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Debut director Faraz Arif Ansari's debut feature film Bun Tikki is going global. Starring Shabana Azmi, Zeenat Aman and Abhay Deol, the film will have its world premiere on January 5 at the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival in California. The global premiere of Bun Tikki at the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival has come as a big …

Abhay Deol and Zeenat Aman's Bun Tikki to premiere at Palm Springs Festival

Actors Abhay Deol, Zeenat Aman and Shabana Azmi's Bun Tikki will have its world premiere at the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival 2025. Earlier, Deol had opened up about Bun Tikki while speaking to Dirty Magazine, “Bun Tikki’ is one of my favourite scripts ever, among the top three scripts I've ever read in my career; it could be …

Visitors flock to celebrate Hong Kong's unique Bun Festival

The Bun Festival, one of Hong Kong's most colorful cultural celebration events, has been on China's national list of intangible cultural heritage since 2011. On Wednesday, Cheung Chau, a small island south of Hong Kong island, was chock-a-block with people celebrating the Bun Festival, an annual traditional cultural event in the city. At 1:30 pm local time, the "piu sik" …

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AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong’s colorful Bun Festival returns after COVID-19 cancellations

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s colorful Bun Festival is back after three years of COVID-19 restrictions. Visitors packed the tiny island of Cheung Chau to watch children parade in costumes and to eat buns stamped with the Chinese characters for “peace” and “safety.” The festival’s highlight is a midnight “bun-scrambling” competition in which climbers race up a tower covered with …