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Anuj Duhan, Saqib Ayub, Adarsh Gourav, Shashank Arora, Manjiri Papula, Varun Grover, Nasir Shaikh, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Vineet Kumar Singh attend the Amazon MGM Studios Superboys Of Malegaon World Premiere Gala Presentation at TIFF on Friday Sept 13, 2024 in Toronto Canada.

Director Reema Kagti with stars Adarsh Gourav, Vineet Kumar Singh, Shashank Arora, Manjiri Pupala, Anuj Duhan and Saqib Ayub alongside real-life inspiration Nasir Shaikh, writer Varun Grover, and producer Zoya Akhtar attended the World Premiere of Superboys Of Malegaon on Friday, September 13th at the Toronto International Film Festival. The audience erupted with an electric response and a standing ovation.

Superboys of Malegaon is a film based on the life of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the town of Malegaon. The residents of the town look to Bollywood cinema for a much needed escape from daily drudgery. Nasir gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon,...

In 2008, Faiza Ahmad Khan made a documentary, Supermen of Malegaon, that focused on the making of a parody-style movie by amateur director Nasir Shaikh, who found success with his friends in the poor small Indian city of Malegaon, where they used their hometown to copy popular movies, and by doing so gave new life and meaning to the place they were raised.

Now, director Reema Kagti and Shaikh have taken that inspirational true story, opened it up, and turned it into a new narrative theatrical film, Superboys of Malegaon, that shows how a group of friends cleverly turned a love for movies into a bit of a local sensation. The Amazon MGM Studios film had its world premiere Friday at the Toronto Film Festival before a European premiere next month at the BFI London Film Festival. The film opens in early 2025 in India, and later North America.

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The true-life story of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the small town of Malegaon in India who realized his Bollywood dream, is introduced in the trailer for Superboys of Malegaon, which dropped on Friday.

In Superboys of Malegaon, smalltown locals look to Bollywood cinema for escape, and Nasir pitches his friends on making a no-budget film about people in their lives.

A Sept. 13 gala world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival will be followed by a Jan. 2025 theatrical release in the U.S. and India for the Amazon MGM Studios comedy.

Superboys of Malegaon

“You know, there’s so much sadness in Malegaon. We all need comedy and some laughter in life,” Shaikh, played by The White Tiger star Adarsh Gourav, tells his skeptical friends at one point in the uplifting teaser. Director Reema Kagti’s heartfelt comedy then portrays what happens when filmmaking and friendship in a small town in India collides,...

Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal, who was recently seen in ‘The Great Indian Family’, is gearing up for his next release ‘Sam Bahadur’ as he shared a new poster from the film on Thursday. The poster, shared ahead of the film’s teaser launch on Friday, shows Vicky’s titular character of the former Army chief, Sam Manekshaw, standing in an open field in a deep thought with his back facing the camera. The golden hour and the sun peeking from the horizon make the shot a compelling one.

The text on the poster reads: “Zindagi unki, itihaas humara.” Sharing the picture on his Instagram, Vicky wrote in the caption: “To a life well lived.”

Sam Manekshaw, an Indian war hero, was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He became the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal, who was recently seen in ‘The Great Indian Family’, is gearing up for his next release ‘Sam Bahadur’ as he shared a new poster from the film on Thursday. The poster, shared ahead of the film’s teaser launch on Friday, shows Vicky’s titular character of the former Army chief, Sam Manekshaw, standing in an open field in a deep thought with his back facing the camera. The golden hour and the sun peeking from the horizon make the shot a compelling one.

The text on the poster reads: “Zindagi unki, itihaas humara.” Sharing the picture on his Instagram, Vicky wrote in the caption: “To a life well lived.”

Sam Manekshaw, an Indian war hero, was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He became the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal on Friday shared that he has reached “city number 10” to resume shooting for his upcoming film ‘Sam Bahadur’.

Without revealing the city’s name, Vicky took to Instagram, where he shared a selfie and wrote: “Touchdown city no.10… Time to meet Sam again!”

In the image, he is seen sitting in a plane looking outside the window dressed in a grey sweatshirt paired with a baseball cap and sunglasses.

The film also stars Sanya Malhotra as Sam Manekshaw’s wife Silloo and Fatima Sana Shaikh as former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

‘Sam Bahadur’ is based on the life of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, and his career in the Indian Army over four decades and multiple wars.

Directed by Meghna Gulzar, the film also stars Neeraj Kabi, Edward Sonnenblick, Richard Bhakti Klein, Saqib Ayub and Krishna Kant Singh Bundela, among others.

Actor Vicky Kaushal, who will be seen essaying the role in ‘Sam Bahadur’ in Meghna Gulzar’s upcoming directorial, shared a picture posing with Sam Manekshaw’s statue.

‘Sam Bahadur’ is a biopic based on the life and times of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, based on the life of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, and his career in the Indian Army over four decades and multiple wars.

Vicky took to Instagram to share the picture where he is seen dressed in a black hoodie, a baseball cap and black sunglasses.

For the caption, he wrote, “Sam.”

The film also stars Sanya Malhotra as Sam Manekshaw’s wife Silloo and Fatima Sana Shaikh as former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Directed by Meghna Gulzar, the film also stars Neeraj Kabi, Edward Sonnenblick, Richard Bhakti Klein, Saqib Ayub and Krishna Kant Singh Bundela, among others.

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‘Thugs of Hindostan’ actor Saqib Ayub is currently seen in Ayan Mukerji’s directorial ‘Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva’ and it came as a great working experience for the actor in the movie. He talks about his role and what it was to share screen space with Ranbir Kapoor and what he learned from him during the shoot.

He said: “I play one of Ranbir’s friends in the film. I, Ranbir, and one more guy are 3 orphans who grew up together in a Mumbai orphanage and share a tight bond. We take up gigs like underground parties, weddings, festivals, etc. where Ranbir, who’s a DJ, plays music and we both hit the lights, and other stuff.”

Ayub recalled the conversations he used to have with Ranbir on different topics between the shoots.”My scenes were only with Alia and Ranbir. Chatting with Ranbir about different things from travelling to...

Mumbai, Dec 26 (Ians) Actress Bidita Bag returns on screen in the Ott series, The Missing Stone, her third digital show this year after Bhaukaal and Abhay 2. Bidita is happy with the visibility, though she says her steady flow of performances in the web domain is something that has been happening by chance over the past months.

"I have been working on these projects over the last one year, and it is a coincidence that one by one these have all released this year. Yes, I have gained visibility because of so many shows released within a short span of time," she told Ians.

She notes how Ott platforms have emerged as a boon for industry outsiders like her.

"For actors like us, digital entertainment is actually way safer a place to prove our talent, so that we get more work. We are outsiders and before investing money in us, naturally,...

By Arundhuti Banerjee

Mumbai, Dec 26 (Ians) Barun Sobti says that actors like him have got their deserving due and wider visibility thanks to digital shows that released this year during the global pandemic. In the process they have become a part of the digital revolution in an unplanned manner.

Barun has had a fruitful year with his roles in the web series "Asur" and the digitally-released film "Halahal" being applauded. His latest release is the web series, "The Missing Stone", co-starring Bidita Bag.

"I think when people were participating in the green revolution, they did not know that they are actually becoming a part of the revolution. Similarly, we actors have unknowingly become part of the digital revolution where home entertainment has been redefined. Yes, it has become more visible now because of the global pandemic but for the last few years, it has been happening. When it comes to actors like us,...