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www.WeeklyVoice.com BOLLYWOOD Friday, July 19, 2019 | B-9 Netlix To Expand India Slate With B’Wood Power NEW DELHI: American are appreciating differential con- which he has created and co-writ- streaming giant Netlix is ex- tent, ‘Mai’ will hopefully intrigue ten with Neel Shah. panding its India slate of original them and entertain them thor- Patel is excited to work on a series, and focus on domestic tal- oughly,” said Anushka. story of a strong female lead and ent is high on its priority list. Shah Rukh Khan makes a grand voice. “This is a story about a After the much-anticipated entry into the digital space with girl inding herself and her place launch of “Sacred Games season the spy saga “Bard Of Blood” in in the world while living in a big two” on August 15, the digital September, and will then follow city, and we are hoping to create entertainment site has content in it up with the zombie drama “Be- a relatable and authentic story,” store over the next months that taal”, which is backed by his Red Patel said. launts Bollywood biggies such Chillies Entertainment. “Masaba Masaba” is a scripted as Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka In “Betaal”, a 200-year-old series based on moments from Sharma. British Indian Army oficer andMasaba Gupta’s life. The show Netlix this week announced his battalion of zombie soldiers follows her unique background, - are pitted against the Indian po- the diverse worlds she straddles ive new original series, explor Shah Rukh Khan is entering the Netlix world with the spy ing the worlds of deadly zombies, lice. Patrick Graham, who pre- across fashion and family, and thriller ‘Bard of Blood’ scary gangsters, stand-up comics viously directed “Ghoul”, will her foray back into the dating and daring friends, in a bid to tell women with honesty. tragedy. “Mai” is executive-pro- write, direct and be the showrun- world. Masaba and her mother, diverse Indian stories and reach “I hope women --- and maybe duced by Anushka and Karnesh ner of “Betaal”, with Nikhil Ma- actress Neena Gupta, will feature out to the domestic market in a some men --- can connect to this Sharma’s Clean Slate Films and hajan also directing, and Suhani in the show, which is directed by more aggressive way. story, no matter what their back- written by Atul Mongia along Kanwar sharing writing duties. Sonam Nair. “Bombay Begums”, created, ground, because maybe we are all with Tamal Sen and Amita Vyas. It will be executive-produced Masaba calls the series “an written and directed by Alankrita trying to ind ourselves and our Sudip Sharma is a creative pro- by Blumhouse, known to design amalgamation of my experiences, Shrivastava, will follow the jour- place in this world,” she said. ducer. With the project, Anushka some of the best horror content, personally and professionally”. ney of ive women in contem- Another project that has raised is looking to disrupt the kind of and Ivanhoe Pictures. “India is home to some of the porary urban India, who wrestle curiosity is the Anushka Sharma- content the audience normally There’s also “Messy”, which world’s greatest stories. It’s been with desire, ethics, personal cri- backed “Mai”, which will tell consuming. will navigate the life of an emerg- thrilling to watch these amazing ses and vulnerabilities to own a tale of a 47-year-old docile “’Mai’ is an exciting work of ing stand-up comic who struggles storytellers embrace artistic free- their ambition. wife and mother, who inds - heriction that tells the story of ato balance a career in comedy dom at Netlix to create entertain- Shrivastava feels “Bombay Be- self sucked into a vortex of vio- middle-class Indian woman who with a day job and a demanding ing stories,” Bela Bajaria, Vice gums” is an attempt to tell a story lence, power, white collar crime leads a double-life of a don. At family. American actor-director President, International Origi- about the lives of urban Indian and politics following a personal a time when audiences globally Ravi Patel stars in the series, nals, Netlix. Big Big: Prosthetics Are Tiring Jhanvi Shooting For MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh just that the bearing shall become it gets to be the end of the sched- Bachchan does not mind using tough as the days go by,” said the ule...not that this one is getting to ‘Kargil Girl’ In Georgia prosthetics for a role, but says us- cine icon. the end...no not yet...but you get ing it for long gets tiring. The actor feels prosthetics the feel all the same. MUMBAI: Actors Janhvi Ka- “As the days pass by the com- “do a very good and successful “That hesitation in the render- poor and Angad Bedi are all set fort in the portrayal gets to be in job”. “The make-up artists, that ing of the character...those mo- to shoot for intense and action- an ease that shall be so needed eventually are all imported from ments which pass by and when packed schedules for the ilm in the inal rendition... but yes across the Oceans... we will learn thought about hours and days “Kargil Girl” in Georgia. the prosthetics take their pound in time,” he said. later, as I do now, you feel that “Kargil Girl” is biopic on an of lesh, and to underestimate its It seems the actor was talk- justice to the role at that moment Indian Air Force combat pilot after effects would be a fallacy,” ing about shooting of “Gulabo could have been better done...it Gunjan Saxena, who entered the Big B wrote in his blog. Sitabo”. He is sporting a grumpy shall be shared with the director war zone in 1999 Kargil War. Jan- “In the land of the large movie old man’s look. In the irst look, but, one wonders if they would hvi will be seen essaying the role making industry in the West, there the 76-year-old thespian is seen give it another try...there shall be of Saxena. are rules that using prosthetics by sporting a long beard, spectacles, insistence of course,” he wrote. The ilm will be shot in high- law cannot be kept on for more a head scarf and a prosthetic “Gulabo Sitabo”, which also altitude regions of Georgia, in a than three days... a break for the nose, which made Big B almost stars Ayushmann Khurrana, is town called Kazbegi. coach Brinston to train him for face for a day or two before going unrecognisable. set for release on April 24, 2020. Ahead of their international ilm’s shoot. at it again... But here, it is non- “It is but strange that the mo- The ilm, being directed by schedule, the actors are working The actors will head to Georgia stop one month... was the same ment you begin to touch the skin Shoojit Sircar, is written by Juhi hard on their itness. It is even later this month, after ilmed a with ‘Paa’.. no complaints... it’s of the role assigned to you in ilm, Chaturvedi of the “Piku” fame. reported that Angad has hired his schedule in Lucknow. Alia Starts Prepping For Ooty Join us at the LARGEST South Asian festival in Canada Schedule Of ‘Sadak 2’ MUMBAI: Actress Alia Bhatt will soon head to Ooty to shoot for her father and ilmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s “Sadak 2”, and she has already started prepping for the schedule. The actress took to In- stagram stories to share an update about the project. She posted a photograph of the front page of the script of the ilm. It read: “’Sadak 2’.. Written by Mahesh Bhatt MASHUP and Suhrita... Copy for Alia Bhatt... Ooty sides only.” Alia also shared bag, coffee and pencil emojis, hinting that she is all 2019 set to get to work. The ilm also stars featured Pooja and Sanjay. It was one of Pooja Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay the highest-grossing Hindi movie of 1991 Dutt, Jisshu Sengupta, Priyanka Bose and with a popular musical score. The ilm PRESENTED BY Akshay Anand. was inspired by the 1976 American mov- “Sadak 2” is sequel to the hit 1991 ie “Taxi Driver”. The movie is scheduled ilm “Sadak”, a romantic thriller, which to release on July 10, 2020. Dancing Child Star Dhairya Bags ssss Singer of the hit songs “Naino Ne Baandhi” & “Pallo Latke” Role In Mythological Show Saturday, July 20 ssss Singer of the hit songs “Naino Ne Baandhi” & “Pallo Latke” Friday, July 19 JULY 18·19·20 MUMBAI,: Dhairya Tandon, former 3’, I thought acting would be an excit- contestant of “Super Dancer Chapter 3”, ing move and would help me learn and is set to play child Bhandasura in the my- grow,” Dhairya said. thology show, “Vighnaharta Ganesh”. “I look forward to working with actors The stories of the show are weaved like Malkhan Singhji and Akanksha Pu- around Lord Ganesha. The upcoming riji who are popular faces on television,” track will show how Ganesha creates life he added. The Ludhiana boy rose to pop- of Bhandasura from the ashes of Kamdev. ularity through his Kathak performances “When I got the offer, my entire family in the show “Super Dancer Chapter 3”, was excited about it. 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