Exclusive: Natkhat still in the race to Oscars 2021; Shaan Vyas ‘surprised at reports’ stating otherwise

Alabama rapper Yung Bleu shared the visuals for the Drake-assisted remix to his single "You're Mines Still" on Thursday. The clip, starring India Love, finds Bleu trying to stop his ex's wedding in time as he sings all of his regrets over the failed relationship.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorHBO Max is now available on PlayStation 5, Sony’s next-generation videogame console — which has been in scarce supply since it went on sale last month.News of the deal between WarnerMedia and Sony Interactive Entertainment to bring HBO Max to the PS5 comes a day after Comcast announced the rollout of the streaming app on Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex.

Naman Ramachandran “The Lunchbox” producer Guneet Monga has boarded “Jallikattu,” India’s entry in the Academy Awards’ international feature category, as executive producer, in time to shepherd its 2021 Oscars campaign.Monga was an executive producer on “Period. End of Sentence,” which won best documentary short subject at the 2019 Oscars.

Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato, J Balvin, and Matthew McConaughey will be helping fans around the world ring in 2021 virtually as part of a series of YouTube specials.Hello 2021 will feature five different shows for viewers in the Americas, the U.K., South Korea, Japan, and India, where fans will be treated to speeches, musical performances, and dance parties from big name stars across the globe as they count down to the New Year.Hello 2021: Americas will be co-hosted by actress Storm Reid and Mexican

EXCLUSIVE: Leading Indian OTT platform Eros Now has set its 2021 content slate with 46 new titles including 33 film premieres and 13 original series. Owned by ErosSTX Global Corporation, Eros Now is offering what the companies say is the Indian industry’s biggest content slate for next year.

YouTube will launch the New Year alongside a number of Hollywood names including Matthew Matthew McConaughey, RuPaul and Storm Reid with its global celebration video Hello 2021. Set to premiere in the Americas, United Kingdom, Korea, Japan and India, Hello 2021 is also set to feature appearances from Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato, J Balvin and more.

Naman Ramachandran Rising Indian star Ishaan Khatter believes that North American audiences will respond strongly to Mira Nair’s newly-launched six-part series “A Suitable Boy” because of its universal themes and the filmmaker’s globally appealing storytelling.The series, based on Vikram Seth’s novel, is set against the backdrop of the Indian general elections of 1951, and features Khatter as one of the leads.

Naman Ramachandran A fascination with Vice-President elect Kamala Harris could drive American audiences towards Mira Nair’s mini-series “A Suitable Boy,” the director says.Based on Vikram Seth’s epic 1993 novel, the series follows the Mehra family and their associates as they go about the process of finding a husband for 19-year-old university student Lata Mehra (newcomer Tanya Maniktala), against the backdrop of the 1951 general elections in newly independent India.The series aired on the BBC

Naman Ramachandran Veteran Indian producer Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP and Ramesh Krishnamoorthy’s Global One Studios will produce a series based on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.The companies have optioned the audio-visual rights to eminent authors’ Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro’s 2001 book, “Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster.”A cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, in 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many film festivals and awards events to either postpone or go virtual. However, the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards will have an in-person ceremony, confirmed a representative with a media outlet.

The Academy is finding a way to host the 2021 Academy Awards in person next year.

Oscars ceremony is set to be held in person, the Academy has confirmed.A representative from the Academy and ABC told Variety that there will not be any “virtual” Oscars. “The Oscars in-person telecast will happen,” they said.The ceremony is set to be held inside the 3,400-seat Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where it traditionally takes place.

told Variety Tuesday, and will instead be a traditional in-person ceremony.“The Oscars in-person telecast will happen,” a rep for the Academy and ABC, which airs the show, said.The awards show was postponed and moved to April 25, 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic — mostly in the hopes that theaters would reopen so more films would be eligible. Instead, it amended rules, making streaming-only films eligible for the first time ever.

Clayton Davis There will be no “virtual” Oscars.“The Oscars in-person telecast will happen,” a rep from the Academy and ABC tells Variety exclusively.This year, the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences moved their annual telecast back two months to April 25, 2021, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Naman Ramachandran Oscar-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer A.R.Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) has provided further details of his recently announced role as the ambassador of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Breakthrough India initiative.“As ambassador, my role is to help BAFTA to recognize breakthrough talent across the breadth of the Indian film industry and help them navigate the diverse and creative landscape of the country,” Rahman told Variety.

After a landmark Academy Awards where “Parasite” became the first film not in the English language to win Best Picture, the International Film category is at a pandemic induced crossroads. With film festivals forced to mostly adjust to virtual screenings and major bellwethers such as Cannes and Telluride scuttled, the Oscars are looking at the most wide-open race in at least a decade.

Tenet is just a few days away from finally releasing in India as the Christopher Nolan directorial was amongst the highly-awaited Hollywood movies of 2020. Starring John David Washington as the main protagonist, Tenet is jam-packed with star power including our very own Dimple Kapadia, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh amongst others.