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SRK's line from 'Chak De India' is I&B minister's favourite
"Mujhe koi state ka naam sunai nahi deta hai, na dikhai deta hai, sirf ek mulk ka naam: India. Chak de India," Thakur repeated this famous line to the thunderous applause of the audience. The I&B minister was engaged in a conversation with show host Karan Johar at the inaugural ceremony of the 52nd IFFI. It was at Karan's prodding that he repeated the iconic line, after stating that it would be improper to quote just one dialogue in a country that had more than a billion people.
OTT platforms debut at IFFI with screenings, masterclasses
Also on the programme are two masterclasses presented by Amazon's Prime Video OTT platform, featuring its much-acclaimed series 'The Family Man', where Manoj Bajpayee, who'll participate virtually, plays the lead role, and its epic original production, 'Sardar Udham' -- the film's director Shoojit Sircar will preside over this session. Netflix, meanwhile, will be offering a sneak peek of 'Aranyak', an upcoming crime thriller series starring Raveena Tandon.
Pankaj Tripathi looks back at his NSD days, evolution of audience
In a recent conversation with IANS, the actor spoke about the change in audience's sensibilities towards our stories and the blurring lines between mainstream and parallel cinema. He says, "I feel the lines between mainstream and parallel cinema will keep getting blurred and that shows the growth and evolution of our audience, they are now open to a broad range of subjects."
Rajkummar, Sanya-starrer 'Hit' to release on May 20, 2022
The Hindi remake of 'Hit' is directed by Sailesh Kolanu. According to the makers, the Telugu film that was well received by the audience will now transcend boundaries with its remake. The original released in 2020 and was jointly produced by south star Nani and Prashanti Tipirneni. The film features Vishwak Sen and Ruhani Sharma in the lead roles.
Balaji Telefilms, Pen Marudhar acquire India theatrical rights for 'Jersey'
The film is a remake of a Telugu film of the same title directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri and as it diversifies its exhibition territory, the producers of the film have completed the tie-up keeping in the mind the best possible release of the film. Producer Aman Gill says, "After a long wait we are excited to be releasing our film 'Jersey' in theatres and we feel there is no better partner than Balaji Telefilms and Pen Marudhar to achieve the best release for our film."
Waluscha De Souza to appear in music video 'Bollywood Wala Dance
The music single will be released by Tips, Prerna V. Arora and Reshabh D. Saraf on December 18. It is a special dance number choreographed by Piyush-Shazia. Waluscha said: "Today was the last day of shooting for our music single. I am waiting for the release and super excited to share it with the audience." Added Kumar Taurani from Tips
Steven Spielberg, Rachel Zegler joked about their lack of experience on 'West Side Story'
She told Total Film magazine: "I'm pretty sure the only musical-esque thing he's done is 'Anything Goes' in 'Temple of Doom'! Whenever we would read things from sceptics - about Spielberg doing a musical - I'm like, 'That's one of the most incredible film openings ever!' "But we definitely had conversations. I had never done a film before. And he'd never done a musical before. We would make jokes that we were going to teach each other how it's done!"
John Abraham: 'Satyameva Jayate 2' is for masses, not niche audience
The film is a sequel and the first instalment was released in 2018. According to the actor, the second part is made purely after receiving approval from the audience that translated at the box-office. While after the release of the trailer, on social media, it has received a lot of negative responses, John in conversation with IANS opens up on his thoughts.
'Dynamite', BTS's 1st English-language track, crosses 1.3 bn YouTube views
Released in August 2020, the chartbuster single reached the milestone in just over a year, according to a report by Yonhap quoting Big Hit Music, the agency that represents BTS. ‘Dynamite’ has become BTS’ third ever music video to cross these many views on Youtube.
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard relationship breakdown to be spotlighted in documentary
Discovery+ will film a documentary 'Johnny vs Amber' that will give the fans both sides of the reality, revealed deadline.com report. The report also said that both the actors will be sharing their viewpoints in a two-part documentary, giving a clear picture of what each of them felt.
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