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'Bollywoof' is going to be the first Western-style animation feature film to be set in contemporary India. Much of its story takes place in Kolkata. It is a “celebration of the relationship between India and the UK,” say the producers.

Actor Sanjay Dutt’s statement about his poor Marathi came at a public event and caused an embarrassment for Maharashtra government, which wants all commercial vehicle drivers to learn Marathi or face fines.

WATCH | Just when the Satya Niketan five-storey building in Delhi collapsed, a shopkeeper barely escaped unhurt. New CCTV footage of the scene shows how the man got providential escape. The cause of the collapse remains unclear.

Singer Nisar Wayanad died hours before he was to perform at a show in the UAE. He was admitted to a private hospital in Dubai after running a high fever.

The differences between India’s Kathakali and Japan’s Kabuki dance forms are as important as their similarities. They belong to distinct cultures and aesthetic systems, but both remind us of something crucial and exceedingly beautiful.