Anant Nag to Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s Highest Film Honor
Veteran actor Anant Nag will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest honor in cinema. Nag will receive the award at a ceremony in Kevadia, Gujarat, on Sept. 22, the Government of India ann
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16.09.2026
Will Poulter to Be Honored at Heartland Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
Will Poulter is heading to Indianapolis to be honored at the 35th annual Heartland Film Festival. The actor will attend a special presentation of his recent drama “Union County” from Oscilloscope Labo
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14.09.2026
‘Severance’ Producer Nicholas Weinstock Boards Indian Fantasy-Horror ‘Tongue’ Starring Sayani Gupta (EXCLUSIVE)
Nicholas Weinstock, executive producer of the Apple TV+ series “Severance,” has boarded “Tongue,” an Indian fantasy-horror feature written and directed by Krishnarjun Bhattacharya and starring Sayani
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13.09.2026
Jorge Alonso’s Spanish Romance Drama ‘All That We Never Were’ Sells to France and India (EXCLUSIVE)
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has closed deals announced at the Toronto Film Festival for Spanish romantic drama “All That We Never Were” (“Todo lo que nunca fuimos”). Based on the best-selling novel
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12.09.2026
‘Sir’ Director Rohena Gera Returns With French-Indian Romance ‘Stay’ Starring Pallavi Sharda (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based Indie Sales has acquired international rights to “Stay,” the second feature from Indian writer-director Rohena Gera, whose debut “Sir” premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2018 and won th
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10.09.2026
‘Shrimad Bhagavatam Part I’ Unveiled by India’s Sagar Pictures Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian studio Sagar Pictures Entertainment’s seven-part theatrical franchise adapted from the “Bhagavata Mahapurana” will kick off with “Shrimad Bhagavatam Part I: Vishnurata.” The first teaser poster
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10.09.2026
Netflix India Chief Monika Shergill Says ‘Specificity Can Be a Strength’ as Streamer Unveils Expanded Comedy Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Monika Shergill, VP, content, Netflix India, says the streamer has moved comedy from a series of individual bets to a long-term programming pillar because of how many different audience needs the genr
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09.09.2026
Casey Affleck and Nick Nolte Get Emotional as ‘Company’ Debuts in Venice
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09.09.2026
India’s Gubbara Launches Distribution Arm as ‘Termite’ Heads to Toronto (EXCLUSIVE)
India’s Gubbara Entertainment is launching a distribution arm, timed to the world premiere of its short film “Termite” at the Toronto Film Festival and a chapter of its Kashmir feature anthology “Muha
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08.09.2026
Inside the Restoration of Indian Cult Classic ‘English, August,’ Heading to Venice as Relevant as Ever (EXCLUSIVE)
Dev Benegal’s “English, August” almost didn’t survive to be restored. Its original camera negative had melted. The dupe was gone too. All that was left were two surviving 35mm prints – and, it turned
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08.09.2026
‘Our Share of Sand’ Review: A Brooding Indian Social Drama Told Through the Eyes of a Young Girl
A keenly observed class drama shown through the eyes of a child, Shalini Adnani’s “Our Share of Sand” overcomes its characters’ narrow construction through its brooding intensity. Set against a sand-m
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05.09.2026
How Gloria Steinem’s lifechanging stay in India shaped her approach to feminism
The activist said her two years studying and travelling in country ‘made me who I am’‘We badly need to raise our boys more like our girls’: Gloria Steinem – a life in quotesGloria Steinem: A life in p
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05.09.2026
Ekta Kapoor, Gunjan Soni Unpack Balaji’s Five-Show, 200-Episode YouTube India Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
India’s queen of television Ekta Kapoor is betting that Indian viewers walking away from appointment television will still watch long-running fiction, just on YouTube’s terms. In an interview with Var
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04.09.2026
Indian Streamer JioHotstar Launches in U.K., Canada and Singapore With Interactive Features
India’s leading streamer JioHotstar has launched internationally in the U.K., Canada and Singapore, bringing its catalog of more than 160,000 hours of entertainment across more than 12 Asian languages
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02.09.2026
Release of blockbuster Sonia Gandhi memoir in doubt after publisher ‘demands changes to Modi references’
Penguin Random House India says it will no longer publish or distribute book after failing to reach ‘understanding on a particular issue’
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01.09.2026
Manoj Bajpayee’s ‘Last Man in Tower’ Sets September Indian Release From Rana Daggubati’s Spirit Media, Unveils Teaser (EXCLUSIVE)
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27.08.2026
‘Emomee,’ Indian Kids Life-Skills Series, Lands on Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
An Indian children’s entertainment company has brought its debut original animated series to Netflix. “Emomee: Big Skills for Little Ones, Minis,” from the Mumbai-based brand Emomee, features 20 episo
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24.08.2026
Sriram Raghavan Developing New Thriller in the ‘Johnny Gaddaar’ Zone for India’s Matchbox Shots as ‘Operation Safed Sagar’ Soars on Netflix Charts (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian auteur Sriram Raghavan is developing a new thriller for Matchbox Shots set in the tonal zone of his 2007 film “Johnny Gaddaar,” as the Mumbai production house grows its slate on the strength of
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21.08.2026
Karan Johar Hails ‘Unpredictable Nature’ of Show as ‘The Traitors’ India Season 2 Becomes Prime Video’s No. 1 Non-English Title (EXCLUSIVE)
Host Karan Johar has hailed the “unpredictable nature” of “The Traitors” India Season 2, saying it is what keeps audiences on the edge of their seats, as the Indian reality series became Prime Video’s
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20.08.2026
India’s Epic Studios, Rusk Media Ink 50-Title Vertical Drama Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
India’s Epic Studios has partnered with Rusk Media Private Limited (RMPL) to produce 50 original vertical drama series, aiming to build the country’s largest library of owned vertical-drama intellectu
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20.08.2026