Salim Kumar, only Malayalam comedian to win National Award for Best Actor, dead at 56
He learned to perform on a mimicry stage in Cochin. He finished on a national podium. The house in North Paravur was named Laughing Villa. It is quiet now.
He learned to perform on a mimicry stage in Cochin. He finished on a national podium. The house in North Paravur was named Laughing Villa. It is quiet now.
He played a librarian who fought demons. He sold coffee to the whole of Britain. He outlasted every trend in television and still showed up, reliable as ever, until he didn't.
The glycerine was ready. Nana Patekar was not interested. What happened next left everyone on set, including Madhoo Shah, stunned, and wrapped up the shoot for half a day.
'Peddi' introduced Janhvi Kapoor waist-first, midriff second, face somewhere after that. Her character Achiyyamma had a name, a costume, and close-up shots of her navel. What she did not have was a story.
The world of Indian classical music lost a brilliant artist on May 14, 2026, with the passing of Ustad Sabir Khan.
South Korean police have concluded that actor Kim Soo-hyun never dated Kim Sae-ron as a minor. The YouTuber who made the accusations now faces arrest over fabricated evidence.
Music composer Ilaiyaraaja composed En Iniya Pon Nilave for the 1980 Tamil film Moodu Pani, produced by Raja Cine Arts. Decades later, a dispute over its recreation brought the question of who truly owns the song's lyrics.
Hemant Nagindas Modi, convicted in a 2005 murder case, walked out on parole in 2014 and never returned to jail. Instead, he built a quiet career in Bollywood, regional films, and television, until a tip-off led police straight to him.
An FIR has been filed against Bengali actors Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Swastika Mukherjee over their social media posts during West Bengal's 2021 post-poll violence.
Seven films released in February 2026. Not one hit. June is about to make the same mistake, only bigger, with six major releases fighting for the same screens, the same audience, and the same weekend, and the math already knows who loses.
