After the 93rd Oscars shortlists of nine categories were announced, India officially got out of the race for the Best International Feature Film. The Malayalam film Jallikattu directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery was India's official entry for the Oscars. On the other hand, Karishma Dev Dube's directorial Bittu has made it to the Live Action Short Film shortlist.The Academy on Wednesday morning announced the shortlist for the following categories: International Feature Film, Documentary, Original Score, Original Song, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Live-Action Short Film, Documentary Shor

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday threatened to quit Twitter. Kangana also said she will soon join homegrown app Koo. This comes after the microblogging site ‘withheld a portion of the accounts’ identified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) within India.Kangana took to Twitter and wrote, "Your time is up @Twitter time to shift to #kooapp will inform everyone soon about my account details there. Absolutely thrilled to experience home grown #kooapp."Twitter had recently deleted Kangana Ranaut’s tweets about farmers’ protest. In a statement, Twitte

As per a report, actor Sara Ali Khan is all set to play Tiger Shroff’s on screen love interest in the much-talked about film, Baaghi 4. Tiger Shroff will begin shoot for Baaghi 4 as soon as he's done shooting for Heropanti 2. This is for the first time that the two actors will share screen space. Sara too has wrapped up work on Atrangi Re and has two more films lined up for shoot- Vicky Kaushal starrer The Immortal Ashwathama and another one with Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films.

Bollywood stars mourned the demise of veteran actor Rajiv Kapoor, who passed away on Tuesday. He was 58 when he breathed his last.Expressing grief over the demise of the veteran actor, Akshay Kumar tweeted, "Saddened to hear about the untimely demise of #RajivKapoor ji. My deepest condolences to the entire family."Stating that Kapoor was a 'gentle soul' that left too soon, veteran actor Raj Babbar tweeted, "Shocked at the demise of #RajivKapoor ji. Chimpu was always very affable and extremely kind. The gentle soul has left us all too soon. My thoughts & prayers are with the family.""Sa

Bombay Begums starring Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur, and Aadhya Anand along with Rahul Bose, Vivek Gomber, and Danish Husain amongst others is all set for a March 8 premiere on Netflix. Bombay Begums is a story of five women across generations who wrestle with desire, ethics, personal crises, and vulnerabilities to own their ambition, in contemporary urban India. As glass ceilings are shattered, and hearts are broken, difficult choices have to be made. And as each woman strives to find her own truth, they find in each other an unexpected understanding and the

The younger brother of Rishi Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor, actor Rajiv Kapoor took his last breath on Tuesday. He was not keeping well and was not active for a few months. The 58-year-old veteran actor was taken to Inlaks General Hospital after he suffered a massive heart attack. The news of his demise was confirmed by Randhir Kapoor. Many Bollywood celebrities including his sister-in-law Neetu Kapoor, Naved Jafri, Tusshar Kapoor took to social media and poured in condolences. Rajiv Kapoor was the son of Raj Kapoor and Krishna Raj. He made his debut in films with 'Ek Jaan Hain Hum'. He worked in

Choreographer director Remo D’Souza revealed that he had to face a lot of racial harassment when he was growing up. Recently, opening up on the same, he said, 'I have faced racism and prejudice due to my skin colour ever since my childhood. It is a subject that I have dealt with very closely and experienced it whenever I travelled abroad. When I was growing up, people used to call me names. I used to just ignore it because I thought that maybe they are saying it because I look a certain way'.

Several Bollywood celebrities expressed concern and sorrow following the glacier burst that took place in Uttarakhand's Chamoli on Sunday.Celebrities including actors Kartik Aaryan, Raj Babbar, Kareena Kapoor, and several others took to social media to express grief. The B-town celebrities also said that they are praying for the safety of the people of Uttarakhand."Very disheartened to hear about the glacier burst in Chamoli. Praying for everyone's safety. #Uttarakhand," tweeted 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' actor.Actor Aditi Rao Hydari also took to the micro-blogging platform and said, "My thoughts an

A group of protesting farmers stalled the shoot of the upcoming film Love Hostel which stars Bobby Deol, Vikrant Massey, and Sanya Malhotra. While the star cast was not present on the set, farmers arrived when the crew of the film was setting up their equipments and asked them to leave.After the protest by the farmers, the crew wrapped up and left the site. Meanwhile, the farmers spoke to the local media and explained why they protested and asked the team to leave Patiala. A representative of the group while talking to the media said that Bobby Deol who is a part of the said film is a part of