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Mona Singh on new phase of her career: ‘Not chasing quantity, looking for challenges’ | Interview

Mona Singh on new phase of her career: ‘Not chasing quantity, looking for challenges’ | Interview

Actor Mona Singh is clearly in her element, diving headfirst into a new phase of her career with a streak of back-to-back projects such as Border 2, Subedaar, and Kohrra 2. The actor, however, isn’t playing the numbers game. Mona Singh was most recently seen in Ma Ka Sum. Instead of chasing quantity, Mona admits she is consciously leaning into risk by choosing roles that push her boundaries and help her uncover newer, more layered versions of herself with every performance. On back-to-back releases The past few months have been particularly rewarding for Mona, who has been exploring a wide range of diverse and compelling stories. On the big screen, she portrayed a grieving mother and Sunny Deol’s wife in Border 2, before seamlessly switching gears to play a mafia boss in the OTT project Subedaar. She also stepped into the shoes of a Goan gangster in Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos and a police officer in Kohrra 2. Most recently, she appeared in Ma Ka Sum, playing a mother being nudged back into the dating …

‘Rank 1’ Indrans left school after Class 4 as he couldn’t afford a uniform; appeared for Class 7 exams after winning National Award at 68 | Malayalam News

‘Rank 1’ Indrans left school after Class 4 as he couldn’t afford a uniform; appeared for Class 7 exams after winning National Award at 68 | Malayalam News

4 min readKochiApr 14, 2026 04:44 PM IST Among the many things Malayalam cinema is known and appreciated for, its long list of extraordinary character actors ranks among the highest. Ever since the industry’s birth, one of its major strengths has been that creators could courageously write layered, impactful roles not just for the leading stars but also for the supporting ones, as they would be just as talented, if not more, than the former. Indrans is one such artiste who has often displayed his immense potential by playing a wide range of roles across starkly different genres, thus positioning himself as one of the most potent arrows in the quiver of Malayalam cinema. Indrans’ early life Born on March 16, 1956, in Thiruvananthapuram as Surendran Kochuvelu, Indrans made his foray into the film industry in 1981 as a costume designer, and then kick-started his career as an actor by taking on small roles. While he initially played predominantly comedic characters and excelled at them, he was often typecast in those roles, with few filmmakers …

Robert Duvall, ‘Tender Mercies’ Oscar winner, dies at 95

Robert Duvall, ‘Tender Mercies’ Oscar winner, dies at 95

By Bill Trott Robert Duvall, ‘Tender Mercies’ Oscar winner, dies at 95 Feb 16 – Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-loving colonel of “Apocalypse Now” or the spectral Boo Radley in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” has died at age 95, his wife said in a Facebook post. “For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented,” Luciana Duvall said in the post. Duvall played forceful leaders such as Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meechum in “The Great Santini” and the title character in “Stalin,” as well as broken-down and fallen characters in “Tender Mercies” and “The Apostle.” He won awards for both types of roles. Duvall, the son of a Navy admiral and an amateur actress, grew up in Annapolis, Maryland. After graduating from Principia College in Illinois and serving in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York, where he roomed with Dustin Hoffman and …

Soha Ali Khan says brother Saif has seen lots of ‘ups and downs’ in his life: He had professional successes and failures

Soha Ali Khan says brother Saif has seen lots of ‘ups and downs’ in his life: He had professional successes and failures

Updated on: Nov 07, 2025 06:36 am IST Soha Ali Khan said that Saif Ali Khan has been doing well in his professional career after working for so many years, and facing highs and lows. Soha Ali Khan talked about her brother Saif Ali Khan’s journey in Bollywood, and shared that even after being in the industry for so long, he has managed ‘remarkably well’. Soha was speaking in a podcast with ANI, where she opened up about his professional journey as well as his recent personal crisis in relation to the knife attack. Soha Ali Khan praised Saif Ali Khan for always taking chances in his career. What Soha shared Soha talked about Saif and said, “I think he has certainly seen lots of ups and downs. But having said that, I have also seen that ups and downs are relative for people. He had professional successes and failures. Films that were hits and then were not. But I have always seen him as someone people are excited to work with. Somebody who has …