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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Becomes Biggest Hollywood Film Of All Time In India; As First Half Box Office Show Signs Of Market Recovery
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become the highest-grossing Hollywood film ever released in India, taking $10.6M over the weekend to reach a cumulative $52.8M after just 11 days in cinemas. The Tom Holland and Zendaya film overtook the record previously held by Avatar: The Way Of Water, and its success comes as Indian cinemas show…
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Indian Star Sayani Gupta Sets U.S. Feature Debut With ‘Arya’
Indian actress Sayani Gupta, known for Delhi Crime and Axone, is set to make her US feature film debut in Arya, with principal photography currently under way in Duluth, Minnesota. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Neil Tuli, a former Netflix and Illumination strategy executive, and adds a notable international name to a…
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Infantino broke trust ‘through deception’ – confederation presidents
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been accused of breaking trust “through deception” in an open letter issued jointly by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation. The letter followed controversy over the Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal, a plan to create a new company to manage commercial and ticketing rights for all Fifa competitions, including the…
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Sadhguru, Graphic India Team on Animated Epic ‘Shiva: The Adiyogi’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian yogi Sadhguru is collaborating with Graphic India on “Shiva: The Adiyogi,” an animated feature reimagining the origin story of Hindu deity Shiva as the first yogi. The project pairs Sadhguru’s spiritual authority and global following with Graphic India’s animation expertise, aiming for a worldwide theatrical release and building on the studio’s track record with…
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Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar Launch Excel Origins, Initiative to Discover Filmmakers Under 30, as India’s Excel Entertainment Marks 25th Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE)
Excel Entertainment, the Mumbai-based production house founded by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, has launched “Excel Origins” to mark its 25th anniversary, an initiative aimed at discovering, developing and backing Indian filmmakers under the age of 30. The scheme revives the spirit in which the company itself began, with Sidhwani and Akhtar, then both 26,…
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Spider-Man leads China box office as previews boost rivals
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” held the top spot at the mainland China box office for a second consecutive weekend, even as strong preview screenings pushed two upcoming releases, the domestic drama “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” and Universal’s “The Odyssey”, into the weekend’s top five ahead of their official openings. The result…
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Kiran Abbavaram’s Mythological Action-Fantasy for India’s Zee Studios Reveals Title as ‘Indraputra’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Kiran Abbavaram’s mythological action-fantasy for Zee Studios has revealed its title as “Indraputra,” with the pan-Indian project, directed by Srikanth Puppala, set to begin principal photography in October. Abbavaram takes on a mythology-rooted part built around the conflict between dharma, the principle of righteous duty and moral order in Hindu philosophy, and adharma, its violation.…
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Yemen’s Houthis Attack Saudi Refinery After Kingdom Signs Defense Pact
Yemen’s Houthis have attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery, they said, two days after the kingdom signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan.
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China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Chinese authorities evacuated more than a million people from their homes in eastern China, including Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall bringing heavy rain and widespread transport disruption. The storm, the strongest to hit China this year, prompted a red alert before being downgraded to a tropical storm, though officials continue to warn of torrential…