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.
Kannada and Tamil television actress Nandini CM, 26, was found dead at her paying guest accommodation in Bengaluru. Police are investigating the incident, while colleagues and fans mourn the sudden loss of the young TV star.
George Clooney and Amal Clooney have become French citizens along with their twins, Alexander and Ella. The actor has said the move to France gives his children a quieter, more normal life away from Hollywood fame.
Haryanvi singer Pranjal Dahiya stopped her live concert after an audience member behaved inappropriately. Calm but firm, she addressed him on stage, saying, “Uncle, I’m your daughter’s age. Please control yourself.”
Veteran actor Rakesh Bedi said, no one is making pure comedy film, “I feel that these days, comedy films are not being made. Nobody is making comedy films. I am talking about pure comedy. I am not talking about a comedy in a film. I am not even talking about a comedian in a film.
Actor Mona Singh talks about, how she has evolved with cinema, “Most of all, I’ll remember how cinema kept changing, and how I changed with it.”
