A quick look at everything making news in the world of cinema today!
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Haseena Parkar will release on September 22
Kurangu Bommai, featuring Bharathiraja and Vidharth, will hit the screens this week
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Emraan Hashmi says that he is very careful when it comes to selecting scripts. The actor told IANS:
“There was a phase when I was doing whatever was being offered to me without doing any analysis. At that time, I didn’t want to sit at home and keep on working. But at this moment, I am very focused on good stories, and don’t want to do film just for the heck of it.”
Vijay Deverakonda has slammed ‘thathayya’ Hanumantha Rao, and asked him to chill, after the latter tore out posters of his film, Arjun Reddy.
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Milan Luthria, director of upcoming Baadshaho, says that there is less drama in Bollywood now. The director told IANS:
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“Drama has reduced (from Bollywood films). Heroes’ machoism, heroines’ elegance (‘nazakat’) and the fear of villains have been diluted…International cinema is also going towards period drama…It is larger than life. It appeals to me personally.”
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The contact details of Elamaran, a reviewer with Tamil Talkies, has been leaked online by fans of Ajith Kumar. The reviewer has been facing issues ever since he posted a negative review of Ajith’s Vivegam online.
Let them eat cake!
Actors Richa Pallod, Srilekha Mitra, Jamuna, Anu Chowdhury will all turn a year older today!