The Filmfare OTT Awards 2025, held on December 15 in Mumbai, celebrated the best in streaming content with a star-studded evening. From gripping dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies, the awards honoured outstanding performances and creative brilliance across series, films, and short films.

As a young Manjamma lay unconscious after a suicide attempt, she could not have imagined that one day she would receive a National Award from the President of India. A transgender folk artist who became the president of the Karnataka Folk Academy , her life’s journey has been nothing short of epic. As a young …

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The World Photography Organization has announced the finalist and shortlisted images for the professional competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024 competition . In total, more than 395,000 photographs from 220 countries and territories have participated.

From astounding photography work to mentally stimulating films, Haider’s work has been notable.

Images of a rhino in captivity, a Slovakian spa facility and a German finger wrestling champion are among the finalists and shortlisted entries in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2024.

Haider Khan documented two rhinos in captivity in Germany and India. Haider Khan/Sony World Photography Awards

The film begins in music video style, focusing on a man with body paint and a mask that make him resemble a monkey as he commutes by train and walks the streets, inevitably drawing attention to himself. The next scenes show him performing at various festivities and shows, with his monkey-attire this time including a …

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The International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala has over the years evolved into the key platform for non-fiction filmmaking in the country, organised by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy for the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala as part of its endeavour to catalyse a vibrant documentary and short film movement. Increasing …

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The finalists and shortlisted photographers for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024 have been revealed. We look at some of the most striking images from the Wildlife and Nature category, including elephants marching down a street in Zambia, mesmerising bird formations, and a stirring portrait of a rhino in captivity.