Iconic Movies

As 'Pushpa' portrays Allu Arjun in the role of a sandalwood smuggler, the team had arranged logs of wood, axes, machetes and other implements in sync with the movie's theme. A cake decorated with interesting posters from Allu Arjun's pan-India blockbuster stood as one of the highlights of the party. On the cake were written the words, 'Taggedhe Le' ('Jhukega Nahi' in Hindi), the movie's famous punchline.

Chinese fans of David Fincher's cult classic were enraged over the weekend when they noticed a version of the movie available on popular Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video completely removing its iconic ending, the report said. The finale of 'Fight Club' had shocked audiences when the film hit theatres in 1999.

"This is not the last movie that we are going to make with Marvel - (this is not) the last Spider-Man movie," Pascal said in an interview published on Monday, reports ew.com. Pascal added: "We are getting ready to make the next Spider-Man movie with Tom Holland and Marvel. We're thinking of this as three films, and now we're going to go onto the next three. This is not the last of our MCU movies."

In his message, Szabo paid a personal tribute to Satyajit Ray, the master whose birth centenary is being celebrated this year. He reminisced about his meeting with Ray, which took place more than 30 years ago in the then Madras. "Ray invited my wife and me for dinner, which was excellent," Szabo remembered. "We had a fantastic discussion on his films and filmmaking, our profession. It was a profound discussion that I will never forget."

Addressing a press conference jointly with Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) Vice Chairman Subhash Phal Dessai and CEO Tariq Thomas, Prasad said the 52nd IFFI will feature 148 films from 73 countries in the International Section and will have 12 world premieres.

Telugu star Pawan Kalyan, who is equally shocked by the news, took to Twitter and wrote: "The sudden and unfortunate demise of Sri Puneeth Rajkumar deeply saddens me. His performance in his first film 'Bettada Hoovu' as a child actor deeply etched in my mind. Ever since I always admired him."

Throughout Friday, 'No Time to Die' tracked comfortably at the top of the Chinese chart, with market share as high as 55 per cent in the morning sessions. By midnight local time, that had fallen to 49 per cent and the film grossed $7.76 million, including online fees, according to ticketing agency and industry tracker Maoyan, reports variety.com. Including midnight previews, Bond's day one aggregate hit $8.12 million. The last Bond film, 'Spectre', opened with a $44 million first weekend in China back in 2015 before going on to achieve an $84 million lifetime score in the Middle Kingdom.

Prabhas, who is busy with back-to-back shoots, has joined the team 'Adipurush'. The current shooting schedule of Adipurush is taking place in Mumbai and is to be wrapped up by the end of next month. Director Om Raut is planning to wrap up the shooting before the movie enters into the post-production phase, which needs heavy VFX and graphical representation.

Talking about Thena in a global press conference, Angelina said: "I was attracted to this project for many reasons. I am a fan of MCU. Was a big fan of Chloe's (Zhao, director). And then when they first talked to me about the story, really, it was the cast. It was the idea of what this family would be." The star added that she "just wanted to be a part of this family".

Siddhant says: "'Bunty Aur Babli 2' is an extremely special film for me because it presents me as a Hindi film hero for the first time in my career. I have waited for this moment for some time now and I can't wait to see the reaction of the industry and audiences. It is a huge project to be a part of because we have all grown up watching 'Bunty Aur Babli' and playing Bunty is a dream come true moment for me."