Siddharth Roy Kapur has added yet another story to his growing slate of projects for Roy Kapur Films. The producer has purchased the rights to the story of Rajaram Tiwari, Kumbh Mela’s ‘lost and found’ man. Tiwari owes his nickname, Bhule Bhatke Tiwari, to his charitable act of reuniting families separated during the crowded Kumbh … Read more
Actress Priyanka Chopra, who is set to wed American singer Nick Jonas on 2 December, will be shooting for The Sky Is Pink (2019) right till the day before the celebrations, says the film’s producer Siddharth Roy Kapur Kapur, who is producing the movie under his Roy Kapur Films banner, told IANS, a news agency, … Read more
The GST [Goods and Services Tax] Council has slashed GST on movie tickets from 28% to 18%. The tax on tickets costing up to Rs100 has been reduced to 12% from 18% while for tickets costing more than Rs100 it has been reduced to 18% from 28%. Producer Siddharth Roy Kapur, president of Producers Guild … Read more
Vicky Kaushal-starrer Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) might just become among the most quoted films of the year. After featuring in the speeches of prime minister Narendra Modi, the film has now found its way in the annual budget of the central government of India. While presenting the budget section for Indian cinema, interim finance … Read more
A delegation representing the Indian film and entertainment industry met prime minister Narendra Modi here on Monday, and pitched for lower and uniform rates of GST for the fraternity. Actors Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn, filmmakers Karan Johar and Rakesh Roshan, Censor Board chief Prasoon Joshi and Producers Guild of India president Siddharth Roy Kapur … Read more
Producers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala have come together for a host of projects. The duo is producing director Shonali Bose’s The Sky is Pink that stars Priyanka Chopra, Zaira Wasim and Farhan Akhtar. This is Chopra’s first full-fledged role in Hindi cinema after her work in American TV series, Quantico. Given her … Read more
All Indian film production houses are bound to implement and enforce the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 (PoSH), the Producers Guild of India (PGI) declared on Thursday. At its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Wednesday in Mumbai, the Guild unanimously passed a resolution to amend its by-laws thereby … Read more
With more and more people accusing the film industry of inaction in cases of sexual harassment, the Producers’ Guild of India has stepped in to amend its bye-laws and make it mandatory for members to implement the provisions of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act 2013 and institute internal complaints committees (ICC) in their organizations. … Read more