Day: January 22, 2020

The in-form Prithvi Shaw flourished yet again as India A notched up a convincing five-wicket victory over New Zealand A in the first unofficial ODI here on Wednesday.

Siddharth who was recently seen in Sivappu Manjal Pachchai and Aruvam, is all set to play a key role in Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2. Buzz is that Siddharth has been approached to play Keerthy Suresh’s pair in Rajini’s next to be directed by Siruthai Siva. Keerthy plays Rajinikanth’s daughter in the movie.

Winning a World title is an “obsession” for India coach Ravi Shastri, who says the upcoming six ODIs against New Zealand and South Africa could be used as a platform for his team’s preparations for the global T20 championship in Australia this October.

“I learnt a lot working with a perfectionist like Mysskin. For Psycho, he adviced me not to act before camera and just be the character that I am performing”, says actor-producer Udhayanidhi Stalin. Psycho starring Udhayanidhi, Aditi Rao Hyadri, Nithya Menen, Ram and Shaji Chen is hitting the screens 24 January. Directed by Mysskin, it has cinematography by P C Sreeram and music by Ilayaraja.

Making it clear it will not pass an order without hearing the Centre, the Supreme Court today gave the government four weeks to respond to petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said a five-judge Constitution bench will hear the matter.

Agents from Venezuela’s Sebin intelligence service on Tuesday raided the offices of opposition leader Juan Guaido while he was in London for talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, an opposition lawmaker said.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan started their new life in Canada on Tuesday by launching a legal warning to media over photographs of the duchess near their seaside bolthole.

The UN Security Council called Tuesday on Libya’s warring sides to quickly reach a ceasefire that would pave the way for a political process aimed at ending conflict in the oil-rich state. The United Nations meeting followed up on a weekend Libya summit held in Berlin, which saw the formation of a military commission that is supposed to define ways of consolidating a cessation of hostilities. It is to comprise five members each from the UN-recognised government in Tripoli and its opponents loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar.

As like any aspiring director, Ram Mahindra had his own share of battles to set his foot in the film industry. Being a fighter that he is, he endured the shackles and is all chuffed for his upcoming Hindi feature film Mansi.
In a tete-a-tete with News Today, the director-cum-writer traces the trajectory.