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IFFM 2021 : Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha Akkineni win for The Family Man 2, Suriya honoured for Soorarai Pottru, Vidya won for Sherni

Sudhanshu Mishra — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:57:35 +0000

Amazon Prime Video’s web series The Family Man 2, which was released in June, received tremendous love and support from the audience. The series featuring Manoj Bajpayee is now in the news once again. Manoj Bajpayee has been selected for Best Performance Male (Series) for The Family Man 2 at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), while actress Samantha Akkineni, who played a negative role in the series, has been awarded the Best Performance Female (Series) award.

The series is directed by Raj & DK, Manoj Bajpayee plays the character of Shrikant Tiwari, Senior Analyst of T.A.S.C, a fictitious intelligence organization, who undertakes dangerous missions amid family responsibilities.

#JustAnnounced ✨BEST PERFORMANCE MALE (SERIES) ✨

CONGRATULATIONS TO Manoj Bajpayee for THE FAMILY MAN S2 @BajpayeeManoj #TheFamilyMan2 pic.twitter.com/JWC3XvbeGQ

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

Samantha Akkineni debuted in the web series world with The Family Man 2 and her performance as a suicide terrorist was highly appreciated. The story of the second season was based on the fictional plot of the plan to assassinate the Indian Prime Minister.

#JustAnnounced ✨BEST PERFORMANCE FEMALE (SERIES)✨

CONGRATULATIONS TO Samantha Akkineni for THE FAMILY MAN S2 @Samanthaprabhu2 #TheFamilyMan2 pic.twitter.com/AC2hOiftlC

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

Another cult series Mirzapur 2 from Amazon Prime Video was declared the Best Web Series. The series featured Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyendu Sharma, Kubhushan Kharbanda, Rasika Duggal in lead roles. The series is produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s company Excel Entertainment.

#JustAnnounced ✨BEST WEB SERIES✨

CONGRATULATIONS TO Mirzapur S2 @YehHaiMirzapur pic.twitter.com/gHMwXzXjFr

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

Actor Pankaj Tripathi was honoured with the Diversity in Cinema Award, which was presented by Latrobe University. Pankaj has given a new height to his identity as an artist in the last few years. In the current cast of actors, he is considered a capable artist, who is known for living rather than playing the character. Pankaj appeared in the recently released Netflix film Mimi, for which he was highly appreciated.

#JustAnnounced ✨DIVERSITY IN CINEMA AWARD✨presented by LaTrobe University

CONGRATULATIONS TO Pankaj Tripathi @TripathiiPankaj @anuragkashyap72 @latrobe pic.twitter.com/Dl2cTe3Ahf

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

Vidya Balan has adjudged the best performance (feature) of a lioness. The film was released on Prime and Vidya played the character of a forest officer who is determined to save the tigers. The Best Performance Male (Feature) award went to Suriya, whose film Soorarai Pottru came on Prime last year.

#JustAnnounced ✨BEST PERFORMANCE FEMALE (FEATURE)✨

CONGRATULATIONS TO Vidya Balan for Sherni @vidya_balan #Sherni pic.twitter.com/bI1w7FHooO

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

#JustAnnounced ✨BEST PERFORMANCE MALE (FEATURE)✨

CONGRATULATIONS TO Suriya Sivakumar for Soorarai Pottru@Suriya_offl #SooraraiPottru pic.twitter.com/rKvT5ixssN

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

Suriya’s Soorarai Pottru was also declared the Best Feature Film.

#JustAnnounced ✨BEST FILM✨

CONGRATULATIONS TO Soorarai Pottru@Suriya_offl @VicGovernor #SooraraiPottru pic.twitter.com/TJskvqFEW4

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

The Best Director award went to Anurag Basu for Ludo. Ludo was released on Netflix last year and became very popular. The film starred Abhishek Bachchan, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkumar Rao, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra in lead roles.

#JustAnnounced ✨BEST DIRECTOR✨

CONGRATULATIONS TO Anurag Basu for LUDO@basuanurag #AnuragBasu #LUDO pic.twitter.com/fmG7mXw8Tu

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

The jury of the Indian Film Festival Melbourne includes Richa Chadha, Guneet Mongia, Onir, Australian filmmaker Geoffrey Wright and Oscar-nominated editor Jill Bilcock. Anurag Kashyap, Shoojit Sircar, Thiagarajan Kumararaja, and Sriram Raghavan were present at the ceremony.

Ludo King announces new features as it crosses 500 million downloads

Devanshu Singla — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 08:50:03 +0000

Ludo King has gained massive popularity over the last year and in December 2020 the app crossed 500 million downloads worldwide. Ludo King was developed by Indian studio Gametion Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Gametion said that, over the last nine months, Ludo King’s Daily Active Users (DAUs) increase from 15 million to 32 million daily, while its Monthly Average Users (MAUs) rose from 110 to 142 million.

Gametion Technologies has announced a range of new features for the game.

The company has come up with a new ‘Quick Ludo’ mode along with a five and six-player online feature. The six-player feature was initially available in the offline multiplayer mode only.

The Quick Ludo mode will allow the players to fast finish the game in a shorter time frame, around 5 minutes.

Vikash Jaiswal, the founder of Gametion Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and creator of Ludo King, said,” With these features, our players will have a thrilling gaming experience. The 6-player mode will help bond with family, friends, and their extended family group. In 2021, our aim is to widen our user base globally with our new in-app features and gameplay.”

Ludo King is currently played in 30 countries and is available in 14 languages, the company said.

6 best mobile games to download right now

Vaishnavi Mishra — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:07:39 +0000

Amidst this pandemic situation it’s difficult to stay positive. One needs refreshment and break from depressing thoughts. Mobile games can be a good source of refreshment and break. Today online playing stores are flooded with games. These games are easy to access, exciting and indulging. If you are feeling low and not in mood to do any works, these mobile games can be very refreshing. Where as in such situation we can’t go outside and refresh ourselves and one can not talk to their friends and relatives for the whole day. Mobile games can act as relief from your regular boring activities. Here’s is a list of 6 best mobile games you need to download now to feel the chunks for adventure and fun staying at home.

6 best mobile games to download right now

Alto’s Odyssey

Alto’s Odyssey is an endless runner and a snowboarding video game developed by Team Alto and published by Snowman. It was released in 2018 for iOS and Android. It is the sequel to Alto’s Adventure.

Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends is a racing video game developed by Gameloft Barcelona and published by Gameloft. Released on July 25, 2018, it is the ninth main installment in the Asphalt series.

Brawl Stars

Brawl Stars is a freemium mobile video game developed and published by the Finnish video game company Supercell. It’s a multiplayer game.

Among Us

Among Us is an online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American game studio InnerSloth and released on June 15, 2018. The game takes place in a space-themed setting, in which players each take on one of two roles, most being Crew mates, and a predetermined number being Impostors.

Call of Duty: Mobile (COD)

Call of Duty: Mobile is a free-to-play shooter video game developed by TiMi Studios and published by Activision and Garena for Android and iOS. It was released on October 1, 2019. The game saw one of the largest mobile game launches in history, generating over US$327 million with 250 million downloads by June 2020. The game becomes indulging with increases levels.

Ludo

Ludo deserves to be in list because of it being nostalgic for many. It’s a 4 player game. It is a strategy board game for in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo is derived from the Indian game Pachisi, but simpler.

Aditya Roy Kapur Birthday: Actor announces his next project OM- The Battle within

Karishma Jangid — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:12:00 +0000

On his 35th birthday, actor Aditya Roy Kapur announced his upcoming film, ‘OM- The Battle Within’. The action thriller will be directed by debutante director Kapil Verma and is being produced by Zee Studios, Shaira Khan and Ahmed Khan.

In a statement to the press, Aditya said, “Last year I was juggling between shooting Malang and Ludo around this time and both the films have received immense love and appreciation. COVID notwithstanding, this year has been a special one on the work front. I have been living with OM for a few months now and to see it being announced on my birthday makes it extremely special. Looking forward to the journey.”

Producer Ahmed Khan said, “Adi will be doing full-on action for the first time. He is structurally built for action, and this character fits him. Adi has been training with specialists for a while.”

‘OM – The Battle Within’ will go on floors in December 2020. It is slated to release in the latter half of 2021.

Sanya Malhotra finds acting without a script both challenging and exciting

Agatha Boustin — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:01:46 +0000

Trailers and song reveals have made fans ecstatic about the romance film, Ludo, premiering on Netflix on 12th November. The teasers have hinted at an enticing chemistry between Sanya Malhotra and Aditya Roy Kapur. Fans are expecting an outstanding performance from the duo. But behind the scenes, Sanya has had problems coping with the direction methodology used for the film. Anurag Basu, the Ludo director, has given Sanya and Aditya the wheel to drive the performance. They had to practice their roles on their own and were given no script. Recently, SpotboyE quoted the team’s spokesman saying, “Sanya and Adi would come on the set and then they would be given details on their shoot so when they got a break between shots, they would use that time to rehearse because that was the only time that they got to practice for scenes. But even with the spontaneous shooting, the chemistry we see between Sanya and Aditya looks natural and sizzling.”

Sanya found the task particularly challenging but also exciting since every moment was absolutely unpredictable. However, Anurag and Aditya thought that Sanya worked through the challenges effortlessly. The new acting methodology was one of the most attractive aspects of this project according to Sanya since she was able to hone her craft of expression at a deeper level.

Films set to release during the festive season

Divyaleen Manchanda — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 04:30:25 +0000

COVID-19 pandemic impacted the film industry in a huge way but nothing can stop them from wanting to entertain their fans. The film industry is all geared up for the festive season. There are several films scheduled to release by December 2021 and fans can’t wait to enjoy the big screen experience again. Till the time, many films are being released on OTT platforms. In this way, families can gather around a television and watch movies of their favourite actors. Since people are encouraged to avoid crowded places, this is the only way they can enjoy movies during the festive season.

Here is a list of movies that are scheduled to release during the festive season.

1. Laxmmi Bomb

This film is scheduled to release on 9th November 2020. The makers have decided to release it on Disney plus Hotstar. This horror-comedy film stars Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani. It is directed by Raghava Lawrence. This film will release during the Diwali break and people can enjoy it with family and friends.

2. Ludo

This film is scheduled to release on 12th November 2020 and it coincides with Diwali. It will be released on Netflix. It is an anthology dark comedy crime film. The star cast of this film is Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Rohit Saraf and Sanya Malhotra. It is directed by Anurag Basu.

3. Chhalaang

This film will release on 13th November 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. It is a black comedy film. It is directed by Hansal Mehta and the star cast of the film includes Rajkummar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha.

4. Coolie No.1

This is a remake of the 1995 film, Coolie No.1 and is directed by David Dhawan. This comedy film stars Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan with Paresh Rawal as a supporting actor. It is scheduled to release on Christmas 2020 on Amazon Prime Video.

5. Maidaan

This film is a biographical sports film featuring Ajay Devgn and Priyamani in the lead roles. It is scheduled to release on 13th August 2021. Fans can enjoy the Independence Day long weekend by watching this film which tells the story of the golden era of Indian football. It is directed by Amit Ravindrenath Sharma.

6. Laal Singh Chaddha

This film is scheduled to release on Christmas 2021 and the star cast of the film is Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Vijay Sethupathi. It is a comedy-drama film and is directed by Advait Chandan.