Category: Top News
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3 arrested, warrants for 6 Indo-Canadian men in Brampton stick fights
BRAMPTON: Three Indo-Canadian Punjabi men have been arrested for a series of group stick fights in Brampton between December 2017 and June this year. Arrest warrants have also been issued against six other Indo-Canadian Punjabi men. Violent fights between the Punjabi groups took place near Sheridan College and Shoppers World in Brampton. The incidents were…
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Indian film `The Man Who Feels No Pain’ wins top TIFF award
TORONTO: Vasan Bala’s action thriller Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (The Man Who Feels No Pain) won the top award at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) which concluded here on Sunday. The film, which was India’s first-ever entry into the Midnight Madness segment of TIFF, won the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award. But…
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Herzog’s documentary highlights the tragedy of being Gorbachev
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: German director Werner Herzog’s `Meeting Gorbachev’ is one of the best documentaries being screened at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as record crowds have thronged its screenings. And it sums up the tragedy of being Gorbachev. In the form of long interviews filled with images and footage of the…
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Great films on India are being made by only foreigners, says Anupam Kher
TORONTO: Veteran actor Anupam Kher wonders why great films on India are being made only by foreigners. In Toronto for the premiere of Hotel Mumbai, Australian director Anthony Maras’ debut feature film on the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Kher said, “This is fascinating that the film Gandhi was made by a foreigner. Now this…