Michaela Coel plays a character called Simone in Tinge Krishnan's neon-bright urban musical "Been So Long" — and whether that's coincidental, or intended to humor internet fan calls for the up-and-comer to headline a Nina Simone biopic, the message gets across anyway. Not that there's anything Simone-like about the blend of perky showtunes and steamy soul that scores this slender but wholehearted romance between two weathered souls in diverse North London: It's the ferocity of Coel's star power, bigger and...
Usaha Tegas
Ananda
Krishnan
Chairman
A self-made billionaire born of Sri Lankan parents, Krishnan, widely known as “AK,” seeks the kind of low profile that makes people describe him as a “recluse.” But operating at the heart of Malaysia’s political-business nexus, he is repeatedly propelled into the limelight. Krishnan made a fortune in oil and then another in gambling, before expanding into media and telecoms. His interests include SE Asia regional pay-TV giant Astro; Malaysia’s leading phone operator, Maxis; satellite operator MEASAT; U.K. newspaper group Johnston Press; Malaysia’s second-largest cinema chain, TGV; and Celestial Pictures, the company built on the Shaw Brothers Film Library that also gives a stake in the CTE channels bouquet. Still unresolved are 2018 charges over telecoms bid rigging.