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DAY 2
Wednesday 15 May 2019

TOP MOVIES IN 2018 TOP MOVIES TO LOOK
FORWARD IN 2019

2.0 Baaghi 2 BHARAT
• Language: Tamil • Director: S. Shankar • Language: Hindi • Director: Ahmed Khan
• Starring: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy • Starring: Tiger Shroff, Disha Patani, Manoj Release date: 5 June
Jackson, Adil Hussain Bajpayee, Randeep Hooda Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Starring: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tabu,
Sanju K.G.F Chapter 1 Disha Patani
• Language: Hindi • Director: Rajkumar Hirani • Language: Kannada • Director: Prashanth Based on Korean fi lm Ode to My Father
Produced by: Atul Agnihotri, Alvira Khan
• Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Neel • Starring: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Agnihotri, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar,
Manisha Koirala, Vicky Kaushal Ramachandra Raju, Archana Jois
Nikhil Namit
Padmaavat Badhaai Ho ZOYA FACTOR
• Language: Hindi • Language: Hindi Release date: 14 June
• Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali • Director: Amit Ravindernath Sharma Director: Abhishek Sharma
• Starring: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, • Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Sanya Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Dulquer Salmaan
Shahid Kapoor, Aditi Rao Hydari Malhotra, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao
Produced by: Fox Star Studios
Andhadhun Rangasthalam SUPER 30
• Language: Hindi • Language: Telugu • Director: Sukumar
• Director: Sriram Raghavan • Starring: Ram Charan, Samantha Ruth Release date: 26 July
• Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu, Prabhu, Aadhi, Jagapathi Babu Directors: Vikas Bahl, Anurag Kashyap
Radhika Apte, Anil Dhawan Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur,
Raazi Virendra Saxena, Pankaj Tripath
Simmba • Language: Hindi • Director: Meghna Gulzar Produced by: Phantom Films, Nadiadwala
• Language: Hindi • Starring: Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Rajit Grandson Entertainment, Reliance
• Director: Rohit Shetty Kapoor, Shishir Sharma Entertainment
• Starring: Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan, MISSION MANGAL
Sonu Sood, Ashutosh Rana Stree Release date: 15 August
• Language:Hindi • Director: Amar Kaushik
Sarkar • Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Director: Jagan Shakti
• Language: Tamil • Director: A.R. Murugadoss Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana Starring: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan,
Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya
• Starring: Joseph Vijay, Keerthi Suresh, A.R. (The list includes commercial hits and small-budget Menen
Murugadoss, Joy Badlani fi lms which made huge box offi ce returns)
Produced by: Akshay Kumar, R Balki
Production company: Cape of Good Films,
Hope Productions, Fox Star Studios
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like Netflix, it is instantly visible and experienced now. Chapter 1, Rangasthalam, Bharat Ane Nenu, Kaala, Arvindha Release date: 25 October
Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui happened to be Sametha Veera Raghava and Geetha Govindam performed well Director: Farhad Samji
vacationing in Italy on the day that Sacred Games, the critically in terms of box office collections. Starring: Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Riteish
Deshmukh, Kriti Kharbanda, Bobby Deol,
acclaimed Netflix political thriller in which he stars, was Industry experts maintained that 2018 also saw emergence Pooja Hegde, Rana Daggubati
released online around the world. Just a couple hours after of OTT platforms as an alternative for theatrical release as Produced by: Sajid Nadiadwala
Sacred Games was released, Nawazuddin got recognised on well as for films which had a good run in cinema screens. Production company: Fox Star Studios,
the streets in Italy. However, for small budget movies, video OTT platforms Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
There are examples of new narratives, fresh stories, unknown (including Hotstar, Amazon Prime, Zee 5, Netlfix, Eros Now)
stars, women’s power and successful films in regional have opened a new marketplace. DABANGG 3
languages across Indian movie production centres — and that “OTT is the new field for TV drama and independent film
sums up the changing landscape of Indian cinema in 2018. making. It has changed everything, scripts, budgets, quality Release date: 20 December
The Indian movie industry is a gargantuan entity. From its of art, even the list of senior crew and actors prepared to work Director: Prabhu Deva
seven production centres, India produces nearly 1,800 films on the smaller formats,” says producer and filmmaker Bobby Starring: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha,
in 20-odd languages a year — more than the output of China Bedi, who is currently producing over a dozen web series. Arbaaz Khan
and the US together. Produced by: Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan
The success of small-budget films like Badhaai Ho (Amit FILM ON THE SMALL SCREEN
Sharma), Andhadhun (Sriram Raghavan), Stree (Amar “I have viewed more and better drama in the last two years
Kaushik) and Raazi (Meghna Gulzar) proved that Indian film than I have viewed in the last 20. Never a fan of ad breaks,
audiences’ consumption habits are changing. I never saw films on TV and my lifestyle rarely permitted
They are looking for new narratives, new genres rather than me to plan a film outing unless it was really ‘one of those
formula films. If the content is mediocre, however big the big ones’. Today I look forward to my post-dinner two
stars, a film may be rejected at the box office. Most of these (maybe three) hours of viewing across a range of content. by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting as a single
small-budget films were made for less than Rs 40 crore ($6m) Addictive web-series and films I couldn’t see,” Bedi adds. window clearance for film shooting across India, and the
but yielded at least thrice the amount at the box office. Raazi The Government has recognised India’s audiovisual sector ease of doing business, have made India a very attractive
made almost Rs 200 crores! as one of the Champion Service sectors for export growth. destination for film business. Many State governments in
The year 2018 also proved that films laced with good content India is also one of the most liberated media markets in India are aggressively wooing global filmmakers in their
and powerful performances can overpower the stars who ruled the world. The country offers highly liberal policy regions.
the box office collections of Bollywood films over the years. environment for investment in the film sector. Many Indian companies have created top-end studio
Fox Star India Studio’s film Sanju emerged as one of India’s From talents (on- and off-screen), to locales and an facilities in India that serve as single windows to fulfil the
all-time blockbusters at the box office followed by Padmaavat, industry-friendly Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, needs of the M&E industry. Their international business
Simmba, 2.0, Race 3, Baaghi 2, Badhaai Ho, Stree, Raazi and India is already a one-stop destination for global model offers local and remote clients the opportunity to
Sonu ke Titu ki Sweety. filmmakers. produce and co-produce, and distribute content anywhere
Apart from these, films in regional languages such as 2.0, KGF The establishment of the Film Facilitation Office (FFO) around the world.✦

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