In the biggest ever showcase of Australian films in India, Australia Fest has brought a curated selection of the best of Australian cinema to the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) 2018. With Australia being the ‘country in focus’ at the festival this year, Australian films are being presented in three broad categories — 100 Years […]
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On 9 November, Netflix announced 8 new original films, as well as multiple series for the Indian audience. Among these was a prequel series to SS Rajamouli’s blockbuster, Baahubali franchise, titled Baahubali:Before The Beginning. The series will feature Mrunal Thakur, Rahul Bose, Atul Kulkarni, Vaquar Shaikh and Anup Soni in key roles. Thakur, who was
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Characters who refuse to accept they are aging provide a fair amount of humour in a film. Who can forget I S Johar’s portrayal of professor Brij Mohan Agnihotri in Samir Ganguly’s Shagird (1967). The old man tries to woo a woman half his age by doing all that young men do. Now, Sachin Pilgaonkar
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Actor-comedian Vir Das is set to return to Netflix with a new comedy special, Losing It. This makes the actor the only Indian to have a second such program with the global digital platform. Das had a successful run of a comedy special, titled Abroad Understanding, back in April 2017. Speaking about the program, Das
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The wheels are coming off for Thugs Of Hindostan much quicker than anyone would have expected. After a record opening of Rs50.75 crore nett, the business of action adventure starring Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh, has dropped alarmingly. The first Monday collection dropped over 60% from the Sunday collection
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Commonly known as king of romance, but it was his villainous role in film Baazigar (1993) which garnered superstar Shah Rukh Khan a huge fame and stardom. As duo director Abbas-Mustan directorial film completed 25 years on Monday (12 November), Khan took to Instagram to treat his fans with a video in which he can
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Of the many biopics being made today, the ones that have stood out are the stories of sportspersons triumphing over the odds. Farhan Akhtar scored the biggest hit of his career with Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), a biopic of track and field legend Milkha Singh. Aamir Khan told the story of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and
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Yesterday, Ajendra Ajay, a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) media relations team, accused Abhishek Kapoor’s next film Kedarnath (2018) of promoting ‘love jihad.’ He wrote to Prasoon Joshi, chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), asking a ban on the film that allegedly hurts ‘religious sentiments’. Love jihad is a term used
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Actor Akshay Kumar Kumar has issued a statement through this Twitter handle denying any role in connection to the 2015 sacrilege case in Punjab or even knowing self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. “It has come to my knowledge that some rumours and false statements are being loosely made on social media about my
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On the release date of their 2015 hit, Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo, Rajshri Productions announced their next project, Hum Chaar. The film will be directed by Abhishek Dixit, a former assistant to Sooraj R Barjatya, and will be released early next year. There were reports in February this year of Barjatya reading the script and
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