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The walkout by writers and screen stars won’t affect just the US film industry but production in UK and Europe There will be no fresh helpings of The White Lotus, The Last of Us or even Emily in Paris beaming into front rooms when summer fades. Nor will a screen version of the musical Wicked , starring Ariana Grande, be showing in your local cinema in the spring. And all shooting on Gladiator 2 in Morocco is likely to be indefinitely paused. Already, the wails are almost audible. On this, the first weekend of the American screen actors’ strike , the level of frustration registered by film and TV drama fans around the world has dwarfed earlier reactions to the equivalent writers’ strike, running since the beginning of May. Continue reading... from Film | The Guardian https://ift.tt/DPKB7pf via IFTTT

Several films have been shot in the beautiful locales of Kashmir for several decades. However, after the rise of militancy in 1990, theatres in the state were shut down. Things improved last year after Inox opened the first-ever multiplex in Srinagar on September 20. Around the same time, on September 18, 2022, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated Multipurpose Cinema Halls, located in Pulwama and Shopian districts. A company called Jadooz is managing these halls. Yesterday, on July 14, Manoj Sinha similarly inaugurated two more Multipurpose Cinema Halls, one in Baramulla and one at Handwara. Just like the Pulwama and Shopian theatres, these newly opened theatres will also be run by Jadooz and will have a cafe, conference and seminar facilities. According to reports, both the theatres are 100-seaters. It has also come to light that Pathaan (2023), starring Shah Rukh Khan, will be the first film to play in these two new theatres. The videos of Manoj Sinha inaugurating the Baram

The Thick of It creator will collaborate with actor Sean Foley on first authorised adaptation of director’s 1964 apocalyptic comedy Stanley Kubrick’s classic film Dr Strangelove is to be adapted for the stage for the first time. The 1964 apocalyptic comedy , about a rogue US general who triggers a nuclear crisis and puts the world on the verge of catastrophe when he orders an attack on the Soviet Union, will be adapted by Armando Iannucci, the writer and broadcaster known for political satires including the TV series The Thick of It and the film In the Loop, and the Olivier award-winning actor Sean Foley. Foley will also direct. Continue reading... from Film | The Guardian https://ift.tt/OAKHV1j via IFTTT

Rahul Roy achieved great stardom after the release of his debut film Aashiqui. The film was a huge commercial success and Roy's performance was critically acclaimed. He was hailed as the new heartthrob of Bollywood and went on to star in several other popular films. While reflecting on the same, in an exclusive conversation with Bollywood Hungama, Roy spoke about his life after becoming a star. When asked if the stardom changed anything in him, Roy immediately said, “No.” He further added, “During the peak of my stardom, I didn't have many friends. People came and went, and I was left with acquaintances. I have always been an introverted person, and stardom didn't change that. I am still the same person.” For the unversed, in the same interview, Rahul had revealed that no one approached him for 6 months before the release of Aashiqui. However, after the release of the Mahesh Bhatt directorial, he signed 47 films within 11 days. Coming back to his professional front, the

Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor has been busy with the promotional schedule of Bawaal. Amid this, the actress was supposed to kick off the New Delhi schedule of her next film Ulajh soon. However, the ongoing flood crisis in Delhi has led to the postponement of the shoot. According to Hindustan Times, a source revealed, “The whole team with Kapoor were to come to Delhi on July 10, everything was set. But they pushed the plan because the whole situation changed in a matter of a few days because of the rain, leading to a flood crisis.” The source further said. “And that is the reason they didn’t have any other option but to push the shoot. They were supposed to shoot in old Delhi, Red Fort, Qutub Minar, other monuments, at Lajpat Nagar market and area. They had an extensive plan to shoot in South Delhi too. And it is impossible at the moment, and keeping everyone’s safety in mind, the team pushed the plan. However, they have not decided to change the location. They will come to shoot in

Streamer’s meme-magnet horror has spawned a Spanish edition and while it loses out from a lack of Sandra Bullock, it gains a nifty, nasty twist With the overwhelming majority of Netflix films now being tossed into the ether without even the faintest of fanfare, it’s hard to remember just what a stir the streamer’s slick survival horror Bird Box caused back in December 2018 . It was the platform’s first genuine blockbuster, racking up record views (it remains the fourth most watched film ever on Netflix) and becoming a shock pop culture phenomenon spawning countless memes and the dreaded, deranged Bird Box Challenge. Yet as loud as the chatter might have been at the time, it went quiet just as fast, talks of a sequel fading as star Sandra Bullock soon spoke of temporary retirement. A barely visible cultural imprint and an uninterested leading lady be damned with the streamer hoping that almost five years later, enough people are able to remember a universe that most critics were happy

In 2013, Oscar-winning music composer A. R. Rahman, renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and serial entrepreneur late Samir Bangara came together to discover and nurture talents from Dharavi, besides helping them showcase it to the world with the launch of a not-for-profit organization, The Dharavi Dream Project (TDDP). Embarking on its’ 10th year, TDDP will be launching Dharavi’s very first state-of-the-art recording facility on Founder’s Day which falls on the 15th of July as a tribute to late Samir Bangara. In a bid to place the power and ownership back in the hands of the talent, the recording studio with its quality infrastructure and global sound systems, will join forces exclusively with global music mogul Badshah for mentoring and empowering the talents at TDDP. Prepped to be a ground-breaking and monumental moment that celebrates and empowers the under-resourced hip-hop talent housed in Asia’s largest ghetto, the recording studio aims to set a benchmark within the homegrown hip h

There has been a whole lot of buzz about director Subhash Ghai, who has been away from the scene for long, doing a sequel to his 1993 film Khal Nayak. All untrue, sadly. So no reprise to Madhuri Dixit’s ‘Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai’? “Not that I am aware of. I don’t think a sequel to Khal Nayak is possible after so long,” laughed the ever-affable Jackie Shroff, who played an upright cop named Ram Kumar in Khal Nayak. Jackie confirms that his character in the film was based on Rama in the Ramayan while Sanjay Dutt played a variation on Ravana. Jackie said, “If you look at our cinema, fifty percent of it is based on the Ramayan. It is our most beloved story.” While shooting down any possibility of a Khal Nayak sequel, Jackie lets out that he will be starting a new film Subhash Ghai soon. “It’s a film called Salaakhen. I think he wants to start it in October. Working with Subhash Ghai is like coming home,” said Jackie. Jackie Shroff was seen in as many as five Bollywood films last year in

Veteran Marathi and Hindi film actor Ravindra Mahajani was found dead yesterday in his rented apartment at Talegaon Dabhade, which is on the outskirts of Pune. He was 77. As per reports, Mahajani was staying in the rented apartment alone for about eight months. Reports also stated that Mahajani’s neighbours contacted the police on Friday evening after they noticed a foul smell from his apartment. As the door was locked, the police had to break open the door. After entering the house, they found Mahajani’s dead body. As per a report in Indian Express, the police suspect that the death might have occurred two or three days before the body was found. After informing the family of the deceased, the police sent the body for post-mortem to determine the cause of death. Mahajani started acting in Marathi films from the mid-1970s after making his debut with V Shantaram’s Zunj (1975). Some of his other noteworthy films include Mumbaicha Fauzdar, Kalat Nakalat, Devta, Gondhalat Gondhal, Jeeva

With the thirteenth season of Khatron Ke Khiladi, Rohit Shetty will be back as the host of the reality show. Featuring several TV celebs, the show will kick off today. Prior to that, the director did several interviews where he talked about the show and even about his last release Cirkus which failed at the box office. Starring Ranveer Singh, Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez among others, the film faired poorly at the box office.  Shetty said that he made Cirkus during the pandemic keeping the audience in mind at the time. “I know what we did. We, obviously, went wrong somewhere. It was made right after Sooryavanshi and in the middle of the pandemic for the workers. It was a small film meant for the audience of that time,” the filmmaker said to India Today.  The filmmaker added that it was the same audience that made Sooryavanshi a hit during the pandemic. He said that he takes ownership of the failure and such failures ground you. “Every 5 years, you are grounded by such failures,”