Looks like the Indian film industry is running out of fresh, new ideas for films. From the recently released Raaz Reboot to the upcoming Shiddat remake, several remakes are now in the offing. A quick look at all this and more in Cinema today!
Sign On
Jomon T John has been signed on to handle the camera for Akshay Kumar – Priyadarshan film
Srinda will be seen opposite Nivin Pauly in Althaf’s next
Mia George plays a lawyer in Mammootty – Sneha’s The Great Father
Newsworthy
Selvaraghavan is in talks with Actor Vijay to direct his 62nd film
Deepika Padukone is Asia’s most followed woman
Praveen Sattaru will direct P Gopichand’s biopic in three languages
Heard on the street
Vikram might star in the Tamil remake of Don’t Breathe
Jhanvi Kapoor will make her Hindi debut with Shiddat remake
Alia Bhatt, and Parineeti Chopra are in the running to reprise Sridevi’s role in Sadma remake
Releases, Releases
STR’s Madura Michael teaser will release on 8 October
Spotlight
Farhan Akthar wrote an open letter to his daughter recently. In it, he talks about the many ways in which society oppresses young women, and how Bollywood is often complicit in these crimes against women.
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“In Bollywood — and Zoya and I are conscious of crudity and vulgarity — the eye of the camera often goes on overdrive. As an industry, we are guilty of normalising the invasion of a woman’s space, the woman’s body. Those watching our movies think it is ‘normal’ to harass a college or a village girl even when the girl is saying she’s not interested. You must also have seen movies in which the entire supporting cast conspires to help the ‘hero’ know the girl he’s interested in. They get together to help him (not her); they block her path wherever she goes. They conspire to bring them face to face, to the point where he’ll hold her, catch her dress, even jump on top of her in some instances. Such behaviour — which flies in the face of consent that I’ve always tried to talk to you about — has been normalised by movies. Stalking , unfortunately, has become a mutated form of cinematic romance.”
Let them eat cake!
Actress Shweta Tiwari, Soha Ali Khan, Sanghavi will all turn a year older today!