Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter actress Navya Naveli Nanda and singer Armaan Malik recently had a conversation with Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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‘Special Ops’ maker Shivam Nair talks about the liberation of working on OTT
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Director Shivam Nair, who is gearing up for the release of the upcoming season of the superhit streaming show ‘Special Ops’, has spoken on the medium of OTT, and the kind of liberation it brings for the artistes.
The director recently spoke with IANS ahead of the season’s release, and shared how he made a conscious decision to take departure from television into cinema and OTT. Having worked across all three media, the director is placed in a better position to share his opinion on the same.
Shivam told IANS, “For me, to work on OTT with ‘Special Ops’, is a big opportunity for sure. I come from a background of television and I had taken a certain decision to kind of move forward from that. It’s been a great opportunity for me, frankly speaking”.
He further mentioned, “Because maybe about like seven years ago, six years ago, when I took a break from TV, if somebody would have offered me a film which would have a budget of what ‘Special Ops’ needed and, we are looking at something which is towards and upwards of about INR 1000 crores”.
The second season of the show deals with the threat of cyber warfare. Earlier, actor Kay Kay Menon, who essays the lead in ‘Special Ops’, had shared that his lead character of Himmat Singh in the show hasn’t changed much in 5 years.
Talking about his character, the actor earlier told IANS, “I don’t think Himmat Singh has changed. He still remains the same Himmat Singh. What has changed is the challenges that he faces. So in that sense, contextually, the situations are different. But Himmat Singh will be Himmat Singh the way he operates”.
‘Special Ops 2’ is set to stream on JioHotstar from July 11, 2025.
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‘The Phoogdi Dance’ from ‘Housefull 5’ is an upbeat track adding to the experience of the film
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) The song ‘The Phoogdi Dance’ from the upcoming multi-starrer film ‘Housefull 5’ was unveiled on Saturday. The song follows the other tracks from the film like ‘Laal Pari’, ‘Dil E Nadaan’, and ‘Qayamat’. ‘The Phoogdi Dance’ is a wild and high-energy track.
Veteran actor Nana Patekar takes centre stage as he draws each of the actors in the film, and spins them in his signature comedy style by doing the ‘Phoogdi Dance’. The song is crooned by Krattex, with music composed by Tanishk Bagchi and Krattex.
The Phoogdi Dance is very popular across all the cultures where women are seen forming a semi-circle and spinning in sync. It’s after a while that we see Nana Patekar in this avatar also showcasing the madness that we can expect from the ‘Housefull 5’ team.
The film features an ensemble cast of 19 actors including Akshay Kumar, joined by returning favourites and some exciting new faces including Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek A. Bachchan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Chitrangada Singh, Fardeen Khan, Chunky Pandey, Johnny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Dino Morea, Ranjeet, Soundarya Sharma, Nikitin Dheer, and Akashdeep Sabir. The film is directed by Tarun Mansukhani.
Earlier, the trailer of the film was unveiled, and it promises a laughter riot, chaos, drama, and heady dose of entertainment. The trailer begins with a cruise ship stretching across an endless ocean when Nana Patekar’s voice-over talking about the character of Ranjit announcing his will of 69 billion pounds. As he announces his will in the name of Jolly, the three Jollys jump in contention in order to get their hands on the money.
The trailer is filled with many references and pays homage to the mainstream Hindi cinema. Including a line from Jackie Shroff when he says, “Cchoti bacchi hai kya?”, a hat-tip to the dialogue from his son Tiger’s debut film ‘Heropanti’.
The film is said to be shot on a luxurious cruise that journeys from London to France, to Spain and back to the UK. Its glamour, chaos, and comedy on the deck just how the fans love it.
Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under the banner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, ‘Housefull 5’ is set to release in cinemas worldwide on June 6, 2025.
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Christopher Nolan assured Ryan Coogler to use a fine cinema tool to film ‘Sinners’
Los Angeles, June 28 (IANS) Hollywood actress Filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who is known for his penchant to film on Imax cameras, is looking back at how he introduced Ryan Coogler to the high-res format.
The 2x Oscar winner recently noted that he assured Coogler it “wasn’t crazy” using Imax to film his 2025 film ‘Sinners’ which earned Autumn Durald Arkapaw the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, reports ‘Deadline’.
He told The New York Times, “Ryan called me before he committed to Imax. I think Dunkirk was the first time I dragged him to a screening of an original-made film print of Imax. I love to show filmmakers the potential of the format”.
He went on, “So he called me when he was prepping, but really I think he was sort of looking for someone to tell him it wasn’t crazy to shoot his vampire film that way. I was like, no, I’d love to see that”.
As per ‘Deadline’, Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ has become the first film to be shot entirely with Imax cameras. He previously used Imax in making ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Tenet’, ‘Dunkirk’, ‘Interstellar’, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, ‘Inception’ and ‘The Dark Knight’.
“One of the great satisfactions of my career has been being part of an evolutionary process of a (filmmaking) system. My excitement for having finished the film entirely in Imax is: what other filmmakers might want to do that. I just want to go see somebody else’s film when they do it this way”, he added.
The film also stars Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Bill Irwin, Samantha Morton, Jesse Garcia, Will Yun Lee, Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez, Mia Goth and more.
The film is an adaptation of one of the first stories in human history, and follows Odysseus (played by Matt Damon) through the incredible trials and mythical encounters he faces on his decade-long journey home to wife Penelope after the Trojan War.
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