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Actress Aditi Rao Hydari, who was recently seen in the second season of the streaming show ‘Taj’, and ‘Rang De Basanti’ actor Siddharth, who are rumoured to be dating, are currently on a vacation in Rajasthan.

Actress-turned-politician Bina Kak took to her Instagram recently and dropped a few pictures with Aditi and Siddharth.

Along with the pictures, Bina wrote, “Happiest when the children visit me at home.”

In the first photo, Aditi sat on the stairs while Bina posed near her. A dog was also seen in the frame with them. In the picture, Aditi wore a black and white T-shirt, blue denims and sneakers. Bina was seen in an all-white outfit.

The second picture has Aditi, Siddharth and Bina posing for the camera.

Aditi and Siddharth were seen together flying out of Mumbai on Friday. There have been speculations around Aditi and Siddharth dating each other as they are often spotted together.

Mumbai, June 1 (Ians) Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, who was most recently seen in the second season of the historical fiction streaming show ‘Taj’, shared that he didn’t find his cult classic black comedy ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’ funny while he was filming it.

Talking about why ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’ sequel is doomed, the senior actor said: “That was a time I believed deeply in the method, believability and logic. I found many situations in the film ludicrous and I didn’t find anything funny while shooting that film. And maybe that’s why it is funny because none of us were laughing at ourselves while performing it. I realised I was mistaken and I was being unreasonable, I should have tried to get on director Kundan Shah’s wavelength instead of trying to get the film on mine.”

He also spoke about what excites him after having worked...

Happy Family, Conditions Apply(Prime)

Directed by Aatish Kapadia, Jamnadas Majethia

Dysfunctional families are the new functional. Coincidentally the feature film Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar and the series Happy Family, Conditions Apply released this week, share an affinity for the joint family, creaky joints and all, not to mention their lengthy V. Shantaram styled titles.

Happy Family is a strange animal. It infuriates and amuses, exasperates and endears itself provided you stay non-judgemental about the borderline obsessive characters as well as about the content which gives them a freeflowing movement that frequently makes them look foolish.

Part of our mixed feelings come from the fact that the characters, each so sharply written you feel you know him or her (although you don’t really want to), are like that: highly annoying and fixated in their opinions. None more so than Hemlata Dholakia, played smirkingly by the magnificent Ratna Pathak Shah...

Back to back mid-summer Xmas mornings with the rollout of major premiere titles at Tiff and now the full line-up for Venice means we’re now carefully dissecting the numerous films announced with our first focus going down the list at the treasure trove of items in the Horizons Section, otherwise known as Orizzonti. Names that pop out of the group of eighteen include Danish helmer Tobias Lindholm‘s heavily anticipated third feature film, A War. Re-teaming with actor Pilou Asbæk in just as many outings, R (2010) and A Hijacking (2012) are part of his already stacked early filmography, this is about a solider stationed in Afghanistan and finds himself caught in a catch-22 type of situation.

Another highly anticipated film (our Nicholas Bell slotted it at #33) which posits a person in a life or death type of situation is Nicolas Saada‘s sophomore film. Based on true horrific events, set...

New Delhi, Jan 22: Indian origin Australian actor Mahesh Jadu, who makes his Hollywood debut with "I, Frankenstein", says the only way to succeed in Hollywood is to be disciplined, focussed and well-planned; otherwise you'll be forced to quit.

"You have to keep at it. You should know where you want to be and where you want to go with your career...work on the steps you want to take and focus on those steps - that is the secret to continue; otherwise you will come across opportunities to quit during your journey," Jadu told Ians on phone from Melbourne.

Prior to fantasy-action drama "I, Frankenstein", the 31-year-old was seen in Australian film "Taj", which was directed by Winston Furlong, as well as in Australian TV series.

Mad as Hell: Peter Finch (dir: Robert de Young) will have its world premiere at Korea’s Busan International Film Festival, alongside fellow Australian film Taj (dir: Winston Furlong) having its international premiere in the World Cinema strand.

Joining them will be The Hunter (dir: Daniel Nettheim), Red Dog (dir: Kriv Stenders), Snowtown (dir: Justin Kurzel) and short film Peekaboo (dir: Damien Power).

“Biff is a large and vibrant festival and serves as an excellent gateway to Asia for Australian films,” said Screen Australia’s Head of Marketing Kathleen Drumm. “This year sees the celebration of the 50th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea under the banner of the Australia-Korea Year of Friendship – a celebration these films will definitely enhance.”

Gillian Armstrong will join the jury panel in the Flash Forward selection which introduces the works of young non-Asian directors with an award presented to...

A special lineup of six Australian films will be presented at the 16th Busan International Film Festival, which will be held from October 6-14, 2011.

This special section has been curated in cooperation with the Australian Embassy in Korea, Australia-Korea Foundation, and Screen Australia.

The films that will screen: (as per official press release)

Mad As Hell: Peter Finch

Director Robert de Young

2011┃75min┃HD┃World Premiere

A biography of Peter Finch, the best Australian actor in the 20th century. The documentary is filled with various aspects of the life of Peter Finch.

Peekaboo

Director Damien Power

2011┃10min┃(Digi)Beta┃International Premiere

A girl concentrates on a game with a stranger on the train. The girl’s mother is uncomfortable and is at unease with the stranger’s interest. Suddenly when the girl disappears in the parking lot, the mother shivers with great fear at the thought that her daughter might be kidnapped.