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π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS playing her interview with M NIGHT SHYAMALAN ahead of A KNOCK ON THE CABIN releasing, PLANE, PATHAAN, RRR's Oscar nomination, Disney+ EXTRAORDINARY, Netflix AN ACTION HERO. Scrub to 1hr 37mins, available for 1 month
π§π Ashanti Omkar was on the TOTAL FILM PODCAST discussing The Last Of Us, Disney Plus Hulu Extraordinary, THE FABELMANS, PLANE, ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, UNWELCOME & her favourite Spielberg movie, and a few mentions of HOUSE PARTY!
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS playing out her interview with Oscar winner DOMEE SHI to celebrate the BAFTA nomination for DISNEY PIXAR TURNING RED & Chinese New Year, and talking all things YRF SPYVERSE PATHAAN and the hype around it. Available for
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on MONOCLE 24 RADIO talking UNIVERSAL PICTURES TAR | TΓ‘r on the Monocle on Culture show, episode 588.
πΊ Ashanti Omkar was on CHANNEL 4 NEWS talking about the GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS race reforms, stemic change, and their disparities with gender issues.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS playing my interview with KUMAIL NANJIANI & MURRAY BARTLETT from Disney Plus Welcome to the Chippendales, M3GAN & HBO SKY TV THE LAST OF US. Available for 1 month, scrub to 1hr, 35mins.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking about YRF Spyverse x PATHAAN, AR Rahman, BOMBAY DREAMS, A MAN CALLED OTTO, EMPIRE OF LIGHT, TILL & meeting WHOOPIE GOLDBERG. Scrub to 1 hour, 36 minutes, available for 1 month. π¬
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was part of BBC RADIO 2's Festive Selection Box - Celebrating 20 Years of BBOMBAY DREAMS - BBC SOUNDS. Scrub to 1 hour 36 mins. Available for 1 month.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO with Reya El-Salahi to talk Avatar The Way Of Water from Disney being the quickest film to hit 1 Billion Dollars plsu its ecology and family messages. Available for 1 week. From 1 hour 53 mins
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on MONOCLE RADIO - The Briefing talking Riches on ITVX & PRIME VIDEO, A MAN CALLED OTTO & I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY. At the 26 minute mark. πΊπ¬
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO with Mariella Frostrup talking about Christmas 2022 viewings. Via The Times and the Sunday Times, available for 1 week.
π§π Ashanti Omkar was on the TOTAL FILM PODCAST discussing ELVIS as part of the Total Film Review Of The Year 2022.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking about Christmas viewings - AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER, CIRKUS, BREATHE INTO THE SHADOWS 2, CAT, KANTARA, WITCHER, GUARDIANS HOLIDAY SPECIAL & PATHAAN. Scrub to 1 hour, 39 minutes, available for 1 month. π¬
πΊ Ashanti Omkar was on ITV NEWS talking about the bright future Henry Cavill has, despite loosing his DC x Warner Bros Superman gig.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking about FAMILY films, MATILDA THE MUSICAL, Guillermo del Toro's PINOCCHIO on NETFLIX, D+ MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL & BABA Superstar Rajinikanth. Scrub to 1 hour, 34 minutes, available for 1 month. π¬
πΊ Ashanti Omkar was on CHANNEL 5 NEWS talking about the passing of actress Kirsty Alley and the mark she left on the world of entertainment, despite her sometimes ominous politics and social media skirmishes.
πΊ Ashanti Omkar appeared on ITV NEWS to reflect on NETFLIX STRANGER THINGS being one of the most searched for, on GOOGLE alongside the enduring love for DISNEY STUDIOS ENCANTO.
πΊ Ashanti Omkar was on SKY NEWS TV talking about HARRY AND MEGHAN ON NETFLIX. A clip from a 15 minute live broadcast.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking about her trip to IFFI Goa, India & gave a save the date for DISNEY STUDIOS AVATAR WAY OF THE WATER. Scrub to 1 hour, 37 minutes, available for 1 month. π¬
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC LONDON | BBC SOUNDS with Dotun Adebayo talking MARVEL STUDIOS WAKANDA FOREVER, jollof rice & a bit of YORUBA banter. Scrub to 2 hours 52 minutes. Available for 1 month.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO with MSP Ruth Davidson discussing Marvel BLACK PANTHER WAKANDA FOREVER, Searchlight THE MENU, Paramount CONFESS, FLETCH. Scrub to the 2 hour 44 minute mark to listen. Available till 24th Nov 2022.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking to DANAI GURIRA about MARVEL BLACK PANTHER WAKANDA FOREVER + Roku WEIRD AL YANKOVIC STORY + YRF UUNCHAI Scrub to 1 hour, 36 minutes, available for 1 month. π¬
πΊ Ashanti Omkar was on SKY NEWS TV talking about the Amazon Prime Video Lord Of The Rings prequel, RINGS OF POWER & Warner Bros Discovery HBO Max Sky & NOW TV Game Of Thrones prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON & their mega budgets + representation matters.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking to BAFTA winner WUNMI MOSAKU about CALL JANE, Phone Bhoot & Mili. Available for 1 month, Starting from 1 hour 36 minutes.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO talking to Libby Purves about Halloween π films, jump scares, typical tropes around race and gender and more, with films like GET OUT, HALLOWEEN, SCREAM, HOCUS POCUS, INVISIBLE MAN and more. Link live for 1 week from
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking about Warner Bros BLACK ADAM β‘οΈ, D+ Shondaland Station 19 & Grey's Anatomy + Maula Jatt, Ram Setu & Thank God. Scrub to 1 hour 37 minutes. Available for 1 month from live broadcast.
π§π Ashanti Omkar was on the TOTAL FILM PODCAST discussing Halloween Ends, Emily, Rosaline, Lyle Lyle Crocodile and The Lost Boys re release.
π§π Ashanti Omkar was interviewed by the award winning NILA EXTRACT Episode 51 in the Behind The Big Screen episode, talking about identity politics, breaking taboos and breaking into media.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO talking to Mariella Frostrup about The Ex Wife from Paramount Plus and Somewhere Boy on Channel 4. π
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking about LYLE LYLE CROCODILE from Sony Pictures, PS1, THE KING'S JESTER by Hasan Minhaj on Netflix, THE SOUND OF 007 on Prime Video, VIDYA VOX in London & THE LEGEND OF MAULA JATT. Scrub to 1 hour 35 mins. π¬
π§π Ashanti Omkar was on the TOTAL FILM PODCAST discussing AMSTERDAM, THE WOMAN KING, VENGEANCE, Bram Stoker's DRACULA, PS1 & Sound of 007 on PRIME.
βπ½πΊ Ashanti Omkar penned a primer in TIMEOUT LONDON about Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story from Netflix & Shondaland.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO talking to Mariella Frostrup about The Old Man & The Bear on Disney Plus and This England on Sky TV.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC RADIO 4 - Screenshot Film Show - interviewed by MARK KERMODE, alongside BAFTA and double Oscar winner AR Rahman and RRR director SS Rajamouli spoke to Ellen E Jones.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking Andor, Don't Worry Darling, The Old Man, Bramhastra and PS1 - Ponniyin Selvan Part 1. At the 1 hour 37 minutes.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on the TIMES RADIO TV Review, talking about Star Wars ANDOR on DISNEY PLUS, BBC show Inside Man and BBC show Crossfire.
π§π Ashanti Omkar was on the INSIDE TOTAL FILM MAGAZINE PODCAST talking Hatching, Moonage Daydream, BrahmΔstra: Part One β Shiva in IMAX, D23 The Official Disney Fan Club & Ticket To Paradise.
βπ½πΆ Ashanti Omkar interviewed Abi & Rushil from the Orchestral Qawwali Project for SONGLINES MUSIC MAGAZINE.
π§ππ» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking RINGS OF POWER on Prime, Wedding Season on Disney Plus Day, See How They Run + an interview with DAVID OYELOWO & HIT on Netflix. Scrub to 1 hour 37 mins. Listen for 1 month.
πΊ Ashanti Omkar was on ITV NEWS talking about the Winnie The Pooh Blood and Honey slasher film, which jumped on the copyright of the famous kinds favourite which Disney tended to until now when it is free for all to use.
π§π» Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO talking to Mariella Frostrup about ITV series The Suspect, Sky TV Series Bloods & BBC series The Capture.
π»ππ§ Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO talking about the 2 heavy hitting fantasy prequels HBO | SKY Game of thrones HOUSE OF THE DRAGON π & PRIME VIDEO Lord of the rings RINGS OF POWER. 7 days to listen.
ππ§ Ashanti Omkar was on the Inside TOTAL FILM Podcast talking Netflix Never Have I Ever, House Of The Dragons, Marvel She-Hulk, Beast, Mr Malcolm's List, Curzon Official Competition, & Spiderman in Venice.
π»π§ Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO talking to Mariella Frostrup about Game Of Thrones House Of The Dragon on Sky TV & Now TV, Return to Wrexham on Disney Plus & A League Of Their Own on Amazon Prime Video. Available for 1 week.
π»π§ Ashanti Omkar was on BBC SOUNDS talking Game Of Thrones - House Of The Dragon, Masaba Masaba, Rocketry et al - available for 4 weeks, scrub to 1 hour 34 minutes.
π»π§ Ashanti Omkar talked to Mariella Frostrup on TIMES RADIO about Apple TV's Bad Sisters, Netflix's Indian Matchmaking and Marriage on BBC One. Available for 1 week.
π§π» Hear Ashanti Omkar's interview clip on BBC SOUNDS with SOPE DIRISU about Mr Malcolm's List, Interracial Relationships & working with Freida Pinto on BBC SOUNDS + Netflix Mindy Kaling NEVER HAVE I EVER Season3 + SHE HULK on Disney Plus. At the 1 hour 3
βπ½π¬ Ashanti Omkar contributed to TIMEOUT LONDON, on this piece on murder mystery movies.
π§π» Ashanti Omkar was on TIMES RADIO talking Marvel She-Hulk on Disney Plus, All Or Nothing Arsenal on Prime Video and The Sandman on Netflix with Libby Purves OBE and Nick Hilton of The Independent. Listen back for one week.
π§π» Hear Ashanti Omkar on BBC SOUNDS at the 1 hour 40 minute mark, talking Netflix Sandman, Never Have I Ever, Darlings, Wedding Season, D+ Prey, Sony Pictures Bullet Train, Paramount's Laal Singh Chaddha. Available for 4 weeks.
π§π Ashanti Omkar was on the Inside Total Film Magazine Podcast talking about DC League of Super-Pets, Joyride, Fire Of Love, Light & Magic series on Disney Plus, Cocktail & Kolaveri Di by Dhanush x Anirudh!
π§π» Listen to Ashanti Omkar's interview on BBC Sounds, with The Gray Man Netflix Film directors The Russo Brothers & Tamil actor Dhanush at the 1 hour 35 minute mark, plus upcoming Bollywood recommendations like Paramount's Laal Singh Chaddha.
ππ£ Ashanti Omkar was invited to be a FULL BAFTA MEMBER on June 30th 2022 on the 75th anniversary of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts & Gaming.
π§π Ashanti Omkar was on the Inside Total Film Podcast to talk about The Gray Man an DHANUSH, Where The Crawdads Sing, Paws Of Fury, and a spoilercast on Ms. Marvel's explosive season finale.
βπ½ Ashanti Omkar penned an analysis piece for The Big Issue on the review bombing issue and the fanatic fandom of superheroes, online.
π§π₯π Listen to Ashanti Omkar on the Inside Total Film Podcast, talking about The Railway Children Return, Nitram, Minions: The Rise Of Gru, The Princess.
π» Ashanti Omkar's film, TV & streaming spotlight on BBC Sounds is live, talking Marvel x MCU Thor Love And Thunder and Ms Marvel, + interviews with Farhan Akhtar, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, & Red Dagger aka Aramis Knight. 4 weeks. Scrub to 1 hour 35 mins
π£ Ashanti Omkar was part of Disney & Marvel UK's Ms. Marvel rooftop influencer event, interviewing Ima Vellani aka Kamala Khan and Kamran aka Rish Shah at the Trafalgar rooftop.
π Ashanti Omkar attended the exclusive Screen International Stars Of Tomorrow 2022 event at Groucho Club, Soho, London.
π¬ Ashanti Omkar attended the Thor Love & Thunder blue carpel gala screening / UK premiere from Marvel x Disney UK.
π» Ashanti Omkar was part of a BBC 5 Live Panel talking about big summer cinema releases Minions, Elvis, Nope, Brian & Charles, Super-Pets, The Gray Man with Nick Bright, and experts in film, TV & Gaming. Scrub to 34 minutes. Available for 4 weeks.
π₯πΎπ¬ Ashanti Omkar celebrated the wrap of LIFF Film Festival 2022 with festival director Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE & the team at the Blu Orchid Group Hotel in Victoria.
π Ashanti Omkar was on the Unequal Sequel Podcast, discussing Hollywood films Transformers, Spiderman No Way Home, Sex And The City 2 and Booksmart.
βπ½ Twitter asked Ashanti Omkar to be part of the Twitter Write launch - here is an article she wrote about representation matters and how commissioners can do better, derived from her insights into the Living Proof insight report.
πβπ½ Ashanti Omkar wrote about her 5 favourite things at Blue Orchid Hotels London Indian Film Festival - LIFF 2022 for TimeOut London.
π£π₯ Ashanti Omkar has been announced as cultural curator for the inaugral London Action Festival -July 28-31 2022 at Picturehouse Central & Royal Geographical Society. Read all about it. ππ₯
ππ» Hear Ashanti Omkar's BBC Sounds spotlight where she discussed Sundance London, Jurassic World Dominion, Pixar Lightyear, Ms Marvel, BBC One's Avoidance, and Elvis.
π» Ashanti Omkar was on BBC Sounds talking Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus, 20th Century Bob's Burgers, a Ms. Marvel teaser from the premiere, Major, YRF & Karan Johar at 50 & Akshay Kumar at 30 + historical epic Samrat Prithviraj. Available to lis
π£β‘οΈ Ashanti Omkar was invited to host the Ms. Marvel - Marvel & Disney UK influencer event at Trafalgar Square Rooftop London, with Canadian actor Iman Vellani aka Kamala Khan and British Actor Rish Shah aka Kamran in the show which hits Disney Plus on 8t
π Ashanti Omkar was on the Inside Total Film Podcast talking about Top Gun Maverick, Bob's Burgers, Between Two Worlds, A24 Men, Pistol & The British Queen's Jubilee documentary Elizabeth A Portrait In Parts.
βπ½πΆπ Read Ashanti Omkar's interview & see photos she took of celebrity chef Saransh Goila who discussed his famous butter chicken & bringing it successfully to the UK, in risky times.
π» Hear Ashanti Omkar on BBC Sounds, talking Paramount Top Gun Maverick, Cannes Film Festival fashion, Apple TV Plus The Essex Serpent, Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers on Disney Plus, Lovestruck High & Modern Love on Prime Video.
πΊ Watch Ashanti Omkar on Channel 5 News talking about Top Gun Maverick starring Tom Cruise from Paramount Pictures. She comes in just after Tom Cruise in this clip about the British Royal Premiere of the film. π¬βοΈ
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π» Ashanti Omkar broadcast on BBC WM/CWR about Marvel Doctor Strange, A24 Everything Everywhere All At Once, Universal Downton Abbey A New Era, Sony Father Stu, Netflix Thar, YRF feminist film Jayeshbhai Jordaar & a Top Gun Maverick teaser
πΊ Ashanti Omkar was on Sky News on Sky TV talking about the TV BAFTA Awards with nods to It's a Sin, Sex Education, Landscapers, Mare of Easttown and We Are Lady Parts.
πΊ Ashanti Omkar was on Channel 5 News talking about the potential for better representation matters for UK audiences in the new OFCOM plans to bring back the Golden Age of Television.
πΊ Ashanti Omkar featured in Getty Images talking about CODA and the Academy Awards - Oscars 2022 - via ITN
π» Ashanti Omkar's film TV streaming spotlight on BBC WM, CWR covered The Northman, The unbelievable weight of massive talent, Beast, KGF 2, Moonshot, Ten Percent on Prime, Jersey. Available for 4 weeks.
π Ashanti Omkar talks Cannes Film Festival, The Ennio Documentary, The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, My Nicolas Cage Top 3, Happening & answering a reader's question on puke!
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC WM/CWR talking RRR GBP 100 Million + in the box office, Beast & Tamil New Year, BBC's The Split & diversity in Masterchef, Fantastic Beasts - Secrets of Dumbledore, Operation Mincemeat. At 1hr35, 4 weeks listen back, BBC Sounds.
Ashanti Omkar was on Talk Radio discussing Will Smith and The Oscars, and new releases like The Lost City from Paramount UK, Marvel x Disney Plus Moon Knight and the new Warner Bros Fantastic Beasts Secrets of Dumbledore film. At the 6.30 mark for 1 week.
Hear Ashanti Omkar's film spotlight on BBC WM simulcast with BBC CWR talking Sonic 2, The Lost City, the world's number movie in the box office RRR and Morbius Link expires in 4 weeks. Scrub to 1 hour 30 mins.
Ashanti Omkar wrote an op ed in The Independent about interracial relationships and how Bridgerton from Netflix & Shondaland can take this representation further in the future.
Ashanti Omkar was on ITV News talking the historic win for CODA at the Oscars for Apple TV, as the first streaming platform to win this coveted award. It is also a big win for diversity.
Ashanti Omkar was on Channel 5 News, talking about the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident at The Academy Awards - Oscars 2022
Ashanti Omkar wrote an interview with BAFTA, double Oscar and double Grammy winner AR Rahman for Songlines Magazine.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC WM simulcast with CWR, discussing UK's 1000 screen Indian release RRR, Netflix Bridgerton, Disney Plus Marvel Moon Knight, The Bad Guys from Universal Pictures & a teaser of Sonic 2 from Paramount Pictures. Link expires in 4 weeks
Ashanti Omkar was on Times Radio talking about Bridgerton and South Asian Representation Matters - listen at the 2 hour 12 minute mark. Link expires in 1 week.
Ashanti Omkar was on the Total Film Podcast, talking about Marvel's Moon Knight & festival darling The Worst Person In The World, Netflix x Shondaland's Briderton and the epic RRR from SS Rajamouli which hits 1000 UK screens.
A short clip from an exclusive interview that Ashanti Omkar did with Baahubali director SS Rajamouli about RRR, was played on BBC West Midlands simulcast with BBC CWR - at the 1 hour 45 minute mark.
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Ashanti Omkar's Tweet about her early preview viewing of The Moon Knight from Marvel | Disney | Disney Plus | Disney + went viral.
Ashanti Omkar contributed to the cover story about the Netflix Shondaland series Bridgerton for The Big Issue Magazine. Read the interview with thespian Golda Rosheuvel from Dune & Luther, who plays Queen Charlotte. Representation Matters
Ashanti Omkar contributed to to cover story about the Netflix Shondaland streaming TV show Bridgerton for The Big Issue Magazine with an interview with the show's Queen Charlotte aka thespian Golda Rosheuvel.
Hear Ashanti Omkar on her film & TV spotlight on BBC WM simulcast with BBC CWR talking Disney Pixar Turning Red with a Maitreyi Ramakrishnan legacy clip about animation, BAFTA After Love, Netflix The Adam Project, + teased Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Moon Knight
Ashanti Omkar is quoted on Spotify Podcasts - talking about freelance and creative culture and loneliness with the What Is This Behaviour? team.
Ashanti Omkar wrote about the highly anticipated series Top Boy from Netflix, in TimeOut London.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC WM simulcast with BBC CWR with her film & TV spotlight, talking about Warner Bros The Batman & airing an interview with South Asian star Shruti Haasan about her lead role in Amazon Prime Video's Bestseller.
Read an exclusive piece on Netflix x Shondaland's Bridgerton by Ashanti Omkar for Total Film Magazine with Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury) and Alex Rider's Charithra Chandran who plays Edwina Sharma.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC WM & BBC CWR talking about the secret batcave at Wayne Tower in London to see the batmobile from The Batman, Paramount Gangubai Kathiawadi & interviews - BAFTA nominated Ali & Ava - Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook & Clio Bernard.
Ashanti Omkar mentored young critics at the Mumbai Indian Film Festival , as part of a young film critics lab with fellow critics, and 2 film directors.
Ashanti Omkar visited Warner Bros x DC Comics Wayne Tower in London, to see the Batmobile from The Batman film.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC WM & CWR talking about the Bollywood wedding of Farhan Akhtar & his Netflix hits, BAFTA nominated Ali & Ava's Cineworld special screening & The Fame Game by Sri Rao, starring Madhuri Dixit Nene.
Ashanti Omkar was part of a BFI - British Film Institute photo of women in cinema, alongsaide actor Rosamund Pike and many dignatries. Far right, Row 3.
Ashanti Omkar has been nominated at the 1st Girls On Film awards, for a DIVERSITY BADGE OF HONOUR alongside nominees Michaela Coel, Team Rocks & Ruth Madeley. π
Ashanti Omkar attended a private screening of the Netflix Documentary Talent Fund Films with WDW Entertainment and Getty Images photographed her with Anna Smith and Hedda Archbold of Girls On Film.
Hear Ashanti Omkar on BBC WM simulcast with BBC CWR, talking in cinema films Sony's Unchartered, Universal's Marry Me, Searchlight's Death On the Nile, BBC's Starstruck, and Gheraiyaan on Amazon Prime & Bollywood biggie Badhaai Do.
Ashanti Omkar was part of the BFI , British Film Institute Woman With A Movie Camera Summit 2021. Watch the Girl Boss panel that she spoke and appeared in.
Ashanti Omkar was on The Times Radio with the legendary Mariella Frostrup discussing the Life And Times of the iconic Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar.
Ashanti Omkar wrote in Total Film Magazine about her favourite comfort films for the winter being Paddington and Paddington 2.
Ashanti Omkar was on ITV News, talking about the Australian TV soap Neighbours being dropped by UK's Channel 5, & a potential future with streaming platforms.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC London, talking about BAFTA nominations, Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava, After Love, & Bollywood through the eras plus how Hindi cinema is a big hit in Nigeria, with JumokΓ© Fashola.
Ashanti Omkar was on Talk Radio with Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije, on the 9.30pm slot, discussing the film awards season, and films like Dune, King Richard and The Tragedy of Macbeth, plus representation matters within voter pools.
Ashanti Omkar wrote an interview with BAFTA, double Grammy, double Oscar winner AR Rahman for Songlines Magazine, discussing the all women Firdaus Orchestra at the Dubai Expo, independent music incubator with M.I.A called maajja, & his 3 decade legacy.
Ashanti Omkar wrote a primer in TimeOut London, about the Shondaland x Netflix hit show Bridgerton, ahead of season 2 dropping on the platform.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC WM/CWR talking about The Beatles Get Back at IMAX, Sing 2 from Illumination and Universal Pictures, and Ava x Arrow Now's Hollywood Netflix release Definition Please plus an interview with the lead cast.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC WM/BBC CWR talking about Boiling Point, The Electric Cinema reopening in Birmingham, Belfast, Hostile with Nitin Sawhney as exec producer & Disney Plus Start Wars - The Book Of Boba Fett
Ashanti Omkar is on the inside Total Film podcast, talking Scream 5, Save The Cinema, Memoria, Cow, The Tragedy Of Macbeth & gives nods to Belfast, Ascension, Superstar Rajinikanth & Boiling Point.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC News Channel TV, talking about the Golden Globe Awards, and their need to reform various aspects, in order to progress in this Me Too and Times Up age, from inclusivity in the voter pool, to regaining the trust of Hollywood.
Ashanti Omkar's first 2022 BBCWM/BBC CWR chat of 2022 involved the Golden Globe Awards, Universal Pictures The 355 Film, Scream 5 from Paramount, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui LGBTQ+ Netflix, Looop Lapeta & Gehraiyaan
Read Ashanti Omkar's interview with Hollywood horror movie legend M Night Shyamalan about his Apple TV Plus show Servant, Total Film Magazine.
Ashanti Omkar spoke on BBC London about the epic legacy Hollywood legend Sidney Poitier who passed away aged 94, leaving an impact & repertoire in cinema, that black actors continue to chase, as Denzel Washington said at The Academy stage in 2002.
Ashanti Omkar appears on BBC World Service/BBC Radio 4 to talk about anticipated 2022 film & streaming content from Netflix Bridgerton to Marvel Disney Doctor Strange & Ms Marvel aka Kamala Khan on Disney Plus for Representation Matters.
Ashanti Omkar was invited into the The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), based in New York.
Ashanti Omkar talks on the Girls On Film Podcast about the film Ascension, which is shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards | Oscars.
Ashanti Omkar's final 2021 BBC WM CWR simulcast Film, TV, Streaming Spotlight, talking Spider Man, Matrix Licorice Pizza, Star Wars Boba Fett, Hawkeye, And Just Like That, Decoupled, The Green Knight, Little Things, Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam.
Read Ashanti Omkar's feature on Universal Pictures Sing 2, chatting to Garth Jennings from her visit to Illumination in Paris, & her interview with John Madden for Warner Bros Operation Mincemeat.
Ashanti Omkar writes in TimeOut London about SS Rajamouli of the Baahubali Film Franchise, in the worl'd coolest film makers feature.
Ashanti Omkar has voted in the newly revamped BRIT Music Awards 2022.
Watch Ashanti Omkar on Channel 5 News, talking about the HBO Max Sex And The CIty reboot TV series And Just Like That showing on Sky & Now TV in the UK
Hear Ashanti Omkar on her BBC WM, BBC CWR film spotlight, talking about 20th Century's West Side Story, Marvel's Hawkeye, Star Wars Boba Fett, Warner Bros Boxing Day, Zee5 Bob Biswas, AR Rahman's Atrangi Re & The King's Man.
Hear Ashanti Omkar on the Inside Total Film Podcast, talking Marvel Disney Hawkeye, Star Wars Book Of Boba Fett, Warner Bros Boxing Day, C'Mon C'Mon, The Hand Of God, Blue Bayou, Silent Night, Amazon Wrath Of Man with the magazine's Jane Crowther & Jordan
Hear Ashanti Omkar on Union JACK Radio with Geoff Lloyd, talking about The Beatles & their new epic Disney+ documentary, Get Back by director Peter Jackson ( Lord Of The Rings )
Hear Ashanti Omkar on BBC London, talking about Encanto, Pirates, Boiling Point & big future releases like Sing 2, House Of Gucci, The King's Man, Spiderman No Way Home, Matrix Resurrections, The Boy Called Christmas, Open Air cinemas & themed experiences
Hear Ashanti Omkar's BBC WM, BBC CWR simulcast film spotlight on Disney's 60th film Encanto, Warner Bros King Richard, Amazon's Wrath Of Man, and Netflix film Meenakshi Sundareshwar.
Hear Ashanti Omkar on BBC 5Live's midnight mix-tape to talk π¬ film villains with Nick Bright & ponder on The Sinister Six in SpiderMan No Way Home + Harry Potter 20th Anniversary "He who must not be named" + MCU Loki & TNMT Shredder + Harley Quinn
Ashanti Omkar's BRIT Awards vote for RISING STAR is in!
Ashanti Omkar was quoted in this Rolling Stone cover story, about maajja & their breakout hit, Enjoy Enjaami.
Ashanti Omkar's contributor snippet in the new print issue of Total Film Magazine, on meeting Idris Elba & The Bullitts about The Harder They Fall from Netflix
Ashanti Omkar writes an op ed for Metro UK, about the Marvel film The Eternals, and representation matters.
Ashanti Omkar on BBC 5 Live with Colin Murray, talking about the Deepavali | Diwali Festival & my unconventional celebrations + how Eternals comes out on the same day, with the first South Asian #MCU superhero played by Kumail Nanjiani.
Ashanti Omkar's film spotlight on BBC WM/BBC CWR, talking new film, TV, streaming releases, box office topper Dune & its sequel, Army Of Thieves on Netflix, Marvel's Eternals MCU, Romesh Ranganathan's BBC Two Show, Ranganation and more.
Ashanti Omkar was on BBC World Service TV talking about Indian film and music star Puneeth Rajkumar's untimely demise, & why the fans and cinema faternity in India are reacting with such shock and sadness.
Ashanti Omkar is on the Inside Total Film Magazine Podcast, talking Antlers, Last Night In Soho, Passing, The Nowhere Inn, Dr. Brain on Apple TV Plus, Eternals, Spencer, The Card Counter & about horror films for Halloween. π¬ππ§
Ashanti Omkar is on BBC WM/CWR, talking the EPIC Dune, Halloween release Last Night In Soho, Marvel's The Eternals & tease Bollywood Diwali release Sooryavanshi & Tamil Deepawali release Annaatthe starring Superstar Rajinikanth
Ashanti Omkar takes part in Dave TV Channel's Question Team - Watch The Video
Ashanti Omkar's creative street wear collaboration with Naavi Clothing is available to buy now.
Ashanti Omkar talks about her creative career highlights, on The Tamil Creator Podcast
It's been a decade of Ashanti Omkar's Film Spotlight on BBC WM & BBC CWR. The latest talk up is aroun Venom, The French Dispatch, Disney's Ron's Gone Wrong, Sardar Udham on Amazon Prime, Rashmi Rocket
Ashanti Omkar is in conversation with the film maker of I Am Belmaya, Sue Carpenter at Curzon Soho, London on Monday 4th October 2021.
Ashanti Omkar's BBC film spotlight on BBC WM/CWR, talking Bond - No Time To Die, Bellbottom & The Green Knight on Prime, Midnight Mass & Sex Education on Netflix, and debating about British talent moving to the USA to find plum roles in Hollywood.
Ashanti Omkar's BBC film spotlight on BBC WM/CWR, talking Marvel Shang-Chi, Paramount Snake Eyes, Zee5 Helmet, Disney+ Ms Marvel and Eternals
Hear Ashanti Omkar on the Inside Total Film Podcast talking Shang Chi, Annette, Wildfire, Misha And The Wolves, What If, Only Murders In The Building & Really Love on Netflix.
Ashanti Omkar writes about The Art Of Lamprais - a Sri Lankan Burgher (Portuguese, Dutch, Indonesian settler inspired) delicacy from Machan, London
Hear Ashanti Omkar on Episode 220 of the FlixWatcher Podcast, talking Da 5 Bloods with Akin Aworan from The Swinging Palms Tree Podcast
Watch Ashanti Omkar helming a discussion for BFI (British Film Institute) around South Asian identity politics, Brexit Britain & how key British cinema has captured disability & immigration matters.
Ashanti Omkar is on the Inside Total Film Podcast with Jane Crowther and Jordan Farley to talk Candyman, The Nest, Our Ladies, Souad, and Disney+ Vacation Friends
Ashanti Omkar's BBC film spotlight on BBC WM/CWR about the Paw Patrol Movie, Free Guy and Zola showing at UK cinemas, & Navarasa and Mimi streaming on Netflix.
Read Ashanti Omkar's article about Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever on Netflix, in The Metro Newspaper Opinion Section
Hear Ashanti Omkar on the Inside Total Film Magazine Podcast talking to Jane Crowther and Leila Latif about M Night Shyamalan's Old, Jolt on Prime, the Netflix Masters Of The Universe reboot, Riders of Justice and The World To Come.
Ashanti Omkar talks to NPR - USA's National Public Radio about streaming services & how they uplift diaspora film making.
Ashanti Omkar writes in The Guardian on streaming platforms & South Asian Stories with interview quotes from Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jason Blum of Blumhouse, Jennifer Salke of Amazon, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan of Netflix Never Have I Ever
Ashanti Omkar is on the Sundance x BIFA awards Jury 2021
Ashanti Omkar talks about The Suicide Squad, Disney's Jungle Cruise, Toofan on Prime & shares a clip from her interview with Limbo director Ben Sharrock & actor Amir El-Masry on BBC WM/CWR Radio.
Ashanti Omkar was part of the Girl Boss panel at the BFI Woman With A Movie Camera Summit.
Ashanti Omkar on the BBC TV News Channel about Disney's investor day announcement- Video Clip
Ashanti Omkar's interview in Total Film Magazine, with actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, about Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever.
Ashanti Omkar spoke about Disney Marvel Black Widow, Never Have I Ever on Netflix, and Amazon Prime Sara's & Toofan on BBC WM/CWR
Hear Ashanti Omkar on the Inside Total Film Podcast with Total Film Magazine Editor Jane Crowther & Deputy Editor Matt Maytum, discussing Promising Young Woman, Effie Gray, Mare Of Easttown, Steelers
Ashanti Omkar hosts the M.I.A documentary screening at Q&A at Picturehouse Stratford for The New Black Film Collective
View Ashanti Omkar & Shruti Haasan in an in depth in conversation at the London Indian Film Festival, talking film, streaming, endometriosis, mental health & more.
Hear Ashanti Omkar on the Girls on Film Podcast By Anna Smith Father's Day Special.
Ashanti Omkar speaks to Vignesh Shivan & the team behind the Rotterdam Tiger Awards winner, Pebbles!
Ashanti Omkar talks to the film team of A'hr with actress producer Manju Warrier & director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan plus the DoP who shot this remarkable film with his phone!
Ashanti Omkar speaks to the director of Bread & Belonging, Sonia FIlinto, about the journey of Goan Portugese bread captured in this film that was the most streamed during the festival, on the LIFF festival online platform.
Ashanti Omkar on the Flixwatcher podcast about Netflix hits, talking about Rocks & Da 5 Bloods
Ashanti Omkar on The Swinging Palm Trees Podcast with Akin
Behind the scenes of Hollywood actor Manish Dayal (90210) chatting to Ashanti Omkar for the March issue of Total Film Magazine, about Disney Plus's The Resident
Ashanti Omkar writes in the February issue of Total Film Magazine about Disney Plus - Star TV Series Love, Victor from the makers of the hit film Love, Simon
Watch a BTS clip of Ashanti Omkar talking to Never Have I Ever actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan about the importance of self care.
London Critics Circle Awards Ceremony with Ashanti Omkar presenting 2 awards - Bukky Bakaray for Rocks & Chadwick Boseman for Netflix Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ashanti Omkar hosts a film Q&A at Bertha Dochouse for Shut Up Sona
View Ashanti Omkar in conversation with author Neema Shah, for The Bagri Foundation's book series, Bottom Drawer
Watch Ashanti Omkar in conversation & helming Q&As for the largest south Asian film festival in UK & Europe
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