Pride and joy as more Indians join the Oscar academy: ‘A recognition of our films and our work’

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 20 Indian film personalities this year.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 26, 2018 · 08:54 pm

Priyanka Chopra is eighth on Forbes magazine’s ‘Highest Paid TV Actresses 2017’ list

Sofia Vergara leads the list for the sixth time, with $41.5 million.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 27, 2017 · 08:48 pm

Toronto Film Festival to honour Priyanka Chopra at annual fundraiser

The ‘Quantico’ star will be honoured at the 42nd edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 21, 2017 · 04:12 pm

Oscar academy membership is ‘great honour’ and ‘huge boost to the talents of Indian cinema’

By adding 15 Indians to its membership, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has kept to its promise of ‘new faces and voices’.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 29, 2017 · 07:45 pm

Oscar academy invites record number of Indians as members, from Aamir Khan to Anand Patwardhan

The push for diversity at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will result in greater Indian representation.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 29, 2017 · 07:15 am

Priyanka Chopra kicks off ‘Baywatch’ box office race in India: ‘It’s six lifeguards against me’

Seth Gordon’s action comedy, starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron and Priyanka Chopra as the villain, will be released on June 2.

Archana Nathan

· Apr 27, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Deepika Padukone takes her Bollywood self to ‘The Ellen Show’

In her first appearance on the popular American talk show, Padukone says she has fantasies about her ‘XXX: Return of Xander Cage’ co-star Vin Diesel.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 19, 2017 · 04:45 pm

Hollywood actor, aviator, musician and poet: the many lives of Phiroze Nazir

A friendship with the actor Sabu led to the first of many bit parts in Hollywood for the navigation engineer.

Anu Kumar

· Oct 23, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Priyanka Chopra now wants to know if you are toxic

The Indian star teams up with Hollywood’s Jodie Foster to recreate a 2007 Britney Spears hit song.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Aug 24, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Meet Sujata and Asoka, the Indo-German dancers who charmed Hollywood in the 1950s

The couple featured in adventure films and also turned up in Federico Fellini’s ‘Juliet of the Spirits’.

Anu Kumar

· Aug 21, 2016 · 01:30 pm

That man in the turban in the background? It must be Lal Chand Mehra

The bit-part actor laboured in Hollywood productions from the silent era all the way till the 1960s.

Anu Kumar

· Aug 07, 2016 · 01:30 pm

The lady with the shaved head and other Indian characters in ‘Star Trek’

Persis Khambatta remains the best-known Indian face in the long-running television series.

Manish Gaekwad

· Dec 18, 2015 · 10:00 am