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Mukkabaaz debutante Zoya Hussain bags her second film

Debutante Zoya Hussain, whose first film Mukkabaaz is yet to arrive in cinemas, has already bagged her second project. The yet-to-be-titled film will be made under the banner of Aanand L Rai’s Colour Yellow Productions.

Before its theatrical release, Anurag Kashyap’s Mukkabaaz has already been screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2017 Mumbai Film Festival. The film received rave reviews at both film festivals with performances of each and every actor garnering huge praises from film enthusiasts.


According to reports, Zoya has been cast to play an important role in one of Aanand L Rai’s upcoming productions. The untitled film also stars talented actors like Saif Ali Khan and R. Madhavan in lead roles. It will be directed by NH 10 fame Navdeep Singh.

Other details about the project are still awaited.

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  • Yash says he humanised Ravana to help global audiences relate to the character.
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Yash, who plays the demon king Ravana in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, says his portrayal was shaped by one clear goal: making the character relatable beyond Indian audiences.
Speaking at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week, where the film was presented alongside major Hollywood releases, the actor said he worked to strip away the purely mythological reading of the role.

"I have tried to internalise the whole essence of Ravana and tried to make him as human as possible at times," Yash told Reuters.

"It is important for people to relate to him, and since we have global ambitions, we need to make it familiar to a Western audience as well."

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