Ayushmann Khurrana stars in investigative police drama 'Article 15' - New Asian Post

Ayushmann Khurrana stars in
investigative police drama
‘Article 15’
Ayushmann   Khurrana   stars   in   investigative   police   drama
‘Article 15’ which is set to get a world premiere at the tenth
edition of the London Indian Film Festival. Directed by
Anubhav Sinha and produced by Benaras Media Works and Zee
Studios, Article 15 is slated to release in cinemas on 28th
June 2019 and explores the issue of caste in the context of
Article 15 which is the Prohibition of Discrimination in the
Indian Constitution.

In a recent interview, Ayushmann Khurrana revealed how he
trained for Article 15 by observing a friend who was an IPS
officer in Delhi and also saw the local cops in Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh to perfect his role. He also mentioned how difficult
it was for him to shoot for the film. “My director Anubhav
Sinha is an evolved soul. He recommended a lot of books to
read before the shoot because this kind of discrimination is
unique to our country. What Mulk was for Hindu-Muslims,
Article 15 is for casteism. And boy, was it a difficult shoot.
We’d shoot around 5-6am and in the evening, between
4.30-6.30pm to catch the magical light. We filmed in muck,
infested with leeches and water snakes, for three days“, the
actor said in an interview.

Directed by Anubhav Sinha, Article 15 stars Ayushmann
Khurrana, Isha Talwar, M Nassar,Manoj Pahwa, Sayani Gupta,
Kumud Mishra and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as is slated to
release in cinemas on 28thJune 2019.

Synopsis

Set in a tehsil (administrative division) called Lalgoan,

somewhere in Uttar Pradesh (India), this is a story of an IPS
officer, Ayan Ranjan and his fight against ‘India’s caste
system’. Raised all over Europe, Ayan’s understanding of India
is mostly bookish and exotic. Little did he know that a small
tehsil would turn his life upside down.

First day in office, Ayan witnessed a horrific crime against
three Dalit minor girls from a lowercaste village Harimanpur.
From this very moment, he gets entangled between how the
traditional system would deal with it and his basic human
instincts that threaten to draw him deep inside.

While struggling to maintain his relationship with his wife
(Aditi), a conflicted Ayan can see the law and justice drift
away easily, knowing perfectly well that any effort from his
side to obstruct this perfectly oiled machine and its
psychology will be catastrophic.

With one of the three girls still being missing and the
opportunity to let this case go through inertly, Ayan would
need to choose between a path, where he can either come of age
or take an easy escape route which most of us prefer.

Shahid   Kapoor  and   Kiara
Advani in ‘Kabir Singh’, out
21st June 2019
Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani star in the T-Series and Cine1
Studios production Kabir Singh, an intense love story, which
is released on 21st June 2019. The film is the story of Kabir,
a young final year medical student who falls in love with
Preeti, his junior in college. She is a stark contrast to

everything he is and at first, but time passes, love blossoms,
passion roars, and nowhere does his fire-lessen.

Shahid’s volatile performance has been widely lauded; his on-
screen chemistry with Kiara has become a talking point; the
one-liners and songs are already a rage. “The excitement for
the film is massive,” says a leading Indian trade analyst.
Shahid believes that what makes Kabir Singh unique and special
is the sheer intensity of the film and that of the lead
character. He says, “It’s what attracted me to the film in the
first place. I believe there is a Kabir Singh inside everyone.
That’s why people can relate to him so easily.”

Kabir Singh, a T-Series and Cine1 Studios presentation, is
produced by Bhushan Kumar, Murad Khetani, Krishan Kumar and
Ashwin Varde and is slated to release in cinemas on 21st June
2019 – distributed by Cinestaan Film Company.

Akshay Kumar’s blockbuster
‘Kesari’ is now streaming on
Amazon Prime
Megastar Akshay Kumar’s blockbuster film ‘Kesari’, which is
based on the epic Battle of Saragarhi, in which an army of 21
Sikhs fought against 10,000 Invaders in 1897, is now streaming
on Amazon Prime Video. Celebrating the spirit of bravery and
sacrifice, the film provides an account of one of the bravest
battles ever fought in history. Kesari released on 21st March
this year and grossed over 200 crores INR worldwide box office
collections and impressed critics and fans alike. Besides an
impressive run at the Indian box office, the film also set

cash registers ringing in the international markets. Raking in
over over USD 2 million in its opening weekend, the film
established itself as one of the biggest opening for an Akshay
Kumar film in Canada and Australia.

Starring Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra. Directed by Anurag
   Singh. Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Karan
Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Sunir Kheterpal and Co-Produced by Amar
 Butala. Written by Girish Kohli and Anurag Singh. Kesari is
       released by Zee Studios International worldwide.

For its realistic portrayal of one of the most significant
historical battles to be ever fought in India, coupled with a
powerhouse performance from Akshay Kumar playing Havildar
Ishar Singh, Kesari managed to generate a huge buzz even prior
to its release.

Click here for the Amazon Prime Video of Kesari

Salman Khan’s Maut Ka Kua
biker training for ‘Bharat’,
out 5th June 2019
Director Ali Abbas Zafar’s ‘Bharat’ is the story of a person
whose life is associated with the journey of India as an
independent nation. As the story of the film extends for many
decades, it is divided into different chapters of life of
India (Salman). In the first part of the film, the actor will
be seen as a Maut Ka Kua biker, which was seen as
entertainment several decades ago. To understand the specifics
of his character, Salman had visited Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh,

to check out a real “Maut Ka Kua”. Salman was also trained by
a real stuntman so that he could play his sequence well.

Director Ali Abbas Zafar shared more information on this, “The
biggest challenge for us was that there were very few “Maut Ka
Kua” artists in India. We took some time to find out about
Maut Ka Kua. To help us train Salman and make the set
correctly, the stuntman had to be called from there. Salman
Bhai is a good rider, but he has worked hard to ride a bike in
the well.”

Bharat stars Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Disha Patani,
Sunil Grover and Jackie Shroff. Produced by Atul Agnihotri,
Alvira Agnihotri, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar under the
banner of Reel Life Production and Salman Khan Films, and
distributed by Cinestaan. Bharat is all set to release in
cinemas 5th June 2019 and is distributed by Cinestaan.

Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt
in Karan Johar’s ‘Kalank’,
out now
Karan Johar’s Kalank, which took 15 years to make, is set in
1945, in pre-independent India, and focuses on the stories of
6 characters, who are connected by love and revenge.

Starring megastars Alia Bhatt (Gully Boy), Varun Dhawan,
Sonakshi Sinha, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sunjay Dutt and Madhuri
Dixit, Kalank tells the story of esoteric and wistful
characters entangled in search of love but separated by the
dichotomy between the two worlds of Husnabad, a town in North

India.

The elite and opulent world of the Chaudhry family, and the
wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira
Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry (Alia Bhatt) encounters Zafar
(varun Dhawan), a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-
buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten
to bring both worlds crashing down.

Screenplay & Directed by Abhishek Varman, Kalank is Produced
by Karan Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva
Mehta and Co-Produced by Fox Star Studios.

Pranutan Bahl & Zaheer Iqbal
star in Salman Khan Films’
‘Notebook’
Salman Khan Films presents their next upcoming film
‘Notebook’, releasing on 29th March 2019, introducing
newcomers Pranutan Bahl and Zaheer Iqbal in leading roles. The
trailer shows an ex-army officer Kabir (Zaheer Iqbal) coming
back to Kashmir to be a schoolteacher. The school is situated
in the middle of the remote Wuller Lake, lacking basic
amenities like running water and electricity and attended by
just a handful of students. This wasn’t quite what Kabir
imagined when he signed up to teach. At the school, one day,
Kabir finds a notebook, left behind by the previous year’s
teacher Firdaus (Pranutan Bahl) and that changes his entire
life. Happy, spirited and heart-warming, Notebook is about two
people finding love in the most unexpected way.

Directed by Nitin Kakkar, Notebook is set to release in
cinemas on 29th March 2019.

Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’ at
the Berlin International Film
Festival
‘Gully Boy’ is Ranveer Singh’s second film with director Zoya
Akhtar after ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’. He plays the lead in this
underdog story, set in the slums of Dharavi, while Alia Bhatt
portrays his unconventional love interest. The film also stars
Siddhant Chaturvedi and Kalki Koechlin in pivotal roles.’Gully
Boy’ is also achieving international acclaim after its
premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Directed by Zoya Akhtar, produced by Excel Entertainment and
Tiger Baby, Gully Boy is slated to release on the 14th of
February 2019.

Rajnikanth   starrer    ‘2.0’
surpasses   $70.4m   in   box
office receipts
Bionic blockbuster ‘2.0’, an action-packed extravaganza
produced by Lyca Productions and directed by Shankar, one of

Indian cinema’s most successful filmmakers, has surpassed a
record Rs 500 crore (USD $70,487,045) worldwide in its first
week alone, taking this week’s number one spot at the
international box office from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of
Grindelwald, and becoming the second highest grossing Hindi
film ever.

2.0 has also become Rajinikanth’s most successful Hindi film
and is set to become Akshay Kumar’s highest earner. The film
has been heralded as the new standard for India’s blockbusters
with impressive effects, a captivating narrative and dynamic
action sequences. The film is set to break further records as
the widest 3D release for a foreign film in history as it
heads to 52,000 screens in China with 40,000 screens in 3D.

Considered a magnum opus for director Shankar, the film
combines action packed set pieces to rival Hollywood
blockbusters with a thought-provoking environmental message to
create a memorable film experience for the whole family, from
young children to elderly film lovers. Shot entirely in 3D,
2.0 promises to grab audiences and bring them into the world
of Chitti.

2.0 is a world class visual spectacle boasting some of the
best special effects in Indian cinema. The film’s visual
effects were handled by the award-winning effects studio
Double Negative (Dunkirk, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of
Grindelwald, Avengers: Infinity War), who have five BAFTAs and
four Oscars to their credits for films such as Inception,
Blade Runner 2049, and Interstellar. Award winning Hollywood
VFX company Rhythm & Hues (The Golden Compass) also worked on
key visual effects sequences in the film.

2.0’s Hollywood pedigree is also evident in the costumes and
makeup. Animatronics, special make-up and practical effects
like Akshay Kumar’s striking bird-like visage were created by
renowned studio Legacy Effects (Iron Man, Avengers), whilst

costume design was handled by industry veteran Mary E. Vogt
(Batman, Men In Black) and Quantum. The music for the film has
been composed by the legendary Academy Award winner AR Rahman
(Slumdog Millionaire).

Synopsis
The film follows Professor Vaseegaran (Rajinikanth) years
after the deactivation of Chitti (Rajinikanth) and his new
humanoid robot Nila (Jackson) as they uncover a mysterious new
element wreaks havoc across the city known as the fifth force.
But when a connection arises between the fifth force and the
sinister Professor Rajan (Kumar), Vaseegaran decides it is
time to resurrect and upgrade Chitti to face the new threat.

Produced by Lyca Productions and directed by Shankar, 2.0 is
in cinemas nationwide in the UK in 2D and 3D.

SRK’s ‘Zero’ film trailer
reaches 100 million views in
just 4 days!
Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan’s new film ‘Zero’ reached a new
milestone for Indian cinema with the trailer achieving 100
million views in just 4 days! The film, which stars Katrina
Kaif and Anushka Sharma alongside Shah Rukh Khan, released its
trailer on 2nd November 2018 at IMAX Wadala in Mumbai. The
trailer clocked in 54 million views within the first 24 hours,
breaking the record for the most viewed Indian film trailer in
24 hours. The numbers continued climbing up on day two, raking
in a total of 85 million views in 2 days across all platforms.

But as if this wasn’t enough, by the fourth day the trailer
hit 100 million views, breaking records for the highest number
of views on any Indian film trailer in less than 96 hours.

With such astonishing numbers, the trailer is well on its way
to make it to the list of the most-viewed movie trailers of
all time.

The ZERO trailer is not just the most viewed, but also one of
the most loved. Audiences on Facebook made their love for the
film evident by grossing a million views and thumbs-ups alike
in record time. The accomplishment was repeated on YouTube,
making the trailer the fastest to reach a million likes.

Here’s a quick checklist of some of the records the trailer
now holds:

     54 Million Views in 24 hours – Highest for any Indian
     film
     85 Million Views in 48 hours – Highest for any Indian
     Film
     Fastest to 1 Million Views on Facebook
     Fastest to 1 Million likes in India
     Highest number of comments on any Indian movie trailer
     on YouTube
     Highest number of likes on any Indian movie trailer on
     YouTube
     100M views in 4 days of release – Highest for any Indian
     movie trailer

In the trailer, Shah Rukh is seen trying to woo Anushka
Sharma, a scientist who moves around in a customised
wheelchair. Katrina Kaif, on the other hand, is a ravishing
superstar who loves the bottle. Zero presents the story of
Bauua, a vertically challenged man essayed by Shah Rukh Khan.
Set against the backdrop of Meerut, Zero presents a unique as
well as rooted story.

« ‹ 1 of 5   ›   »

Produced by Gauri Khan, Red Chillies Entertainment and Colour
Yellow Productions come together to bring the Aanand L Rai
directorial ZERO in cinemas on 21st December 2018.

Sara Ali Khan and Sushant
Singh Rajput in ‘Kedarnath’,
out 7th Dec
Abhishek Kapoor directs Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput
in ‘Kedarnath’, a potent combination of love and religion, of
passion and spirituality, releasing on 7th December 2018. The
film is set on a 14-kilometre pilgrimage from Gauri Kund to
Kedarnath, the 2000-year-old holy temple of Lord Shiva, which

is wrecked by a mountain tsunami.

Mansoor (Sushant Singh Rajput) is a reserved and reticent
pithoo (porter) helping pilgrims make an arduous journey
upwards to the temple town. His world turns around when he
meets the beautiful and rebellious Mukku (Sara Ali Khan)who
draws him into a whirlwind of intense love. The first song
from the film titled ‘Namo Namo’ shows Mansoor in his natural
habitat, conducting his duty with diligence and devotion
amongst the colourful village. Sung by Amit Trivedi,the
introductory song is just the beginning of the journey between
Mansoor and the beautiful and rebellious Mukku, who must
battle nature itself with the strength of their love.Destiny
has plans for lovers amidst the uncertainties of life, nature
and broken hearts.

Pack Your Bag Films releases Kedarnath in cinemas on December
7th2018.

Iconic film studio                              Bombay
Talkies     returns                               with
‘Rashtraputra’
Bombay Talkies, the legendary film studio, is making a
comeback to films with ‘Rashtraputra’, a film based on the
life of freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad. Rashtraputra
releases through Bombay Talkies worldwide and in the UK on 2nd
November in 26 languages including Hindi, English, Punjabi,
Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and French.

Rashtraputra, written and directed by military school student

and filmmaker Aazaad, is a film based on the life and thoughts
of the greatest revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad. The film
shows Aazaad essaying the role of Chandrashekhar Azad along
with various other film dignitaries including Aryan Vaidya,
Achint Kaur, and Raza Murad. Bappi Lahiri, Mika Singh and
Palak Mucchal have lent their beautiful voices to the film.
With high voltage drama and entertainment values for the youth
as well as the enlightened audience of twenty first century,
the film also has a motivational message.

Lead actor Aazaad says, “Chandrashekhar Azad is a timeless
cinematic creation. He is a daring and dynamic protagonist of
all time. While his earlier movies had elements of
nationalism, our film ‘Rashtraputra’ will showcase the
reality, the lesser known facts of the revolutionary freedom
fighter. Azad will always be the relevant hero of all times.”

He is joined in the film by Ruhi Singh, Anushka, Jamie Lever,
Aryan Vaidya, Achint Kaur, Rakesh Bedi, Master Akshay Batchu,
Alpesh Dhakan, Mohsin Khan, Atul Srivastava, Vivek Vaswani,
Nasir Johnny Walker Khan, Deep Raj Rana, Abhay Bhargav, Raza
Murad, Manish Chaudhary and Zakir Hussain

Rashtraputra is produced by the iconic Bombay Talkies which
was founded by Rajnarayan Dube in 1934 alongside theatrical
personality Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani. In the past, Bombay
Talkies has produced some of the commercially successful films
such as Jeevan Naiya, Ziddi, Kismet among many others. Six
decades later, Bombay Talkies is making a splendid comeback on
massive demand from millions of Indian cinema lovers with it’s
magnum opus ‘Rashtraputra’.

About Bombay Talkies
The Bombay Talkies Studios, fondly known as Bombay Talkies by
many generations of movie fans, was the first Hindi movie
company to be established in India. Bombay Talkies was
established in 1934 by Rajnarayan Dube, son of business tycoon

Seth Badriprasad Dube along with theatrical personality
Himanshu Rai from London and India’s first superstar and niece
of Rabindranath Tagore, Devika Rani. Bombay Talkies has
produced 115 films including Achhut Kanya, Jeevan Naiya,
Bandhan, Neelkamal, Ziddi, Sangam and many more which went on
to make history in the Indian film industry. The studio played
a leading role in establishing the industry that we now
celebrate as Bollywood. Its movies were enjoyed by millions
over the ages and were the stepping stones to the success of
superstars such as Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Dilip
Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Mehmood, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and
countless others.

Being one of the pioneer film studios of Indian cinema, Bombay
Talkies has distributed over 259 films in major languages of
India. Bombay Talkies, Asia’s biggest film company and pillar
of Indian cinema is now making a splendid comeback after six
decades with it’s magnum opus ‘Rashtraputra’. The studio also
supports independent filmmakers in release and distribution of
films across the globe.

For         further          information                visit
https://www.thebombaytalkiesstudios.com/

Saif Ali Khan and Radhika
Apte in ‘Baazaar’, out 26th
Oct
Baazaar, releasing on 26th October 2018, sees Saif Ali Khan
play Shakun Kothari, a big business boss man with nothing but
quick money on his mind. The trailer also gives the audience a
good look at actress Chitrangaha Singh who stars as Saif’s

love interest. Audiences are also introduced to Bollywood
newcomer Rohan Mehra who plays the role of Rizwan Ahmed, a
young man trying to get a foot into the stock market industry,
as well as Radhika Apte, who stars as an employee with less
than noble intentions.

Directed by Gauravv K Chawla, Baazaar is releasing in UK
cinemas on 26th October 2018.