This duality, one structural and the other cultural, compete with each other in the film to make the message about education of women a blurred matter: necessary but not a sufficient condition to be a good woman.In a manner that’s classic Bollywood, the film also shows that Lajwanti was educated in the feminine values of sacrifice.
With more big-budget Hindi films lined up for release next week, it remains to be seen whether the Hindi film industry will be able to regain its position at the box office charts or regional films will continue to break records.Written and directed by Nagraj Manjule, the film is based on the life of retired sports teacher, Vijay Barse, who founded an NGO called ‘Slum Soccer’. Jhund stars Amitabh Bachchan, along with Sairat stars Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar.
Amazon Prime Video, on Thursday, announced its upcoming content slate of 40 new titles among series and films in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, which will be released over the next two years.
This American crime drama series is based on a big money laundering operation set up in the Lake of the Ozarks region of central Missouri, offered by a Mexican drug cartel’s financial advisor Marty Byrde, who proposes to make amends after a money-laundering scheme for the former goes wrong.With films like Yash’s KGF: Chapter 2, Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey and Vijay’s Beast running successfully in theatres, they are still awaiting big-budget films like Ajay Devgn’s Runway 34, Tiger Shroff’s Heropanti 2 and Bengali actor Jeet’s Raavan releasing on Friday, Prithviraj Sukumaran’s Jana Gana Mana releasing Thursday.
With multiple big releases like Beast, KGF: Chapter 2, and Jersey arriving in cinemas, starting next week, theatres can be safely said to be going through a revival. The KGF sequel has already seen a collection of Rs 10 crore from the advance bookings for its Hindi-dubbed version.
The synopsis reads, “Inspired by true crime stories, this series revolves around Abhay Pratap Singh, a gutsy cop who can outwit any criminal and solve the most heinous acts of violence”.The story follows the Musk’s and SpaceX engineers’ two decade-long risky journey to send American astronauts to space, who become the first to reach the Earth’s orbit in a private spacecraft.
An eighth-grader who rose to power by corrupt means, Choudhury gets indicted in a long-running legal case over a scam and is sent to central jail at the beginning of the film.To latch on to power, Choudhury appoints his wife, Bimla Devi (Nimrat Kaur), a rube whose world revolves around cattle-rearing and the kitchen, as interim chief minister.
When Karan Johar, the creator of the ‘Shah Rukh Khan puppy love’ genre, launched the trailer of this film, he said, “This what the real love in this generation looks like”.The talk of the town currently, this film from Shakun Batra may not have a strong storyline, but it does explore modern love, lust, and infidelity.
Words like ishq, pyaar, mohabbat are used interchangeably in songs, and there are a host of both great and terrible songs using these words.The semantic difference between pyaar and mohabbat is put like this by Dev, “Mohabbat ke zamaane guzar gaye janaab; ab chhote mote pyaar se hee kaam chala le (The era of big/unconditional love has passed by; now, you’ll have to make do with small bouts of love)”.
In a year that saw releases from the likes of Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, this film managed to stand out by not falling prey to the stereotypical narratives of Hindi cinema.From cinema theatres being shut for several months in Maharashtra to smaller films going to OTT, barely any Hindi film could see the kind of success it would in pre-pandemic times.
Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, the Indian actor, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday regarding forex violation allegations in the ongoing 2017 Panama Papers case, as per NDTV.
Indian cinemas finally seem to recuperate from the pandemic-induced blow after multiple films take the theatrical route, and make decent collections if not extraordinary.
Here, in Bob Biswas, a prequel to Kahaani, directed by Diya Annapurna Ghosh and co-written by Ghosh, Bachchan is a lead actor with no substantial working material in hand.Biswas, about to settle into peaceful family life with his wife (Chitrangada Singh), son and a step-daughter, is puzzled when a bunch of bad guys, who claim to be his former employers, approach him.
With the film business recovering, the makers of several Malayalam films have announced their theatrical releases in December. Mohanlal’s Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham, the first of these, released on Thursday. Other Malayalam films such as Bheemante Vazhi, Ajagajantharam, and Kunjeldho will be also be hitting cinemas this month.
While films like Sooryavanshi and Annaatthe that released for Diwali continue to rake in collections at the box office, movies that came out since then have not made as big a mark. However, the Akshay Kumar and Rajinikanth starrers brought the audiences back to cinemas in large numbers and definitely helped reassure producers, many of whose films are set for theatrical releases in December.
Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain, known for films like Dhoom 2, Raees, and Road to Sangam, died on Saturday due to Covid-19, his son-in-law, filmmaker Hansal Mehta, revealed on Twitter.
Written and directed by Ayananshu Banerjee, Bodhon is a drama film starring Arpita Pal, Joy Sengupta and Gouri Ghosh in the lead, along with Mamata Shankar, Prabir Das, Konineeca Banerjee, Shayoni Ghosh, Debshankar Haldar and late Soumitra Chatterjee in pivotal roles.Directed by Rituparna Ghosh, Utsab is a drama film featuring a star cast of actors Madhabi Mukherjee, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Deepankar De, and Arpita Pal.
A police complaint has been filed against actors Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan, Ravi Teja, Rakul Preet Singh, Allu Sirish, Charmme Kaur, Anupam Kher, Farhan Akhtar, and several other film celebrities for revealing the real name of a rape victim on social media.
Released six days before voting in Tamil Nadu began, the film stars an ensemble cast including the likes of Yogi Babu, Sheela Rajkumar and Shangli Murugan. In an interview with Firstpost, Yogi Babu who plays the lead says, “I thought, if this fellow (Pradeep Ranganathan, who directed Comali) who knows me so well, and who has directed me, can cry, then probably I am not that bad with emotion. “Although some rogues get elected to parliament, we will not allow gangster tactics in the election,” says Sanjay Mishra, who plays an officer of the Election Commission of India, in Newton.
Dharma Productions, the production company owned by filmmaker and producer Karan Johar, announced on Friday that they will be recasting their Hindi film Dostana 2, which originally starred Kartik Aaryan, Janhvi Kapoor, and Lakshya in the lead.
It’s not necessarily a bad choice, writers and journalists need their editors all the time but in a film like The Big Bull, a Shah needed a more hands-on Meera as the antagonist, making the choice disingenuous.That speaks volumes about Harshad Mehta on whom this film is based on but The Big Bull, written by Gulati and Arjun Dhawan, is also too ameer (rich) to be authentic.
Actors Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ashish Vidyarthi tested Covid positive on Saturday, they confirmed on their respective social media handles.
Ranbir Kapoor, the Hindi actor whose last release was Sanju in 2018, has tested positive for Covid-19, actor and mother Neetu Kapoor announced on social media on Tuesday.
Dil Bechara, late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film, and Suriya’s Soorarai Pottru were the most searched movies in India in 2020 while Pataal Lok, Mirzapur 2 and Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story were the most searched web series, according to Google’s Year in Search 2020 list.
Zee Studios on Monday revealed the title of actor Aditya Roy Kapur’s upcoming film, OM – The Battle Within. The film’s shooting is expected to begin in December and it is slated to release in the second half of next year.