After debuting in theatres nationwide on October 14, the political satire film Love You Loktantra, starring Isha Kopikkar, Ravi Kishen, and Manoj Joshi, has been gaining traction among filmgoers. The film is a satire on contemporary Indian politics, with a touch of North Indian dialect added by Zurich Media House LLP and Zee Music Co, […]
Cate Blanchett as a talking pen? Yes, it’s a shamelessly silly Potter parody
The School for Good and Evil ★★★(M) 147 minutes It might seem that the moment for Harry Potter parodies has come and gone, but The School For Good and Evil, based on the first in a series of young-adult bestsellers, has a solid comic premise. What if you were whisked away to the magical academy […]
Acclaimed Mi’kmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby dead at 46
Mi’kmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, considered a visionary of modern Indigenous cinema, has died. The director’s representatives say he died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 46. Raised on the Listuguj Reserve in Quebec, Barnaby helmed many short films, including the Jutra Award-nominated The Colony and the Genie-nominated File Under Miscellaneous. The writer-director, who continued to be […]
Series of Harry Potter coins with to be released by the Royal Mint | News and Star
The book, which was published by Bloomsbury Publishing, was the first in a series of stories detailing Harry Potter’s life at the fictional wizarding school of Hogwarts. READ MORE: Rare 2p and 50p coins could be worth THOUSANDS – how to check if you have one READ MORE: Plans for new money featuring King Charles III revealed The Royal […]
RSS Founder KB Hedgewar To Get A Trilingual Biopic
A biopic on the RSS Founder Dr K.B. Hedgewar is in early works. The first of its kind film, it will trace the journey of Dr Hedgewar and will be made in three languages – Hindi, Marathi and English. Padma Shri recipient Anup Jalota along with Jasveer Singh, Dr Rahul Joshi, L. Nitesh Kumar and […]
Tom Felton’s Confession About Daniel Radcliffe and Cameron Diaz Belongs in the Chamber of Secrets
This behind-the-scenes secret is worth several Galleons. Tom Felton, who starred as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise, pulled back the curtain on how the early films’ flying scenes came to be. And, yes, there’s just something about Cameron Diaz involved. Turns out Daniel Radcliffe—a.k.a. Harry Potter himself—used a photo of Cameron during shooting of […]
Bharti Demands Closure Of Ahaatas Across MP By Single Fiat
BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday demanded that the party’s government in Madhya Pradesh ban all `Ahaatas’ or open places near liquor shops where liquor is consumed by a single order. The former chief minister, who has been agitating for stricter restrictions on liquor distribution in the state, also visited an Ahaata is situated next […]
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’: First reviews of ‘Harry Potter’ spinoff out
The early reviews of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore have been revealed by the critics, with some calling the Harry Potter spinoff series ‘good-natured entertainment’. While many have lauded the latest instalment for having an edge over its predecessor, there are claims that it ‘lacks much of the magic’ that ignited people’s interest in the wizarding […]
Crypto Prices Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana Rise, Huobi Token (HT) Top Gainer
Cryptocurrency prices were trading in green with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) rising, along with other altcoins such as Solana, Binance and Cardano, on Tuesday morning. Today’s most trending crypto was Cardano. The crypto market cap rose about 1.65 per cent to $934.03 billion and its trading volume was up by 30.64 per cent to […]
Celebrating 25 years of Harry Potter, the boy who lived
I remember the exact moment I first came across Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. It was 1998 and I was walking through cramped alleys at the international book fair, held annually in Pragati Maidan, Delhi. One stall seemed to be attracting a crowd. Going closer, I realised that children, from middle-schoolers to teenagers, were […]