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Entertainment: Telugu filmmaker, businessman RR Venkat passes away

September 27, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: Businessman and Telugu film producer RR Venkat passed away in Hyderabad on Monday due to kidney failure. He was 54. He was undergoing renal infection treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad. Owner of RR Movie Makers, Venkat had produced several blockbusters and star-studded big-budget films. Besides Tollywood, his distribution house had also financed the […]

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Entertainment: Amazon Prime ties up with OTT platforms

September 24, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: Amazon Prime Video has partnered with 8 over-the-top (OTT) platforms to introduce Prime Video Channels, beginning Friday. These channels will play content from streaming services like Discovery+, DocuBay, Eros Now, Hoichoi, Lionsgate Play, Manorama Max, MUBI, and Shorts TV. The annual add-on subscription plans start from Rs. 299 for Discovery+, Eros Now, and Shorts […]

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Entertainment: Zee to merge with Sony

September 23, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) on Wednesday announced to merge their operations, digital assets, linear networks, and program libraries under an exclusive non-binary agreement. The agreement entitles Sony India to 52.93 percent shares, with ZEEL founder Subhash Chandra receiving 2.1 percent shares, as a non-compete fee, while […]

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British era’s secret tunnel linking Delhi Assembly with Red Fort found

September 3, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: A secret tunnel-like structure has been found inside the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday, linking it to the Red Fort. Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said many knew about the existence of the tunnel and the gallows. “I decided to see it in the 75th year of India’s Independence.” “However, we have […]

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Entertainment: Actor Siddharth Shukla, 40, dies of heart attack

September 2, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Well-known film and television actor Siddharth Shukla died of a suspected heart attack in Mumbai on Thursday morning. The 40-year-old was rushed to Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, but passed away before he reached there. “He was brought dead to the hospital,” a senior official told media. A forensic doctor said, “Initial reports indicated that […]

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World Emoji Day: Expressing emotions on social media

July 17, 2021 virendra pandit

Avya Mathur Ahmedabad: They are like photographs or cartoons that go with the text in print media. Emoji enliven content on social media. World Emoji Day (July 17) celebrates the invention of emojis to express different emotions and is also used to announce the birth of new emojis. An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, […]

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Entertainment: Trailer of “Shershaah”, biopic on Capt. Vikram Batra, launched

July 16, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: The makers of the upcoming war film, Shershaah, shared its first official trailer on social media on Thursday. It is a biopic inspired by the life of the Indian Army’s Captain Vikram Batra and his sacrifice in the 1999 Kargil War, for which he was decorated with the country’s highest gallantry award, Paramveer Chakra, […]

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Demise: National Awardee actor Surekha Sikri, 75, passes away

July 16, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: Veteran actor Surekha Sikri, a three-time National Award winner, passed away here early on Friday after a cardiac arrest. She was 75. She is survived by her son Rahul. “Surekha Sikri has passed away following a cardiac arrest earlier this morning at the age of 75. She had been suffering from complications arising from […]

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Entertainment: Taapsee Pannu launches her own production house

July 15, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: Actor Taapsee Pannu has turned producer with the launch of her own production house, Outsiders Films, to nurture talents with no film background. The actor has teamed up with content creator and producer Pranjal Khandhdiya to launch Outsider Films. Excited about expanding her horizons as a producer, Taapsee said, “I have been very sure […]

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Entertainment: Nawazuddin to star in “Tiku Weds Sheru”

July 14, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will star in Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming debut home production, Tiku Weds Sheru. Kangana’s production house, Manikarnika Films, shared the news on Instagram and said, “The best actor of our generation joins team Tiku weds Sheru. We are privileged to have found our Lion. Tiku weds Sheru filming begins soon.” She also […]