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Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins becomes Netflix’s most viewed film of 2025 with 16.1 million views in two weeks : Bollywood News

Marflix Pictures’ latest offering Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins, has committed itself to breaking records. And in the long list that the film, that released on Netflix, has already accumulated, the Siddharth Anand and Mamta Anand co-production has officially claimed the title of streaming platform’s most-watched film of 2025, achieving an extraordinary 16.1 million […]

‘Sabar Bonda’ continues strong festival run, wins audience award at IFFLA

A still from ‘Sabar Bonda’ Following its history-making win at the Sundance film festival earlier this year, Rohan Kanawade’s Marathi-language queer drama Sabar Bonda has added another feather to its cap. The film, about a young man returning to his roots in rural Maharashtra, recently won the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at the […]

Germany turns first asylum seekers away at border — report

Germany has begun rejecting asylum seekers at its borders with other European countries, the first such action since the new government tightened immigration, a German newspaper reported Sunday.On Thursday and Friday, out of 365 undocumented entries at all borders, 286 migrants and refugees were sent back, including 19 who had applied for asylum, according to […]

Reset and refocused – Mukund hopes to find his rhythm again

S. Mukund. | Photo: Kamesh Srinivasan In the intensely competitive world of tennis, it is easy to lose one’s way — and game — in the rat race for rankings. Experience has taught 28-year-old S. Mukund the need to occasionally step back and re-focus, get stronger with one’s game and fitness. Mukund has slipped to […]

Pope Leo XIV’s first Sunday blessing draws thousands to St Peter’s Square in Vatican city

Ahead of his address, staff members decorated the balcony for the ceremony. Unlike previous popes, instead of speaking from the Apostolic Palace window, he stood at the centre of St Peter’s Square, at the heart of the Church. (Image: AP) (Image: AP) Source link

Pranav Mohanlal’s horror film with ‘Bramayugam’ team titled ‘Diés Iraé’

Rahul Sadasivan, Chakravarthy Ramachandra, S Sashikanth, and Pranav Mohanlal; poster of ‘Diés Iraé’ | Photo Credit: @allnightshifts/Instagram We had previously reported that Malayalam actor Pranav Mohanlal has joined hands with the team behind Bramayugam, including director Rahul Sadasivan and producers Chakravarthy Ramachandra and S Sashikanth, for an upcoming horror film. Now, on Friday (May 9), […]

Margot Friedländer, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Her Voice, Dies at 103

Margot Friedländer, a Holocaust survivor who spent more than 60 years in exile (as she saw it) in New York City before returning to Germany in 2010 and finding her voice as a champion of Holocaust remembrance — work that made her a celebrity to young Germans and landed her on the cover of German […]

Watch: Anurag Kashyap on difference between Kollywood and Bollywood

Anurag Kashyap at The Hindu Huddle. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar At The Hindu Huddle 2025, acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap opens up about the shifting landscape of Indian cinema. In a candid conversation under the theme India in Dialogue, he contrasts the creative freedom of regional industries like Kollywood and Malayalam cinema with the […]

Javed Akhtar takes a dig at ‘Messiah of the poor’ Mahesh Bhatt; reveals INSIDE story on how the Copyright Amendment Bill was passed: “It was passed because of three ladies – Sonia Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj, Meira Kumar. Arun Jaitley also helped us a lot” : Bollywood News

Javed Akhtar had an interesting conversation with Mayank Shekhar of Mid-Day on various aspects of his life and career. One of his biggest contributions was the passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill; it proved to be a boon for music composers and lyricists. Javed Akhtar explained in detail how the bill was passed. Javed Akhtar […]