Popular TV host Rannvijay Singh believes there is a perception problem in India when it comes to content as people think that nothing could be bigger for an actor than movies.
"In India, the perception is that nothing is bigger than a film. It is not like that. Films are not the endpoint," Rannvijay told PTI.
Rannvijay, who has appeared in films such as "London Dreams", "Action Replayy", "Mod", believes an actor should not limit himself to just one medium.
"As an actor you should be happy that your content is getting consumed, be it on Instagram, Youtube, in the form of a web series or TV and films," he said.
Rannvijay came to limelight with "Roadies" back in 2003, and since then he has been a constant part of the reality show, whether as a contestant, a host or as a gang leader.
"I was a Roadie in the first year and then for the next five years, I was the host. I also started judging it and then I became a gang leader and now I am hosting again."
"Roadies: Extreme" will see Neha ...

Films are not the endpoint: Rannvijay Singh

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Eleven-year-old Emilio Pachon, the terminally ill boy who had wished to greet "Avengers" actors, has died.
He was suffering from cancer from neurofibromatosis and passed away at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for his family's Genes Foundation told Newsday.
News about Pachon went viral on social media after Shannon Bream from Fox News put a request online on his behalf that he wanted to connect with one of the actors in the Marvel franchise.
Stars such as Chris Evans (Captain America from "Avengers"), Ryan Reynolds ("Deadpool"), Zachary Levi (Fandral in two "Thor" movies) and Chloe Bennet (TV series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D") came forward.
Pachon had received videos from Evans, Levi, Bennet, "Ant Man" star Paul Rudd, Don Cheadle, who plays James Rhodes/War Machine and Paul Bettany (Vision) from the MCU.
Benedict Wong, who portrays factotum Wong in "Doctor Strange", and another "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D" star Clark Gregg (Phil Coulson).
"He saw all but the last one he received, from ...

Young 'Avengers' fan, who brought MCU together, dies

Bollywood's top directors -- Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Dibakar Banerjee  -- are making an anthology film for Netflix on themes of love and lust.
Titled "Lust Stories", the movie brings together the filmmakers after "Bombay Talkies" in 2013.
Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP, which made "Love Per Square Foot" for Netflix, has produced "Lust Stories" with Ashi Dua of Flying Unicorn Entertainment.
The film features Radhika Apte, Manisha Koirala, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar and Kiara Advani.
It will be available to over 117 million members of the streaming service in 190 countries simultaneously in June this year.
"With universal themes, world-class talent and unique formats, Indian stories are loved among Netflix members around the world. It's very exciting to continue our collaboration with RSVP and bring 'Lust Stories' to the global entertainment-loving audience," said Swati Shetty, Director of Content Acquisition, Netflix.
Screwvala said the film is a collection of four ...

'Bombay Talkies' directors return with 'Lust Stories' for Netflix

Director Srijit Mukherji's new  venture 'Uma', starring Jisshu Sengupta and Rudranil Ghosh,  has been officially selected for this year's New York Indian  Film Festival and London Indian Film Festival, a statement  issued by producer Shree Venkatesh Films (SVF) said.
The film also marks the debut of Jishhu Sengupta's  elder daughter, Sara.
Mukherjee said he is "humbled" by the response the  film has been receiving at festivals abroad.
"I am happy to learn that the story of 'Uma' is  receiving positive response from film fraternities across the  world," he said.
The New York film fest is scheduled between May 7 and  12 and the London-based event in June. The film has been  selected in the "feature category" of the two fests.
'Uma' has been inspired by the story of Canadian boy  Evan Leversage, who died of cancer in 2015.
"Leversage came to be known as 'The Boy Who Moved  Christmas' after people of his hometown staged Christmas, two  months in advance, to ensure that he could mark the ..

Srijit's new film 'Uma' selected at top int'l film fests

Hollywood star Will Farrell is joining the delete Facebook call.
Actor-comedian, whose page currently has over 10 million fans, is angry with the social media giant's handling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the situation where the UK-based political data-analytics firm obtained unauthorised information on 50 million users without their knowledge or consent.
"I'm reaching out to let you know that in 72 hours I will be deleting my Facebook account. I am not deleting it immediately, in order to give this message enough time to get across to my fans and followers," Farrell wrote.
the actor said he always had an aversion to social media but used it as a platform to support his work at Funny Or Die and other personal projects.
"I know I am not alone when I say that I was very disturbed to hear about Cambridge Analytica's misuse of millions of Facebook users' information in order to undermine our democracy and infringe on our .

Will Farrell to delete his Facebook account

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan today said he is enjoying working on his upcoming film "Zero" as the process is making him feel as if he is "growing up very fast into a child".
The 52-year-old actor took to Twitter to thank the film's director Aanand L Rai and the team for the experience.
"I am loving and living making 'Zero' the film. Thanks @aanandlrai and the whole team for this. Only way to describe it is 'I am growing up very fast into a child... Very fast'," Shah Rukh tweeted.
The actor plays a vertically challenged man in the movie, which is slated to be released on December 20.
Shah Rukh reunites with his "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" co-stars, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif in the film.

I am growing up very fast into a child: Shah Rukh on 'Zero'

"Suits" creator Aaron Korsh said actor Meghan Markle's upcoming royal wedding with Prince Harry has had a massive impact on the "awareness" about the hit show.
Markle, who plays Rachel Zane in the series, is set to tie the knot with the British royal on May 19.
Korsh said the legal dramedy used to get "linear TV ratings" earlier, which now have "exploded."
"Without a doubt it's jacked up our visibility. All we really get is linear TV ratings and those were not affected as much by (the romance), but in terms of awareness of the show It's exploded. Any time somebody in your cast that finds someone and falls in love is great - whether they're famous or not," he told New York Post.
Korsh said there were some "logistics involved" in shooting the seventh season, which included "heightened security" as the romance caught steam.
"There were some days we knew Meghan couldn't shoot, which is common with actors. But on set it was the same as always. In terms of within the family of the show it ..

Meghan-Prince Harry wedding jacked up 'Suits' visibility: Creator

Director Ali Abbas Zafar's Instagram account has been hacked.
The 37-year-old filmmaker today took to Twitter to warn his fans and followers and also said that he did not have a Snapchat account.
"Hack alert, someone hacked my Instagram account, sorting it out also I am not on Snapchat, so if someone uses Snapchat under my name is the hacker. Have a good day," Zafar tweeted.
"Tiger Zinda Hai" was the director's latest release.
His next venture, "Bharat", starring Salman Khan, is schedule to release on Eid next year.

Ali Abbas Zafar's Instagram account hacked

Opening up about his long and enduring partnership with Ismail Merchant, Oscar winning screenwriter James Ivory says they kept their relationship a secret because his Mumbai-born partner belonged to a "deeply conservative" Muslim family.
The two men behind Merchant Ivory Productions formed a partnership that lasted for close to 50 years and produced classics such as "Shakespeare Wallah", "Heat and Dust", "A Room with a View", "Maurice", "Howards End" and "The Remains of the Day".
Merchant died in 2005 at the age of 68.
Over the years, there have been rumours about their personal relationship but both zealously guarded their privacy.
"Well, you just wouldn't. That is not something that an Indian Muslim would ever say publicly or in print. Ever! You have to remember that Ismail was an Indian citizen living in Bombay, with a deeply conservative Muslim family there," Ivory said in an interview with The Guardian this week.
"It's not the sort of thing he was going to broadcast. Since we ...

Ivory opens up about relationship with Ismail Merchant

Sally Hawkins is set to executive produce psychological thriller, "Cordelia".
This would be her first gig as executive producer after landing a best actress nomination for "The Shape of Water" this year.
The U K bombing drama comes from writer-director Adrian Shergold and POW Films, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Antonia Campbell-Hughes stars in the title role of a young actor who is on board the London subway system when terrorists attack the carriage she is travelling in on the fateful day of July 7, 2005.
The film explores the life of the woman 12 years after the terrorist attack as she makes an effort to pick up her life in a ghetto-like part of London.
It also features Michael Gambon, Johnny Flynn and Catherine McCormack.
Campbell-Hughes has co-written the script with Shergold.
Shooting of the indie movie underway at the Twickenham Studios through May this year.

Sally Hawkins to produce thriller 'Cordelia'

Subodh Gupta is here as are the Dodiyas (Anju and Atul) and Jitish Kallat and Manjunath Kamath. With their A-list artists dominating booth walls, Indian galleries have put their best foot forward at the 'Art Basel in Hong Kong' fair that opened here today.
The sixth edition of the annual fair has nine participating galleries from India  Vadehra Art Gallery, Gallery Ske, Chemould Prescott, Sakshi Gallery, Jhaveri Contemporary, Gallery Espace, Experimenter, Nature Morte and Tarq.
The works on display range from Kallat's recent Rain Study and Atul Dodiya's brand new work Camouflage to Gupta's 2015 set of three oil-on-canvas paintings and Kamath's intentionally incomplete terracotta sculptures.
Kallat, who is known for his works on the cosmos, uses impressions of rain drops to create images of galaxy clusters in Rain Study.
A fantastic use of food as a metaphor for sustenance can be seen in his  lenticular photoprint work Preamble 2.
Brought to the fair by Mumbai-based Chemould Prescott, .

India stamps its presence on Art Basel Hong Kong

Donald Glover is miffed with the cancellation of "Deadpool" animated series and the actor vented out his anger by posting a 15-page fake script for the show.
In the script posted on his official Twitter account, the "Atlanta" star took potshots at Marvel for backing out of the project and dwelled upon the reason for it.
As per the script, titled "Finale", Deadpool wakes up in a Jeep in Kenya as he takes a mission involving Sudan, the last male northern white rhino that died recently.
"You know, I'm not mad about this whole 'cancelled' thing. I actually think it's a good time to have a violent, gun loving white man ranting on TV? Other than the President," Deadpool tells Sudan in the script.
Earlier this week, it was announced that FX Productions, Glover and brother Stephen would no longer be partnering with Marvel on the series. A statement from FX had cited "creative differences" as the reason. Its statement said the Glovers had agreed to part ways with the network and with Marvel ...

Donald Glover posts unsparing 'script' for cancelled 'Deadpool' series

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan will present the 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey" at the Cannes Film Festival to mark the movie's 50th anniversary.
The film will be introduced by Nolan on May 12 as part of the Cannes Classics programme and the screening will be attended by members of Kubrick's family, including his daughter Katharina Kubrick and his longtime producing partner and brother-in-law Jan Harlan, the festival organisers said in a statement.
The next day, Nolan will participate in a Cannes Masterclass during which he will discuss his award-winning filmography while shedding a light on his passion for the work of Kubrick.
For the first time since the original release, the 70mm print was struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative, without any digital tricks, remastered effects or revisionist edits.
"One of my earliest memories of cinema is seeing Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey', in 70mm, at the Leicester ...

Nolan to present 70mm print of Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' at Cannes

Actor Scarlett Johansson has come aboard the cast of Taika Waititi's World War II film "Jojo Rabbit".
The 33-year-old actor is in final negotiations with Fox Searchlight to star in the project, which is about a young German boy who finds out that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Waititi, who has penned the script, is producing the project along with Carthew Neal and Chelsea Winstanley, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Johansson will be next seen in "Avengers: Infinity War". She has also lent her voice to Wes Anderson's animated film "Isle of Dogs".
Waititi is best known for the films "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" and "What We Do in the Shadows". He recently helmed Marvel blockbuster "Thor: Ragnarok", starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo and Tessa Thompson.

Scarlett Johansson to star in Taika Waititi's 'Jojo Rabbit'

Actor Hugh Jackman is in negotiations to star in the drama "Bad Education".
The script for the film has been penned by Mike Makowsky. The plot details are not known yet but it will be based on Makowsky's high school experience.
Cory Finley, who recently directed "Thoroughbreds" starring Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy and Anton Yelchin, will helm the project.
"La La Land" producer Fred Berger will back the project along with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev,  Oren Moverman and Makowsky, reported Variety.

Hugh Jackman in talks for 'Bad Education'

Actor Pedro Pascal has joined the cast of "Wonder Woman 2".
The "Game of Thrones" and "Narcos" star will play a pivotal role in the film and no other details about his character are known as of yet, reported Entertainment Weekly.
The film has a release date of November 1, 2019. It will reportedly take place in the 1980s, against the backdrop of the Cold War.
Gal Gadot, who played the iconic superhero in the blockbuster original film and later reprised it in "Justice League", will be back for the sequel along with director Patty Jenkins.
Actor Kristen Wiig recently came aboard the project and will be essaying the role of supervillain Cheetah.
The shooting on DC film is expected to start in June this year and will be shot in the US around the area of Northern Virginia/District of Columbia.

Pedro Pascal to star in 'Wonder Woman 2'

"Game of Thrones" star Tobias Menzies has been cast in the role of Prince Philip in Netflix's royal drama "The Crown".
The 44-year-old actor will take over the role from Matt Smith for the show's third and fourth seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Smith played the role for two years alongside Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, who will now be portrayed by Olivia Colman as the show jumps ahead a few years.
Colman and Menzies had earlier worked together on spy drama "The Night Manager".
Helena Bonham Carter is also poised to join the show as Princess Margaret, replacing Vanessa Kirby.
Show creator Peter Morgan planned for the casting changes, designed to show the characters as they aged.
The show is produced Left Bank with executive producers Andy Harries and Suzanne Mackie.

'The Crown' finds its new Prince Philip in Tobias Menzies

"The Handmaid's Tale" helmer Reed Morano is in negotiations to direct Anne Frank-diary drama "Keeper of the Diary".
The story follows Otto Frank's quest to find a publisher for his daughter Anne Frank's diary, which became one of the enduring documents of the Holocaust. Only one woman was willing to help him - a young editor named Barbara Zimmerman, who co-founded and co-edited New York Review of Books.
"Murder on the Orient Express" helmer Kenneth Branagh was earlier in talks to direct and star as Otto Frank in the project, which is being developed by Fox Searchlight, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The studio won "Keeper of the Diary" in an auction for the script by Sam Franco and Evan Kilgore.
Last year, Morano, 40, won an Emmy for directing episodes of Hulu's dystopian feminist drama "The Handmaid's Tale".
She is currently shooting for the thriller "The Rhythm Section", starring Blake Lively.

Reed Morano in talks for drama 'Keeper of the Diary'

Sumeet Vyas, who stars in "High Jack",  says he joined the film for its "hilarious, wacky" story.
Sumeet has acted in popular web series "Permanent Roommates", appeared in TV shows like "Rehna Hai Teri Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein", "Chandragupta Maurya" and also played supporting roles in films like "Parched", "Guddu Ki Gun", "Ribbon" and will be seen alongside Kareena Kapoor Khan in "Veere Di Wedding".
"More than the platform the content gives me more satisfaction. More than the  medium, the story has to be attractive. This film has fantastic ensemble. This is a hilarious, wacky story," Sumeet told reporters here last evening at the trailer launch of "High Jack"
The film also stars Sonnalli Seygall, Mantra in the lead. It is directed by Akarsh Khurana and produced by Madhu Mantena. The team unveiled the trailer last evening here.
Mantra, who is a stand-up comedian, joked that he was not given any punch lines this time.
"Comedians are never taken seriously but there are few comedians who ...

Content more important than the medium: Sumeet Vyas

Superstar Aamir Khan is currently focusing on his upcoming period drama "Thugs of Hindostan" and has not signed any other project, the actor's spokesperson today said.
There were reports doing the rounds that Aamir has come on board for "Mogul" and "Osho".
"There are many speculations about Aamir Khan doing numerous projects, but currently he is doing only 'Thugs Of Hindostan'. He has not signed any other project. If and when he does he will make official announcement. Right now his focus is only on Thugs Of Hindostan," his spokesperson said in a statement.
The 53-year-old star has recently completed a shooting schedule of the Vijay Krishna Acharya-directed movie in Rajasthan.
The film also features megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Fatima Sana Sheikh.

Aamir Khan has not signed any other project, says spokesperson

Actor Diljit Dosanjh pushed himself to extremes to achieve the physique of an athlete for "Soorma", an upcoming biopic on hockey player Sandeep Singh.
"Soorma" tells the story of Singh, a professional hockey player and former captain of the Indian national team.
Singh was seriously injured after hit by an accidental gunshot in a train in 2006 but he did not give up and continued playing.
Diljit, who essays Singh in the film, not only got trained by the former captain but also underwent a physical transformation to look like him.
In an interview with PTI, the actor said, "The role was extremely draining with so much intense training. Physically, it was very tough. I had a lot of problems post  shooting the film. When I was shooting, I had stopped consuming sugar, I used to eat salt very less".
The "Udta Punjab" actor says once the shoot was over, his body started reacting a bit negatively.
"Because we wanted the physique of an athlete in a very short time, I pushed my body a lot to ...

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