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Los Angeles, Aug 12 (IANS) The queen of pop, Madonna is strongly coming out in support of Palestine. The legendary singer-songwriter took to her Instagram recently, and expressed her grief at the suffering of Palestinians. On the occasion of her son, Rocco’s birthday, Madonna urged everybody to save the innocent children in Palestine. She shared a note in the creative and the caption, and urged for the authorities to send humanitarian aid to the children of Gaza.She wrote, “Most Holy Father, Please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it's too late. As a mother, I cannot bear to watch their suffering. The children of the world belong to everyone. You are the only one of us who cannot be denied entry. We need the humanitarian gates to be fully opened to save these innocent...

Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) The National Award-winning playback singer Shreya Ghoshal has released her new track ‘O Kanha Re’ ahead of Janmashtami. The song is a musical tribute to the bond between a gopi and her beloved, mischievous Kanha.The lyrics have been furnished by Saaveri Verma and the song has been composed by Shreyas Puranik. The song features Gopi's tender complaints woven with affection, devotion, and divine mischief coming alive in a beautiful expression of love and longing through Shreya’s deeply emotive voice.Talking about the song, Shreya said, “I have been working on many film, non-film, and independent music, and I felt the urge to make a devotional song and reconnect spiritually. As there are so many songs for every festival and every form of God”.She further mentioned, “I...

Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) Several film celebrities including ace director Venkat Prabhu and actors Aishwarya Rajesh, Arya, Andrea, Vani Bhojan were among those who released the first look of director Abin Hariharan's upcoming medical crime thriller 'Others', featuring actors Aditya Madhavan and Gouri Kishan in the lead. Venkat Prabhu, who took to his X timeline to release the first look poster of Others on Monday, wrote, "Here is the first look of the new medical crime thriller in Tamil cinema — #Others! Join me in welcoming the young trailblazers making their mark in Tamil cinema! #GrandPictures @adityamadhav01 @Gourayy @NivinKartik @abin_1980 @aravinndsingh @GhibranVaibodha @teamaimpr"Aishwarya Rajesh, who too released the first look poster of the film, took to her X timeline to write, "He...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Actress Soni Razdan got the rare opportunity to meet the Dalai Lama. Showing her gratitude for this special experience, Razdan dropped a couple of pictures from her meeting with the Dalai Lama on social media.Claiming that some experiences are beyond words, Razdan shared: "I still can’t believe that I was fortunate enough to meet His Holiness The Dalai Lama on this journey. Some experiences don’t need words. They don’t need explanations. Pure feeling is enough. Gratitude for this very special experience. Thank you. @exsultravel @the_freckled_indian for making this possible," along with a folded hands emoji.Meanwhile, a few days back, Razdan said that she is connected to the atrocities taking place in Palestine.Revealing a piece of her family history, she disclosed tha...

Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) One of Tamil cinema's fastest rising stars actor Arjun Das was among the first to react to actor Shanthanu Baghyaraj's striking first look in director Unni Sivalingam's upcoming Malayalam sports action drama 'Balti', calling it "Killer". The makers of director Unni Sivalingam's upcoming Malayalam sports action drama 'Balti', featuring actor Shane Nigam in the lead, on Monday released the look of Tamil actor Shanthanu Baghyaraj, who plays a character called Kumar in the film.The makers also released a video clip that gave a glimpse of Shanthanu's character in the film.Arjun Das, who was impressed by Shanthanu's look in the film, took to X to congratulate his fellow actor. Sharing both the video clip and his first look poster from the film, Arjun Das wrote, "This looks...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Parag Tyagi used social media to wish 'happy birthday' to his late wife Shefali Jariwala’s mother, Sunita Jariwala on Monday. Parag dropped a video compilation of some of their precious family moments with Shefali, and wrote: "Pari wishing you a very Happy Birthday mom @jariwalasunita . Love u so much mom, always with you - Pari #shefalijariwala & @shivanijariwala19."Meanwhile, this Rakshabandhan, Parag tied rakhis to his househelp and pet dog Simba, keeping his late wife's ritual alive. He shared that although Shefali is no longer with them, he will continue to keep the tradition alive.Taking to his Instagram handle, Parag posted a video of himself performing the aarti of his househelp Ram and pet dog Simba. He was later seen applying tilaks to their foreheads an...

Los Angeles, Aug 11 (IANS) The upcoming biopic ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’, which is based on legendary musician Bruce Springsteen, has been added to the New York Film Festival lineup. The film stars Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen, and will be screened at the Spotlight Gala selection. It will be screened on September 28 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, reports ‘Variety’.Springsteen will attend the premiere along with White’s co-stars Jeremy Strong and Odessa Young. ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ will host its world premiere elsewhere at an earlier date.As per ‘Variety’, adapted from the biography by Warren Zanes, ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ is set at an early ’80s crossroads in Springsteen’s career when he was rising to fame while crafting the personal acoustic songs for the 1982 albu...

Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) Director Cheran and actress Manju Warrier on Monday launched the much-awaited first look of director Amutha Sarathi's 'Sannidhanam (P.O)', featuring actor Yogi Babu in the lead. Produced by Sarvata Cine Garage, a renowned Kannada production house known for films like 'Tootu Madike', and Shimoga Creations, a leading Malayalam banner behind hits like 'Veerappan', 'Sooryavamsi', 'Vaanku' (Production), 'Nalla Samayam'(Distribution), and 'Rudhiram' (Creative Producer), Sannidhanam (P.O) has dialogues by director Amutha Sarathi. The film has been jointly produced by Madhu Rao, V Vivekanandan, and Shabeer Pathan.The stellar cast features the versatile Tamil actor Yogi Babu, who has captivated audiences in over 170 films, alongside Roopesh Shetty, one of Kannada cinema’s le...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Director-producer Om Raut, whose production ‘Inspector Zende’ is set to release on OTT next month, is a big time foodie.The director-producer recently spoke with IANS ahead of the release of the film, and shared a list of his favourite cuisines from different parts of Maharashtra. Om is the son of the noted journalist Bharat Kumar, and hails from Maharashtra.He told IANS, “I love food. It's very difficult to kind of pick what I would like to eat. If I go to Vidarbha, I would like to eat Saoji style curries. If I go to Pune, I like to eat the Misal from there. When I come to Konkan, I like to eat coastal food. If I go to Khandesh, I like to eat the Khandeshi cuisine. In Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, that belt, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, that side, I'd like to eat t...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Actress Ameesha Patel aka Sakeena showed her gratitude to the audience for showering tremendous love and support to her action drama, "Gadar 2" and turning it into a box office tsunami.As the movie clocked 2 years of release, she treated her InstaFam with some precious moments from the drama, and wrote: "Celebrating 2 years today of India’s BIGGEST n ONLY ORGANIC BLOCKBUSTER!! Thank u all for ur tremendous love n support in creating a TSUNAMI at the box office."Additionally, Sunny Deol, who essays the role of Tara Singh in the much-appreciated sequel, also marked the milestone with a special post.He dropped a video of some of the movie's promotional activities on social media.The clip commenced with one of the scenes from "Gadar 2" featuring Sunny Deol, followed by th...