ROMANTIC REUNION
India’s Zee Studios has set a late November theatrical release for “Dhadak 2,” a romance film challenging societal norms.
The film is a sequel to 2016 hit “Dhadak,” that was itself a Hindi remake of the Marathi film “Sairat.” The 2016 title starred Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor, as well as the late Sridevi.
The new film is directed by Shazia Iqbal and stars Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri in lead roles. Plot details were scarce, though Zee teased it with the logline: [the film] “explores barriers of class and status stitched in the minds of societies, underscoring a narrative of love that can never be fulfilled. Or can it?”
Production is by Zee Studios, Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, and Cloud 9 Pictures and is slated for release on Nov. 22, 2024, a slot that falls neatly between Diwali and Christmas.
Watch the teaser here:
CALLING HER BLUFF
Production is set to start imminently in Australia on “The Bluff,” a 19th-century-set film about a female pirate who must protect her family as the consequences of her past catch up with her. It stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Karl Urban and is being produced by AGBO for Amazon’s Prime Video service.
The Bluff’ is set to be directed by Frank E. Flowers, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Ballarini.
The producers include Chopra Jonas, AGBO’s Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot and Michael Disco, Cinestar Pictures’ Cisely Saldana and Mariel Saldana.
‘The Bluff’ is the second collaboration between Chopra-Jonas, AGBO and Amazon MGM Studios, following the multinational crime action series “Citadel.”
Chopra Jonas posted Instagram pictures of herself and her daughter arriving Down Under for the start of production.
GIVING A FIG
Australia’s Sharmill Films is to give a theatrical release to “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” the Cannes Special Award- and FIPRESCI Award-winning film by Iran’s Mohammad Rasoulof. The director was not permitted to leave his home country, but did so anyway to attend the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his picture.