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Anupama Chopra

The Hollywood Reporter India and Chairperson FCG

Anupama Chopra is a film critic, national award-winning book author and journalist. She is the editor of The Hollywood Reporter India, founder of Film Companion Studios and chairperson of the Film Critics Guild. She has covered cinema since 1993 in multiple mediums – print, television and digital. She has worked with India Today, NDTV 24x7, Star World. She has also written about cinema for various international publications including The New York Times and Sight and Sound. Anupama has authored several books, including King of Bollywood - Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema, which was featured on the Editor’s Choice list of the New York Times Sunday book review and translated into German, Indonesian and Polish. Anupama received an M.A. in journalism from Northwestern University.

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Baby John

Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime (Hindi)

Wed, December 25 2024

Director:Kalees
Cast:Varun Dhawan, Keerthy Suresh, Wamiqa Gabbi, Rajpal Yadav, Sheeba Chaddha, Jackie Shroff, Salman Khan, Sanya Malhotra, Khushi Bhardwaj, Resh Lamba
Writer:Kalees

Image of scene from the film Girls Will Be Girls
Director:Shuchi Talati
Cast:Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron, Kajol Chugh, Nandini Verma, Devika Shahani, Akash Pramanik, Aman Desai, Sumit Sharma, Jitin Gulati
Writer:Shuchi Talati

Girls Will Be Girls

Drama, Romance (Hindi)

A Quietly Breathtaking Coming-of-Age Drama

Thu, December 19 2024

Female teenage sexuality has rarely been captured with this sensitivity and nuance in an Indian film

Girls Will Be Girls is a quietly breathtaking film. It includes several remarkable debuts – starting with writer-director Shuchi Talati. This is her first feature, and she weaves this coming-of-age story of 18-year-old Mira with tenderness, frankness and delicacy. Female teenage sexuality has rarely been captured with this sensitivity and nuance in an Indian film. Second, Preeti Panigrahi who plays Mira. Panigrahi is the find of the year. Without a trace of strain or drama, she captures the myriad emotions coursing through Mira as she discovers passion, sexuality, unbridled rage, a twisted sort of jealousy, resentment, disappointment and eventually, comfort. And third, Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal who debut as producers with their company Pushing Buttons Studios. Girls Will Be Girls does this with skill and uncommon grace.

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Pushpa 2

Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime (Telugu)

Sun, December 8 2024

Director:Sukumar
Cast:Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil, Jagadeesh Bandari, Rao Ramesh, Sunil Varma, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Ajay, Kalpalatha, Pavani Karanam

I Want to Talk

Drama, Family (Hindi)

This intimate narrative explores themes of resilience, family dynamics, and finding grace in life's ordinary moments.

Sat, November 30 2024

Director:Shoojit Sircar
Cast:Abhishek Bachchan, Ahilya Bamroo, Pearle Dey, Jayant Kripalani, Kristin Goddard, Johnny Lever, Ritesh Shah, Arpita Chakrabarty, Milan Awon, Anasua Kushari
Writer:Ritesh Shah

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Horror, Comedy (Hindi)

Fri, November 1 2024

Director:Anees Bazmee
Cast:Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Triptii Dimri, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, Ashwini Kalsekar, Rajesh Sharma, Kanchan Mullick
Writer:Aakash Kaushik

Singham Again

Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime (Hindi)

Fri, November 1 2024

Director:Rohit Shetty
Cast:Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Tiger Shroff, Deepika Padukone, Akshay Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Shweta Tiwari, Dayanand Shetty

Do Patti

Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Crime (Hindi)

Tue, October 29 2024

Director:Shashanka Chaturvedi
Cast:Kajol, Kriti Sanon, Shaheer Sheikh, Tanvi Azmi, Brijendra Kala, Prachee Shah, Vivek Mushran, Rohit Tiwari, Chittaranjan Tripathy, Shastra Prashant Gajbhare

Jigra

Crime, Drama, Thriller (Hindi)

Sister as Superhero

Sat, October 12 2024

Director:Vasan Bala
Cast:Alia Bhatt, Vedang Raina, Manoj Pahwa, Vivek Gomber, Akashdeep Sabir, Harssh A. Singh, Aditya Nanda, Adhiraj Singh, Rahul Ravindran, Ankur Khanna
Writer:Debashish Irengbam

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