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An exciting new Scottish gin which is thought to be the world's first Oolong tea-infused chai sipping gin has just been launched.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIn the space of five years, TV veteran Sameer Nair has built Applause Entertainment into a powerhouse supplier of Indian content that is being hungrily consumed by the sub-continent’s streaming platforms. Built with the backing of the Aditya Birla conglomerate, Applause shows no interest in becoming a streamer or venturing into India’s still large broadcast TV market.

Naman Ramachandran Jan. 7, 2022, is a date looked forward to with feverish anticipation by both the Indian filmgoing public and the subcontinent’s film industry at large.

Congratulations are in order for Freida Pinto, who has announced the arrival of her baby boy with husband Cory Tran.Taking to her Instagram on Sunday evening, the Slumdog Millionaire actress revealed that she had welcomed her first child on her husband's birthday.The 37 year old Indian beauty shared a snap of her resting with her newborn in her arms, while in another image, adventure photographer Cory slept with the youngster on his chest.

The sobering story of Pebbles, about domestic violence in India, is inspired by an incident in filmmaker P.S. Vinothraj’s real-life past, in which his sister was “chased away by her husband” and forced to walk 14 miles whilst cradling her baby in scorching terrain.

Three popular Manchester restaurants have made the shortlist and been nominated for a British Curry Award this year.

The Godfather has been knocked off the top spot as the highest-rated film on IMDb by Indian courtroom drama Jai Bhim.It leads with a ranking of 9.6 out of 10.

Naman Ramachandran Saurav Vishnu’s award-winning documentary short “Tailing Pond” is being expanded into a six-part documentary series with the involvement of “Sex and the City” actor Cynthia Nixon.Nixon narrated the documentary short, which investigates the horrifying effects of uranium extraction on the health of the indigenous population of Jadugora, Jharkhand in East India, where thousands of children are falling ill and dying from radioactive waste pollution.

Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Bull’ Sets April 2023 Release Date Producers Bhushan Kumar of T-Series and Amar Butala and Garima Mehta of Guilty By Association have set a Good Friday weekend 2023 release date for their action-flick Bull. Starring Shahid Kapoor (Kabir Singh), the pic marks the directorial debut of Aditya Nimbalkar and will be set in the 1980s.

Naman Ramachandran The first series from leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films’ streaming arm YRF Entertainment will be an as yet untitled investigative thriller, Variety has learned.Set in Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state Madhya Pradesh, the series is budgeted at INR1 billion ($13.4 million) and will be a four-hero project, Variety understands.

Rahul Dholakia To Make Debut Digital Series

Naman Ramachandran India’s annual Film Bazaar market has revealed the five projects chosen for its work-in-progress lab.

EXCLUSIVE: The new Disney live-action adventure series Nautilus has found its star setting Shazad Latif to play the iconic role of Captain Nemo, the enigmatic Indian prince who steals a fantastical submarine from the East India Company and sets sail in search of adventure under the sea. Michael Matthews will direct this untold origin story inspired by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. 

There are many familiar faces in the cast of Queen of the Universe!

EXCLUSIVE: Indian streaming platform ZEE5 is backing ‘Desi noir’ six-story anthology series Qaatil Hassenaon Ke Naam.

Martin Scorsese Joins ‘Evolution’ As Exec Producer

Netflix movie “Serious Men” and Vir Das for his Netflix comedy special “Vir Das: For India” -- have also been nominated for this year’s International Emmys.Netflix show “Delhi Crime,” a fictionalized version of a brutal New Delhi gang rape, won the best drama series last year, signaling the arrival and recognition of Indian internet content on the global scene.Streaming platforms have significantly increased their investment in producing or licensing Indian shows over the last few years, signing

Naman Ramachandran Ram Madhvani, creator of Emmy-nominated Disney Plus Hotstar series “Aarya” and director of upcoming Netflix original film “Dhamaka,” is now prepping series “The Waking of a Nation.”The series is set against the backdrop of an infamous event in Indian colonial history, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which took place on Apr. 13, 1919.

Bollywood’s ‘Sooryavanshi’ Breaks Overseas Records