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French-Turkish actor appeared in a string of high-profile films, as well as hit BBC series The Missing Tchéky Karyo, who appeared in some of director Luc Besson’s biggest hits and a string of international films, died on Friday at the age of 72, his family have announced. A statement from his wife and children sent to AFP said he had “succumbed to cancer”. Continue reading... from Film | The Guardian https://ift.tt/wgK7XUz via IFTTT

New Zealand’s Pearce Resurgence is legendary among expert cave divers for its depth and difficulty. When an Australian explorer became obsessed with diving deeper into it, he hatched a daring plan that could cost his life Deep in a valley in the New Zealand wilderness, clear cold water rushes across moss-covered rocks. In the morning the mist rises up and lays across the valley. In the afternoon sun glints on the Pearce River, shafts of light filter through native tree canopy. It is a fecund, primeval place. The water has flowed down through tunnels in Mount Arthur, in South Island’s north-west, to meet at the Pearce Resurgence at its base. On the surface it looks innocuous, a calm pond. But beneath it is one of the largest and deepest cave networks in the world; unfathomable, an unknown habitat, seemingly bottomless. Continue reading... from Film | The Guardian https://ift.tt/EASweoN via IFTTT

Filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya has officially commenced shooting for his next directorial under the Rajshri Productions banner, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sharvari in the lead. The untitled film, a romantic family entertainer, went on floors on November 1, 2025, marking the beginning of a new collaboration between Rajshri Productions and Mahaveer Jain Films. Actor Anupam Kher, who has been a long-time collaborator of Barjatya, took to social media to share a special update from the sets. Revealing that this project marks his 549th film, Kher wrote, “ANNOUNCING MY 549th FILM:???? Delighted to share that my 549th untitled film started today with one and only SOORAJ BARJATYA! Presented him the auspicious shawl which I got from #Ayodhya! Sooraj was #MaheshBhatt Saab’s 5th assistant for my first film #Saaransh! It has been a long, happy, amazing and creatively joyous journey with him. Actually I am an integral part of @rajshrifilms and their family for all these years! As is the tradition,...