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In 2022, upon the release of “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” Anurag Kashyap a close friend and collaborator of director Vasan Bala noted that Alia Bhatt is the new Bacchan. Bala, who we all know is fascinated by pop culture and how it shapes the narrative of the present, past, and future of cinema itself, must have taken the comment quite literally. With “Jigra,” his third directorial venture (fourth if you consider the unreleased “Peddlers“) Bala has a bigger budget and even greater star power in his kitty.

The usually dependable Alia Bhatt stars as Satya, an orphan who had made herself into such a rock-solid young woman that her meditative gaze can get any shit done. Early on in her life, she witnessed the tragic suicide of her father when she and her younger sibling Ankur (later played by Vedang Raina) returned from school one day. It’s obvious that ever since that day,...

Over the weekend, one of our most anticipated films of the year dropped an absolutely incredible trailer. TIFF Midnight Madness award winner, Vasan Bala (Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota / The Man Who Feels No Pain) returns to the big screen with Jigra, a big budget thriller starring Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi) and relative Vedang Raina (Netflix's The Archies) in his feature film debut.  Produced by the legendary Dharma Productions studio in Mumbai, Jigra will be Vasan Bala's fourth feature overall, but his first to get international theatrical distribution, an incredibly exciting prospect that will hopefully put the filmmaker on some new radars as a talent to follow. Back in 2012, Bala's debut feature, Peddlers, was a Cannes Critics Week selection back in 2012, but...

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The second half of 2024 promises to be an exciting time for movie lovers, with several major films set to release, including Jigra, starring Alia Bhatt. On Thursday, Alia shared a new poster of the Vasan Bala directorial on her social media, revealing her intense look.

In the poster, Alia appears rugged, wearing dark pants and a soiled shirt paired with a survival vest. She holds a hammer and tools, looking surprised as she stares into the distance. Her caption read, “Kahaani bahut lambi hai aur bhai ke paas waqt bahut bahut kam,” alluding to the film’s theme of sibling love.

Jigra poster: Alia Bhatt holds hammer and says, “Tu mere protection mein hain”

Fans and fellow actors like Janhvi Kapoor praised the poster, with many expressing their excitement for the film’s teaser. Alia also shared Vedang Raina’s poster from the movie, captioned, “Tu mere protection mein hai,...

Radhikka Madan, a talented actress who transitioned from television to films, recently shared her thoughts on the industry’s perception of TV actors. In an exclusive interview with PeepingMoon, Madan emphasized that an actor is an actor, regardless of the medium. However, she revealed that she faced demotivation from people in the television industry during her transition.

Madan, known for her roles in TV shows like “Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi” and reality show “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8”, made a successful Bollywood debut with “Pataakha” and has since appeared in films like “Angrezi Medium”, “Shiddat”, and “Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota”. Her latest film, “Sarfira”, co-stars Akshay Kumar.

When asked about her journey, Madan expressed gratitude and pride in her growth as a human being and an artist. She hopes to continue learning and exploring new roles, aiming to live many lives through her characters.

Madan also shared her unexpected entry into acting,...

Actor Gulshan Devaiah, who is known for ‘Shaitan’, ‘Hunterrr’, ‘Ghost Stories’ and ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’, is set to star in an upcoming action series.

The series marks his second project in the action genre after the Vasan Bala directorial ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’ in which he played dual characters of Karate Mani and Jimmy.

Talking about the project, the actor said: “After ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’, this is perhaps the most action I’ve had to do for any project. The sequences are designed to be fun and entertaining.”

The details with regards to the yet-to-be-titled series have been kept under the wraps.

He added: “I am really enjoying this new experience and trying to find my own way of pulling off such stylised fight sequences. I wouldn’t say it’s easy, oh no, but what’s the fun in doing easy things.”

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Mumbai, June 1 (Ians) Actor Gulshan Devaiah, who is receiving a lot of positive response for his work in the recently released streaming series ‘Dahaad’, feels that as the world gets upgraded with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (Ml) with the former taking over creative jobs, it is his responsibility to supports the artistes financially in lieu of their work.

Recently, Bengaluru-based caricature artiste Prasad Bhat, who is the founder of Graphicurry, reached out to Gulshan to pay a tribute to him as an actor, by caricaturing some of his iconic characters.

The actor could not accept it for free. Touched by the gesture, Gulshan commissioned the work from the artiste.

Talking about the same, Gulshan said” “If I really like something then I’m willing to pay for it. I’m very grateful & privileged to receive offers from artists to make me something for free but it’s their...

Mumbai, April 17 (Ians) ‘Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!’ actress Radhika Apte spoke about how the show ‘Saas Bahu aur Flamingo’ pushed her limits as an actor and gave her creative freedom to experiment as an artist. She said that the show is all about giving a new dimension to a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, which has not been thought of before.

She said: “Action has fascinated me ever since my first film ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’, wherein I tried my hand at the genre. It is an exhilarating experience to feel the adrenaline rush that comes with action and the world that Homi Adajania has created with ‘Saas Bahu aur Flamingo’ really excites me.”

Radhika, who is known for ‘Raat akeli Hai’, ‘Monica, O My Darling’, and an American film ‘A Call To Spy’, further shared that she enjoyed playing an unapologetic and audacious character on screen.

She added: “You know,...

A new set of stills released on Monday from the Rajkummar Rao and Huma Qureshi-starrer ‘Monica, O My Darling’, set to be streamed on Netflix, shows the ‘Maharani’ star looking strikingly different from her Rabri Devi-inspired homemaker-turned-Chief Minister character in the SonyLIV series.

Sharing the picture on Instagram, Huma wrote in the caption: “Reason to watch. Iska story achcha hai.”

The film is a neo-noir crime-drama thriller directed by Vasan Bala, who has earlier made films like ‘Peddlers’ and ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’, and has served as Anurag Kashyap’s associate on his films in the past.

The team of ‘Monica, O My Darling’ joined Films Day and spoke to the audience about working together, the unique genre and what went behind the making of the film.

Commenting on the occasion, Vasan Bala said: “‘Monica, O My Darling’ has been a dream project for me and we...

Touted as the biggest masala entertainer of the year, Abhimanyu Dassani’s Nikamma has created a huge buzz amongst the audience. Packaged with action, romance, comedy and drama, Abhimanyu Dassani encompasses all elements for the ideal massy hero, a space ruled by Govinda in the 80s and 90s.

Preparing for his role, Abhimanyu Dassani re-watched a lot of Govinda films to get into the skin of his character.

Sharing about his preparation process for Nikamma the actor said, “The genre of this film is so different from the other genres that I’ve done. I definitely needed a lot of workshops with Sabbir sir, to cater to this character. I watched a lot of commercial cinema , I really enjoyed re-watching a lot of Govinda sir’s films. He’s supremely talented and I enjoyed my afternoons, re-watching his films.”

Driven by Abhimanyu Dassani’s character Adi, Nikamma reveals the story of a young,...

Huma Qureshi, one of the stars of Zack Snyder’s Netflix film “Army of the Dead,” has wrapped the shoot of anti-body-shaming film “Double Xl.”

Qureshi, who stars in the film alongside Sonakshi Sinha, also debuts as a producer via her company Elemen3. Satram Ramani (“Helmet”) directs.

“In all cultures there are ways in which we try and standardize beauty and we try and almost tell young young girls, that [if] you don’t adhere to a certain body type, you are not beautiful, cherished, you’re not special, you’re not valued,” Qureshi told Variety. “Why do we not see models representing real women’s bodies? Why do we not see actresses of all shapes and sizes? They exist, so why are you not seeing that on the big screen? Because what it leads to is a lot of young women and men grow up with complexes as if they’re not good enough.

Radhika Madan, star of 2018 Toronto winner “The Man Who Feels No Pain,” will play the lead in acclaimed Indian filmmaker Sudhanshu Saria’s “Sanaa.”

The film, a social drama, follows a headstrong and ambitious girl who is raging against an internal battle that is rooted in unhealed trauma.

Saria is writing, directing and producing via his Four Line Entertainment outfit.

Saria said: “I’ve always believed in making films that are ambitious in quality and rich in story and messaging. I’ve nurtured this dream for seven years and I couldn’t be more excited that Radhika Madan agreed to bring my titular character to life. The film is a powerful conversation starter and I hope it resonates with audiences worldwide. I hope the film makes it harder for people to judge women.”

Madan added” “As an actor, I’m always looking to play impactful characters that make a difference.

Welcome back to a new Let’s Scare Bryan to Death! This month we’re talking to Lindsay Traves, a horror/Batman/lotsa stuff expert who has bylines all over town, including Comics Gaming Magazine, Bloody Disgusting, Grim Journal, and of course right here at Daily Dead. She’s also stepped into co-hosting duties for The Pod and the Pendulum, a “weekly podcast covering every horror movie franchise, one movie and one episode at a time.”

For this month’s movie, Traves finally got me to dive into a film with a rabid following and a Gif that serves as Thirst Twitter’s answer to “do you read Sutter Cane?” I’m talking, of course, about Adam Wingard’s 2014 action/slasher hybrid, The Guest. The film follows a mysterious soldier named David (Dan Stevens), who shows up at the doorstep of the Peterson family claiming to be a friend of their late son Caleb,...

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“The Masked Talent,” a new format from Korea’s Mbc, creators of global hit “The Masked Singer,” is currently in production.

Unlike the celebrity-driven “The Masked Singer” and spin-off “The Masked Dancer,” where the focus is on who is behind the mask, “The Masked Talent” is a non-celebrity masked audition format concentrating on singing skills and talents. Two episodes, to be broadcast on the Mbc channel during the Chuseok Korean Thanksgiving holidays, invites the audience to participate.

“The purpose of the show is to present the audience with the unique experience to become the masked hero and perform their showmanship,” said Park Jeong-Kyu, chief producer of “The Masked Singer” and “The Masked Talent.” “With prejudice and bias out of the way, the contestants will be judged solely by their genuine voice and talent.”

The show was co-developed by Mbc and France’s Herve Hubert, the production house for the French “Mask Singer,...

Internationally acclaimed debutant Abhimanyu Dassani created a splash across the globe with his first film 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' with multiple accolades all over the world even before its release in India. Continuing the winning streak, Abhimanyu Dassani yet again makes India proud with an international honour by bagging a spot in the '40 Best Action / Martial Arts Movies of the Decade'.

Expressing his gratitude, Abhimanyu took to social media saying, "Grateful to be part of this adventure as my debut...

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Mumbai, March 19 (Ians) Actress Radhika Madan has made a mark as a Bollywood actress with her roles in "Angrezi Medium", "Pataakha" and "Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota". However, before her film debut in 2018, she was a well-known television star.

Talking about her transition from television to films, the actress said it was important to shed the ego that comes with television stardom.

"In television, fame comes really quickly, so you get the ego boost really quickly. Once the ego is high up there and you want to start with films, I don't think a lot of people are ready to bring their ego down and start as a student," she told Ians.

Was it easy for her to leave her ego behind? "I wouldn't have survived otherwise. It's a different medium. The dialogues are different, the delivery scenes are different. Now you are sitting a dark room...

Actor Gulshan Devaiah says the greatest fear for an actor is to be forgotten and become irrelevant.

"The forgotten become irrelevant and that's the greatest fear for an actor. This can be anybody's reality. It's a tough business. It kills the mind, breaks the spirit of people & yet we come flocking in the thousands. Best wishes to Mr Samir Khakhar & everyone else who's an actor," Gulshan tweeted on Saturday.

His post comes as a reaction to a post which stated that "Samir Khakhar who played the role of Khopdi in Nukkad is looking for work".

The forgotten become irrelevant & that’s the greatest fear for an actor. This can be anybody’s reality. It’s a tough business. It kills the mind, breaks the sprit of people & yet we come flocking in the thousands. Best wishes to Mr Samir Khakhar & everyone else who’s an actor. https://t.co/wdfSmvJaIO

— Gulshan Devaiah (@gulshandevaiah) January 2, 2021

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Mumbai, Dec 2 (Ians) Actress Mrunal Thakur says she likes to pick her roles based on stories and emotions, and not on the star quotient associated with the projects.

"Every co-star offers you a unique perspective. From some it's experience, from some it's the craft and from some it's their raw energy," Mrunal said.

"I worked with Abhimanyu (Dassani) in 'Aankh Micholi' and he was such a hoot in 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota'. There's so much raw energy in him that he is capable of holding the scene all by himself. In 'Pippa', I will work with Ishaan Khatter and Priyanshu Painyuli, both of whom are just exemplary at what they do. In the end, I choose a film based on how brilliant the story is and how it will help me further my acting and better my craft. We live in times when content is king," she added.

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Mumbai, Oct 24 (Ians) Actor Gulshan Devaiah feels recent controversies, related to allegations of Bollywood-drug trade nexus as well as nepotism charges, which have been surrounding the film fraternity, do not bother him.

"Without taking names, I want to say that the controversies and generalisation that have defamed our film industry in the recent past do not bother me. What bothers me is the people who are raising their voice with a huge amount of insincerity. If you know that you are an influential voice of the film industry, will you not check your own words before uttering them? That is why I have difficulty trusting them. The audience that is observing the toxicity, should sit back and try to understand who is benefitting from these controversies? As an audience, are you?" said the actor.

Gulshan has managed to make his mark in the entertainment industry across mediums.

The Screenwriters Association (formerly Film Writers’ Association) is a trade union of screenwriters and lyricists who write Films, TV and Digital Media in India with a membership of over 25,000 writers. Recently, the Screenwriters Association (Swa), the Indian guild of screenwriters and lyricists, announced the first ever Swa Awards. Swa is holding the first ever Swa Awards on the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee year in 2020. The final winners will be announced in an online awards ceremony on September 27, 2020.

A jury comprising of eminent screenwriters selected five feature films under each of the sub-categories: Best Story, Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue and Best Debut Writer. Together, the nominations are divided among 10 Hindi language feature films released in 2019. For the purpose of selection of nominees, the Swa Awards Committee accessed 167 of 223 Hindi language feature films released in theatres and on Ott platforms in 2019. A jury comprising of screenwriters such as Ashok Mishra, Atul Tiwari,...

Actor Gulshan Devaiah says the problem with accepting depression as a disease is that a lot of people consider it to be a state of mind.

"There is a problem with accepting depression as a disease because most people think depression is a state of mind, or it is an emotion. Like, if I proposed to a girl and she turned me down and I say 'I am depressed', and (treat) depression as a state of mind," Gulshan Devaiah told Ians.

"Depression is used as an expression to express something. But when you are diagnosed with depression, by a mental health practitioner or by a certified doctor, then that is an illness. It needs to be treated like any other illness like cancer or tuberculosis," he added.

Gulshan Devaiah feels depression has to be treated, "some without medication and some with medication".

"There are many people who take heavy medication...

After grabbing attention for its interesting award nominations and winners’ list last year, Critics’Choice Film Awards are back again with even more intriguing nominations spread across eight Indian languages.

While the first edition of Critics’ Choice Film Awards witnessed Best Film category for varied languages, for the second season the makers have upped the ante by introducing Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film as well as Best Writing across Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati and Kannada.

Offering a surprising twist to the usual nomination lists as usual, this year there are surprises with Best Actor nominations including names like Manoj Bajpayee for SonChiriya and Gulshan Devaiah for Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan for Soni, and Hamid bagging a nomination for Best Writing. Critics’ Choice Film Awards holds its ground to honour cinematic brilliance irrespective of the mass appeal of the films.

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After learning martial arts for her character in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2019) and gaining 12 kgs for Pataakha (2018), Radhika Madan had to change her body-type from a martial artist to a schoolgirl. Changed her nutrition, workout regime and actually turned vegan in the process!

Radhika, otherwise a foodie who also believes in staying fit, reveals that she had only a month to get into the character. She says, ?I was eating read meat for Pataakha and had a lot of fat on my body when I went in to audition for Angrezi Medium.

Also read:?'Angrezi Medium' Dialogues: Irrfan Khan's tooti phooti 'Angrezi' Dialogues

Dinesh Vijan (producer) and Homi Adajania (director) loved the screen test. It was their conviction that helped me make up my mind and take the challenge of getting into shape.?

The actor says that it was tough to follow a strict regime. ?I...

Actress Bhagyashree's son Abhimanyu will meet his mother's former "Maine Pyar Kiya" co-star Salman Khan at the "Bigg Boss" house.

The "Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota" actor will be joined by his "Nikamma" co-stars Shilpa Shetty and Shirley Setia.

Also Read:?Siddharth, Shehnaaz, Asim, Aarti who deserves to win the Bigg Boss?

Excited about going on the show, Abhimanyu said: "Salman always wanted me to do a commerical film. Now that I am doing 'Nikamma', it is my way of inviting Salman by going on his show and inviting him to see our film."

Just a while ago, Abhimanyu and Shirley had recreated some of the iconic moments of "Maine Pyar Kiya" celebrating 30 years of the film.

While the film marks debut of YouTube sensation Shirley, Abhimanyu will be sporting a different avatar for his second film.

Directed by Sabbir Khan, the film is produced by Sony Pictures International Productions...

Starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim, The Sky Is Pink, directed by Shonali Bose, has been selected for the 44th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff). What is even cooler is that the film will have its world premiere as part of the Gala Presentation at Tiff on September 13th.

Produced by RSVP and Roy Kapur Films in association with Ivanhoe Pictures and Purple Pebble Pictures, The Sky Is Pink is the incredible love story of a couple – Aditi and Niren Chaudhary – spanning 25 years, told through the lens of their spunky teenage daughter – Aisha Chaudhary, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas who essays the lead role along with actor Farhan Akhtar, and whose Purple Pebble Pictures is co-producing the film stated, “The Sky Is Pink is a story that I connected with from the minute I heard it and in Shonali’s hands, it...

Actor Abhimanyu Dassani says "Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota" will always be a very special film for him.

Abhimanyu plays role of Surya in "Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota", which was aired on andpicturesHD.

"Since it is my Bollywood debut, 'Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota' is a very special film for me. I performed all the stunts in the movie myself so that they look believable and real," Abhimanyu said in a statement.

"We all as a team worked very hard and the results through our passion have borne fruit. I am happy that the audience loved the movie," he said.

"I think the high point for me in the film was when I received an International award for best actor and our film won the Midnight Madness People's Choice Award," he added.

Actress Radhika Madan, who plays Supri in the movie, said: "My character Supri is very unconventional and relatable.

RSVP's Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is all set to hit the theatres on 21st March, 2019. The film which marks the debut of Abhimanyu Dasani.

The makers took to their social media handle and announced the release date," Yeh mard ka ek hi formula hai - paani toh peete hi rehna chahiye! Aa raha hai 21st March ko cinemas mein. #MardKoDardNahiHota ?@Abhimannyu_D @radhikamadan01 @Vasan_Bala @JimitTrivedi06 @gulshandevaiah @manjrekarmahesh @RonnieScrewvala @ZeeMusicCompany"

The action thriller Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota won the top award at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff).?

Earlier, the makers had released the trailer which opens with a young guy talking about how his dream in life is different from everyone else's.?

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While everyone else wants to be a pilot, a doctor, the Prime Minister or something along these lines, he wants to fight and stop all the chain snatchers in his city.?

Just then, a...

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) will receive an Honorary Golden Bear at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. The festival will also present a homage to the feted British actress’s career: movies will include The Damned, The Night Porter, The Verdict, Swimming Pool and Stardust Memories. Rampling presided over the festival’s jury in in 2006 and in 2015 she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for 45 Years, for which she was also Oscar-nominated. “I’m very happy that this year’s Homage is dedicated to the sublime actress Charlotte Rampling,” said Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick. “She is an icon of unconventional and exciting cinema.” The prolific Rampling, whose career spans six decades, has recently played in Red Sparrow, The Little Stranger and Michel Blanc’s Kiss & Tell. She will next be seen in Paul Verhoeven’s film Benedetta, scheduled for release in 2019.

The third International Film Festival and Awards Macao handed...

Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare tale All Is True has been selected to open the Palm Springs Film Festival, which Friday unveiled its full lineup of films for the 30th edition that runs January 3-14. The fest also said that Bruce Bereford’s Ladies in Black will be the closing-night film, with the director and cast members expected to be in attendance.

In all, the fest will screen 223 films from 78 countries, and as usual will screen a slew of Oscar Foreign Language Film entries, this year numbering 43 of the 87 official submissions. Also on the docket: a 30-film retrospective of past fest selections, dubbed the Palm Springs Canon; special focuses on cinema from France, India and Mexico, and Jewish and queer cinema; and the new Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award, named for actor and magician Ricky Jay who died last month.

In addition to the film lineup, the opening awards gala...

The Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced its 2019 lineup, and it’s prodigious: 223 films from 78 countries, four of them world premieres. Though well known for celebrating future Oscar nominees (and winners) each year, the festival also boasts a deceptively robust world-cinema slate; among the upcoming offerings are Jia Zhangke’s “Ash Is Purest White,” Sergey Loznitsa’s “Donbass,” Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s “Birds of Passage,” and Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s “Asako I & II,” to name just a few.

A number of post-screening Q&As will also be held, including with “Black Klansman” author Ron Stallworth and “Support the Girls” star Regina Hall, in addition to a new section celebrating the best films to screen at Psiff throughout its first three decades.

World premieres:

Buck Run (USA), Director Nick Frangione

Carlos Almaraz Playing With Fire (USA), Directors Elsa Flores Almaraz, Richard Montoya (Schlesinger Documentary Competition)

The Last Color...

Korean drama movie, “Clean Up” took the best film prize on Friday night at the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival and Awards Macao.

The jury, which comprised Chen Kaige, Danis Tanovic, Mabel Cheung, Paul Currie, and Tillotama Shome, said: “’Clean Up’ is a powerful, visceral film which is symbolic and naturalistic at the same time… The director unfolds a psychological drama with simmering intensity, and humanists the criminal without condoning the heinous crime in any way.”

The festival, completing its third edition, wrapped up with another breezy and efficient closing ceremony, kept largely on schedule thanks to its local live broadcast.

Celebrities on the red carpet included Phillip Noyce, Aaron Kwok and Ben Wheatley. Industry executives in attendance included Ellen Eliasoph, Michael J. Werner and Shekhar Kapur.

The closing ceremony was also the occasion for Variety and the festival to present awards to Asia’s next wave of talent.

Vasan Bala, director of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao’s Indian competition title “The Man Who Feels No Pain” (aka “Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota”), will next direct “Till The Last Breath” (“Marte Dum Tak”). As with “No Pain,” former Disney India managing director Ronnie Screwvala will produce through his RSVP production outfit.

“No Pain” is a martial arts, coming of age, film that bowed in Toronto, where it won the People’s Choice Award at the festival’s Midnight Madness strand. It opened the Mumbai festival on October before hitting the world festival circuit.

“Next is also an action film, but obviously very different from this one,” Bala told Variety. “’Till The Last Breath’ will amp up the intensity a bit more, because action is something that I want to really explore in its different facets. Apart from hand to hand combat and Hong Kong style martial arts,...

EntertainmentThough there is no official word on it yet, sources say that Karan Johar may bankroll the venture starring Vijay Devarakonda and Jhanvi Kapoor.Digital NativeDigital NativeJhanvi Kapoor, daughter of producer Boney Kapoor and late actor Sri Devi, had reportedly told in an interview that he preferred to work with the Arjun Reddy star Vijay Devarakonda. This has given rise to the speculation that Vijay may make his debut in Bollywood with a film starring Jhanvi Kapoor as the female lead. Though there is no official word on it yet, sources say that Karan Johar may bankroll the venture starring Vijay Devarakonda and Jhanvi Kapoor. Meanwhile, Vijay has signed a deal to star in the trilingual Dear Comrade. Vijay Devarakonda will be playing a student leader with communist background while Rashmika will be seen as cricketer playing for Telangana state. Sources in the know say that Rashmika is trying to...

Martial arts epic won four Golden Horse awards.

Zhang Yimou’s Shadow has been announced as the closing film of the 2018 International Film Festival & Awards • Macao.

Themartial arts epic recently won four awards at this year’s Golden Horse Awards, including best director for Zhang Yimou, and premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.

Peter Farrelly’s Green Book will open the third edition of the Macao event.

The international competition for first and second-time filmmakers will screen 11 films, including China’s Suburban Birds, India’s The Man Who Feels No Pain and Japan’s Jesus. The best...

Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain,” and Qiu Sheng’s “Suburban Birds” are among 11 films set for competition at the third edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” will open the festival in an out of competition slot.

Other films in competition include: “Aga” by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria); “All Good,” by Eva Trobisch (Germany); “Clean Up,” by Kwon Man-ki (South Korea); “Jesus,” by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan); “Scarborough,” by Barnaby Southcombe (U.K.) “School’s Out” by Sebastien Marnier (France); “The Good Girls,” by Alejandra Marquez (Mexico); “The Guilty,” by Gustav Moller (Denmark); and “White Blood” by Barbara Sarasola – Day (Argentina). The competition is only open to first or second time feature directors.

The lineup was announced Thursday in Macau by artistic director Mike Goodridge. The jury which will select the prize-winners includes Chen Kaige as president, alongside Mabel Cheung (Hong Kong...

Peter Farrelly’s Oscar-tipped Green Book will open the festival.

Peter Farrelly’s Green Book will open the third edition of the International Film Festival and Awards Macao (Iffam), which also unveiled its full line-up at a press conference in Macau today.

The international competition for first and second-time filmmakers will screen 11 films, including China’s Suburban Birds, India’s The Man Who Feels No Pain and Japan’s Jesus (see full line-up below). The best film in the international competition will receive a cash prize of $60,000.

As previously announced, Chinese director Chen Kaige is heading the competition jury.

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The Man Who Feels No PainThe Gateway of India looked surreal with the colored lights that circled it. It was an image equally stunning and equally impossible to capture in its visual glory. The night was breezy stretching around the grand image of the Gateway of India as it started filling with guests in their glittering best. It was a seaside October evening that played host to the opening ceremony of the twentieth edition of the Mumbai Film Festival (Mami) held on October 25th 2018. The ceremony on the stage, with the Gateway of India as its background, was hosted by Indian actor Kalki Koechlin and highlighted the Juries and the various segments of the film festival that is currently celebrating its twentieth year. This year the festival also celebrated the contribution of Shyam Benegal with a lifetime achievement award, a man who had been one of founders of the film...

The Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image’s annual film festival turns 20 at a time when the Indian film industry finds itself in the middle of the #MeToo movement. The festival is one of the few where the core leadership is composed entirely of women.

Producer Kiran Rao (“Secret Superstar”) is the festival chairperson, while businesswoman and owner of the Mumbai Indians cricket franchise Nita Mukesh Ambani is the co-chair. Critic and broadcaster Anupama Chopra is the festival director and producer Smriti Kiran is the creative director.

The festival has already dropped a few films associated with those men accused of harassment and will tackle the issue head on. “Mami stands in complete solidarity and we are not going to ever shy away from talking about it or making sure that we contribute to escalating the conversation and to also bring in nuance to this conversation,” Kiran told Variety. The...

Newly-launched sales outfit, Autumn Sun Company has closed sales on “Wushu Orphan” ahead of the film’s world premier this week at the Tokyo International Film Festival. It will play in the festival’s Asian Future section.

The film is a high school martial arts drama directed by Huang Huang, and produced by China’s Alibaba Pictures and Dadi Century. It was licensed to MovieCloud for Taiwan and to Viswass films for India.

Autumn Sun, which is headed by veteran seller and producer Elliot Tong, also closed a sale on India’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain” to Japan’s Hakuhodo Dy Music and Pictures, ahead of the film’s India release. The film was directed by Vasan Bala and recently won the People’s Choice Award at Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand. It was produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s Indian outfit RSVP.

“There is a huge buzz now for Indian films in Asia,...

Newly-launched Hong Kong sales outfit, Autumn Sun Company has picked up international rights to animated film “The Legend of Erlang” from Chinese studio Starry Entertainment (“Hello Mr. Billionaire”). The film, which is in production, is based on a Chinese legend and is being directed by vfx veteran Sing-Chong Foo (“Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale”), alongside Jun Cheng and Lingfei Zhang

Autumn Sun has also taken Asian rights, excluding India, for Vasan Bala’s martial arts film “The Man Who Feels No Pain,” which recently won the People’s Choice Award at Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand. It was produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s Indian outfit RSVP. In addition, Autumn Sun has picked up Huang Huang’s high school martial arts drama “Wushu Orphan” from China’s Alibaba Pictures and Dadi Century. The film has its world premiere at the Tokyo film festival later this month.

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Don't touch the cube! Things are long done at Tiff but we wanted to round up all our reviews and coverage in one place for easy access. We hope you enjoyed the fest, whether on the streets of Toronto, or reading from afar. Preview 10 Hot Titles to Watch from TIFF18 by Ryland Aldrich Reviews The Accused by Kwenton Bellette American Dharma by Kurt Halfyard Climax by Kwenton Bellette Diamantino by J Hurtado Duelles (Mothers' Instinct) by Tristan Zinampan El Angel by Jaime Grijalba Gomez Ever After by Shelagh Rowan-Legg High Life by Shelagh Rowan-Legg If Beale Street Could Talk by Shelagh Rowan-Legg In Fabric by Kurt Halfyard Kingsway by Teresa Nieman Let Me Fall by Kwenton Bellette The Man Who Feels No Pain by...

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There is nothing subtle about Vasan Bala's (Peddlers) second film, The Man Who Feels No Pain. In this boisterous action comedy, Bala's passions and obsessions are writ large across the screen with a genuine affection that is hard to deny. Taking influences from his own action heroes of the '80s and '90s around the world, Bala and his solid leading cast of Abhimanyu Dasani, Radhika Madan, and Gulshan Devaiah express not only reverence for their antecedents, but also attempt to bring their own Indian flair to this lively crowd pleaser. Surya, played as an adult by Dasani, was born with congenital insensitivity to pain, a condition which puts him in a unique and dangerous position. The disease means that he can function through almost any...

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RSVP’s Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (The Man Who Feels No Pain at the fest) has outdone several Hollywood heavyweights to claim the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award at 43rd edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff). The Ronnie Screwvala production was in contention with Iron Man 3 director Shane Black’s The Predator, David Gordon Green’s Halloween featuring BAFTA-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis and Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation, among others.

The award, which was instated in 2009, is presented to the film that is rated as the most popular among the underground and cult titles in contention. At each screening, attendees are invited to vote for the film by leaving their ticket stubs in voting boxes outside the theatre post the show.

An elated Vasan Bala says, “The standing ovation his film received on September 14 will forever remain etched in his memory. The section had...

If you can imagine a mashup of mid-1960s Marvel Comics, ‘70s chop-socky pics showcasing Bruce Lee and Lee wannabes, ‘80s VHS action-adventure fodder and freewheeling, genre-scrambling Bollywood masalas, then you might… No, wait, never mind. Even if you make the effort to envision such an aggregation, you probably won’t be fully prepared for the full-tilt, over-the-top phantasmagoria of “The Man Who Feels No Pain,” the not-entirely unexpected winner of the Audience Award in the Midnight Madness category at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

Writer-director Vasan Bala’s wild and wacky yet also warm and fuzzy fable about a resourceful young man who transcends ostensible physical limitations to become a two-fisted, swift-kicking hero likely will prove to be an irresistible crowd-pleaser on the global fest circuit, and in international release on various platforms.

It’s still the same old story, a fight for love and glory, with a...

India’s The Man Who Feels No Pain wins Midnight Madness award.

The period drama Green Book from Peter Farrelly has won the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) 2019 Grolsch People’s Choice Award and bolstered its awards season prospects given Tiff’s recent track record.

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in the tale of an Italian-American bouncer who drives an African-American jazz pianist on a 1960s concert tour of the South. Participant Media produced and financed Green Book through its joint venture with Amblin/Dreamworks, and Universal will release the film in the Us on November 21.

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The first Indian film to screen in Toronto’s Midnight Madness section and the opening film at this year's Mumbai Film Festival, The Man Who Feels No Pain is described by its director, Vasan Bala, as an “ode to Hong Kong martial arts cinema and Bollywood films from the 1980s and 1990s.”

The project, which ended up winning the People's Choice Award at Midnight Madness, is characteristic of the Indian new wave, a still-emerging scene led by a group of young directors known for their offbeat stories and stylistic hat tips to a diverse range of ...

The first Indian film to screen in Toronto’s Midnight Madness section and the opening film at this year's Mumbai Film Festival, The Man Who Feels No Pain is described by its director, Vasan Bala, as an “ode to Hong Kong martial arts cinema and Bollywood films from the 1980s and 1990s.”

The project, which ended up winning the People's Choice Award at Midnight Madness, is characteristic of the Indian new wave, a still-emerging scene led by a group of young directors known for their offbeat stories and stylistic hat tips to a diverse range of ...