Oscars 2021: Bittu is in Live Action Short Film's Top 10; Tenet shortlisted for Visual Effects, Original Score

Shalini Dore Features News EditorDeepa Mehta’s had her fair share of tough shoots. “Water” had to be moved from India following protests and lensed in Sri Lanka, but she never had one that was affected by a pandemic.“Funny Boy,” released by Ava DuVernay’s Array, is streaming on Netflix.

Starz's Lionsgate Play streaming app has set its first original Indian series, a remake of Lionsgate Television's Casual comedy. The Indian version will be directed by Kunal Kohli, the Bollywood helmer of Hum Tum and Fanaa, and will star Lara Dutta and Prateik Babbar.

YouTube is bringing the beta version of a short-form video service to the U.S. in March.

's memoir Unfinished is now out to the world as it released this week and the actress is going all out to promote it. However, with promotions taking place virtually, Priyanka began a virtual book tour a few days back and several talk show hosts and personalities hosted the actress.

Pebbles, an Indian drama from director Vinothraj P.S., has won the top prize, the Tiger Award for best film, at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The feature, set in an arid landscape in Indian's southern Tamil Nadu region, follows an alcoholic abusive husband who, after his long-suffering wife runs off, sets out with his young son to find her and bring her back.

Ed Meza @edmezavarIndian drama “Pebbles,” by Vinothraj P.S., won the main competition Tiger Award at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Sunday.

Jay Weissberg The sunbaked, drought-stricken terrain of southeast India is a major determinant of the action in P S Vinothraj’s beautifully crafted, precisely plotted debut, “Pebbles.” Taking a simple premise with all the focus and penetration of a perfectly constructed short story, the writer-director transforms the drama of a young boy dragged between villages by his abusive alcoholic father into a larger, unforced statement about toxic patriarchy, limited resources, and the silent, enduring

The global vaccine rollout is reason to finally believe there could be an end to this pandemic, but it’s evident the recovery process is going to be gradual and slow. Ahead of the curve, however, appears to be India.

Naman Ramachandran Indian ticketing giant BookMyShow launched in India’s burgeoning TVOD market on Friday armed with deals from Hollywood studio majors and 600 movie titles including “Wonder Woman 1984,” “Unhinged” and “Tenet.”The service, called BookMyShow Stream, has deals in place with Hollywood suppliers including Sony Pictures, Warner Bros.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. free-to-air terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has won the rights to the upcoming England vs.

A group of 20 or so women — young, barefoot and in saris — sit in a circle on the floor in the new documentary Writing With Fire. Comprising the staff of Khabar Lahariya, India’s only all-female newspaper (whose title translates to “waves of news”), the women are told that the publication will expand its online operations soon, and they must adapt.

Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s feature debut represents indie cinema at its most stark and elemental. Depicting the fateful aftermath of a horrific act of senseless violence committed by a young Indigenous boy, Wild Indian has the feel of Greek tragedy infused with film-noir fatalism.

direct to your inboxA head teacher has relived the moment a former pupil 'left him to die' following a horrific and unprovoked attack in Rochdale.Kieran Heakin, now 69, was left in a pool of his own blood after he was set upon by Jermaine Bullen, 37, in an Indian restaurant in 2009.Bullen, a dad-of-one, was locked up indefinitely for the public protection in 2010. This week, the thug was back behind bars after he was caught dealing cannabis from his home.

Emmerdale and even Love Island. The three brothers have recently joined forces and delivered a documentary for ITV, titled Mancs in Mumbai.

After an impressive start at India’s box office, the Tamil-language film Master has hit Amazon Prime Video across the globe, and looks set to maintain the star power of leading actor Vijay. Two years after playing a charismatic soccer coach in Bigil, Vijay dances into the role of a charismatic professor in Master.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFilmed in exotic locations ranging from India and Norway to Italy’s sun-kissed Mediterranean coast, Christopher Nolan’s reality-warping film “Tenet” looks like it was a lot of fun to be an actor in.However, creating the music to accompany it was clearly no yacht cruise.

Naman Ramachandran Jasmila Zbanic’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” the Bosnia and Herzegovina entry in the Academy Awards’ international feature category, will open the 25th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).Mira Nair will deliver the annual G. Aravindan memorial lecture, an event named for the pioneering filmmaker from the south Indian state of Kerala who died in 1991.