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CRUNCHYROLL ANNOUNCES STAR-STUDDED AND CELEBRITY ANIME FAN LINEUP FOR 2023 ANIME AWARDS Presenters Include Celebrity Anime Fans Including Director Robert Rodriguez, Actor Finn Wolfhard, and Athlete Juju Smith-Schuster Among Others Culver City, Calif., February 16, 2023 - Crunchyroll, the ultimate anime destination for fans worldwide, announced today a slate of celebrity presenters set to appear and participate in the seventh annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, taking place March 4, 2023 in Tokyo, including Robert Rodriguez, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, Pinocchio), WWE Superstar Zelina Vega, Juju Smith-Schuster of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, top streaming talent, and more. “I love anime, it’s an art form that has always inspired me. For the creators, it’s unbound creativity and freedom of expression, where they can make truly iconic, creative worlds and characters,” said Robert Rodriguez, award-winning writer and director of such iconic films as Sin City and most recently an ...

JOURNEY BEGINS IN THEATERS ON 31st MARCH 2023 Exclusively distributed in India by Viacom18 Studios #DnDMovie SYNOPSIS: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure. Paramount Pictures Presents In Association with eOne A Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Film Directed by: Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Screenplay by: Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Michael Gilio Story by: Chris McKay & Michael Gilio Based on HASBRO’S DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Produced by: Jeremy Latcham, p.g.a., Brian Goldner, Nick Meyer Executive Producers: Denis L. Stewart, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Chris Pine, Zev ...

#picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Selfiee Cast: #AkshayKumar #NushrrattBharuccha #DianaPenty #EmraanHashmi #AbhimanyuSingh #MeghnaMalik #MrunalThakur #Akashdeep Director: #RajMehta Rating: * * Runtime: 143 mins #HypePR #DisneyHotstar #Starstudios #DharmaProductions #CapeOfGoodFilms #SupriyaMenon #PrithvirajProductions #MagicFrames #HirooYashJohar #ArunaBhatia #KaranJohar @everyone #PrithvirajSukumaran #ApoorvaMehta; #ListinStephen This film opens with a deadbeat Punjabi song sequence that literally kills the interest and is then followed up by an outlandish, improbable storyline with some hyper-melodrama structured around it. This remake of the Malayalam hit #DrivingLicense does no one proud. It just makes a mountain out of a molehill and can’t even make the leads look like they are doing something believable.

#picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #RabiaAndOlivia #DisneyHotstar #AltairMedia Cast: #SheebaChaddha #NayabKhan #HelenaPrizenKlague #MustafaSheikh #ShadabKhan Director: #ShadabKhan Rating: * * * Runtime: 95 mins @everyone A fairly compelling immigration drama that earns its affection from the drama that ensues between a troubled young Canadian girl undergoing grief from the loss of her mother and the wannabe immigrant, Indian caregiver/nanny who has applied for refugee status. Though melodramatic, the narrative manages to get the audience involved and empathetic regarding the hurdles the caregiver faces. Issues of racism, mental health, loneliness and brotherhood in a foreign land creep into the tender story about love being the best medicine for issues of the mind. Nayab Khan as the caregiver Rabia, Helena Prinzen-Klages as the troubled child Olivia and Sheeba Chaddha as Rabia’s mother put in affecting performa...

#PicksAndPiques #TheatrePlayReviews #JohnsonThomas #ArtBuzzInternational #Theatrewala An entertainer with a timely and potent message Play Title: MY WIFE's 8th VACHAN Cast: Anup Soni, Vinay Jain and Monisha Singh Katiyal Director/ Writer: Atul Sathya Koushik Rating: * * * Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy (premiered on 12th February 2023 at St Andrews Auditorium, Bandra) One of India’s leading theatre group, The Films and Theatre Society, premiered playwright/Director Atul Sathya Koushik’s latest, a comedic family entertainer apparently inspired by marriages, with Anup Soni, Vinay Jain and Monisha Singh Katial in the lead roles. Koushik has been quite prolific and very successful on the theatre circuit, writing and directing plays from various genres including Historicals, Musicals, mythological and social satires. This time, a first for him, he sets out a curious triangle between a bored and floundering married couple Madhur and Mahek played by Anup Soni and Moni...

#picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film:#GandhiGodseEkYudh Cast: #DeepakAntani #ChinmayMandlekar #PawanChopra #TanishaSantoshi #AnujSaini #GhanshyamSrivastav Director: #RajkumarSantoshi #UniversalCommunications Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 110 mins Mixing real events with an imaginary spiel of ‘what if Gandhi survived the assassination attempt by Nathuram Godse?’ Rajkumar Santoshi makes a sincere attempt to get rid of the cobwebs surrounding ideologies of the two people central to this story…but in the process the father of the nation comes across as diminished. It wasn’t a good idea to pit the architect of our freedom against a rabid ideologue with a terrorist’ mindset. Rajkumar Santoshi’s rather simplistic imagined arguments showcasing Gandhi’s magnanimity and humaneness in the face of Godse’s unforgivable act of treason, may be appreciated…But the subplot of two young lovers ( Tanisha Santoshi and Anuj Saini aka Sushma a...

National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das’ Assamese feature Tora’s Husband had its Trailer launch in her hometown in Assam ~The Trailer Launch was attended by the cast and crew of Tora’s Husband~ The trailer is out now: https://youtu.be/is0va_1JAY4 The film had its World Premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival followed by its Asia Premiere at the 27th Busan International Film Festival and Indian Premiere at 28th Kolkata International Film Festival. The writer-director-producer made the film independently, with a small crew. The film featuring Abhijit Das and Tarali Kalita Das in the lead roles, is a story of a loving father and a kind neighbour, who struggles to keep his small-town business afloat while his relationships deteriorate, amidst loss and lockdowns. Shot during the lockdown, the film depicts life in a small town during the pandemic. Excited about the Trailer launch, Rima says, “Tora's Husband is a very personal film. I started observing ...

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#coomiwadia #padmashri #paranjotichoir A Long Overdue Recognition & Award ! India’s foremost Choral and Orchestral Conductor, Mrs Coomi Wadia, (also one of the senior most, and most respected Choral & Orchestral Conductors in the world today), has been conferred the Prestigious National Padma Shri for 2023, for her outstanding contribution in Western Choral & Classical Music. (Mrs Coomi Wadia is probably the second Indian Choral Conductor to be conferred this high National Award. The late Handel Manuel, Choral Conductor of Chennai, was conferred the Padma Sri, way back in 1983.) A Pride and Inspiration for India and a Pride for the Choral Fraternity in India ! Mrs Coomi Wadia, was the protégé of the Maestro, Victor Paranjoti, who is considered to be the greatest Choral & Orchestral Conductor ever to come out of Asia. (Victor Paranjoti hailed from the village of Kudankulam, in the southern end of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu). After Victor Paranjoti’s sudden d...

MEET THE BATRAS!-NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS SHARMILA TAGORE- MANOJ BAJPAYEE- AMOL PALEKAR WITH SIMRAN AND SURAJ SHARMA! Presenting the much awaited trailer of the heartwarming family film of the year- GULMOHAR, out on 3rd March on Disney+ Hotstar! A beautiful and absorbing story for all ages to watch with their loved ones directed by Rahul V.Chittella, Gulmohar will see the luminous and graceful Sharmila Tagore return to cinema after 12 years, with acting powerhouses Manoj Bajpayee, Amol Palekar, Simran and Suraj Sharma. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF-DUTR7rxY https://youtu.be/dF-DUTR7rxYtps://youtu.be/dF-DUTR7rxY Gulmohar is a Star Studios production in association with Chalkboard Entertainment and Autonomous Works. The film’s original music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla (This is Us). Directed by Rahul Chittella and written by Rahul Chittella and Arpita Mukherjee, GULMOHAR is streaming on DISNEY+ HOTSTAR from 3RD MARCH 2023.

Director Ram Kamal Mukherjee reveals the iconic look of Rukmini Maitra playing Binodiini. On the first day of the shoot of Dev Entertainment Ventures and Pramod Films magnum opus Binodiini Ekti Natir Upakhyan, filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee unveils the most iconic look of Binodini Dasi featuring Rukmini Maitra. Produced by Dev Adhikari and Prateek Chakravorty in association with Assorted Motion Pictures, this Bengali feature film had already created a buzz across the nation. "Recreating Binodini's era was a tough task," says director Ram Kamal Mukherjee. "But I am thankful to my team Suchismita Dasgupta, Bithika and Mousami for their research. Since the original photograph of Binodini was not preserved properly, It was almost impossible to understand the material of the saree or even the designs of her jewellery. The team worked almost three weeks to figure out the design and the fabric," informs Ram Kamal. Noted costume designer Suchismita Dasgupta say...

MY WIFE's 8th VACHAN a new Hindi comedy play premiered on 12th February 2023 at St Andrews Auditorium, Bandra Hindi play will feature Actor Anup Soni, Actor Vinay Jain and Monisha Singh Katial India’s leading theatre group The Films and Theatre Society is all set to bring a new Hindi Comedy play “My Wife’s 8th Vachan” for the audience of Mumbai. Atul Satya Koushik is widely known for creating a brand value in grand Historical productions, Musicals, mythological, Social Satires and My Wife’s 8th Vachan is his first attempt in the genre of comedy and family entertainment at this scale. My Wife’s 8th Vachan is an eighty-five-minute comedy and family play inspired by marriages. The play is about a mystery called "marriage" that has deepened with each effort of solving it. This play, at most, is another ambitious (read failed) attempt in doing so. Madhur and Mahak are no different from any married couple who have been co-existing in each other’s lives for fifteen...

#picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Pathaan Cast: #ShahRukhKhan #DeepikaPadukone #JohnAbraham #SalmanKhan #PremJhangiani #DimpleKapadia #AshutoshRana #AakashBhatija #PrakashBelawadi #VirafPatel Director: #SiddharthAnand #YRF @everyone #AdityaChopra Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 146 mins Writers #ShridharRaghavan(screenplay) #AbbasTyrewala(dialogue) #SiddharthAnand(story) A fast paced James Bond/ Mission Impossible style action extravaganza specialising in jump cut action sequences in a nation hopping narrative with its three main stars showboating their chiselled bods alongside their conspicuously cultivated international looks - this film has a great deal of marketing chutzpah behind its espionage thrills but no real story to tell. It’s brand positioning of the #YRF spy universe at its best with the magnanimous #SRK allowing #SalmanKhan to steal a march right from under his nose, #DeepikaPadukone looking lissome and h...

This Valentine's month, learn fascinating stories about animals and many more with Sony BBC Earth The season of love is around the corner! Celebrating Valentine’s Day with its viewers, Sony BBC Earth has launched a special anthology titled ‘The Wild Affair’. The anthology is airing ‘The Mating Game’, ‘Nature’s Greatest Dancers’, and ‘The Perfect Planet’ captivating the viewers with heart-warming and dramatic animal love stories. In five different ecosystems on six continents, ‘The Mating Game’ investigates the various, interesting, and downright odd methods that various animals employ to locate a partner. It gives a complete inside look at what it takes to win in the animal mating game. Viewers will learn how some animals like dancing and perform deftly timed moves to entice possible partners in ‘Nature's Greatest Dancers’. The scientific explanation for these animals' meticulously coordinated movements, from the gorgeous birds of paradise strutting their busines...