CONFIRMED: S S Rajamouli-Mahesh Babu-Priyanka Chopra's film titled Varanasi

S S Rajamouli recently released Baahubali: The Epic, which was a combined version of Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017). November is here and all his focus is on his upcoming ambitious film, starring Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra and Prithviraj Sukumaran. There are reports that the name of the film, which is referred to as SSMB29, is Globetrotter. A few reports reveal that the film has been titled Varanasi. Bollywood Hungama has learned that the team of the film has locked a title. A source told us, “The name of the film is indeed Varanasi. It is said that the title rights were with somebody, but S S Rajamouli’s team reached out and secured the rights.” The source further said, “It is an apt title as per the story of the film. Hence, they were very keen on naming their film Varanasi.” Reports also state that a grand announcement event will be held on November 15 in Ramoji Rao Film City, Hyderabad. Along with S S Rajamouli, Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Cho...

The loss of actor Lee Sun-kyun casts a chill shadow over Korea’s film world | Peter Bradshaw

Lee, who has died aged 48, was a homegrown star who graduated to global fame in the multi-award-winning Parasite

K-class, K-prestige and K-artistry found their apogee in the movies with Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning 2019 smash Parasite – and this colossally successful South Korean social satire certainly found a place for one of that country’s biggest stars.

In his 40s and in his prime, with a string of blue-chip movie credits and a home-turf household name due to his TV work, Lee Sun-kyun displayed in Parasite his discreet charisma and sleek movie-star handsomeness with a sexual presence that could be dialled up or down.

It was a supporting role, and his character – destined here to be upstaged – was the karmic opposite of the star, Song Kang-ho, who played Kim, the rackety head of a predatory family of petty criminals who infiltrate a wealthy household as an apparently unrelated bunch of live-in servants. Their employer is Mr Park, played by Lee, a well-to-do man with a picture-perfect lifestyle who is, perhaps, Jekyll to Kim’s Hyde, but Lee’s performance radiated a kind of smugness in the glamour.

Fans of Lee might well have savoured the residual aura of sexuality that he brought with him – from movies where he played a married man having (or ambiguously about to have) a forbidden relationship.

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