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Season 2 of 'Taj' announced. Watch the official trailer here

After a successful season one, the creators of 'Taj - Reign of Revenge' have chosen to add a second season. The second season will begin on May 12, 2023, with new episodes released every Friday.


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The eight-part succession series will continue to star Naseeruddin Shah as King Akbar, Dharmendra as Shaikh Salim Chisti, Aashim Gulati as Prince Salim, Shubham Kumar Mehra as Prince Daniyal, Sandhya Mridul as Queen Jodha Bai, Zareena Wahab as Queen Salima, Queen Ruqaiya Begum as Padma Damodaran, Rahul Bose as Mirza Hakim, and Pankaj Sauraseni Maitra will join the cast as Meherunnisa [Noor Jahaan], Jiansh Agarwal as Prince Khusrav, and Mitansh Lulla as Prince Khurram, who will go on to become the season's most prominent characters.

The story of Taj season 2 begins 15 years after S1 ended, and charters Salim's journey from being the exiled enemy of the Mughal empire to seeking blood and revenge in an attempt to become the next emperor. Manish Kalra, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 India said, "The first season of the show received enormous love from the audience, and we look forward to canvassing a fresh chapter of Taj in season 2 with more interesting situations unravelling to keep our viewers hooked. This season captures the new conflicts that arise within the Mughal empire, with each character evolving to showcase a much more exciting plot. 'Taj - Reign of Revenge' reaffirms our commitment of presenting engaging and gripping content on ZEE5 and we are looking forward to another successful season". Excited about the new season, actor Aashim Gulati aka Prince Salim communiqué, "Periodic dramas are something that has always caught my eye and now being in one has been an exhilarating journey. I am glad that the audiences have loved season one of the series and all I can say is that Salim's character arc in S2 is something to look out for. S2 is grittier, darker, bolder and personally for me, my best yet."




The official poster of the 76th Festival de Cannes

Catherine Deneuve stands on Pampelonne beach, near Saint-Tropez, for the filming of Alain Cavalier's La Chamade, adapted on Françoise Sagan's novel.


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Official poster - 76th edition © Photo de Jack Garofalo/Paris Match/Scoop – Création graphique © Hartland Villa - Côte d’Azur, June 1, 1968.


She plays Lucile, a cosmopolitan and shallow character tinted with comfort and a penchant for luxury. Her heartbeat is fast, rushed, and passionate. Every year, the Festival de Cannes honours the heart of cinema, and its vivid and alive pulse can be heard everywhere. The 7th Art's heart - its artists, professionals, amateurs, and press - beats like a drum to the rhythm of the urgency imposed by its perpetual nature.

The actress of Peau d’Âne is an embodiment of cinema, far from what is conventional or appropriate. The actress of Peau d’Âne is an embodiment of cinema, far from what is conventional or appropriate. Without compromise and always in tune with her convictions, even if it means going against the grain of the times. She is the muse of Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, Marco Ferreri, Manoel de Oliveira, André Téchiné, Emmanuelle Bercot or Arnaud Desplechin. Her collaborations are in the pantheon of immense filmmakers of yesterday and today. Catherine is the link between them all. For more than 60 years, the greatest French star has never stopped shooting, reinventing herself, experimenting, daring to do counterintuitive work or first films. An icon who has never stood still and has kept her art alive. Deneuve embodies in her very own way the richness of the cinema that the Festival wants to defend: auteur films but also quality popular films.

Four years before 1968, Catherine Deneuve illuminated Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which won the Palme d’or in 1964. The following year, Repulsion by Roman Polanski won the Silver Bear in Berlin. This was followed by A Matter of Resistance by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, The Young Girls of Rochefort by Jacques Demy and Luis Buñuel’s Belle de jour.

From then on, hers will be a path of glory, studded with masterpieces and commitments that will shape the portrait of a star as well as that of a woman of convictions. For Catherine Deneuve also co-signed the “Manifesto of the 343” in 1971, demanding the legalization of abortion on one hand and a collective text in 2018 in which a hundred women reject, “puritanism, denunciation and any form of expeditious justice” on the other hand.

Catherine Deneuve also starred in Indochine by Régis Wargnier, which remains, to this day, the last French winner, in 1993, of the Oscar for best international film. In 1994, she was Vice President of the Jury headed by Clint Eastwood which awarded the Palme d’or to Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino. In 2000, Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier was the second Palme d’or in her filmography. In 2005 she received an Honorary Palme d’or and in 2008, under the presidency of Sean Penn, the Special Prize of the 61st Festival for her entire career. In 2016, Catherine Deneuve was awarded the Prix Lumière which she dedicated “to the farmers”, thus taking everyone by surprise once again.

Joyful, bold-faced and romantic, a young woman with long blond hair smiles, confidently, at her future. It is a certain form of magic that Catherine Deneuve embodies – pure, incandescent and sometimes transgressive. It is this unspeakable magic that the 76th International Film Festival conveys with this timeless poster. To reiterate the glorious present of cinema and to envisage its future full of promise. Catherine Deneuve stands for what cinema should never stop being: elusive, daring, irreverent. Something self-evident: a necessity.






"The Song of Scorpions" Irrfan Khan's farewell film will be released on his third death anniversary

Anup Singh's directorial moving images "The Song of Scorpions" has premiered at Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival. The film will be released in theatres on April 28.


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The film, which also stars renowned actresses Waheeda Rehman and Golshiteh Farahani. Zeeshan Ahmad produced the film and stated, "It is an honour that my name has been associated with this film as a co-producer and one of the film's presenters." We are delighted that Irrfan Khan's final onscreen appearance in a film will soon be released in theatres across the country, allowing his fans to witness him one last time on the big screen. Trust me, Irrfan's character and performance in the film will captivate you."

The tale revolves around Nooran, a carefree and boldly independent tribal woman who is studying the ancient art of healing from her grandmother, a famed scorpion singer. When Aadam, a camel trader in the Rajasthan desert, hears her sing, he falls head over heels. But, before they can even get to know each other, Nooran is poisoned by a horrific perfidy, sending her on a perilous journey to avenge herself and discover her song.





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