Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ranveer Singh chosen for 2016 Dinanath Mangeshkar Award

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor Ranveer Singh have been chosen for the prestigious 2016 Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award. The award will be bestowed upon them by Lata Mangeshkar at a function to be held in Pune on 24 April ..

Tamil film Kanavu Variyam wins 2016 Remi Award

Tamil film Kanavu Variyam has won the prestigious 2016 Remi Award in the United States. The film has been directed and produced by a Chennai-based techie Arun Chidambaram and Karthik Chidambaram. The film deals with the incessant power cuts and ..

Sameer Anjaan creates world record by composing 3524 songs

Bollywood lyricist Sameer Anjaan has created world record by composing around 3524 different songs in 650 Bollywood movies. Guinness Book of World Records has officially recognised him as the Most prolific Bollywood Lyricist Ever. With this he becomes first Guinness ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016

58th Grammy awards 2016

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced by the Recording Academy announced at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony has recognized the best recordings, compositions and artists in the eligibility year, which was from October 2014, to ..

Noted music director Rajamani passes away

Popular music director and composer Rajamani passed away due to cardiac arrest in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was 60. He had predominantly worked in Malayalam film industry and had composed music for around 70 films. About Rajamani Rajamani was born ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016

69th BAFTA Awards 2016

The 69th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) held at the Royal Opera House in London. This year the BAFTA awards were conferred for the outstanding performances in films and documentaries screened at British Cinemas in 2015. 69th ..

Film on conservation efforts by Nagaland villagers wins award

‘Nagaland is changing, But…’ film has won the Golden Beaver Best Film Award in the institutional category at the 6th National Science Film Festival held in Mumbai. It also has received the technical excellence award for best sound design at ..

Veteran director Aurobindo Mukherjee passes away

Veteran film director Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal after ailing from geriatric problems. He was 97. Mukherjee was the maker of cult Bengali classics like ‘Mouchak, ‘Agniswar” and ‘Nishipadma’, all of them starred matinee idol Uttam Kumar ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016

Titli wins Best First Foreign Film Award in French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

Indian filmmaker Kanu Behl directorial film ‘Titli’ has won the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC). The film features actors Ranvir Shorey, Amit Sial, Lalit Behl, Shashank Arora and Shivani Raghuvanshi ..

Actress Rekha conferred 2016 Yash Chopra Memorial Award

Veteran Bollywood actress and Rajya Sabha MP Rekha has been conferred with the third edition of Yash Chopra Memorial Award. The award was bestowed upon her by Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao in recognition of her talent and contribution to ..