Tag: Oscar

The Crime Branch has got some vital clues about the financial transactions of Oscar and links between the chit-fund company and the Ollywood film industry during the second stint of remand of its chief Pravas Rout, sources in the agency have said

Acting tough on chit-fund tainted film producers, the Utkal Cine Chamber of Commerce (UCCC) today decided to oust them from the producers' association if the allegation against them are proved in court

The Special Designated Court today allowed the Crime Branch of Odisha Police to take Oscar chief Prabhas Rout on another five-day remand

Bhubaneswar: After making public the possible link between chit fund firm Oscar Group and Ollywood actors in the production of Odia films, the Crime Branch of Odisha police on Monday said that the company has properties worth Rs 15 crores in Odisha and Gujarat. Preliminary investigations showed that the company has 20 acre of land […]

New Delhi: Oscar-winning music maestro AR Rahman may have won international acclaim for his craft but the man himself remains a largely obscured figure. An upcoming authorised biography will shed light on his life and philosophy. Titled “Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of AR Rahman”, it has been written by Krishna Trilok, a […]

  New York: Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, accused by over 80 women of sexual harassment, on Friday surrendered to police here to face charges of sexual misconduct more than seven months after the allegations first surfaced publicly. Weinstein, 66, turned himself into authorities at the first precinct in Manhattan on Friday. He was arrested […]

Los Angeles: Oscar winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio has had a beetle named after him in honour of his years of environmental campaigning. The 43-year-old, who has campaigned for the environment for many years, created The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998. The Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi beetle was discovered at the bottom of a waterfall in Maliau Basin, […]

New Delhi: Oscar-nominated film “Lady Bird”, which explores both the humour and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter, is set to release in India on March 2. The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, will be released by Universal Pictures India in the country, read a statement. It stars Saoirse Ronan […]

Mumbai: On the occasion of his 51st birthday, celebrities wished Oscar and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman immense love and best of health. The recipient of four National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe, started his career in 1992, delivering hit tracks for “Roja”. With the music […]

Chennai: Oscar and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman will perform in his homeland Tamil Nadu next month. He says the people of Tamil Nadu are always special and performing before them in his 25th year in the industry is a privilege. After his performance at the IIFA 2017 in New York, which marked the beginning of […]

Tirana: “Daybreak” by director Gentian Koci is Albania’s official candidate for the Oscars’ best foreign-language film award. “Daybreak” is a drama which received wide critical acclaim after its premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival. If nominated, it would be the first Albanian movie to reach this stage, Xinhua reported. Since 1996, Albania has sent 10 […]

Los Angeles: Oscar winner Nicole Kidman won her first ever Emmy Award as Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series, for her role in “Big Little Lies”. She called domestic abuse a “complicated, insidious disease”. Kidman played Celeste, a wife and mother who becomes the victim of domestic violence at the hands of her husband Perry, […]

New Delhi: Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman has been roped in to compose the music for the Bruce Lee biopic, which is being directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. “A.R. Rahman is also doing the music for Bruce Lee,” Kapur, who is in Mumbai briefly, told IANS over phone. Kapur is pre-occupied with the […]

New Delhi: Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman has been roped in to compose the music for the Bruce Lee biopic, which is being directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. “A.R. Rahman is also doing the music for Bruce Lee,” Kapur, who is in Mumbai briefly, told IANS over phone. Kapur is pre-occupied with the […]

New York: The weather god wasn’t kind to the IIFA Rocks gala at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where Oscar winning composer-singer A.R. Rahman performed live for fans in the US. But the show went on — and rocked. Rahman on Friday evening only took the stage for his culminating performance a few hours after […]