| 'Mr India' wasn't your idea: Javed Akhtar on Shekhar Kapur's claim over film
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| Questioning 'Mr India' director Shekhar Kapur's claim over the rights of the classic film, senior poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar on Friday said the idea of the movie wasn't Kapur's.Akhtar's comments came in response to a tweet by Kapur which read, "If you are remaking a feature film, based on a director's very successful work, does the Director have no creative rights over what he/she created?"Replying to the director's tweet, the poet outlined his contributions to the making of the film and said, "It wasn't you idea.""Shekhar saheb the story the situations the scenes the characters the dialogue the lyrics even the title none of these were yours. I gave it all to you. Yes you execute it very well but how can your claim on the film be more than mine. It wasn't your idea. It wasn't your dream," tweeted Akhtar.This comes against the backdrop of 'Sultan' director Ali Abbas Zafar's announcement of making a trilogy on the iconic film 'Mr India'.The original film 'Mr India' was one of the ...
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| Third edition of Habitat Film Festival to be held from March 13-22
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| The Habitat International Film Festival (HIFF) is back with its third edition, which is set to be held from March 13 to 22 and showcase some of the most celebrated films and documentaries from the last one year. The annual film gala will screen an impressive line-up of award-winning and festival favourite films. "About Endlessness", Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson's Silver Lion winner at the Venice International Film Festival, is among the movies that will be showcased at the festival. Levan Akin's "And Then We Danced", TIFF Platform Prize winner "Martin Eden", "Bangla" and "Perdrix or The Bare Necessity" will also be screened at the festival. The festival will hold a retrospective on Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar during which it will showcase some of his most critically-acclaimed works such as "Dark Habits" (1983), "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" (1984), "Law of Desire" (1987), "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (1988), "Volver" (2006) and his most recent film "Pain .
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| Sonu Sood to be part of Chiranjeevi's 152nd film
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| Actor Sonu Sood on Friday revealed that he has joined the cast of south superstar Chiranjeevi's next Telugu film. The project marks Chiranjeevi's 152nd film and is helmed by Koratala Siva. "It makes me very proud to be associated with the project and sharing the screen space with Chiranjeevi Sir. The south Indian film industry has been very embracing of me and I hope with this film I am able to give them back the same amount of love through my work," Sonu said in a statement. In the film, the Bollywood actor will be playing one of the prime characters. Sonu will also be seen in Tamil film "Thamilarasan", an action drama directed by Babu Yogeswaran, while in Bollywood, his next release will be Akshay Kumar-led period drama "Prithviraj".
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| 'Bloodshot' is a grounded superhero film: Director Dave Wilson
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| Dave Wilson, director of Vin Diesel-starrer "Bloodshot" says the film is a "grounded" take on superhero stories. Diesel plays the titular character in the film, which first appeared in comic books published by the American publisher Valiant Comics. Bloodshot is a superhero augmented and evolved through technology and science and Wilson said the story gave him an opportunity to explore the intersection of technology with daily lives of humans. "Bloodshot is certainly a superhero, but his powers come from technology. In that way, it's very grounded; we are all affected by even controlled by the tech around us. Or, I should say, technology gives us an illusion of control over our lives. There's a great parallel there to the way Bloodshot is manipulated," the director said in a statement. Wilson said the film questions the dependency of humans on technology which is increasing day-by-day. "We're already seeing people with advanced prosthetics. Right now, those prosthetics are still ...
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| Gauri Khan takes a dig at husband Shah Rukh Khan; offers a backup plan as he is not doing films
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 If Shah Rukh Khan is called the king of wit and humour, his wife, Gauri Khan, must be crowned as a queen of the same. The star wife recently took a jibe at her actor-husband and we cannot help but laugh out loud. She took a pot shot at Shah Rukh Khan's sabbatical from films, which he took after the debacle of his last film Zero with Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. It so happened that SRK recently visited his wife's design store in Mumbai and he exchanged pleasantries with everyone over there. Later, in a media interaction, Gauri spoke about Shah Rukh Khan's design sense. Vote for the ...
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| Will Smith's 'King Richard' movie adds Leiv Schreiber
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| "Ray Donovan" star Liev Schreiber is boarding the cast of Will Smith-starrer "King Richard". The film, to be directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green from a script by Zach Baylin, is a biopic on tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams' father Richard Williams, who guided his prodigal tennis playing daughters from the Compton courts to preeminence in the sport. Schreiber, 52, will portray real-life tennis coach Paul Cohen, who has worked with legends John McEnroe, Pete Sampras and others. The movie will also feature actor Susie Abromeit as New York Times reporter Robin Finn, reported Deadline. Actors Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton were recently cast in the roles of Venus and Serena. The film will also star Aunjanue Ellis as Venus and Serena's mother Brandi, and Jon Bernthal as their coach Rick Macci. The Williams sisters have remained dominating figures on the tennis court over the years and have collectively won a total of 30 Grand Slam singles titles and four Olympic gold medals. "King ...
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| 'Parasite' to get a English graphic novel adaptation
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| The fans of Oscar-winning South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho or simply 'Bonghive' rejoice. The filmmaker's latest movie "Parasite", which recently went home with four Academy Awards, is set to be presented in the form of a graphic novel which will contain illustrations from the film's storyboards. Grand Central Publishing will be releasing "Parasite" storyboards, drawn by Bong himself, as a graphic novel, which is made up of 304 pages. It will come out in the US on May 19. "The dialogue, stage, and camera directions will be translated into English from Korean. The book will include a foreword written by director Bong about the making of the film and his creative process," the company said in a statement, obtained by IndieWire. The graphic novel is already out in South Korea. "Director Bong's illustrations share the illuminating power of his writing and directing, making the Parasite graphic novel a gorgeous, riveting read and fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of one
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| 83: Ranveer Singh promotes his upcoming film at Juhu
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 Ranveer Singh is all set for the release of his film 83 on April 10 this year. The movie is based on the victory of the Indian cricket team in the Cricket World Cup 1983 lead by the all-rounder Kapil Dev. The promotions of the film are going on in full swing. The makers had released the first looks of the actors recently. Fans are eager to re-live the 1983 winning moment once again. Ranveer Singh was recently seen at Juhu where he was seen promoting his film 83. He showed off his batting skills and they looked exactly like Kapil Dev does. The film also stars Tahir Raj Bhasin as Sunil ...
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