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A Star-Studded Cast: Meet the Actors Joining Celebrated Fashion Designer Manish Malhotra's Upcoming Film

"Bewakoofiyan, Nadan galtiyan, badi bhool hai ishq;

Sach Poochiye toh mere huzoor ul jalool hai ishq!"

[बेवकूफियां, नादान गलतियां, बड़ी भूल है इश्क; सच पूछिए तो मेरे हुजूर उल जलूल है इश्क!]


-Manish Malhotra



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The actors Vijay Varma, Naseeruddin Shah, Fatima Sana Shaikh, and Sharib Hashmi will appear in the film 'Ul Jal Jalool Ishq'. Designer Manish Malhotra will produce the film through his production company, Stage 5 Production.

"Bewakoofiyan, Nadan galtiyan, badi bhool hai ishq; Sach Poochiye toh mere huzoor ul jalool hai ishq!" Manish said on Instagram. I am pleased to announce our third film production with @stage5production. UL JALOOL ISHQ, a wonderful film written and directed by @vibhupuri, begins filming on January 9th with this highly brilliant cast @naseeruddin49 @itsvijayvarma @fatimasanashaikh @mrfilmistaani." Gulzar and Vishal Bhardwaj will compose the soundtrack for the film. "An honor to work with@gulzar.official for the Lyrics and @vishalrbhardwaj for his timeless melodies , produced by @malhotra_dinesh @stage5production," Manish said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Manish is also coming up with another film titled 'Bun Tikki'. Faraz Arif Ansari directs the film, which stars Shabana Azmi, Zeenat Aman, and Abhay Deol. Manish Malhotra's Stage 5 Productions will produce the film alongside Jyoti Deshpande, Dinesh Malhotra, and Marijke Desouza.






Get Ready for Ariana Grande's New Album in 2024!

Updated: Jan 6, 2024

Los Angeles: Ariana Grande is planning to surprise her fans with new music in 2024.


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The '7 Rings' hitmaker took to social media on Wednesday to promote her new album, which will be released next year, according to Variety.

"See you next year," Grande wrote in the caption to a carousel of Instagram photo.

Grande shared a range of in-studio memories, each with a different tone: a video of Grande's mother dancing, a screenshot of a FaceTime call where she's dancing, a snapshot of a warehouse (perhaps a music video set? ), and another photo of her crying. "The two moods of the album," she said on Instagram. Grande also added a video from someone who mentions that it is "almost the last day of this album." "I'm so tired," she admits in the video. "But I'm so grateful and happy." I also have the impression that I weigh 3,000 tonnes.

Grande hasn't released an album since 'Positions,' which set multiple records in 2020. When it was released in October 2020, it debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, selling 174,000 album-equivalent copies.

Since earlier this month, Grande has been teasing her upcoming project on Instagram.

Ariana Grande's new album announcement comes just five weeks after she parted ways with long-term manager Scooter Braun and signed with Good World Management. This is her first assignment with the new agency. Her upcoming album will also be her first after her marriage to real estate agent Dalton Gomez and subsequent divorce. Outside of music, Grande has been preoccupied with her role in the upcoming film Wicked, which will be released in November 2024.







"Blue 52," A Film by Ali El Arabi That Blends Reality & Imagination Takes Viewers Behind The Scenes of The 2022 World Cup While Also Chronicling The Lives of The Labourers Who Built The Stadiums

Neha Dhupia and Adil Hussain will star in Egyptian director Ali El Arabi‘s upcoming drama “Blue 52,” about a young Indian soccer fan’s journey as a migrant worker to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.


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In El Arabi’s “Blue 52” Ashish endures his father’s isolating control on a remote island home in Kochi, India, but with his mother’s support, and lessons alongside inspiration from his late brother, he breaks free. Ashish embarks on a journey to meet his idol, Messi, at the World Cup in Qatar 22, leading him to face the world for the first time.

"Blue 52," which was intended to be a documentary, has finally completed production. El Arabi made a stir at virtual Sundance in 2021 with the documentary "Captains of Zaatari," about the football hopes of adolescent Syrian refugees.

Dhupia and Hussain play Ashish's mother and father, who live on an island in the Indian state of Kerala where Ashish (Yadav Shashidhar) lives in safety. The film's cinematographer is Egypt's Mahmoud Basher, who previously collaborated with El Arabi on "Captains of Zaatari."

"Blue 52," which combines reality and imagination, gives a behind-the-scenes look into the 2022 World Cup while portraying the lives of the people who built the stadiums.

"I aim to show the workers not just as people in the shadows, but as humans who have dreams, fears, and hopes that deserve to be acknowledged and seen," El Arabi's communiqué in a written statement. "It also becomes fascinating to have all these events take place in the backdrop of the FIFA World Cup, where our narrative featuring Ashish crosses paths with the real events as he witnesses Messi lifting his trophy and Ashish our actor becoming a part of the FIFA official music video."

"Blue 52" is produced by El Arabi through his Cairo and Los Angeles-based production and distribution firm Ambient Light, and executive produced by Tariq Al-Naama. Co-producers include Krysanne Katsoolis, Joe Matthews, and Katara Studios.

El Arabi's Ambient Light Films joined as co-producer on Mohamed Kordofani's "Goodbye Julia," Sudan's second-ever Academy Award international feature film submission, in May. The project is supported by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o.







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