Aanand L Rai’s next with Saif Ali Khan to be renamed, released in September

Saif Ali Khan’s period film with Aanand L Rai’s Colour Yellow Films is set to be released in September. The makers of the film put out an official announcement of the release period, with the added information that the film will be renamed. Initially titled Hunter, the project was to be directed by Navdeep Singh and produced … Read more

Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero crawls at the box office 

Shah Rukh Khan’s mission to mars love story Zero hasn’t quite taken off at the box office. The film is currently running in its second week and collected Rs89.25 crore nett in India, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. Directed by Aanand L Rai, and featuring Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma, Zero had a made a … Read more

Shah Rukh Khan starrer Zero drops further after Christmas

Director Aanand L Rai’s Zero has been struggling at the box office to earn impressive numbers right from the first day of its release. The film finished its important first weekend under Rs60 crore.  After a slightly inconsequential jump on Christmas [25 December], the Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif starrer, as expected, … Read more

Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero fails to reach Mars on Christmas holiday

After earning an unsatisfactory number on the first weekend, director Aanand L Rai’s Zero registered a drop on Monday, the first working day for the film, as it made only Rs9.50 crore nett. The film starring Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif showed a slight jump yesterday on Christmas as it earned Rs11.75 … Read more

Sohum Shah talks about a sequel to Tumbbad

Actor-producer Sohum Shah’s period horror film Tumbbad (2018) received critical acclaim and while the film did not set the box office on fire, given its limited release, the word of mouth was also largely positive. For such an engrossing film that stood out for its story, telling performances and cinematography, Tumbbad got just 575 screens when … Read more

Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan draw whistles with this electrifying desi number

Filmmaker Aanand L Rai has made a name for himself for telling stories that are based in the hinterlands. His taste has reflected in his music too as the flavour of Uttar Pradesh was seen in the Tanu Weds Manu franchise and Raanjhanaa (2013).  His soon-to-be-released Zero (2018) is based in Delhi and his dwarf … Read more

By the time Zero story was ready, I felt it belonged to Shah Rukh, not Salman: Aanand L Rai

For the first time in his 26-year-old film career, Shah Rukh Khan will be seen playing a dwarf in Aanand L Rai’s Zero, which also stars Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. There were reports suggesting Rai first considered casting Salman Khan to play the lead character. When asked about this during an interview, the director … Read more

Shah Rukh Khan’s new Zero promo has him borrowing a charming line from Dhanush

With one month to go, the makers of Shah Rukh Khan’s next film, Zero, have stepped up the promotion of the film. The new promo video captures the character Bauaa with his very ladykiller attributes. Except, for once, the King Khan has borrowed a line from a very South Indian star, Dhanush.  Despite his dwarfish … Read more