Bombay Rose produced by Cinestaan Film Company and created, written and directed by Gitanjali Rao, shall have its World Premiere as the opening film of Critics Week at the Venice International Film Festival on 29th August 2019. Bombay Rose is the first Indian Animation Film ever selected to open Venice Critic’s Week. The film will have its North American premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on 7 September 2019.

Bombay Rose is the story of a flower seller who has to make the choice between protecting her family or allowing herself to fall in love. This touching story is set on the streets of Mumbai and moves from real life to fantasy, accompanied by much-loved Bollywood songs from the cinema halls. Painted frame by frame, for which Gitanjali is famed, Bombay Rose is a chronicle of the people who migrate from small towns, seeking minimal life in the maximum city.

Watch the trailer of Bombay Rose here:

Produced by Anand Mahindra and Rohit Khattar and financed by Cinestaan Film Company (who also recently executive produced the 3 Academy Award-nominated Cold War), Bombay Rose has been written, designed and directed by Gitanjali Rao. The film is in co-production with Film d’Ici and was delivered at Mumbai based PaperBoat Animation Studios. Working creatively alongside Gitanjali was acclaimed sound designer P M Satheesh. The film is the long-awaited feature debut of India’s leading animator Gitanjali Rao.

Writer-Director Gitanjali Rao

Gitanjali’s five animated short films, Blue, Orange, Printed Rainbow, Chai and True Love Story have been to over 150 film festivals and received 30 awards. Printed Rainbow won three awards in Cannes Critic’s Week 2006 where it premiered and was short-listed for the Oscars in 2008. Gitanjali Rao also made her award-nominated film debut as an actress in Shoojit Sircar’s acclaimed film, October. For more news and updates from the world of showbiz stay tuned to CineBlitz!

After taking us back to the Indian historic era of the British Rule in India with the posters of its star cast in their most magnificent looks, the team and star cast of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy were lauded for their second teaser at the teaser launch event in Mumbai. The actors of the film present at the event were Kichcha Sudeep, Vijay Sethupathi, Dr. Chiranjeevi, Ravi Kishan and Tamannaah. The director, Surrender Reddy and producers, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani as well as Ram Charan were also present at the star-studded event.

Talking about the film’s teaser, it depicts the story of the unsung hero, Narasimha Reddy who had played a major role during the British Rule in India by fighting his first battle with the Britishers. His rebellious and raged appearance in the teaser gets us more patriotic towards our country. The fans are already pumped up to appreciate the hard work of the star cast invested towards the film and are ready to take a seat back in the theatres to get lost in the film’s story rich and high ended visual depictions.

Ravi Kishan

Cast and makers of Sye Raa Narsimha Reddy

Ram Charan Teja

Dr Chiranjeevi

Kichcha Sudeep

Producer Ritesh Sidhwani

Tamannaah Bhatia

Watch the Hindi trailer of Sye Raa Narsimha Reddy here:

The period drama is based on the life of freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy who fought in what is known to be the first war of Independence against the British Rule in India. The movie features an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Dr. Chiranjeevi, Kichcha Sudeep, Vijay Sethupathi, Jagapathi Babu Ravi Kishan, Nayanthara, Tamannaah and Niharika which makes the movie unmissable.

Produced by Ram Charan, Excel Entertainment and AA Films in association with Konidela Productions, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy stars the GREATEST Indian ensemble cast of all times. The film is directed by Surender Reddy and is slated to release this year.

Ever since Bole Chudiyan has been announced, the curiosity among the fans has risen. Directed by Shamas Siddiqui, the film is backed by Rajesh and Kiren Bhatiaa under their banner Woodpecker Movies. Recently, the makers had unveiled the teaser of Swaggy Chudiyan, where Nawaz has rapped for the first time and it was trending heavily and broke the net on all the social platforms and now a video from the sets has been released. In this behind the scene video, we see Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tamannaah Bhatia romancing on a date in a song sequence by the pool.

The shoot is currently on with the start to end 60-day schedule in Mandawa, Rajasthan. Besides the lead actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tamannaah Bhatia, the primary cast also includes Kabir Duhan Singh, Rajpal Yadav and Aditya Srivastava. For more updates from Bollywood stay tuned to CineBlitz.