Category: ENTERTAINMENT

“It will definitely take time to come to terms with this loss,” tweeted Manoj Bajpayee Members of the Indian film industry poured their hearts out on social media after the death of filmmaker Raj Kaushal  on Wednesday morning. He died at the age of 49. Manoj Bajpaye, in his eulogy for Raj Kaushal, wrote: “No news can be more shocking and tragic for us personally than losing our dear friend and a fantastic human being Raj Kaushal. It will definitely take time to come to terms with this loss! Rest in peace…

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Filmmaker Karan Johar on Tuesday announced that his next production venture is based on the life of C Sankaran Nair, the former President of the Indian National Congress and member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council. Titled “The Untold Story of C Sankaran Nair”, the film is inspired from real life events and adapted from the book The Case That Shook the Empire , written by Raghu Palat, (great-grandson of Sankaran Nair) and his wife Pushpa Palat. The movie, to be directed by Karan Singh Tyagi, will unravel the legendary courtroom…

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Director Quentin Tarantino has reiterated his plans to retire after making one more film as the Oscar-nominated filmmaker believes it is better to bid adieu when one is at their peak. Tarantino, known for avant garde cinema titles like “Pulp Fiction”, “Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2”, and “Inglourious Basterds”, said he wants to quit as he has given his 30-year long career “everything” he had. The director confirmed his plans to retire after his tenth film on “Real Time With Bill Maher” on which he appeared to promote…

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Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson is set to produce a new “Tower of Terror” movie for Disney Studios. According to Deadline, the deal is in the early stages of development. Inspired by the classic Disney theme park attraction, the film is being scripted by “Toy Story 4” director Josh Cooley. Plot details are under wraps and it is unclear at this point whether Johansson will also star in the movie. She will produce the project through her company These Pictures, alongside Jonathan Lia. This development from Disney comes as the studio…

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Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas says that people should embrace streaming platforms because they have not only allowed the audience to consume diverse stories but also democratised the film industry. Chopra Jonas, who made her digital debut with Netflix movie “The White Tiger” this year, said that streaming services have made artistes think outside the “formula” of a Bollywood film. “That’s what you’re seeing in Indian cinema – the freedom of streaming services is allowing people to have larger thoughts than the formula that existed before. “That there should be five…

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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has visited war-weakened Burkina Faso to show solidarity with people who continue to welcome the displaced, despite grappling with their own insecurity, and said the world isn’t doing enough to help. The humanitarian crisis in the Sahel seems to me to be totally neglected. It is treated as being of little geopolitical importance,” Jolie told the Associated Press. There’s a bias in the way we think about which countries and which people matter. While Burkina Faso has been battling a five-year Islamic insurgency linked to al-Qaida…

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A sprinkle of “nostalgia” and pop-culture references have become signature to director Vasan Bala’s films, who says revisiting his favourite movie memories drives him emotionally as a storyteller. The Mumbai-based filmmaker’s first theatrical release, 2019’s “Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota”, was a homage to martial arts legend Bruce Lee loaded with Bollywood references starting from its title, based on megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue in 1985 movie “Mard”. The story about a man, whose medical condition makes him impervious to pain, was a hit with people appreciating Bala’s pulpy treatment that…

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Noted writer-director Karthik Subbaraj says with his crossover gangster drama film “Jagame Thandhiram”, featuring Tamil star Dhanush and “Game of Thrones” actor James Cosmo, his aim is to reach out to the both Indian and international audience. The filmmaker, known for crime and action movies like “Jigarthanda”, “Iraivi” and “Petta”, is an ardent fan of the mafia genre. “I felt I should make a film in New York with a known gangster face and a Tamil character from Madurai, it should be a global story. “The initial idea was to…

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Filmmaker couple R Balki and Gauri Shinde on Thursday said they have partnered with media business veteran Pranab Kapadia as co-producer for their upcoming films to be made under their banner Hope Productions. The couple’s production house, which was founded in 2011, has backed their critically-acclaimed films such as “Cheeni Kum”, “Paa”, “English Vinglish”, “Shamitabh”, “Padman”, “Ki & Ka”, “Dear Zindagi and “Mission Mangal”. The company has also made a gamut of television commercials. Balki said they are delighted to announce their partnership with Kapadia. “We have known Pranab for…

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Yellowstone” star is set to join the cast of the tenth season of the acclaimed anthology series “American Horror Story” (AHS). Sources told Deadline, the actor will play the series regular role of Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower in “American Horror Story: Double Feature”. The name of McDonough’s character is same as the 34th U S President, but he is not playing the the late leader. “Double Feature” also stars series regulars Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd, Adina Porter, Lily Rabe, Angelica Ross, and Finn Wittrock as…

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