardi, Indri, Woodburns Among Most Popular Brands In Premium Indian Bars. Picante The Most Popular Cocktail.

The founder of the National Ballet School of India, Dhvani is working to make ballet more accessible.

25th Edition of Cost Congress to Convene Global Industry Leaders in Pune, Focusing on Indias Competitiveness Agenda

From February 2027, Indian Standard Time ascertained in one room in Delhi will become the countrys only legal time. This requires that IST be drawn from an authorised Indian source. Getting there means audits of every bank, telco, and data centre, and reviving Indias homegrown satellite network, finds Jacob Koshy

AgriCon-HortiConnect India 2026 bring agriculture and horticulture buyers together in Bengaluru

Deakin University awards Vice Chancellor's Meritorious 50% Scholarships to 8 students across 4 HUBs in India

Herbalife India Joins Hands with Indian Olympic Association as Official Nutrition Partner for the Indian Contingent at Asian Games 2026

Fab Capital, a debt financing and capital solutions platform for Indian businesses, facilitated over 40 crore in monthly debt financing via its lender network, marking its growing footprint

The men blanked China 3-0 in Pool A, while the women came from behind to win 2-1 in Pool C after Joshna Chinappa sealed the tie.

LPU has claimed that certain anti-social elements were spreading completely false, baseless and fabricated rumours

Cute demon babies, vampires with detachable bodies, and other creatures inspired by Filipino folklore fuel this frenetic tale of friendship and memory

Chris Hansen isnt impressed with Robert Pattinsons take on him in the new thriller Primetime, saying the actors performance feels overly dramatic

A Delhi exhibition highlights the Shekhwati region, its frescoed havelis, and people who inhabited those once. Having made it to UNESCOs tentative list, the region is now charting a new course

The hotel art fair returns to New Delhi for its fifth edition, with 21 rooms, emerging artists and a showcase of veteran KG Subramanyans work

Textile designer and revivalist Sunaina Suneja brings together vintage and contemporary works to examine the techniques, motifs and stories held within phulkari

Sakshi Gallerys 40th anniversary exhibition at Travancore Palace in Delhi brings together 46 artists who examine how Indias visual vocabulary has shifted alongside its social and political landscape

Janus Metz Pedersens film starring Jacob Tremblay and Russell Crowe is a relatively uninspired addition to the Unabomber phenomenon

Stuffed with lazy television tropes, predictable red herrings, and theatrical performers, Shaque struggles to hold interest after a chilling set-up

Viraamam was screened at the 18th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala in the short documentary competition section

Tamil directors Karthik Subbarajs next after Dorothy is based on a dance form and stars Upendra, Prabhu Deva and Atharvaa

D 56, starring Dhanush, Preity Mukhundhan, Vadivelu and SJ Suryah, is directed by Tamizharasan Pachamuthu

Maadhu Balaji and his Crazy team are all set to stage Chocolate Krishna for senior citizens in the city

Directed by the National Award-winning Parking fame Ramkumar Balakrishnan, the Tamil movie is produced by Sathya Jyothi Films

Peter Lee talks about his favourite Indian textiles and how culture is shaped by trade routes

Uncertainty remains over the 31 films for which the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has denied censor exemption even as Minister for Cultural Affairs said the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy is making all possible efforts, including legal measures, to secure permission for screening

If the 2017 original was a euphoric, barefoot sprint through childhood fantasies, this luminous sequel is a melancholic exhale of coming of age.

For a part of the films runtime, a blend of the now familiar time loop trope with humour seems to work, until some of the hard work unravels due to weak writing of the background story

Lance Oppenheim is turning the machine back onto its makers. This is exploitation art made from exploitative artists, and its wickedly entertaining to witness

In Dorothy, Karthik Subbaraj turns a sensitive story of masculine violence into a poignant and radical examination of repression, caste and identity, while quietly striking back at the hatred it has attracted online

Spark, the debut offering by GAP Studios, hits the screens this week

Despite its shortfalls, the show appeals with the heartfelt rigor in its writing and aesthetics that are derived out of care

Murphy and Brennans attempt to link one female killer to another, flattens all the women to represent the sum of the crimes committed against them, and the crimes they subsequently committed against others

Directed by Navjot Gulati, the film also stars Vikram Singh Chauhan and Vijay Raaz in pivotal roles

Director Vimal Krishnas sophomore film shares a few similarities with his debut, DJ Tillu, but fails to utilise the strengths of a potent lineup that includes Rag Mayur

Founded by Sri Madhusudan Sai, the orchestras recent fundraiser performance featured Western classical pieces and film numbers.

Meesaya Murukku 2 takes on gaana culture, caste and class barriers in the music industry, but its many ideas come at the cost of a focussed story

Engineered to exploit the current devotional fervour at the box office, in this tale of divine retribution, both the plot and the message are ultimately buried beneath a high-pitched, artificial theme-park aesthetic.

Hands-on workshops in Araku for tribal artisans to hone traditional crafts for new possibilities

Local governments have responded by promising to build tech clusters and offering subsidies to AI filmmakers and startups

The Maria Sten-led spin-off takes the baton from Reacher and delivers an engaging first season