A quick look at everything making news in the world of cinema today!
What to watch out for!
Nivin Pauly’s upcoming Tamil film Richie, which is being directed by debutant Gautham Ramachandran, is scheduled to release on December 8. The film has him playing a local thug and the actor has dubbed for his character. The audio release will happen tomorrow.
#Richie ⭐️ing @NivinOfficial & @ShraddhaSrinath releasing worldwide on December 8th | Full audio from tomorrow.#RichieAudioFromTomorrow @tridentarts16 @natty_nataraj @iam_raghavan pic.twitter.com/PnFVDuiSRu
— Cinema Calendar (@CinemaCalendar) November 21, 2017
Talking about song releases, the teaser of a song from Tiger Zinda Hai was out yesterday. The full song was released today. True to its name, ‘Swag Se Swagat’ has plenty of swag and style from Bollywood’s Bhai (Salman Khan) and Katrina Kaif.
What’s making the news
Sanjay Leela Bhansali Padmavati has become a political cause now. Politicians like Mamata Banerjee, Siddaramaiah have offered support, while Amarinder Singh and Shivraj Singh Chauhan have opposed it. The brouhaha over Padmavati could well be a Black Mirror episode. Something to think about when a dystopian world doesn’t seem all that strange.
Read our piece on Padmavati row
Offbeat
The One Song, composed by Bengaluru-based Venky-Varun, in collaboration with Unicef India, is dedicated to children with special needs. Mostly written in Kannada, the song also has lyrics in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Japanese, French and Arabic. The song has elements of Carnatic, jazz, rock and fusion music. Pandit Jasraj, M Balamuralikrishna, Sonu Nigam, Raghu Dixit, Louis Banks, Leslie Lewis and many other artistes have contributed to this song.
