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Pitta Kathalu Trailer Out! Shruti Haasan, Lakshmi Manchu & Others Tell Stories Of Betrayal, Love & Desire

Pitta Kathalu Trailer Out! Shruti Haasan, Lakshmi Manchu & Others Tell Stories Of Betrayal, Love & Desire

The trailer of Pitta Kathalu, Netflix’s four-part Telugu anthology drama, was released on Friday. All four short films are women-centric, and they revolve around the challenges women face while navigating complications of relationships. Lust, innocence, power dynamics and rearview mirror wisdom on life, Pitta Kathalu seems to have tackled love and human relationships from various perspectives. This anthology film is a result of the coming together of four refreshing and dynamic Telugu filmmakers: Tharun Bhascker, B.V. Nandini Reddy, Nag Ashwin and Sankalp Reddy. The lead cast includes Amala Paul, Ashwin Kakumanu, Eesha Rebba, Jagapathi Babu, Lakshmi Manchu, Saanvi Megghana, Sanjith…
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Indian documentary ‘Writing with Fire’ wins audience award at Sundance Film Festival

Indian documentary ‘Writing with Fire’ wins audience award at Sundance Film Festival

Amid internet shutdown at the National Capital’s borders, where farmers are protesting against the farm bills, and concerns are being raised regarding freedom of speech, a documentary film by a Delhi-based duo on grassroots journalism has won two awards at the just-concluded prestigious Sundance Film Festival 2021, presented by the non-profit Sundance Institute in the US. At the virtual award ceremony on Tuesday night, remotely hosted by actor-comic Patton Oswalt, Writing with Fire — written, directed, produced and edited by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh — picked up the Special Jury Award: Impact for Change and Audience Award, among the…
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Actor Mahie Gill to reunite with Abhay Deol in 1962 The War In The Hills

Actor Mahie Gill to reunite with Abhay Deol in 1962 The War In The Hills

Mahie Gill has joined the cast Disney+Hotstar series 1962: The War In The Hills, the streaming platform announced on Thursday. The series will mark a reunion between Gill and actor Abhay Deol after they featured together in Anurag Kashyap’s 2009 blockbuster movie Dev D. 1962: The War In The Hills, directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, is set against the backdrop of the 1962 India-China War. Gill, whose film credits include movies such as Gulaal, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster and Dabangg series, will essay the role of Shagun Singh, the wife of Deol’s character. The show is inspired by true events that…
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Popular singer Shreya Ghoshal’s Angana Morey leaves a soothing effect on the listener

Popular singer Shreya Ghoshal’s Angana Morey leaves a soothing effect on the listener

Popular singer Shreya Ghoshal’s latest single “Angana Morey” is out. The melodious track leaves a soothing effect on the listener and is the perfect song to start one’s day. “Angana Morey” has been sung, composed and written by Shreya Ghoshal, with music production by her brother Soumyadeep Ghoshal. The video of “Angana Morey”, directed by Nazeef Mohammed, focuses on Shreya while telling a story through contemporary dance forms. Soumyadeep also appears in the video. “The song is Shreya’s contemporary interpretation of the girl longing for her beloved, deeply in love for each other, but away from her. The raag, the…
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It’s a wrap for Priyadarshan’s Hungama 2

It’s a wrap for Priyadarshan’s Hungama 2

Filmmaker Priyadarshan on Monday said he has finished shooting his upcoming comedy Hungama 2, starring Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan, Pranitha Subhash, Ashutosh Rana, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever and Tiku Talsania. Hungama 2 is a sequel to Priyadarshan’s hit comedy film Hungama, which also starred Rawal along with Shoma Anand, Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, and Rimi Sen. The director said it was challenging to make a “more entertaining” second part after the success of the original, which released back in 2003. “Even after so many years, Hungama is still fresh in audiences’ mind and it was a challenge…
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Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma and cricketer Virat Kohli name their daughter Vamika

Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma and cricketer Virat Kohli name their daughter Vamika

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have revealed the name of their first child. The couple has named their daughter Vamika. Anushka Sharma took to Instagram and wrote, “”We have lived together with love, presence and gratitude as a way of life but this little one Vamika ❤️ has taken it to a whole new level! Tears, laughter, worry, bliss – emotions that have been experienced in a span of minutes sometimes! Sleep is elusive 😛 but our hearts are SO full ❤️ Thanking you all for your wishes, prayers and good energy 🤗.” Virat Kohli posted an adorable comment on…
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Actor Taapsee Pannu begins training for the Mithali Raj biopic Shabaash Mithu

Actor Taapsee Pannu begins training for the Mithali Raj biopic Shabaash Mithu

Taapsee Pannu on Wednesday said she has started training for her upcoming film Shabaash Mithu, a biopic on Indian cricketer Mithali Raj. The 33-year-old actor, who wrapped up shooting for Rashmi Rocket on Monday, dives straight into her next film, in which she essays the role of the Indian women’s cricket captain. Pannu took to social media to share a photo from her training session. “And romance with the bat n the ball has begun…. long way to go but a good start is half job done :) This is going to be another milestone of sorts…. For our captain…
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Sai Pallavi’s Love Story to release on April 16

Sai Pallavi’s Love Story to release on April 16

Love Story, starring Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Sai Pallavi in the lead roles, is set to hit cinema halls on April 16. The makers of the movie announced the release date on Monday evening. The film will clash with Nani’s Tuck Jagadish, which is also hitting theatres on the same date. Production house Sri Venkateswara Cinemas LLP took to their Twitter handle and announced the release date with a new poster featuring the lead actors. “The world of #LoveStory in theatres on April 16th,” they captioned the image. Love Story was supposed to release in the summer of 2020, but…
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Actor and former Jayashree Ramaiah dies by suicide

Actor and former Jayashree Ramaiah dies by suicide

Actor Bigg Boss Kannada contestant Jayashree Ramaiah died by suicide at her residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning. According to Bengaluru Police, the actor was found hanging in a room at her residence in Pragathi layout in Magadi road in the city. The body of the actor has been sent for postmortem, and the police have started the investigation. Jayashree Ramaiah had last year made headlines when she shared an alarming post on Facebook. The actor on July 22, 2020 shared a post on her Facebook account saying, “I quit. Goodbye to this f*****g world and depression.” However, Jayashree later…
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Number of minutes don’t matter, impact you leave does: Taapsee Pannu as Baby clocks 6 years

Number of minutes don’t matter, impact you leave does: Taapsee Pannu as Baby clocks 6 years

Taapsee Pannu on Saturday advised young and aspiring actors to not focus on the length of their roles in a project as she celebrated six years of espionage thriller Baby. Before entering Hindi cinema, the 33-year-old actor starred in Telugu and Tamil films. She forayed into Bollywood with David Dhawan’s Chashme Baddoor, but her seven-minute-long role as Shabana Khan in Neeraj Pandey’s Baby acted as a turning point in her career. Pannu said it is important for an artiste to make the most of the screen time they get. “Dear actors, Number of minutes don’t matter, the impact u leave…
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