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Veteran Japanese actor Yakusho Koji will be feted with the prestigious lifetime achievement honor at the 18th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. Yakusho, who won best actor at Cannes in 2023 for Wim Wenders‘ “Perfect Days,” becomes the third Japanese recipient of the Afa’s highest accolade, following director Yamada Yoji (2008) and actress Kiki Kirin (2016).

A former civil servant who first ventured into Taiga drama (long-running TV series broadcast by Nhk), then played in several films by Kurosawa Akira, Yakusho became a major 1990s star in Asia as a result of “Shall We Dance?,” in which he portrayed a ball room dancer, and “Lost Paradise.” He also starred in Itami Juzo’s “Tampopo.”

The honor recognizes Yakusho’s four decades of contributions to cinema. The acclaimed performer was nominated four times and has previously nabbed the Afa best actor trophy twice — for “The Blood of Wolves” (2018) and “Perfect Days...

Chandu Champion Gets An Exciting Boost At The Theatres(Photo Credit –YouTube)

Kartik Aaryan has established himself in the comedy genre and is now trying to do the same in drama. After Freddy and Dhamaka, Kartik is gearing up for the release of yet another drama, Chandu Champion. The movie is set to release tomorrow. Kartik will bring forth the story of India’s first Paralympic gold medalist, Murlikant Petkar. The film was made under Sajid Nadiadwala’s house, Nadiadwala Grandsons Entertainment, and the makers want to make sure a maximum number of people visit the theatres to watch this biographical sports drama, so they have announced a special ticket price for Friday. Scroll below for the deets.

Kartik underwent a drastic transformation in his role in the movie. Kabir Khan directed the film, which he wrote along with Sumit Arora and Sudipto Sarkar. In addition to Kartik, the upcoming movie also features Bhuvan Arora,...

Bollywood actor Jimmy Sheirgill was compared to ‘The Last of Us’ star Pedro Pascal by a user on social media.

The user on Twitter, shared a picture of Jimmy and Pascal. The user placed the picture side by side for comparison. In the image, the Bollywood actor is seen sporting a moustache.

The user captioned the image: “Mom said Pedro Pascal looks like Jimmy Shergill, and now I’m kinda confused.”

Jimmy re-tweeted the post and sent a sweet message. He wrote: “My regards to her” and added a folded hands and smiley face emoji.”

On the work front, the 52-year-old Bollywood actor was last seen in Sudipto Sarkar’s ‘Operation Mayfair’.

He began his film career with the 1996 thriller ‘Maachis’. Later, the actor was seen in film such as ‘Mohabbatein’, ‘Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai’, ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.’, ‘Hum Tum’, ‘A Wednesday!’, ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, ‘Special 26’, ‘My Name Is Khan...

Scipl, Vedant Films, and Farmcove are all set to release an investigative mystery ‘Operation Mayfair’ featuring Jimmy Shergil in the lead role on 24th March 2023.

A Sudipto Sarkar directorial, this police-drama thriller is set in UK, the trailer of which is now out.

The film also stars, Ankur Bhatia, Vedieka Dutt, Hritiqa Chheber, Sneha Singh, and Anjali Sharma. Revolving around a police detective in London Met police, who in his illustrious career, the only case that he could not solve was “Operation Mayfair”; about a mysterious serial killer which looks quite promising.

India’s Amit Sadh is a busy actor these days with a streaming series due imminently, another in the works and two feature films.

Season 2 of psychological thriller “Breathe: Into the Shadows,” created by Mayank Sharma and produced by Abundantia Entertainment for Amazon Prime Video, sees Sadh’s police officer on the trail of an antagonist with an alter ego, played by Abhishek Bachchan. The series, a spin-off from 2018 series “Breathe,” which also featured Sadh’s character, continues where the first season left off.

“When I read the script I said it is the best – it is pacier, it is faster, it is meaner, it is darker and it has the right amount of thrill and realism and great visuals which look big and fascinating,” Sadh told Variety. “And that’s why we chose to be in the business of movies. We are here to, of course, get challenged with the work that we do,...