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When Yash Raj Films' Shamshera opens at the Indian box office tomorrow, all eyes in Mumbai's Hindi-language film industry, popularly known as Bollywood, will be closely watching the release. With a big star, Ranbir Kapoor, major studio and reported $20M budget behind it, hopes are high that the period action film will…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first trailer for Disney+ Hotstar’s Masoom, the Indian remake of Irish drama series Blood. The six-part psychological thriller series, set in Falauli, Punjab, follows a daughter's quest to unearth the truth about her mother’s death, though her family wishes to hide the truth under the garb of…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal a first look at Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan in Vikram Vedha, a Hindi remake of the blockbuster Tamil neo-noir crime thriller of the same name. Scroll down to see the image in full. The image was unveiled by the producers, T-Series and Reliance Entertainment, to mark the actor's…

EXCLUSIVE: It has been a busy year for Shibasish Sarkar, one of the biggest names in the Indian media landscape, and 2022 is set to be even more significant. Known for his lengthy stint at Reliance Entertainment, most recently as CEO, Sarkar is now spearheading International Media Acquisition Corp [IMAC], a SPAC…

Here’s the debut trailer for ‘83, the Hindi-language sports drama starring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, the cricketer who led India to its first cricket World Cup. The film, which has had its release delayed several times by the pandemic, is scheduled to roll out on December 24. Before then, it will have its world…

EXCLUSIVE: Last night's global fundraiser We for India, the virtual event formulated to support India's Covid response, is being heralded as a major success having raised $5M to help the country's fight against the devastating virus. Notable film and music figures came together, including major names from the west…

EXCLUSIVE: Major Mumbai-based production outfit Reliance Entertainment has expanded its stable by establishing a joint venture with filmmaker Ribhu Dasgupta, Film Hangar, through which he will exclusively make movies for Reliance. Dasgupta is in-demand having recently helmed the Indian remake of The Girl On The Train…

EXCLUSIVE: Russian director and producer Timur Bekmambetov, whose creation of the innovative Screenlife format has spawned hit movies such as Profile and Unfriended, is setting his sights on India by striking a partnership with local players Graphic India and Reliance Entertainment. Bekmambetov and Graphic India…

Today in Hong Kong, Global Road Entertainment parent Tang Media Partners unveiled a series of steps it’s taking as it looks to capitalize on China’s rapid growth, and as it promoted a so-called “dual-core” strategy. Among notable moves, and along with its partners and backers China Everbright and Tencent, TMP has…

Family feature animation Norm Of The North has been set for an April debut in China. Under a deal between producer Splash Entertainment and Shanghai-based Yang Yang Pictures Corp, the latter will serve as a major investor for the release, which will be handled by Chinawood Media Corp on the mainland as well as in Hong…

DreamWorks financier Reliance Entertainment is partnering with India’s Phantom Films, a leading production outfit formed by four of the country’s brightest indie filmmakers; Anurag Kashyap among them. The 50/50 joint venture is designed to leverage the Phantom talent base while giving the company access to Reliance’s…

Steven Spielberg‘s international tour of newsy tidbits continues. Speaking to France's Canal Plus recently, the filmmaker dropped info about his development of a Napoleon miniseries based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick. Yesterday, Spielberg was in India to talk about Lincoln, meet with the local industry and…