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.
Tamil producer and director K Rajan, 85, jumped from the Adyar bridge in Chennai on May 17. Police have launched an investigation into the circumstances of his death.
Four decades after it was made, John Abraham's 'Amma Ariyan' received a standing ovation at Cannes 2026. The 1986 Malayalam film, which never had a commercial release, premiered in a new 4K restoration.
Pavala Shyamala spent four decades playing mothers and comedic roles in Telugu cinema. At midnight on May 15, she was found wandering a Hyderabad footpath, turned away by a hospital, abandoned by a cab driver, and left without help.
Javier Bardem stood on the Cannes stage and delivered a direct message to Hollywood. Those blacklisting voices for Palestine, he said, are writing their own downfall.
Dananeer Mobeen, who became a household name in Pakistan and beyond with her viral 'Pawri Ho Rahi Hai' video, is now facing backlash for a very different reason. The actress publicly called Devdas overrated.
