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When Kantara opened in Karnataka in September 2022, few could have predicted that a film made on a modest budget would turn into a sweeping cultural phenomenon. Under the direction, writing, and starring of Rishab Shetty, Kantara (budget ~ ₹15-16 crore) emerged not just as a critical success but as a major box office force — grossing over ₹400 crore worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing film ever in Karnataka, surpassing even KGF: Chapter 2.

Zubeen Garg famously stated “Assam is famous for tea. Rhinos and Zubeen Garg”. It’s hard to believe that Zubeen Garg, the “Poet of Music” is no more on earth. He leaves us untimely at the age of 52. Our most beloved Zubeen da died on September 19 in Singapore while swimming at Lazarus Island. He was in Singapore to take part in the North East India Festival 2025. His death was a heart-rending episode for millions state wide. Garg’s passing sparked an outpouring of grief from fans around the state and his legacy continues to be honoured, including memories at his star in the heart of Assamese people. The singer of ‘Ya Ali’ still is an idol to million hearts of Assam.

NEW YORK: Robert Redford died as he had lived for the better part of nine decades—on his own terms, in a place he loved, surrounded by those who mattered most. At 89, the golden-haired icon who once embodied America's idealized vision of itself passed away Monday at his Sundance retreat in the Utah mountains, closing a chapter not just on a remarkable life, but on a particular brand of American movie stardom that may never be replicated.

Tamil superstar Rajnikanth will be 75 on December12, this year. Three months before th matinee idol steps in into his life’s platinum jubilee, celebrations have started in Tamil Nadu organized by his fan clubs. AT this age, when people enjoy a retired life, Rajnikanth defies age, logic, and a generation of challengers to remain India's undisputed box office emperor.

September 15 is Agatha Christie’s 135th birth anniversary. She remains timeless crime and detective storyteller. Be it novels or short stories, the plots of the "Queen of Crime" outsmarted us all time and again. A proud Britisher, she was born in 1890 and died in 1976 at the ripe age of 86.

Artificial Intelligence now permeates daily life, from the smartphone assistants many of us carry to credit scoring, healthcare imaging, and government services, technological high-end systems (pro-AI-driven) are becoming progressively foundational, invisible, and everywhere in our institutions and economy.

KOLKATA: Jana Aranya (The Middleman) inarguably one of the leading social oriented films of Satyajit Ray is five decades old. Looking back on its turning 50, the director shows he was in pace with the prevailing times as his anguish bursts into almost every frame of this iconic film.

Everyone by now knows the dreadful effects of the atomic bombs used by the US on human population at Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945 respectively. Testimonies by the survivors, the Hibakusha and the reports by the Red Cross speak effectively of the catastrophe that occurred in these two places. Over two lakh people died. Number of people injured, rendered destitute, homeless and orphaned far exceeds this number. Effect of radiations on the generations after that is still felt. That was the time of unprecedented humanitarian crises and agony never heard of before.

KOLKATA: Sholay, the movie which is arguably one of the most significant milestones of Indian cinema has turned 50. Released at a time when colour television sets were not part of our lives and mobile phones and laptops were not even in our wildest dreams, Sholay has not dated.

KOLKATA: Forty five years have gone by since Bengal’s matinee idol Uttam Kumar's passing away. And yet July 24, when he journeyed to the land of shadows remains a day of mourning among his fans, a tribe which is increasing though many of it were born years after his death.