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18 years ago, Aurag Kashyap’s drama Black Friday released. Subhash K Jha revisits the film that starred Pavan Malhotra, Kk Menon, and Aditya Srivastav.

Recreating the events leading up to the ‘Bombay’ blasts (there was no Mumbai back then) on 12 March 1993, Anurag Kashyap’s clenched drama on the second-worst terror attack in Mumbai is a source of constant shock. On each viewing, you will come across new facets of the dark, diabolic characters plotting a conspiracy that still boggles the mind.

The extraordinary cast adds considerably to the palate of pulsating action. Watch out especially for Pavan Malhotra as Tiger Memon, K K Menon as inspector Rakesh Maria, and Aditya Srivastava Badshah Khan. Oh, didn’t I tell you? This film, for once, names and shames real-life terrorists.

Anurag Kashyap’s desperately dark exploration of the plan to blow up Mumbai had several exceptional performances, none more so than Pavan,...

Fans React To The Possible Return Of Dr Tarika In Cid 2 ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

The fans of the cult crime TV show Cid are in a celebratory mood. The makers of Cid 2 have hinted at the comeback of Dr Tarika’s character on the show which was played by actress Shraddha Musale. For the unversed, Aditya Srivastav’s Inspector Abhijeet was shown to have a crush on her, and fans loved their flirtatious banter in the forensic lab. In the latest episode, Abhijit can be seen conversing with Dr Salunke (Narendra Gupta), wherein he says that he has yet to meet Tarika. This has left fans guessing the return of Dr Tarika on the show.

Fans React To The Possible Return Of Dr Tarika In Cid 2

One of the fans stated, “More than Abhijeet, I’m missing her.” While another netizen added, “I was jumping with happiness when he mentioned Tarika.

Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba is a fitting sequel to its 2021 Netflix India original Haseen Dillruba. The first film is a twisted tale of love and the kind of sacrifices people make for the person they are crazy about. As an extension to that story, Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba takes the audience on a roller coaster ride as the characters want their goals to be fulfilled. These characters are neither good nor bad; they have many shades of gray, and they tend to act upon instinct rather than logic.

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Taapsee Pannu as Rani Kashyap is back again, but this time as a widow who runs her own beauty parlor. She moved to Agra and secretly began to meet her husband, who, on paper, is supposed to be dead. Just like her husband Rishu, she is keen on running away from her current life to some place else where she is...

England Test captain Ben Stokes deciding to quit ODIs and New Zealand pace bowler Trent Boult not opting for a central contract indicates the possible pathway forward for some well-established men’s players.

Ipl side Kolkata Knight Riders decided to fill the vacancy of head coach left vacant by Brendon McCullum’s departure by appointing Chandrakant Pandit. Pandit’s name is synonymous with delivering consistent results in domestic cricket. Someone who has played the game at the highest level, he has seen all the corridors through which players walk.

He comes from an era where technique and temperament were the basis to become a complete player and then learning patience to construct a long innings. For him, cricket did not change irrespective of the state, the player or the team.

While commentating in domestic cricket during the Ranji Trophy knockout matches earlier this season, I saw Madhya Pradesh (the team...

Entertainment The actor had tested positive for the coronavirus earlier in October. Digital NativeInstagram/Tamannaah BhatiaActor Tamannaah Bhatia, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, has recovered from the infection and is getting back to her routine. She recently said that before getting back to the sets, she is taking small steps to get back her stamina. The Baahubali star took to Instagram to give us a glimpse of her latest photoshoot by Avinash Gowariker. She is seen wearing a white shirt and looking radiant. She had shared her photo with the caption, “Thank you for capturing my true best self in your portrait.” View this post on Instagram #postpackupshot by @avigowariker ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for capturing my true best self in your portrait. #StopAndStare @mua_aanchalkhanna @tinamukharjee A post shared by Tamannaah Bhatia (@tamannaahspeaks) on Nov 2, 2020 at 11:30pm Pst Tamannaah had tested positive for the novel coronavirus while she...

KollywoodThe web series has been directed by Ram Subramanian, a former associate of director Ram Kumar of ‘Ratsasan’ fame. Digital NativeTaking a cue from her contemporaries in the film industry, Tammannah is making her debut in the digital circuit with a new web series. The actor posted a pic from it online and it has garnered positive responses from her fans in a big way. Posting the pic on Instagram, she wrote, “Wrapped up the first schedule of The November Story, my maiden Tamil web series, eagerly looking forward to the next schedule curated by a young passionate talented lot.” Titled The November Story, the shooting of this web series has been completed already. The web series has been directed by Ram Subramanian, a former associate of director Ram Kumar of Ratsasan fame. Produced and distributed by Ananda Vikatan, the web series will be out on Hotstar. The November Story...

The Hrithik Roshan starrer Super 30 was making all buzz for the right reason. Hrithik Roshan recently?shared?a small video in which we get to see the?Behind the Scenes of Basanti Song.

His post read, "Here is the reason why so many people are calling the Basanti song moment in the film an emotional rollercoaster. It?s the innocence and purity of these souls reflecting in every frame. It has been a huge honor to have worked with all of them #Super30 kids. Watch them as they conquered their fears - in reel and real-life"

The co-actors who were the reel life students for Hrithik Roshan are the one who was never exposed to a camera. Now with this film, they get an opportunity and exposure to the film industry.

The movie revolves around the mathematician Mr. Anand Kumar who started the Super 30 program where children who...

The Hrithik Roshan starrer Super 30 is all making buzz for the right reason. Right from the release of its first poster to the latest song Dance No Basanti, ?the film has already caught the audience's attention. Now with its latest post, they now focus on "Happiness".

Hrithik Roshan shared on his social media post some very important message in which it read, "Anand Aur Anand Bas ???? hi ???? ?#super30 #july12th."

A teacher's happiness lies in the success of their students. The movie which revolves around Mr. Anand Kumar who is the pioneer of Super 30. The success rate of the children trained under Mr. Kumar turned out high where almost 27 out of 30 students in the year 2018 passed out and secured a position in the Iit.

The movie Super 30, is slated to release on 12 July 2019. The movie stars Hrithik Roshan in the lead along with Mrunal Thakur, Virendra Saxena,...

The Hrithik Roshan starrer Super 30 is all making buzz for the right reason. Right from the release of its first poster to the latest song Dance No Basanti, ?the film has already caught the audience's attention. Now with its latest post, they now focus on Hrithik Roshan's character as a teacher from the film. They call him a "Visionary Man."

A small video was shared in which we see One Man's Vision, carving many destinies. The story revolves around Mr. Anand Kumar who is the pioneer of Super 30. The success rate of the children trained under Mr. Kumar turned out high where almost 27 out of 30 students in the year 2018 passed out and secured a position in the Iit.

The video was shared by Reliance Entertainment in which the post read, "Changing lives, one student at a time! #Super30 in cinemas this Friday. @iHrithik @mrunal0801 @nandishsandhu @TheAmitSadh @teacheranand @Shibasishsarkar...

The Hrithik Roshan starrer Super 30 is all making buzz for the right reason. Right from the release of its first poster to the latest song Dance No Basanti, ?the film has caught the audience attention.

The movie revolves around the mathematician Mr. Anand Kumar who started the Super 30 program where children who lacked facilities and resources were pooled together and taught at a very nominal rate. The success rate of the children trained under Mr. Kumar turned out high where almost 27 out of 30 students in the year 2018 passed out and secured a position in the Iit.

Recently, a post was tweeted by Hrithik Roshan in which it read, "A very different side of super 30 class. I really enjoyed my young co actors who are from diverse backgrounds and most of them are facing the camera for the first time.#super30 #keepcreating #keepgrowing #wearetheworld #studentsforever"

The co actors who...

TollywoodEvelyn is excited to play an unconventional role in the film.Digital NativeThe star cast of the Prabhas starrer Saaho just got bigger with the German model Evelyn Sharma being roped in. The actor – model made her debut in Bollywood with the film From Sydney with Love that won her a lot of fans. She has been roped in by director Sujeeth for a crucial role in Saaho and Evelyn is naturally elated about joining the star cast. She has been quoted by the Deccan Chronicle as saying: “Director Sujeeth approached me for this role in Saaho and of course, I said yes! I am glad that he saw a completely different side to me than the kind of roles I have played so far. This film is an amazing opportunity to show my talents and a fantastic launch for me into the South film industry.” Further, Evelyn will be seen performing some stunts in the film which is sure to go down well with the audiences, say sources in the know. She has also been undergoing special training for it. Saaho, directed by Sujeeth, stars Prabhas in the lead role. Expectations are very high on this project as it happens to be Prabhas’ next after the astounding success of Baahubali, a project with which he was associated for over five years. The filmmakers have huge plans for its release as Saaho will be out in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam considering the pan Indian appeal of it lead star Prabhas. According to the buzz doing rounds, Netflix has reportedly offered about Rs. 50 crores for the rights and Amazon is also in the race to procure the rights for all the languages. Produced by V. Vamshi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati under the banner Uv Creations, the film stars Shraddha Kapoor as the one of the leads lead along with Neil Nitin Mukesh, Arun Vijay, Mandira Bedi, Jackie Shroff, Lal, Vennela Kishore, Mahesh Manjrekar, Tinnu Anand, Aditya Srivastava, Narendra Jha and Murli Sharma in the star cast. Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are the music directors for this entertainer with R Madhi working on the camera and A. Sreekar Prasad editing it. (Content provided by Digital Native)...

TollywoodA sci-fi thriller directed by Sujeeth, the film has Shraddha Kapoor playing the female lead.Digital NativeDigital NativePrabhas turned out to be a hot hero in the Indian film circuit after the release of Baahubali: The Beginning. His fan base further increased with the release of Baahubali: The Conclusion last year. However, there has been no other film release for the star since then. It is well known that Prabhas’ next film release would be Saaho, a sci-fi thriller directed by Sujeeth. The shooting for the film began in June last year and the first look poster featuring its lead star, Prabhas, was released on his birthday – 23 October. The film has Shraddha Kapoor playing the female lead. The shooting for the film began last year but its progress has been stalled for various reasons. According to industry buzz, a crucial 60-day Dubai episode has not yet been shot. The team was supposed to fly down to Dubai to film an action block at the Burj Kalifa Towers and then move on to Abu Dhabi and Romania, where a major chunk of the film was to be canned. But things did not work out as per plans and the overseas schedule has been postponed indefinitely. It is also reported that director Sujeeth loves to reshoot until he is satisfied. This could also be the reason for the delay in the release of the movie. Hence, the makers of this trilingual film are eyeing a Makar Sankranti release, which means the movie will hit the theatres next year. The filmmakers have huge plans for its release as Saaho will be out in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam, considering the pan Indian appeal of lead star Prabhas. The rest of the star cast includes Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mandira Bedi, Arun Vijay, Jackie Shroff, Lal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Tinnu Anand, Aditya Srivastava and Narendra Jha. The film is bankrolled by V Vamsi Krishna Reddy and U Pramod under the banner Uv Creations on a humongous budget of Rs 200 crore. Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy are composing music for this magnum opus with R Madhi cranking the camera and A Sreekar Prasad editing it. With the release of Saaho being pushed, the Baahubali star plans to move on to his next project. Prabhas will be teaming up with director Radha Krishna of Jil fame. Pooja Hegde has been signed to play his lead pair in this romantic entertainer. The shooting for the film is expected to commence in July this year, say sources. (Content provided by Digital Native)...

TollywoodTouted to be a science fiction film, 'Saaho' is being directed by Sujeeth.Digital NativeDigital NativeThe shooting of the Prabhas starrer Saaho began some months ago and the team is now ready to fly to Abu Dhabi for the next schedule. The entire team will be stationed abroad for the next two months and complete the shooting schedules in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Romania, where the most important sequences of the film would be shot. Saaho, made on a budget of around Rs. 200 crores, is being bankrolled by Vamsi and Pramod under the banner Uv Creations. Touted to be a science fiction film, Saaho is being directed by Sujeeth. With Prabhas turning out to be a star with the pan-Indian appeal after the massive success of Baahubali: the Beginning and Baahubali: the Conclusion and having a huge fan base across the country, expectations are high in Saaho. Starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles, it is a multi-lingual that will be released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. The shooting of this film began in June last year and the first look poster featuring its lead star, Prabhas, was released on his birthday on 23rd October. The star cast of Saaho is very impressive with Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mandira Bedi, Arun Vijay, Jackie Shroff, Lal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Tinnu Anand, Aditya Srivastava, and Narendra Jha being a part of it. Amy Jackson will be seen making a cameo appearance in it. The film will mark Shraddha Kapoor’s debut in the Telugu film industry and Neil Nithin Mukesh will be seen as the baddie fighting it out with Prabhas. Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy have been signed up to compose music for this flick with R Madhie cranking the camera and A Sreekar Prasad editing it. Reports are that an action sequence will be shot at the world’s tallest building, the Burj Kalifa and it would be highlight of the film. It may be mentioned here that earlier there were reports that Prabhas’ co-star in Baahubali, Anushka Shetty would be playing his lead pair in it but the role eventually went to Shraddha due to date issues.

Arshad Warsi is one of those actors who have managed to impress us with their acting skills. As Arshad Warsi starrer Welcome 2 Karachi release comes closer, we bring you 6 memorable roles of this Bollywood actor which will continue to entertain us for years. Take a look...

Circuit in Munnabhai series

Munnabhai would truly be incomplete without Circuit- Munna's bromance.

Madhav in Golmaal franchise

Agreed that Ajay Devgn, Sharman Joshi and Tusshar Kapoor played vital roles in Golmaal series, but Arshad's unique traits made us laugh.

Aditya Srivastav in Dhamaal and Double Dhamaal

Arshad Warsi amused us as much as Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jafferi and Ashish Chowdhry in these movies.

Jagdish Tyagi in Jolly L.L.B.

When talking about memorable roles, how can one forget Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani starrer Jolly L.L.B?

Babban Hussain in Ishqiya and its sequel

Arshad chose a darker comedy with Ishqiya,...

Hansal Mehta is all set to collaborate with the international bestselling author Jeffrey Archer over a film adaptation of the 1979 bestseller Kane & Abel. He has also finalized his favourite actor Rajkummar Yadav to play one of the protagonists. Interestingly, Hansal has earlier adapted Kane & Abel to television. Recounts the Shahid director, "I had done Kane & Abel for Zee TV in 1999. It was called 'Lakshya' and it starred Kay Kay Menon and Pramod Moutho as the two protagonists. It was a kind of game-changer on Indian television. But we were given the wrong telecast timing and the series never took off." Hansal has been desirous of taking the story to a larger screen and audience ever since Lakshya couldn't get the audience it deserved. Recently, Imtiaz Ali had converted his tele-film Highway (starring Aditya Shrivastava and Kartika Rane) into a feature film featuring Randeep Hooda and Alia Bhatt. Alas,...

Mumbai, June 24: Members of the TV crime show "C.I.D." actor Dayanand Shetty and director B.P. Singh will leave for Uttarakhand Tuesday to lend help to victims of the devastating floods in the hill state, said a source.

Thousands of people are said to be either stranded or have gone missing after unprecedented rains and cloudburst led to landslides and flash floods, killing hundreds of people in the state.

"C.I.D." is the longest running crime show on Indian television. Running successfully since 16 years, it features actors like Shivaji Satam and Aditya Srivastava. The show airs on Sony Entertainment Television.

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If you remember back in August we took the piss out of a trailer for Wilson Louis' film Mallika. Well it looks like Louis has a thing for the supernatural and has another film due out for release in the new year called Kaalo. 

Here is the synopsis as provided by the source, The film revolves around a deadly witch attacking a bus in the deserts of Rajasthan for the killing of a young played by Shwini Khare. The film star cast includes Aditya Shrivastav, Panitalji, Sheela David, Raj Arjun, Aditya Lakhiya, Abhijit satham, Madhurima, Tripta and Hemant Pandey among others. The film claims to be inspired by a true incident of a witch murdering a 12-year old little girl in the remote deserts of western India. The film also claims to be the world's first daytime horror movie. 

That can't be right. World's first daytime horror? I think not.

Utv Movies will be airing the world TV premiere of Black Friday on 20 September, 2009 at 12 pm.Black Friday is based on the events leading up to and the investigation thereafter of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. The 1993 Mumbai blasts left more than 300 people dead and over 1,000 injured. The movie is directed by Anurag Kashyap.Based on a book by S. Hussain Zaidi, this docu-drama tries to recreate those events and the intense feelings that followed them. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Shrivastava and Pawan Malhotra.Utv Movies business head ...

Movie Review: Mohandas; Star Cast: Sonali Kulkarni, Nakul Vaid, Sushant Singh, Sharbani Mukherjee, Uttam Halder, Aditya Shrivastav, Govind Namdeo; Director: Mazhar Kamran; Duration: 1 Hour 57 Minutes; Rating: ** - Truth Hurts.

A dark twisted tale of stolen identity and a corrupt bureaucracy, Mohandas is the fight of one man against the system; grim and real this tale of injustice comes from the heartland of India- Madhya Pradesh. The story of a small town scam of identity theft of a man named Mohandas goads the audience into questioning the reality of India Shining. The film.

Movie Review: Gulaal; Star cast: Kay Kay Menon, introducing Raj Singh Chaudhary, Jesse Randhawa, Deepak Dobriyal, Aditya Srivastava, Ayesha Mohan, Piyush Mishra and Abhimanyu Singh; Director: Anurag Kashyap; Rating: **** - Anurag Kashyap’s best film by far.

Set in the fictional Rajpur town of modern-day Rajasthan, Gulaal is entangled with stories of student politics, a covertly taking shape local rebellion for an independent Rajputana stare and love taking it forward. The meek, Dileep Singh (Raj Singh Chaudhary), is an idealistic man who gets caught in the whirlpool of student.