Entertainment

Nat Geo’s ‘Mega Icons’ features Deepika, AR Rahman, Ratan Tata


By The SATimes News Service From actress Deepika Padukone to music maestro AR Rahman and industrialist Ratan Tata, a slew of renowned celebrities will be seen sharing their life experiences on the second season of Mega Icons. The upcoming National Geographic series will bring viewers closer to these personalities through exclusive and intimate interviews featuring them...

Childish, anarchic behavior always funny: Mr Bean


By The SATimes News Service The popular Rowan Atkinson-starrer series, Mr. Bean, has completed a 30-year run. The English comedian star said he always believed that the show had a very good chance of being successful and long-running, partly because the character is essentially a child in a man's body. "I always believed that ‘Mr. Bean'...

Akshay confirms Diwali release for ‘Laxmmi Bomb’ on OTT


By The SATimes News Service Mumbai: Superstar Akshay Kumar has confirmed that his upcoming horror comedy, Laxmmi Bomb, will premiere digitally on November 9 on the occasion of Diwali. "Iss Diwali aapke gharon mein "laxmmi" ke saath ek dhamakedar "bomb" bhi aayega (This Diwali, along with money, one explosive bomb will also come to your houses)....

Bachchans trolled after Jaya’S Parliament speech

Post Date: September 16, 2020

By The SATimes News Service Mumbai: The Bachchan family was trolled by netizens after Jaya Bachchan alleged that a continuous attempt to defame the film industry is being made, taking an indirect jibe at actor-politician Ravi Kishan who has claimed that drug addiction happens in the film industry. The keyword "Bachchans" started trending on Twitter along...

Jaya Bachchan slams actors for comparing Bollywood to ‘gutter’


By The SATimes News Service New Delhi: Amid a raging controversy over drug use in the film industry in connection with a probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Samajwadi Party MP and veteran actor Jaya Bachchan has slammed all those who have been calling the Mumbai-based entertainment industry a "gutter". "Sir I...

To make Mumbai feel like film city


By The SATimes News Service Mumbai has made Bollywood, but in many ways, Bollywood has made up Mumbai too. To celebrate this, graphic designer and artist Ranjit Dahiya started the Bollywood Art Project where using the truck-art style of painting with enamel paints, he started single-handedly creating wall murals in Bandra of iconic actors such as...

Gauri Khan shares her design philosophy in book


By The SATimes News Service One of the leading interior designers and film producer Gauri Khan is all set to add a new feather to her cap. She has  turned author and announced her debut book. Titled My Life in Design, it will be a coffee-table book which will showcase her journey as a designer. Penguin...

Priyanka Chopra, Mira Nair at Toronto film festival sans crowds


By The SATimes News Service Covid has scaled down another global event. The  45th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), one of the world's major movie platforms, opened September 11 with no red carpets, no celebs and no crowds. The 10-day festival kicked off with opening-night screening of David Byrne's "American Utopia,” which is directed by Spike...

Kangana gets IMPPA support against BMC demolition drive

Post Date: September 10, 2020

By The SATimes News Service Mumbai: In a show of solidarity with Kangana Ranaut, IMPPA, the association of film producers in India, has condemned the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for its demolition drive at the office building of the actress. In a statement issued to the media on Thursday, the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA)...