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The world is a wasteland, dead bodies illuminated by covering the earth to the luridly lit horizon, drums thundering and voices rising in a choral tide; Kalki 2898 AD is massive from the word go. Enter Krishna, mounted on a chariot drawn by four suitably apocalyptic black horses, to curse the battle's…

EXCLUSIVE: "I'm not so good at this part, you know,” Indian megastar Prabhas tells Deadline on the set of upcoming mythological sci-fi movie Kalki 2898 AD. He is referring to his inability to push his work “into the international level,” but this might all be about to change. For Deadline is speaking…

EXCLUSIVE: South Asian-focused streamer ZEE5 Global will roll out Sooraj R. Barjatya's first feature in seven years on January 6, 2023. ZEE5 snapped up streaming rights to the film, which stars Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan among others, in November. It is already in cinemas in India and will…

The first trailer has dropped for director-writer Ayan Mukerji's upcoming Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, a star-studded VFX spectacle that marks the beginning of a trilogy inside what's billed as India's first original cinematic universe, ie the Astraverse. Disney recently added the movie to its domestic release slate…

Director/writer Ayan Mukerji is perhaps best known internationally for 2013 musical romance Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, a big hit at home and abroad. Nearly a decade later, he's putting the finishing touches on Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, a passion project that marks the beginning of a trilogy as well as what’s billed as…

Here's some huge casting news from the Bollywood world – megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been set to star alongside Deepika Padukone in the long-planned Hindi remake of The Intern. Bachchan will play the Robert De Niro role, which was previously set to be played by Rishi Kapoor before he died suddenly in April 2020…

UPDATE: Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s most famous film stars, has been discharged from the hosptal after testing negative for COVID-19. The 77-year-old actor spent three weeks in the hospital after a positive test. However, “I have tested COVID negative, have been discharged. I am back home in solitary…

Amazon Prime Video India has made its biggest direct-to-service movie acquisition in the shape of Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana comedy Gulabo Sitabo. The Hindi-language comedy will launch exclusively on the streaming service on June 12 and will be simultaneously available in 200 countries worldwide. The film…

EXCLUSIVE: Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has signed with Resolution. Bachchan is considered the icon of the Indian film industry and recently starred in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. His breakthrough role was in the film Zanjeer which established his persona of the "angry young man" of Bollywood. Amitabh…

Legendary Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan is to star in his first ever TV drama series. The untitled Endemol India co-production is being made for Sony Entertainment Television India. Hot writer-director Anurag Kashyap, whose Gangs Of Wasseypur and Ugly ran consecutively in the last two Cannes Directors’ Fortnight…

As Bollywood celebrates its 100th birthday on May 3, the release of commemorative film Bombay Talkies approaches — but not without some controversy. The film, which will be the subject of a gala presentation at the Cannes Film Festival later in the month, celebrates 100 years of Hindi cinema via four short stories…

At 70 years old, Amitabh Bachchan has acted in more than 180 films, won scores of awards and once held the top spot on Box Office India’s highest-earning actors list for 16 consecutive years. He is also a producer and singer whose family is its own industry dynasty: His wife is Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan, who worked with…