Film

‘The White Tiger’ – Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rajkummar Rao and Adarsh Gourav are great and hope film will ‘open eyes’…

Netflix is positioning for awards but film’s strongest hope is probably newcomer Gourav and some will compare to ‘Slumdog Millionaire’……

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‘Lipstick Under my Burkha’ filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava to be in conversation with UK Asian Film Festival this Sunday

Ground-breaking director and writer sits down to discuss her work… ACCLAIMED director Alankrita Shrivastava is to be in conversation with…

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ACV Bird Eye Review Show – Episode 7: Evil Eye, Putham Pudhu Kaalai (PPK) and ‘A Suitable Boy’ reaction from India…

IN THE VERY LATEST episode of our Bird Eye Review Show, our Nat reviews ‘Evil Eye’, a Tamil anthology series,…

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Suhasini Maniratnam on her ‘Coffee, anyone’, ‘Putham Pudhu Kaalai’, landmark Tamil anthology and securing Shruti Haasan and the future… (video)

SUHASINI MANIRATNAM is one of South India’s best-known film personalities.As an actor, she has featured in countless South Indian language…

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Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: OTT (online) Diwali bonanza as cinema hall uncertainty persists: ‘Laxmii’, ‘Ludo’, ‘Chhalaang’ head to private screens, ‘Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari’ too…

So, cinemas in the UK are shutting down again, but what is happening in India – in the largest film…

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Sir Sean Connery – 007 author Ajay Chowdhury remembers legend, dancing with his wife and says on-screen Britishness and masculinity had global and generational appeal

JAMES BOND author and aficionado Ajay Chowdhury remembers meeting Sean Connery, dancing with his wife – and feels that many…

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Riz Ahmed to perform livestream version, ‘The Long Goodbye’ for Manchester International Festival; film ‘Mogul Mowgli’ comes out – music and film blitz

🎤 Livestream performance ‘The Long Goodbye’ announced today 🎤 Riz Ahmed film, ‘Mogul Mowgli’ out today 🎤 New song and…

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‘Mogul Mowgli’ – Deep connection and urgency of Riz Ahmed, co-writer and director Bassam Tariq on collaborating with star and Anjana Vasan and Nabhaan Rizwan on roles…

Film explores identity as well as ambition, family and culture… ‘MOGUL MOWGLI’ film director and co-writer Bassam Tariq talks about…

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‘The Salt in our Waters’ – interview with director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit about his culture conflict film in coastal Bangladesh (video) – Busan preview…

Film heads to Busan International Film Festival (October 21-30) in South Korea and screens there on October 28. It enjoyed…

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London Film Festival 2020 – different this year, but great British film experiences made it one to remember…(wrap)

There were also good films from Bangladesh and India and the shorts we covered had important points to make… By…

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