BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: Anurag Kashyap’s film The Brawler (Mukkabaaz) that screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year is a bold film outlining several layers of issues for boxing in India. The film narrates the story of a lower-caste boxer who struggles to make his mark on the boxing world and faces […]
A JOURNEY THROUGH RURAL PAKISTAN AND URBAN INDIA AT TIFF
BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: Azmaish – a Journey through the Subcontinent, a film by Sabiha Sumar, is a passage through rural Pakistan and urban India. In this documentary, Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar and Indian actor Kalki Koechlin take a revealing journey through India and Pakistan, uncovering the common humanity beyond the divisive political rhetoric. […]
VILLAGE ROCKSTARS ROCK AT TIFF
pictures courtesy TIFF BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: Village Rockstars premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8 with director Rima Das in attendance. The film is set in her home town Chhaygaon near Guwahati and revolves around a 10-year-old girl Dhunu living in a remote village in northeast India who fights against […]
PRIYANKA CHOPRA STANDS UP FOR WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT
Director Paakhi Tyrewala BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: Bollywood and Hollywood actress Priyanka Chopra was the tenth person that Paakhi Tyrewala approached with her script for Pahuna – The Little Visitors which has now been presented at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year. A film about Sikkim and the North East, the story is […]
CHOPRA PRODUCTION TO SCREEN AT TIFF 2017
A still from the film – courtesy TIFF BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Three Nepalese children get separated from their parents while entering the Indian state of Sikkim and must rely on each other to survive, in Bollywood actor Paakhi A. Tyrewala’s newest work. The film – Pahuna, The Little Visitors, is produced by Bollywood […]
PRIYANKA CHOPRA TO BE GUEST OF HONOUR AT TIFF SOIREE
Photo: courtesy Priyanka Chopra BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Priyanka Chopra will be the guest of honour at TIFF Soirée, an annual fundraiser this year organized in support of Share Her Journey, a recently launched campaign to support female voices in screen industries. Making the announcement, TIFF executives announced that the award-winning actor and activist will talk […]
RICHMOND HILL TO RAISE INDIA’S FLAG
India’s flag to be raised in Richmond Hill to celebrate India’s 70th Independence Day and Canada’s 150th anniversary.
VETERAN MEDIA PERSONALITY HONOURED WITH CITIZENSHIP AWARD
Veteran Media personality is honoured with the Citizenship Award
Thousands expected for International Yoga Day Celebrations in Canada
Pictures by Bashir Nasir By Staff Reporter, Toronto: World Renowned Baba Ramdev and Sister Shivani are expected to be in Toronto on Sunday, June 25, 2017 for International Yoga Day celebrations, anticipated to be the largest in North America. With an estimated participation of nearly 10,000 people, the celebrations are being held at the International […]
TORONTO DANCE ENTHUSIASTS TAP THEIR FEET WITH BOLLYWOOD CHOREOGRAPHER SHAMPA GOPIKRISHNA
Photo credit: Annie Koshy and Carroll V Chiramell from Orange Spot Productions BY STAFF REPORTER, MISSISSAUGA: Dance Diaries with Shampa Gopikrishna – a two-day intensive workshop with Bollywood’s newest talk-of-the-town choreographer concluded with aplomb culminating in a Grand Finale performance in Mississauga. The troupe danced to some popular Bollywood numbers including Tamma Tamma Again and the […]
