All posts tagged: POV

Godfather IV, anyone? Paramount bags film rights for female POV story focusing on Don Vito Corleone’s daughter

Godfather IV, anyone? Paramount bags film rights for female POV story focusing on Don Vito Corleone’s daughter

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Thirty-six years after the last Godfather film hit the screens, the gangster saga – regarded as the finest in the genre – is set to return to the big screens. A new film based on the novel Connie will focus on Don Vito Corleone’s only daughter and tell the family’s story from a female perspective. Marlon Brando and Talia Shire in The Godfather. Connie novel in development, Paramount bags film rights A report in The Hollywood Reporter stated that Random House Publishing has won an eight-way auction for Connie, the new sequel novel approved and authorised by the estate of Mario Puzo, the author of the original Godfather. The new novel, written by best-selling Italian American author Adriana Trigiani, will be out in 2027. The report also mentioned that the film rights have already gone to Paramount Paramount holds the rights to all films based on The Godfather under the original agreement. When Paramount bought the rights to Puzo’s original novel in 1969, it claimed ownership of the entire franchise, including future books. The author …

After backlash over Masti 4 trailer, Milap Zaveri defends sex comedy: ‘Women have a very strong role and POV’ | Bollywood News

After backlash over Masti 4 trailer, Milap Zaveri defends sex comedy: ‘Women have a very strong role and POV’ | Bollywood News

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Filmmaker Milap Zaveri riding high on the success of his recent film Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, starring Harshvardhan Rane and Sonam Bajwa, on Tuesday released the trailer of his upcoming film Masti 4. The latest installment in the sex-comedy franchise stars Vivek Oberoi, Riteish Deshmukh, and Aftab Shivdasani. As expected, the trailer has received a mixed-to-negative response online, with netizens criticizing its apparent misogyny and what many have called regressive adult-humor. In response, Milap took to X to defend the film. One female user wrote: “How do they face the females in their house after doing such films, you will never know. If DISGUST was a genre, this trailer is the topper. Full confidence in our janta to watch & have no issues with the content. Arey it’s just ‘fun’ yaar.” Milap replied: “Mam pls do see the film. You may be pleasantly surprised. Women have a v strong role and POV.” Mam pls do see the film. You may be pleasantly surprised. Women have a v strong role and POV 🙏❤️ https://t.co/Mvhy8tVwva — Milap …

The Royals: Bhumi Pednekar discusses society’s POV on ‘woman that owns up to her desires’, recalls experiences that made her fearless

The Royals: Bhumi Pednekar discusses society’s POV on ‘woman that owns up to her desires’, recalls experiences that made her fearless

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Bhumi Pednekar is back with another powerful performance in The Royals, now streaming on Netflix. In an interview with Times Now, the actress opened up about her character, Sophia, a self-made, ambitious woman navigating love and life. Bhumi shared that she strongly relates to Sophia, especially because both of them own their desires without apology. “I think, in general, people are extremely scared of a woman that owns up to her desires and her ambition and what she wants out of life. And I’ve always done that,” she said. She credited her boldness and self-reliance to her upbringing and the need to be independent from an early age. “A lot of that fearlessness also comes from the life that I’ve lived, the upbringing that I’ve had, and also, very early on in life, I had to just take care of myself. That’s actually a beautiful thing. I’m not bitter about it. I’m not sad about it. I am very, very fortunate that I became this fiercely independent this early on,” she added. Bhumi explained that …

The Sabarmati Report review: Vikrant Massey is effective in retelling of 2002 Godhra train burning- from the media’s POV | Bollywood

The Sabarmati Report review: Vikrant Massey is effective in retelling of 2002 Godhra train burning- from the media’s POV | Bollywood

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The Sabarmati Report review: This Friday, it seems, is all about cinematic recreations of events that changed India’s history. Nikkhil Advani’s series Freedom At Midnight and Dheeraj Sarna’s The Sabarmati Report. Thankfully, both aren’t frivolous affairs. (Also read: The Sabarmati Report teaser: Vikrant Massey probes a big cover-up as a fearless journalist. Watch) The Sabarmati Report review: Vikrant Massey and Ridhi Dogra star in this film on the Godhra train burning case Vikrant Massey, after delivering the brilliant 12th Fail, is back to zero— ground zero, as he mentions in this one. The film is based on the horrific Godhra train burning of February 27, 2002, in which dozens of people were charred to death. The plot The plot here begins, interestingly enough, from a vernacular reporter Samar Kumar’s (Massey) POV, who belongs to the entertainment beat of a news channel. He is asked to handle the camera duties for the fierce Manika Rajpurohit (Ridhi Dogra), the channel’s star ‘English reporter’. The difference in treatment towards journalists from the two languages is a major theme. …

POV: You Opened Triptii Dimri’s Instagram Post

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Triptii Dimri shared this image. (courtesy: tripti_dimri) New Delhi: Triptii Dimri shared a new set of pictures and stunning is the word. The actress captioned her Instagram post, “Cancelled plans, calling it a night.” The comments section of the post was filled with remarks from Triptii’s Instafam, calling her “national crush.” Archana Puran Singh commented, “My my…love.” A user on Instagram wrote, “Crush on the top.” Another one added, “Indian Crush”. Another one added, “Looking like a wow.” Another comment read, “National crush.” Inputs from another user, “On the scale of 1 to 10, you are an 11.” Another one added, “Crush of India.” See the post shared by Triptii Dimri here: The actress recently celebrated her 30th birthday (February 23) and she shared pictures from the album on Instagram and she wrote, “It’s definitely been a birthday to remember. Grateful for all the love and blessings.” Take a look at the photos here: Triptii Dimri recently announced that she will star in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. Kartik Aaryan welcomed her onboard and he wrote, “Welcome …

The Tum Kya Mile Shoot Through Alia Bhatt’s POV: “Kulfi” Saree And More

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Alia and Mickey Contractor in Alia’s vlog. (Courtesy:YouTube) New Delhi: Even if you have watched the behind-the-scenes stories of Tum Kya Mile from Karan Johar’s upcoming romantic drama Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani before, Alia Bhatt’s vlog of the song has more in store. It’s the actor’s maiden song vlog. The song was shot in different parts of Kashmir, in the backdrop of snow-capped mountains and in a freezing temperature of -3 degree Celsius. Alia Bhatt’s vlog begins with the shot where the actor is seen sitting relaxed inside a car. Cut to the next shot. It features the filmmaker Karan Johar, sitting beside Alia and telling her, “All your bachpan ka sapna coming true. (All your childhood dreams are coming true).” Alia nods to Karan Johar’s words and makes a victory sign with her hands. The vlog also has appearances from Alia’s sister Shaheen Bhatt, ace make-up artist Mickey Contractor, and, of course, the cast and crew of  Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. The first part of the vlog shows the makeup process of …