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.
Musical comedy ‘Jeena Dil Se’ follows friendship, love and life’s unpredictability through a soundtrack-driven story. Directed by Adhish Rana, the film releases in theatres on May 29, 2026.
The Top India survey spoke to over 1,000 entertainment workers. What they described was not an industry slowdown. It was a collapse in slow motion, happening entirely behind the camera.
Raaj Kumar called pretty much everyone by his dog's name. That dog was called Jaani. And somehow, that habit became one of the most iconic words in Bollywood dialogue history.
Ankush Bahuguna faced homophobic slurs on London streets for wearing a pink suit. Celebrities including Swara Bhasker and Kubbra Sait publicly backed him after the video went viral.
From Drishyam to Manjummel Boys, how budget discipline and writer-led filmmaking built India's most consistent cinema machine, one tightly written screenplay at a time.
