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Cannes 2025 – Sharmila Tagore still captivates at screening of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nights and Days in the Forest’

Cannes 2.30pm CET ONE OF INDIA’S MOST enduring cinema legends Sharmila Tagore was in attendance for the Cannes Classic screening…

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‘Tanvi The Great’ – Anupam Kher and debutant Shubangi Dutt talk to us here in Cannes… See the full interview soon – Cannes live update…

Cannes live 8.30pm (CET)/7.30pm BST  Day 6 WES ANDERSON’S latest film, ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ has just enjoyed its world premiere…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2025 – Still films and events to enjoy & gallery

HERE are five films or events to look out for as the UK Asian Film Festival enters its last half…

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UK Asian Film Festival (May 1-11) is under way with stirring theme of Longing and Belonging

BRITAIN’S longest running South Asian film festival – the UK Asian Film Festival got underway last night (May 1) for…

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‘Namaste, Geezer’ – Shekhar Bhatia’s brilliant book about growing up and getting into football and journalism…

Sports and media memoir is up for prestigious award… HE IS ONE OF BRITAIN’S top journalists and now has a…

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Natasha Kathi-Chandra – the joy, confusion and complexities of South Asian identities

One of the new female South Asian artistic leaders in the theatre sector in UK, is Natasha Kathi-Chandra artistic director…

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‘Speed’ – director Milli Bhatia on a new play that is probing and funny…

Theatre to talk about in more ways than one… MILLI BHATIA is a talent to watch – that might not…

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Sophia; Shanghai Dolls; Speed; Climate play; Much Ado makeover; Romeo & Juliet rap and more…

There is some great theatre around this month and it would be a shame to miss… By Suman Bhuchar Sophia…

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Bird Bites – L2: Empuraan; Director Onir; UK Asian Film Festival; Santosh; Our Cannes 10; Berlinale all

What’s happening in the world of film and news on film site updates Political lines drawn around hit film Mohan…

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Lady Indiraa: obesity, alcohol abuse, depression and a pathway to singing & broadcasting success

Singer-songwriter and now award winning broadcaster is one of the most remarkable artists acv has ever met, overcoming many difficulties…

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