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Vatika Naturals champions diversity for International Women’s Day 2024

For International Women’s Day 2024 (IWD2024), South Asian hair care brand, Vatika Naturals, champions diversity through their #RootForMe campaign, featuring an all-female comedy lineup.

Asian Achievers Awards 2023

Attendees from around the world gathered in London for the 21st annual Asian Achievers Awards, which saw leading South Asians from across the UK honoured for their contribution to building British society. The event was hosted by Eastenders actor Nitin Ganatra alongside Pakistani Balu Mahi actress Ainy Jaffri Rahman, with more than 500 attendees from…

Interview: Bhavan Rajagopalan, Vivesini

Vivesini, written and directed by Chennai based Bhavan Rajagopalan, takes the audiences on a journey of educational self-discovery, emphasising the importance of relationships, science and nature, but most of all, evolution. The film’s apt title, Vivesini, the Tamil word for ‘thinker’ or ‘enquirer’ has already triggered much worldwide discussion amongst the academic, political and film…

Review: The Father and the Assassin

Anupama Chandrasekhar presents a heady dose of Indian history through ‘The Father and the Assassin’ a theatrical performance told through the eyes of Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi’ s assassin.

Amazon Prime Video bets big on India and announces over 40 new titles across TV and film

Unveiling its biggest slate to date in India, Amazon Prime Video has announced over 40 new titles, in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, across original series, original movies and co-productions with some of India’s biggest and most successful studios.

UK Asian Film Festival 2022 returns with ‘Dare to Dream’ theme

UK Asian Film Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 24th edition. Presented by Tongues on Fire the festival will run from 4th – 15th May across the UK. Expect a bounty of film screenings, premieres, live events and industry panel discussions!

Vatika UK Launches new campaign #BeVisible to Celebrate Diverse Body Image and Inclusion

Heritage South Asian Hair Care Brand, Vatika UK, is continuing to challenge discrimination in the beauty and personal care Industry through its latest campaign #BeVisible – celebrating positive body image and the visible differences among us. #BeVisible follows in the footsteps of the brand’s previous award-winning campaign, Stronger Roots which sought to champion real women,…

Interview: Sue Carpenter, Director, I Am Belmaya

Following the success of her powerful and eye-opening documentary film, including a win for Best Documentary at the UK Asian Film Festival 2021 (UKAFF), I speak to talented documentary filmmaker, Sue Carpenter, about the narrative and creative process behind I Am Belmaya – a moving story of a Nepalese orphan who fights the patriarchal society…

Interview: Abo Arangham, Director, The Lost Art of Seasoning

Traditional art of salt-making dates back thousands of years and it can take days, even weeks to produce a single batch. These traditions have been passed down from generation to generation throughout the years, however, in Northeast India, the art form is no longer practiced owing to the ease in buying mass produced commerical salt.…

Interview: Tweed, Director, Native Spirit Film Festival

With the Native Spirit Film Festival in full swing, I catch up with the Festival’s Director, Tweed, to learn more about the annual event and why it’s so important to the Indigenous communities it represents. Tweed, thank you so much for speaking with me today, how long have you been directing the Native Spirit Film…

NATIVE SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL 2021

The UK’s only annual Film Festival dedicated to Indigenous cinema arts raises its curtains as the 15th Annual Native Spirit Film Festival 2021 (#NSFF2021) officially launches in London – offering an interesting mix of online and in-person screenings as well as music, dance and creative activities. The #NSFF2021, which this year, runs from 12 October…

UK Asian Film Festival returns For 23rd Edition to spread message of hope

The UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF), the world’s longest running South Asian film festival outside India, is set to celebrate its 23rd birthday in its usual style as Covid restrictions ease across the country. The festival will launch on 26th May at the renown BFI Southbank with fantastic hybrid programme that will run at venues…

Hair Care Brand, Vatika UK, Celebrates Real Women, Gender Fluidity And Inclusivity

Vatika UK, experts in South Asian hair and members of the Dabur Group, a world-leading ayurvedic and natural products company founded over 135 years ago, have launched their Stronger Roots campaign – celebrating real women and individuals through the challenges they have overcome and the empowerment they have felt through their hair. The Stronger Roots campaign marks a game-changing…

Interview: Pritt

Dubbed by BBC Asia Network as a Future Sound 2021, we caught up with Pritt, the talented Tamil beauty creating RnB fusion, soul music straight out of South London. Pritt thanks so much for interviewing with us, and congratulations on being featured by BBC Asian Network as Future Sound 2021, that’s huge! How does it feel?…

Short film ‘lonely’ tackles loneliness and male suicide

Acclaimed British Writer, Poet and Activist Hussain Manawer, has released ‘Lonely’ – a powerful poetic short film aimed to normalise the stigma around asking for help to overcome loneliness.