Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Growing up in a small village Nangal Shah Bazpur in Haryana, Akshay Malik was attracted to filmmaking ever since he was a child. There was no TV at home, so he would often visit his neighbours’ home to watch a movie. He missed no movie that was being telecast on TV, and […]Read More
From the world of films, theatre, television and web.
Team L&M BBC Media Action is launching Life Navrangi – a seven-episode web dramedy on faecal sludge management (FSM) on YouTube tomorrow. Produced by Bodhi Tree Multimedia for YouTube, the show touches upon many aspects of FSM, all hidden in plain sight and packed between stories about real characters with real aspirations and anxieties. It […]Read More
Team L&M The Mumbai chapter of the widely loved US original anthology series (helmed by John Carney), Modern Love, explores six diverse yet universal stories of different facets, shades and moods of love, all set in the city’s many unique milieus. Inspired by the famous New York Times column, Modern Love Mumbai, brings together six […]Read More
Team L&M The German Embassy is hosting a film festival with a focus on the city of Berlin at India Habitat Centre (IHC), from April 7 to 18. In all, eight films will be screened, each of them portraying the city of Berlin from a different angle. The curated festival endeavors to put a spotlight […]Read More
Team L&M Visual effects (VFX) and animation studio DNEG has won an Oscar in the ‘Best Visual Effects’ category for its team’s work on Dune, at the 94th Academy Awards. The team members are Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer. DNEG had been nominated in the ‘Best Visual Effects’ category for its […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha One day in 2016 while surfing the Internet for a film on Gautam Buddha, I chanced upon the movie, Buddha in a Traffic Jam. Thinking it must be some modern take on Buddha, I began watching it. A few minutes into the movie, and I realised it is not about Buddha at […]Read More
Team L&M Yas Island Abu Dhabi is set to be transformed into a glittering stage for International Indian Film Academy Weekend and Awards (IIFA), the glamourous awards show buzzing with Bollywood megastars and global personalities. This is the 22nd edition of IIFA, and will be held on May 20 & 21 after two years. Bollywood […]Read More
Team L&M Korean Cultural Centre India in cooperation with the Korea Independent Animation Association (KIAFA) has begun online screening of Korean short animation films. The first film was screened today at 6.00pm – a film will be screened every evening till February 25 – through the Korean Cultural Center’s film screening website. The event will […]Read More
Team L&M Several Bollywood celebrities have connected with their fans through radio, away from the lights and cameras of tinsel town in the recent past. After regaling their fans on the big screen, many Bollywood celebrities have now started sprinkling their stardom inside radio studios, playing roles as varied as love guru, hands-on parent, or […]Read More
Team L&M Vedanta Aluminium Business has launched ‘People of Metal’, a series of six short films featuring ordinary people from local communities around the company’s operations, who transformed their life braving several adversities. The films feature Kirti Chandra Bohidar (ex-serviceman, who is now a successful fly-ash brick manufacturer), Puspanjali Seth (housewife-turned-entrepreneur, who also served as […]Read More