Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) Tuesday night turned out to be a sad day for the music lovers across the country, Tamil Nadu being no exception. It was a day when Indian music industry’s poster boy Krishnakumar Kunnath, or ‘KK’ passed away after a stage performance in Kolkotta. With the passing away of KK, several music […]
Puducherry, April 6 (BPNS) In a bid to promote tourism and to generate jobs, in the Union Territory which was devastated due to the Covid -19 pandemic, the Puducherry Government will conduct beach festival from April 13 to April 16. Puducherry tourism minister, Lakshminarayanan in a statement said that the festival would include cultural programmes, […]
Mumbai, Mar 31 Veteran actor Randhir Kapoor is in the early stage of dementia, his nephew actor Ranbir Kapoor has revealed. According to Ranbir, the 75-year-old actor recently saw “Sharmaji Namkeen”, which marks the last screen appearance of his younger brother, actor Rishi Kapoor. Rishi passed away at the age of 67 in April 2020 […]
Mumbai, Mar 31 “Nikamma”, starring Shilpa Shetty, Abhimanyu Dassani and Shirley Setia, is set to be released theatrically on June 17. Billed as an action entertainer, the film is directed by Sabbir Khan of “Heropanti” and “Baaghi” fame. Khan said he is thrilled that “Nikamma” will finally hit the screens after the makers held on […]
Chennai, March 31 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation on Thursday sealed the famous Albert movie theater in the city for non-payment of taxes including property tax and entertainment tax. While the theater has dues of Rs 50 lakhs as property tax, it has to pay an amount of Rs 14 lakhs for entertainment tax. This […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu’s traditional wind instrument, ‘Narasinghapettai Nagaswaram’ made by traditional village artisans of Kumbakonam has got the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag. The GI registry has issued the registration certificate based on the application filed on January 31, 2014. Nodal officer for GI registration of products of Tamil Nadu government, P. […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (BPNS) The 23rd edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) that commenced on March 18th was special in that it honoured two women who had fought back in life with exemplary courage. While Kurdish filmmaker Lisa Calon was given the Spirit of Cinema award, Bhavana was given a standing ovation by the […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) Tamil marriages are synonymous with traditional music, both during the marriage and during the reception time. The traditional musicians who plays ‘ Nadaswaram’, ‘Thavil drums’ generally charge for a four to five-hour performance Rs 20,000 to 25000 for a four-member team and they were in high demand all through the marriage […]
Mumbai, Mar 3 Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s film Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali will arrive in cinema halls on December 30, the makers announced on Thursday. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, the comedy drama will hit the theatres three days after Khan’s 57th birthday. Also featuring Pooja Hegde, the film is directed by Farhad Samji of Housefull […]
Chennai, Mar 2 It’s a wrap on the upcoming Tamil film “Vikram” featuring Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil, director Lokesh Kanagaraj said Wednesday. Touted as a high-octane action drama, the movie is produced by Haasan’s banner Raaj Kamal Films International. Kanagaraj shared the news about finishing the shoot of the movie through a […]
