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Antonio Ferme editorHank Azaria has issued an apology for voicing Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu on “The Simpsons,” a controversial role he played for 30 years despite Apu being Indian.“I apologize for my part in creating that and participating in that,” Azaria said.

Hank Azaria has been doing the work. In 2017, the 56-year-old white voice actor was publicly called out for voicing the character of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (an Indian convenience store worker) on in a documentary titled . Azaria later stepped down from voicing the part — one of many he lends his talents to on the popular series.

Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) and Indian media conglomerate Zee Entertainment said Tuesday that they have entered into a multifaceted co-production agreement. Under the deal, which was unveiled during MIPTV, the new partners will develop formats across genres to cater both to their respective domestic markets and for global sales and overseas distribution.

who no longer voices the controversial character, says he’s taking some unconventional steps to find out why his portrayal was offensive toward the Indian community. “I was speaking at my son’s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,” Azaria told Shepard during Monday’s podcast.

Hank Azaria wants to apologize to every person of Indian descent for his past portrayal of "The Simpsons" character, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

It was back in February 2020 when Hank Azaria spoke candidly in an interview with The New York Times about his decision to stop voicing The Simpsons' controversial character Kwik-E-Mart manager Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. "Once I realised that that was the way this character was thought of, I just didn’t want to participate in it anymore.

Hank Azaria was a recent guest on theArmchair Expert podcast, where he discussed several topics, including the lessons he learned from playing the controversial Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons. The long-running Indian character on the iconic Fox cartoon came under fire in recent years (including in a2017 documentary The Problem With Apu) due to the character's racially stereotypical behavior, compounded by the fact that he was voiced by aCaucasian actor.

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Shibasish Sarkar, current CEO of Reliance Entertainment, is spearheading the launch of the first special purpose acquisition company targeting the Indian media industry.Sarkar is set as chairman, CEO and leading shareholder of International Media Acquisition Corp., a New Jersey-registered company .

KWAN, the largest talent agency in India, is relaunching itself as Collective Artist Network as it continues to push into new fields.

Naman Ramachandran The Indian federal government has passed an order that scraps the Information and Broadcasting ministry’s Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), the first avenue of appeal if a filmmaker disagrees with a certification decision. Instead, filmmakers will have to go to court.The FCAT was set up in 1952 under the Indian Cinematograph Act.

Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, aka Rajinikanth, will be the recipient of India’s prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. The prize recognizes lifetime contribution to cinema and is handed out by the Government of India.

Naman Ramachandran Indian music giant Super Cassettes Industries, popularly known as “T-Series” after its label, has joined the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS), becoming the last music major in the country to do so.T-Series joins the existing IPRS members who include Sony Music Entertainment India, Saregama India, Universal Music Publishing, Times Music and Aditya Music.T-Series, also a leading film producer, operates a vast music library of 200,000 titles, including more than 50,000

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is officially ready to open her New York-based Indian restaurant doors after holding a traditional prayer ceremony. The actress, her team, and Restaurateur Maneesh Goyal reunited at Sona to perform a worship ritual known as Puja and offer devotional homage and prayer to the Almighty.

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Naman Ramachandran The burgeoning Asian webtoon market is set to expand further with the April launch of Graphic India’s Toonsutra, a comics platform for mobile devices.Toonsutra is differentiated, in that, in addition to standalone comics, it will offer exclusive original web comics based on hit Indian film and TV properties including S.S.

We're literally minutes away from finally getting to consume Zack Snyder's magnanimous version of Justice League, which has been a long time coming.

Lionsgate Play, the Mumbai-based streaming service operated by STARZ, unveiled its second original series Wednesday targeting the fast-growing India market. A college romance drama series, U Special will be headed up by veteran actor/writer/director Akarsh Khurana as showrunner.