Ruk Jaana Nahi, a limited video and audio series on Spotify hosted by Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao, shares the tales of COVID heroes who have risked their lives to help those in need during the pandemic.
“Apurva Asrani is actually not just a champion, but also one of the finest editing and screenplay minds in our country,” says legendary Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee.
Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' is an important film for India. But it isn't the first time that Bollywood stepped out of the closet.
"I feel if the entire topic of homosexuality is taken up like this, maybe there are chances of it coming into the mainstream popular cinema, without making it awkward for everyone else, or without shoving it in their faces."
What really works for Newton is the fact that it lays bare the pitfalls of the democratic system in India, and has yet made it to the Oscars as India's official entry.
The film revolves around Newton Kumar, a sincere and honest government clerk, who is sent on election duty in the conflict-ridden jungles of a Naxal-afflicted village in Chhattisgarh.