Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Ananya Panday, producer Karan Johar thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembering lawyer and statesman C Sankaran Nair, who fought against the British to uncover the truth about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in the cusp of the release of Kesari 2 which is based on him.
Bengali actress Priyanka Sarkar is back on Hoichoi with Lojja 2, the sequel to Lojja directed by Aditi Roy. As the series started streaming on Hoichoi on April 11, IBNS correspondent Aaheli Chakraborty speaks to Priyanka on the sequel. Excerpts...
Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood star Alia Bhatt on Monday shared a love-filled picture with her husband, prominent actor Ranbir Kapoor, online as the B-Town couple completed three years of marriage.
Mumbai/IBNS: Superstar Aamir Khan has grabbed media attention by making his first public appearance with partner Gauri Spratt during the weekend.
Kolkata/IBNS: Ami Oporadhi, the new song from upcoming Bengali film Durgapur Junction, was unveiled earlier this month.
Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood superstar Kareena Kapoor Khan has announced her collaboration with director Meghna Gulzar and actor Prithviraj Sukumaran for upcoming film, Daayra.
Bilaspur/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lashed out at the Congress over the Waqf Act which he claimed to be the "biggest proof" of the primary opposition party's appeasement for fundamentalists.
Kolkata/IBNS: Hoichoi has unveiled the teaser of its much-anticipated series, Bhog.
Bollywood actress Neetu Kapoor recently shared a black-and-white image of herself with her late husband Rishi Kapoor on Instagram to mark a special day in their lives- their engagement.
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra spent a perfect Friday with her daughter Malti Marie Jonas and did not forget to click a selfie together.
Southern actress Tamannaah Bhatia is back to leave the nation grooving with her latest dance number, Nasha, from the upcoming Bollywood movie Raid 2.
After Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei, filmmaker Srijit Mukherji is back with his second work of the year, Killbill Society, a sequel to his 2013 flick Hemlock Society. As the film releases in theatres on April 11, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh speaks to Srijit on the film, casting and his upcoming projects... Excerpts
Jr. NTR has joined hands with director Prashant Neel for a cinematic spectacle, tentatively titled as NTRNeel.
Mumbai/IBNS: After Poacher, Bollywood star Alia Bhatt is set to be back with Amazon Prime Video to produce her second web series under the banner of Eternal Sunshine Productions.
Hyderabad/IBNS: Telugu superstar Allu Arjun has joined hands with director Atlee for a film which the actor described as "something truly spectacular".
Mumbai/IBNS: In a shocking incident, actress Sreeleela was pulled by a man into the crowd in Darjeeling where she was shooting along with Bollywood's new heartthrob Kartik Aaryan for Anurag Basu's upcoming film.
Excel Entertainment is set to return with Emraan Hashmi starrer Ground Zero, an untold story of courage and sacrifice set against the backdrop of war.
Manoj Kumar, the venerable Indian film actor, writer, director, and cultural architect whose name became synonymous with cinematic patriotism, died in Mumbai on April 5, 2025, at 87. Appreciated across generations as "Bharat Kumar," his passing signals not merely the departure of an artist but the closure of a towering chapter in the narrative of Indian popular culture. Over a career spanning five decades, Kumar constructed a moral and emotional bridge between the silver screen and the Indian conscience, becoming both a chronicler and custodian of the nation’s post-independence identity.
Bollywood actress and Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez's mother Kim Fernandez died on Sunday after suffering from a heart stroke, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The legendary actress Sharmila Tagore returns to the Bengali film industry after 14 years with her upcoming film Puratawn, directed by Suman Ghosh alongside with Rituparna Sengupta and Indraneil Sengupta, whose trailer was launched on Monday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Itsmajja Bangla unveiled its third music video titled ‘Mitthye Swapno’ sung by Anupam Roy with the casting of Angana Roy along with Priyanka Bhattacharjee as the creative head of the song last week.
Kolkata/IBNS: The teaser of Raakhee Gulzar starrer upcoming Bengali film Aamar Boss has been unveiled by Windows Productions.
Iconic Bollywood actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar, known for his string of patriotic films like Upkar and Purab Aur Paschim, that earned him the title of Bharat Kumar, died in Mumbai at age 87.
Los Angeles/IBNS: American actor Val Kilmer, who is massively known for portraying Batman and Jim Morrison on-screen, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali OTT platform hoichoi has unveiled the much-anticipated trailer of Lojja 2.
Adolescence, a Netflix series that has sparked debate on the impact of toxic online content on teens, will be screened in secondary schools in the UK.
Kolkata/IBNS: Actors Vikram Chatterjee and Ekavali Khanna graced the trailer launch of their upcoming film Durgapur Junction in Kolkata last week.
At a recent event on women empowerment, actress Genelia Deshmukh shared her thoughts on navigating success, failure, motherhood, and entrepreneurship.
Joining social media trends is part of regular life for netizens, and currently, Studio Ghibli-style AI edits are setting the internet on fire, with celebrities even joining the trend.
Kolkata/IBNS: SVF Music has unveiled Melar Gaan, the first-ever digital drop from Hooligaanism.
