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Chennai, Oct 24: Acclaimed Malayalam film director I.V. Sasi, who was instrumental in the success stories of superstars Mammootty, Mohanlal and Jayan, died here on Tuesday, according to family sources. He was 67. In a career spanning close to four decades in which he also helmed some Tamil and Hindi projects, Sasi directed nearly 150 films. He was ailing for sometime. He is survived by his wife

Mumbai, Oct 24: Superstar Salman Khan has booked Eid 2019 as the release date of his next film, "Bharat". The 51-year-old star will play the title role in the movie, which will be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. With "Bharat", the actor is continuing with the trend of releasing his films on Eid. The movie is an official adaptation of 2014 South Korean film, "Ode to My Father", which narrates modern

Chennai, Oct 23: A team of the GST Intelligence Agency on Monday conducted a raid at the Vishal Film Factory, a production house owned by the president of Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council, actor Vishal. The raid started after 2 p.m. at the premises of the Vadapalani office of the production house. As per reports, the raid by the GSTI is to find out if there was any evasion of the GST amount paid

Chennai, Oct 23: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth today lauded the crew of actor Vijay's starrer 'Mersal', saying the film has addressed an important issue. However in a terse Twitter message, he did not explicitly refer to any specific issue, although the film has courted controversy over Goods and Services Tax, with BJP claiming that there have been incorrect references to the central taxation.

Mumbai, Oct 23: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has finished shooting for reality game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati 9" and has thanked its team and audience for making it "another historic event in the history of the show". "KBC draws to an end," Amitabh posted on his blog early on Sunday. "Thank you all for making this another historic event in the history of the show. Seventeen years ago, it

Mumbai, Oct 22: With films such as "Munna Bhai MBBS", "Lage Raho Munnabhai, "3 Idiots" and "PK" to his credit, Rajkumar Hirani is one of the most sought-after directors in Bollywood, but the filmmaker believes there is no formula for success in movies. The National Award-winning director says, for him, no film can be charted under the category of bad cinema and he believes only hard work can help

Chennai, Oct 22: Facing flak from the Tamil Nadu BJP over dialogues allegedly flaying the GST in "Mersal", the film production house today said that if needed, it would delete scenes that have caused "misunderstanding". It also said that the BJP's opposition to some dialogues in "Mersal" was "just" from its own perspective. Giving indication that a truce had been reached between the production

Panipat, Oct 21: Haryanvi singer and dancer Harshita Dahiya was killed by four men on the direction of her brother-in-law and notorious gangster Dinesh Karala, police said on Friday. Karala revealed the murder conspiracy during interrogation after he was brought from Jhajjar jail on a production warrant, Superintendent of Police Rahul Sharma said. Karala was produced before a court, which sent him

Surat, Oct 19: Rajput Karni Sena on Wednesday threatened to further disrupt the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s magnum opus Padmavati, two days after its members vandalised a Rangoli inspired by the movie at a mall in Surat. "We removed a rangoli inpired by the film Padmavati at Rahul Raj Mall as a protest. The owner of the mall cooperated with us and apologized," a member of the pro-Rajput

Oct 19: Women ruled the roost at the 19th MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Rima Das's 'Village Rockstars' won the Golden Gateway award in the India Gold Category and Carla Simon's 'Summer 1993' won the honour in the International category. The seven-day event, which concluded on Wednesday night in Mumbai, screened over 220 films from 51 countries including features, documentaries and short films. Das is