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Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan to Collaborate for First Time
Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan will be collaborating for the first time for the Hindi remake of the hit Tamil film Vikram Vedha. The filmmakers will begin shooting in a couple of months and the remake is slated for release on September 20, 2022. Actress Radhika Apte will play a key character in the film, according to reports. Her character is pivotal as she will portray the wife to a cop (Saif Ali Khan) and lawyer to a gangster (Hrithik Roshan). Directors Pushkar and Gayatri, who directed the original film will also be directing the remake, marking their debut in Bollywood. Vikram Vedha was released in 2017 and starred R Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi.
Shershaah
The film Shershaah marks the first collaboration between Amazon Prime Video and Dharma Productions for a global premiere. The war drama is inspired by the life of Kargil war hero, Captain Vikram Batra (PVC), portrayed in the film by Sidharth Malhotra. Directed by Vishnu Varadhan and jointly produced by Dharma Productions and Kaash Entertainment, Shershaah will release as a lead up to India’s Independence Day weekend. The film also features Kiara Advani along with Shiv Panditt, Raj Arjun, Pranay Pachauri, Himmanshu Ashok Malhotra, Nikitin Dheer, Ankita Goraya, Anil Charanjeett, Sahil Vaid, Shataf Figar and Pawan Chopra. The film will begin streaming on August 12. and Rashmika Mandanna. The film is scheduled to release in two parts, as announced by the filmmakers. The film is centered around the smuggling of red Sandalwood in the in the Seshachalam Hills of the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. The film’s music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The first part of the film is scheduled to release on August 13 while the second part will release sometime in 2022. It will also be released dubbed in several other languages.
Bhuj: The Pride of India
Directed by Abhishek Dudhaiya, Bhuj: The Pride of India tells the untold story of about 300 Gujarati women who helped the Indian Airforce during Bangladesh and Pakistan War in 1971. The cast features Ajay Devgn in the lead role as IAF Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik and Sanjay Dutt along with support cast that includes Sharad Kelkar, Sonakshi Sinha, Ammy Virk, Pranitha Subhash, Nora Fatehi, and Ihana Dhillon. Karnik, the then incharge of the Bhuj airport who, with his team, reconstructed the IAF airbase with the help of 300 women from the local village Madhapar after the base was attacked. The film is slated to begin streaming on August 13.
Pushpa
Pushpa is an upcoming Telugu action thriller film written and directed by Sukumar. Pushpa stars Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil, Jagapathi Babu, Prakash Raj,
Maha Samudram
Maha Samudram, which means Great Ocean, is an action-drama film written and directed by Ajay Bhupathi. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil. Maha Samudram stars Sharwanand, Siddharth, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Anu Emmanuel. The music is composed by Chaitan Bharadwaj. The film is set in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and is scheduled for release on August 19.
Reminiscence
Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the dark world of the past by helping his clients access lost memories. Living on the fringes of the sunken Miami coast, his life is forever changed when he takes on a new client and a simple matter of lost and found becomes a dangerous obsession. As Bannister fights to find the truth about Mae’s disappearance, he uncovers a violent conspiracy, and must ultimately answer the question: how far would you go to hold on to the ones you love? The movie is directed by Lisa Joy and stars Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, and Nico Parker. Look for it in cinemas on August 20.
The film, directed by Divyang Thakkar, features Ranveer Singh in the lead role of a Gujarati man who believes in equal rights between males and females in society. South Indian actress Shalini Pandey co-stars along with Boman Irani and Ratna Pathak Shah playing Singh’s parents. The social comedy was produced by Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films. The film was originally slated for release in October 2020 to coincide with Gandhi Jayanti but was postponed due to the pandemic. The film is now slated for theatrical release on August 27. Amitabh Bachchan often shares his thoughts and feelings through his social media or writes blog entries to directly connect with fans. Recently he tweeted an image of himself reading his father’s book. In the photo he is seen with headphones in front of a mic where he is recording one of his father’s books. He wrote, “I do not distance myself from the writings of my Pujya Babuji; And now his wise words, in my own voice.” His father, the late Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a poet and a writer. Amitabh Bachchan will be next seen in the films Chehre with Emraan Hashmi and Karan Johar’s Brahmastra, along with Ajay Devgn’s directorial Mayday.
Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt Commit to a Full Film Together
Both veteran actors Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt have many films under their belts. Now, according to trade reports, both will collaborate on a full-fledged multilingual production. After briefly sharing screen space in the opening scene of SRK’s 2012 film Ra.One and in the title track of the 2007 film Om Shanti Om, the two actors will reunite for the tentatively named upcoming film Rakhee. According to the reports, the stars are currently filming in Mumbai.
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