A quick look at everything making news in the world of cinema today!
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Sanjay Dutt, Farhan Akhtar will play lead roles in the Hindi remake of Jigarthanda
Santhosh Prathap has a pivotal role in Mr Chandramouli
Oviya, Snehan will team up for a new project
Samantha Ruth Prabhu says that her character in Raju Gari Gadhi 2 was inspired by the Suchi Leaks controversy
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Mersal has not been issued with a Censor certificate yet, the CBFC Regional Officer Mathialagen has said. The certificate will be issued only if an NoC is given by the Animal Welfare Board of India.
NTR’s biopic will release on his birthday, says director Teja.
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Actor and filmmaker Farhan Akhtar believes that it is the woman, who is more harassed than the man, but it is not true all the time.
Answering a query on this at a media interaction, he said: “I don’t think that would be true from existing records or information out there on public domain. I do believe that more often than not, it is the woman, who is harassed but it doesn’t mean all the time.”
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The Weinstein Company (TWC) may be preparing for its end, according to media reports. If it does pull the plug, its films and TV shows will be sold off separately.
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The 12-year-old mini-major film studio, founded in New York City by the Weinstein brothers might just wrap up in the wake of founder Harvey Weinstein‘s sex assault scandal, PageSix reported.
The embattled film production company’s board was looking at either selling to another company or just fading to black and was unlikely to continue as an independent entity, the Wall Street Journal said in its report.
Let them eat cake!
Actors Sasikumar, Parimeet Sethi will all turn a year older today!