Culture

Chennai:Christmas, the festival marking the birthof Jesus Christ, was celebrated with religious fervour, traditionalgaiety and enthusiasm by the Christians in Tamil Nadu today.As church bells tolled signalling the moment of Nativity, faithfulsconverged for the midnight mass in cathedrals and...

Hyderabad: Veteran Telugu actor and producer T Chalapathi Rao died due to heart attack at his residence here on Sunday.Rao was known for comedy and villainous roles in Telugu cinema.He was 78 and is survived by his wife Indumaty,...

Hyderabad:After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, Christmas, commemorating the birth of Lord Jesus Christ, was celebrated with traditional enthusiasm and gaiety in Hyderabad and its twin Secunderabad on Sunday.Well-attended Midnight mass at the tastefully decorated and illuminated churches...

Kolkata: A glittering 30-foot gold and silver Christmas tree sprung up on Friday on the city's posh Park Street, adding to the mood of the festive season.Covered in gold and silver glitter, and with a diameter of 18 feet,...

Hyderabad: Veteran Tollywood actor Kaikala Satyanarayana passed away at his residence at Film Nagar here in the wee hours on Friday due age-related issues.He was 87 and survived by his wife Nageswaramma, two sons and two daughters.His last rites...

New Delhi: The year 2022 demonstrated that formulaic filmmaking no longer works at the box-office and only when makers take risks and tell stories with a difference, will they be able to lure the audiences back to theatres.Here are...

Pune: Celebrating the best of the Marathi television industry, Big FM hosted the second edition of the Big Marathi Entertainment Awards in a grand manner.The popular actors Vivek Sangle and Madhurani Gokhale bagged the Big Best Character Male and...

Kolkata: Films are the binding connection between the cultures of the world, stated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Inaugurating the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here along with megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday...

Kolkata: The 28th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), organized by the Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal, will kick off here on Thursday.The grand event will continue till December 22.Accredited by the International...

New Delhi: Actor R Madhavan’s ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ has been named 'Most Popular Indian Movie of 2022' by Internet Movie Database (IMDb).The movie is based on the story of Nambi Narayanan, a former ISRO scientist and aerospace engineer,...