Salman’s ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’ teaser leaked in SRK’s ‘Pathaan’ screening

The teaser of Salman Khan’s upcoming film ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’ was shown during the screening of Shah Rukh Khan’s action film ‘Pathaan’ in theatres, which was released on January 25.

The teaser begins with Salman riding a bike in a dessert and then hitting baddies in a metro. It also shows him romancing actress Pooja Hegde.

The almost one-minute-40-second teaser also shows a string of fight scenes, where Salman, sporting a rugged look, jumps from buildings and beats up baddies.

At the end of the teaser, Salman looks dapper in a crisp white shirt even after he was beaten to a bloody pulp.

He mouths the dialogue: “Jab shareer, dil aur dimag mujhse kehte hain ‘bas bhai, no more’, main kehta hoon ‘bring it on’.”

Directed by Farhad Samji, the film also stars Venkatesh and Shehnaaz Gill. The film is slated to hit the theatres by the end of this year, around Eid 2023.

Ashwini Puneeth Raj Kumar unveils edge-of-seat thriller ‘Juliet 2’ teaser

Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar launched the teaser of the Kannada film ‘Juliet 2’ with Brinda Acharya in the lead at an event here.

The movie showcases the story of an independent woman (Juliet), who is very close to her father. Being a devoted and caring daughter, she wants to fulfill her father’s dreams. One night, she witnesses a dreadful incident that reconnects her to her own past traumas.

The story revolves around the chaotic circle of vengeful attacks. Will Juliet be able to prevail over the brutality behind those darkest doors?

Producer Likith R. Kotian, director Virat B. Gowda, and Brinda Acharya as well as her co-star, Srikanth Roy Badiger, were present at the launch event.

The movie is all set to be released this February and the distribution rights are with Reliance Entertainment Studios.

Deverakonda turns co-owner of Hyderabad Black Hawks volleyball team

Vijay Devarakonda is a self-made star who keeps making news for reasons other than films. The actor has now turned solopreneur and will be the Hyderabad BlackHawks volleyball team’s new co-owner.

The star, who played a UFC Champion in his last film, has always been passionate about sports, especially volleyball, badminton, and cricket.

Taking to his social media to make the announcement, Deverakonda said: “I bought part of a sports team: Hyderabad BlackHawks. A deadly fierce team! So happy to be part of this beautiful, pacy, explosive sport — Volleyball.

“We hope to make the Telugu states proud and win the Prime Volleyball League’s 2023 season.”

One of the top contenders of Rupay Prime Volleyball 2023, the Hyderabad BlackHawks squad comprises some of the best Indian players and seasoned international players as well.

On the professional front too, Vijay Devarakonda has lots happening, with his upcoming untitled movie ‘VD12’, romantic comedy ‘Khushi’ and the military action film ‘Jana Gana Mana’.

95th Oscar Nominations: Pan Nalin’s ‘Chhello Show’ out of the race

Indian filmmaker Pan Nalin’s Gujarati film ‘Chhello Show’ or ‘Last Film Show’ lost out in the 95th Oscar Awards race as it did not make it to the final nominations.

‘Chhello Show’ was selected as India’s official entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards, but in the final nomination list, it lost to ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (Germany), ‘Argentina, 1985’ (Argentina), ‘Close’ (Belgium), ‘EO’ (Poland) and ‘The Quiet Girl’ (Ireland).

Directed by Pan Nalin, ‘Chhello Show’ is a Gujarati-language coming-of-age drama about a nine-year-old boy, Samay (Bhavin Rabari), who’s ensnared by the magic of cinema and sets forth to fulfill his 35mm celluloid dreams.

It stars Bhavin Rabari, Bhavesh Shrimali, Richa Meena, Dipen Raval, and Paresh Mehta. The film premiered at the 20th Tribeca Film Festival in June 2021 and was theatrically released in India in October 2022.

95th Oscar Nominations: A hat-trick within the grasp of ‘Naatu Naatu’

S.S. Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ has bagged a nomination in the Best Original Song category at the 95th Oscar Awards for its livewire track ‘Naatu Naatu’.

The hosts for the nomination event, Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announced the nominations on Tuesday. The song, which has become an international phenomenon, had earlier bagged the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, besides winning at the Critics’ Choice Awards in the same category.

‘RRR’ tells the fictional story of India’s freedome fighters Alluri Sitarama Raju (played by Ram Charan) and Komaran Bheem (played by NTR Jr). It also stars Bollywood actors such as Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt.

The 95th Academy Awards is set to be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 12, 2023.

95th Oscar Nominations: ‘The Elephant Whisperer’ makes it to Short Film list

Kartiki Gonsalves’ directorial ‘The Elephant Whisperer’ has made it into the Oscar race by getting nominated in the Documentary Short Film category.

The short documentary will be contending alongside ‘Haulout’, ‘How Do You Measure a Year?’ (Jay Rosenblatt Films), ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect” (Netflix)’ and ‘Stranger at the Gate’.

‘The Elephant Whisperer’ talks about Bomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, who devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.

The short documentary marks the directorial debut of Kartiki Gonsalves and is produced by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain under the banner of Sikhya Entertainment.

The documentary will be landed on the OTT platform Netflix on December 8, 2022.

Riz Ahmed, who won the Oscar for best live-action short last year, and Allison Williams, who currently stars in the horror hit “M3GAN” announced the nominees.

Jaya Prada makes a comeback with rape-revenge drama series ‘Fatima’

Actress and former member of Rajya Sabha, Jaya Prada is set to make her comeback on the screen with her foray into the digital space with the upcoming series ‘Fatima’. The series is a rape-revenge drama about a mother who goes after her daughter’s rapists.

The poster of the series was unveiled on Tuesday and shows Jaya Prada’s burkha-clad character holding a gun.

Talking about the series, she said: “When I was narrated ‘Fatima’, there was no reason to refuse it. I could have not asked for a better story than this to mark my comeback. With time, a lot has changed in the industry, and for good. But the essence is still the same.”

She further mentioned: “Bollywood has always been home to me and will always be my comfort place. I have had a wonderful time shooting for Fatima and I am sure the audience will have an amazing time watching it too.”

The series, which also stars Hiten Tejwani, has been directed by Sanjeev Rai and will be available to stream on MX Player

‘Jealous’ Ram Gopal Varma jokes being part of ‘assassination squad’ to kill Rajamouli

In a string of tweets, director Ram Gopal Varma has praised filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli, whom he says is jealous of and joked that he is a part of an “assassination squad” of filmmakers set to kill the ‘RRR’ helmer.

In a banter, Ram Gopal Varma asked Rajamouli to increase his security.

RGV took to Twitter, where he re-shared a video of Rajamouli in a conversation with James Cameron from the 28th Critics’ Choice Award where ‘RRR’ won Best Foreign Language Film.

He captioned it: “From Dada Sahab Phalke onwards till now, no one in the history of Indian cinema including @ssrajamouli could have imagined that an Indian director someday will go through this moment.”

“Hey @ssrajamouli U basically SURPASSED every filmmaker from #KaAsif who made #MughaleAzam till #RameshSippy who made #Sholay and also the likes of Aditya Chopras, Karan Johar’s and the bhansalis of India and I want to suck ur little toe for that.”

“And sir @ssrajamouli, please increase ur security because there is a bunch of filmmakers in India who out of pure jealousy formed an assassination squad to kill you, of which I am also a part. I Am just spilling out the secret because I am 4 drinks down.”

Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ also won India its first Golden Globe award for ‘Best Original Song’.

The film featured Ram Charan and Jr NTR in lead roles while Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgan also had special roles.

‘MasterChef India’: Chef Garima Arora asks contestant to prepare a dish with ‘no fusion, or confusion’

‘MasterChef India’ judge Garima Arora challenged the contestants to prepare a dish with ‘no fusion but innovation’.

She along with her co-judges Ranveer Brar, and Vikas Khanna took the contestants to Goa and asked them to prepare dishes with the given items like potato, tomato, guava, and other common stuff. However, they want the dish to be exotic and innovative.

Indeed, it was not easy for them to think and make something distinct by using these ingredients. Contestant Priya Vijan thought of impressing the judges with her dish prepared based on the concept of taste, innovation, and presentation.

Chef Garima said: “I don’t want to see fusion, confusion but rather innovation should be seen on your plate.”

While the judges were not so impressed by the attempts made by the contestants, it has to be seen if Priya can excite them with her innovative idea and her dish which is prepared mainly by using guava. So, finally, she decided to prepare Potato Pave with Guava Chilli gel.

She shared: “It was such a new and fun experience to cook outside ‘Masterchef India’s kitchen. I tried my best to be perfect in all the three parameters of TIP (taste, innovation, and presentation) and I hope the judges like my dish.”

“I had to really pick at my grey cells for this dish because we had to make something very different with ingredients that are common. That challenged my inner chef and I poured myself into thinking about the dish and how to bring innovation to the dish,” she added.

‘MasterChef India’ airs on Sony Entertainment Television.

‘Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar’ trailer: Ranbir turns ‘makkaar’ for ‘jhoothi’ Shraddha

The trailer of the romantic comedy ‘Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar’, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, was unveiled in Mumbai on Monday.

It presents a palpable chemistry between the lead pair and a fun story at its heart which is made spicy by the twist in the love story that takes place between Ranbir and Shraddha’s characters in the film.

Commenting on the occasion, director Luv Ranjan who is known for his unique brand of films in the contemporary romance genre, said “Love is a complicated subject, but why not have some fun while we try and unravel relationships in today’s world.”

“The world and vibe of the film have been brought alive by the super talented pair of Shradha and Ranbir and my brilliant crew. I am hoping for audiences across all ages, young and young at heart to have a good time in the theatres while they relate to their own romance when they watch the film.”

The trailer, which is over 3 minutes in length, also sees stand-up comedian Anubhav Singh Bassi making his film debut as Ranbir Kapoor’s friend. In the trailer, Ranbir and Shraddha’s characters instantly hit it off and their relationship cruises to the point where they agree to get married but a twist upsets their love story as Shraddha’s character decides against the marriage and sets up an event that pose Ranbir character as the villain in front of his family.

The trailer also gave a glimpse of the fantastic music that is in the film with the magic of Pritam, Amitabh Bhattacharya, and Arijit Singh coming together.

During the event, director Luv Ranjan announced that the lead pair wouldn’t be seen together at the promotions and will come in front of the audience together only in the theatre, thereby setting a unique approach to the film’s promotions.

‘Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar’ produced by Luv Films’ Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg, and presented by T- Series’ Gulshan Kumar and Bhushan Kumar, is set to hit the screens worldwide on Holi, March 8, 2023.