The ministry of information and broadcasting on Tuesday announced that ace director Shekhar Kapur has been appointed as the new president of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society and chairman of FTII Governing Council. His tenure will reportedly be till March 3, 2023.

The provincial government in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has decided to purchase the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood actors Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. The Department of Archaeology in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province has decided to allocate sufficient funds for purchasing the two buildings.The two buildings which have been declared as the national heritage and lie in the heart of Peshawar city are in a totally dilapidated condition and are facing demolition threat. The officials plan to conserve the historic buildings. According to reports, an official letter has been sent to the Deputy

In yet another startling development, the Former Dharmatic Entertainment (Dharma Productions’ digital firm) employee Kshitij Prasad was arrested on September 26 after being summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for questioning in the drugs probe. After the investigation, Kshitij alleged that NCB tried to force him to falsely implicate Bollywood director-producer Karan Johar and the other big names from Dharma Productions. Kshitij’s lawyer, Satish Maneshinde also alleged that his client was being blackmailed and harassed by the NCB officials. The agency however has denied these

As per the latest development in the drug probe in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, television actors Sanam Johar and Abigail Pande, who participated in Star Plus' Nach Baliye 8, were summoned by the NCB for questioning. An entertainment portal reported that the officials are grilling the actors at the NCB guest house in Mumbai. Abigail had shared a picture with Sushant Singh Rajput after his untimely demise on social media. She wrote, "People you love, never really leave you. Thank you for teaching me friendship sushu. Till we meet again."The NCB also summoned producer Madhu Mantena Verma, who

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chaired a meeting with representatives of the Bollywood fraternity over Film City in the state on September 22. Comedian Raju Srivastava, Singer Kailash Kher and Anup Jalota were also present at the meeting. Several other dignitaries including Anupam Kher, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri virtually took part in the meeting. Nearly 1000 acres of land has been identified for the proposed this Film City project.

In what comes as a big development in drug syndicate that supplied narcotics to Bollywood, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) summoned top actors Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, and Rakul Preet Singh to record their statements. While Padukone has been summoned on September 25, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan have been summoned on September 26 by NCB. NCB officials also visited Shraddha Kapoor’s house on Wednesday evening to serve the summons.Earlier on the same day, the agency recorded the statement of film producer Madhu Mantena, who co-produced 2016 film Udta Punjab i

Punjabi singer-actor Ranjit Bawa found himself amidst a Twitter war after he misread a tweet posted by Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut. Ranjit Bawa misread Kangana’s words regarding farmer suicides, owing to which he was trolled by the Twitteratis. It so happened that Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried to clear certain things regarding the new agriculture legislations with a tweet where he said that MSP will not be affected in this new legislation. Replying to which Kangana tweeted that people did raise a hue and cry about CAA but nothing happened eventually. She mentioned in the tweet that

Rhea Chakraborty, whose 14-days-long judicial custody was supposed to end on June 21, has been rejected by the High Court yet again. Rhea was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) with regard to the drugs probe in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case on September 8. This is for the second time that Rhea’s bail plea has been rejected, the first one was on September 11. As per sources, Rhea’s bail plea was rejected on the basis of the possibility of the actress alerting the rest of the convicts involved in this drug cartel case that could eventually lead to destroying the evidence. D

Actor Richa Chadha released her lawyer’s statement after her name was mentioned by actor Payal Ghosh who has accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual assault. The statement condemns the act of falsely dragging her name into controversies.The statement reads: ‘Our Client ‘Ms. Richa Chadha’, condemns the act of her name being unnecessarily and falsely dragged in a derogatory manner into controversies and allegations being recently raised by third parties. Though our Client believes that genuinely wronged women should get justice at all costs, there are legislations that are intended to