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Sanjay Dutt, Ranbir Kapoor & Vaani Kapoor in Yash Raj Films' next

Buzz has it that Sanjay Dutt, Ranbir Kapoor and Vaani Kapoor have been finalized to headline one of the upcoming projects by Yash Raj Films. The untitled movie will be helmed by Karan Malhotra who has previously directed Agneepath and Brothers for Karan Johar's Dharma Productions.

The project is, reportedly, a part of a three-film deal that Karan Malhotra has signed with Yash Raj Films. Considering the fact that the project is in its initial stage, the makers are trying their best to keep all details under wraps.


The new project might benefit its female lead Vaani Kapoor the most. The actress, who made her acting debut with Shudhh Desi Romance in 2013, was last seen in Aditya Chopra's Befikre. However, despite starring in two YRF movies, her career has gone nowhere in these years. This untitled film with biggies like Sanjay Dutt and Ranbir Kapoor might work wonders for the actress' career.

Interestingly, before starting shooting for Karan Malhotra's film, Vaani will be seen in another big-ticket movie by Yash Raj Films and that too with biggies like Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. The film will be helmed by filmmaker Siddharth Anand. Like Malhotra's film, Anand's movie is also yet to be titled.

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Sudha Kongara on ‘Parasakthi’ and online backlash: ‘There is slandering and defamation of the worst kind’

Highlights

  • Sudha Kongara on the turbulence around Parasakthi, from certification demands to online attacks
  • Why the film frames the 1965 anti-Hindi agitation through one man’s choices
  • Balancing politics, melodrama and cinema
  • How music, casting and tone were shaped by craft, not compromise

A film surrounded by noise

Sudha Kongara is among the few Tamil directors whose films carry a distinct voice. With Parasakthi, that voice has had to compete with chaos. Long before release, the film was caught in disputes over its title, shifting cast announcements, ED searches, plagiarism claims and, finally, a list of changes demanded by the Central Board of Film Certification.

In all that, the film itself risked becoming secondary. Parasakthi, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa and Sreeleela in her Tamil debut, retells the 1965 anti-Hindi imposition agitation in Tamil Nadu. The core of the film unfolds over just 19 days , from January 24–25 to February 12, 1965.

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