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Aditya Roy Kapur on audience appreciation
for Ludo

Actor Aditya Roy Kapur is happy with the audience response to his role in
Ludo. He plays a stand-up comic and voice artiste in the Anurag Basu film.
“Every day on set was like a surprise. We used to go on set and dada
(Anurag Basu) would put us in the crazy situations, though he knew exactly
what he wanted from every scene. I usually like to prepare and think about
each scene but here I just went with the flow, and it’s amazing to see and
feel all the love and appreciation. This is the first time I’ve tried comedy in REVISITING 2020
my career and it feels great to learn that people are enjoying it so much,”
said Aditya.
Ludo also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanya Malhotra,
Rajkummar Rao, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Rohit Saraf.

Ranveer Singh starts shooting

for Rohit Shetty’s CIRKUS

While Rohit Shetty awaits the release of his
Sooryavanshi in theatres - and that’s at least 3-4
months away, reports say that Rohit has called
‘Lights, Camera, Action’ on his next venture
Cirkus starring Ranveer Singh, Pooja Hegde, The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial changes. We quickly introduced a major step up of
Varun Sharma and Murli Sharma in pivotal roles. impact on the film industry in 2020, of course cleaning processes to follow the CDC Guidelines
In fact, all four of them were recently seen at affecting the entire human race in one way or the and decreased the seating capacity.
Mumbai’s Mehboob Studios (Bandra) extremely other. But the movies have been affected across The Drive-In theater was a well thought out plan
busy shooting their scenes. the world and to varying degrees, cinemas and by the Mr. Sam Thakkar, CEO of Perfect group of
movie theaters have been closed, festivals have Companies and it has given a good opportunity for
A source says that Rohit and Ranveer kicked it off
very quietly, without calling for too much attention. been cancelled or postponed, and film releases people to get out of their homes and have some
Rohit wants to complete Cirkus by February end. have been moved to future dates or delayed good fun and entertainment. We also introduced
A few portions of the film are supposed to be shot indefinitely. Due to cinemas and movie theaters renting of Drive-In Theater for the public events to
in Goa and Ooty at a later date. Cirkus is being closing, the global box office has dropped by watch their favorite movies with family and friends
targeted for a 2021 winter release. billions of dollars. Cinemas are operating at half or watch a concert live or watch pictures and
capacity, leaving strategic videos of their family within
This implies that Rohit will have two big films in seats unavailable to reduce the safety of their cars.
2021- the Akshay Kumar-led Sooryavanshi and proximity in the screens. The best thing movie
the Ranveer-led Cirkus.
Theaters are in the situation theaters have going for
Ranveer has a double role in this film. Cirkus was that they need to be in person them are their atmospheres.
earlier rumored to be a remake of the unforgettable to function effectively, but There is something truly
Sanjeev Kumar-Moushumi Chatterjee-Deven aren’t an essential business unique about the cinema
Varma 1982 comedy caper Angoor. However, the like the food service industry so going experience.
Simmba director has categorically denied that. they haven’t been able to open And we hope we will be
back up in earlier reopening able to give the same
Cirkus will also feature actors such as Siddhartha
BOLLYWOOD Jadhav, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Vrajesh “phases”. Some movie theaters experience through the
have been given the option to
though
with
pandemic
Hirjee, Vijay Patkar, Sulbha Arya, Mukesh Tiwari,
Anil Charanjeett, and Ashwini Kalsekar. Bhushan open back up with limited capacity. This however lower capacity and more stringent measures of
safety.We are pushing forward with all our might
has proven to be an ineffective strategy, especially
BONANAZA Kumar and Reliance Entertainment will reportedly for smaller chains. with the intent of serving the best and hope of
present the film, while Rohit is not only directing
Fun Movie Grill, like all other theaters has been
the movie but also producing it.
affected and has evolved and adapted to the changes in the near future. We are hopeful that in
2021 things will change.
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