Often, we have come across directors who had been actors before and vice versa. Kollywood has also seen legendary talents such as K Bhagyaraj, R. Rajender, Parthiban, Bharathiraja, Silambarsan, Arjun and Dhanush who are successful as both directors and actors. The quest to learn filmmaking has tapped the…
Tamil cinema keeps evolving every year, and every newcomer paints something new with this craft called cinema. The trend in scripting and the process of making a film keeps changing over time. The latest trend in Tamil cinema is to make films that involve a lot of technological advancements, and all the…
The Indian economy may have contracted 12 per cent in the June quarter due to lockdowns imposed by the states in April and May to contain the second wave of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by UBS Securities India. The economy had contracted by 23.9 per cent in the same quarter last fiscal. The…
Apart from being one of the most loved on-screen couples, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Salman Khan were also one of the most adored alleged jodis of tinsel town once. But as fate had it, the duo apparently parted ways on a bitter note and today, Aishwarya is happily married to actor Abhishek Bachchan and…
The equity benchmarks staged a strong recovery from intraday lows and snapped their two-day losing streak as late buying in Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Hindustan Unilever and Infosys helped negate selling pressure in State Bank of India, Mahindra & Mahindra, NTPC and ONGC. The Sensex…
He made his big Bollywood debut with Omung Kumar’s directorial, Mary Kom. We are talking about actor Darshan Kumaar, who featured opposite Priyanka Chopra Jonas in the film, which won many awards. At that time, Darshan was nominated as the best newcomer at several award functions. However, his journey…
AstraZeneca said on Friday the European Union had lost a legal case against the pharmaceutical firm over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, with a court in Brussels rejecting an EU request for more deliveries by the end of June. But European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday’s ruling supported…
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Friday that the highly infectious Delta variant first identified in India represents almost 90 percent of new cases in the Russian capital. “The latest data we have received is that 89.3 percent are sick with a mutated coronavirus, the so-called ‘Delta,'” Sobyanin…
The monetary policy committee must be watchful of inflation expectations getting entrenched if prices remain elevated for too long, as it could undermine its hard-earned credibility in efficient inflation targeting, MPC member Jayant Varma wrote in the June meeting minutes published on Friday. “To maintain and…
Uber and Hyundai’s subsidiary Kia, have partnered in Europe to increase the use of EVs in the continent. As a part of the deal, Kia will help Uber drivers procure more EVs at discounted prices. Right now, in Europe, Kia has just launched the Niro EV but in 2022, it will also have the EV6 in the market. “Kia…