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Manohara K., director of Mikka Bannada Hakki, receiving the award at the valedictory function of BIFFes in Bengaluru on Saturday. Theatre personality Arundhati Nag received the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of Shabana Azmi. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Humans in the Loop, a Hindi film that blends the themes of AI and humanity,…
Actor Ramya at 16th BIFFes on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Popular actor Ramya lamented the lack of quality female characters in Kannada cinema even as she praised the Malayalam film industry for constantly presenting progressive female roles, while speaking at the panel discussion on “Women in Cinema: Challenges, Triumphs and the Road Ahead”…
Actor Ramya. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Actor Ramya, popularly known as the ‘Sandalwood Queen‘, reacted to the recent backlash received by Pushpa 2 Rashmika Mandanna on social media. Ramya spoke to reporters after speaking in the panel discussion on Women in Cinema: Challenges, Triumphs and the Road Ahead at the 16th Bengaluru International…
Film enthusiasts at the 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival at Orion Mall on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH The 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) celebrated ‘World Kannada Cinema Day’ by remembering Sati Sulochana, the first Kannada talkie. On Monday, N. Nageshwar Rao and Madhukar Rao, grandchildren of the film’s director Y.V. Rao, and…
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, during the inauguration of the 16th edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival, at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Saturday, March 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar expressed his anger over film artistes/ fraternity staying away from the…
The 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival will begin with an inauguration ceremony outside the premises of Vidhana Soudha on Saturday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the annual festival while veteran star Shivarajkumar and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will join the event as chief guests. Books to be released Shivarajkumar, who returned from the U.S….
Over 200 films from 60 countries will be screened in the 11 screens of PVR Cinemas in Orion Mall, Rajajinagar, in the 16th edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes), which will be held from March 1-8. Some of the highlights of the events include interactive sessions with filmmakers such as Chidambaram of Manjummel…
