The photograph exhibition about the life and activities of Heydar Aliyev was opened in Tashkent at the Azerbaijani cultural center Gardashlig (Fraternity). >>>
Central Exhibition Hall of Uzbekistan's Academy of Art has been a venue for "Kamalak jilosi" ("The rainbow shine") show-contest of children's paintings. >>>
Ilyas Malayev, a musician and poet renowned in Uzbekistan and transplanted to Queens, where he was a legend among fellow Bukharan Jews, died on Friday in Flushing. He was 72 and lived in Forest Hills. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his manager Lana Levitin told the New York Times.* >>>
Kollywood is looking for virgin locations to shoot its song and dance sequences. The directors of almost all the films, which are under production are looking for greener pastures (literally), as locations in Switzerland, UK, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand have become stale.* >>>
The cast and crew of "Jayam Kondaan" will fly to Russia and Uzbekistan to shoot for a song sequence. The movie produced by Sathyajothy Films, is directed by R Kannan.* >>>