BJP Monday shared poster of Delhi unit president Virendraa Sachdeva sitting on a chair in Pushpa-style. The poster had the tagline ‘Bhrashtachariyon ko khatam karenge, rappa rappa’.
Debt-ridden Andhra Pradesh has urged Centre to let it sell seized logs & to stop other states from profiting. Smuggling of the red wood is a thriving illegal business.
The new date has averted a direct clash with Vicky Kaushal’s upcoming film Chhaava, a biopic of Maratha king Sambhaji Maharaj. Rashmika Mandanna plays the female lead in both films.
Bengali filmmakers don't seem to have much to offer other than nostalgia-peddling. And Allu Arjun, whose Pushpa had done phenomenal business in Bengal in 2021, may set the box office on fire yet again.
Why did Katappa kill Bahubali? The question that flashed at the end of Rajamouli’s blockbuster started a series of multi-part movies in South cinema. And it’s paying.
Bong Joon-Ho was right, once you overcome subtitle barriers, the world of movies opens up. Pushpa is a masala box-office hit but not in the traditional sense.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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