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Mumbai, Dec 26 (Ians) Within a few days of winning the Test series against Bangladesh, India will embark on a white-ball series against Sri Lanka, starting the New Year with a blockbuster series.

The year will see some of the biggest spectacles in world cricket take the stage and Team India has a blockbuster line-up of cricketing action which is sure to capture fans across the country.

The Men in Blue kick off the New Year with a crucial series as they take on Asia Cup 2022 champions – Sri Lanka. Viewers and fans will be treated to three T20 Internationals against Sri Lanka, which will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar beginning on January 3, 2023.

Augmenting the entire experience, Star Sports, the official broadcasters of the tournament, released its promo that puts fans at the core of the film.

The promo, created and conceptualised by the in-house team at Disney Star,...

Guneet Monga, producer of successful films like Gangs of Wasseypur, The Lunchbox and Shaitan among others, has clarified all rumors about her upcoming film Side Hero. Lately, there have been rumors circulating that the casting for Side Hero has been finalized. In response to this, Guneet recently squashed all such rumors through her Twitter post promising a big announcement once the cast has been locked in.

Guneet Monga, the producer & CEO at Sikhya Entertainment & Akfpl posted on her social networking page, “To put rumors to rest, No One has been cast for Side Hero directed by @Vasan_Bala as yet. As soon as we do, we’ll be the 1st to announce it.”

Side Hero is a martial arts film that will be directed by Vasan Bala who has previously written Hindi dialogues for The Lunchbox, and is the co-writer for Anurag Kashyap’s upcoming film Bombay Velvet.

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Peddlers-director Vasan Bala has been selected for Sundance Screenwriters Lab with his project Side Hero. The film revolves around a teenager who lives by the codes of his beloved kung fu movies but must find his own way when he discovers that he may never get to be the hero.

Bala’s debut feature Peddlers had premiered at the Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

Sundance Institute announced the 13 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from May 26 through June 26.

Projects and participants selected are from the United States, Brazil, Europe, China, India, Vietnam and Mexico.

The other Screenwriter Lab fellows are: Ana Lily Amirpour, The Bad Batch (U.S.A.); Karrie Crouse and Will Joines, Dust(U.S.A.); Fernando Frias, I’m Already Not Here (U.S.A. / Mexico); and Hong Khaou,...

Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment is producing Amit Kumar’s Give Me Blood and Vasan Bala’s Side Hero.

Sikhya produced Bala’s Peddlers, which premiered at Cannes Critics Weeks last year, and was also a co-producer on Kumar’s last film Monsoon Shootout, which premiered in official selection at Cannes 2013.

“Side Hero is a slice-of-life comedy which is in the last stages of discussion on finance and cast. We are locking the script of Give Me Blood and will begin to look for international co-producers soon,” said Monga.

Give Me Blood, about two Indian soldiers serving in the British Indian army during World War II, was selected for Film Bazaar’s Co-production Market last year.

Like every year, Bollywood had an eccentric mix bag of movies to offer us in 2012. Some expected hits, some near misses, some total disappointments, some surprise hits. While the flavor of the year was definitely South movie remakes, we did have some pretty interesting and entertaining films this year. We now present our picks for the ten best movies of 2012! And like always, do let us know which movies you thought should have made the list!

10. Ishaqzaade

Romance has always been Bollywood’s forte, and it is sad that we have hardly had any decent love stories in the past few years. This desi Romeo-Juliet gave us a pair to root for, for us to want them to win against all odds. Parineeti and Arjun’s performances and chemistry made up for the flaws in the script.

9. Gangs of Wasseypur (1 & 2)

With no big stars to boast of, Gow worked purely on its amazing performances,...

There was a time when Amitabh Bachchan felt the heat of the Shiv Sena. But now the scenario is totally different. Uddhav Thakeray is quite impressed with Big B’s new release ‘Rann’ and praised the film as well his performance. If on one hand Shahrukh Khan is at the gun point of Shiv Sena then on the other hand Big B is at the good book of the party.Bachchan writes, "Uddhav Thakeray calls. He has just come out of the theatre after 'Rann' and is not able to find appropriate words to describe his appreciation for the film and the performance. Minutes later Bala Saheb calls. 'I want to see this film. Come and show it to ...