New Year’s Special: Distributor Anil Thadani in an exclusive interview with Siraj Syed, Part I Reclusive film distributor Anil Thadani, who is known to avoid the media, talks to Siraj Syed about himself, his business and issues facing the film industry. Anil distributed films some 30 films in 2022, including blockbusters like KGF Chapter 2, Bhool Bhulaiya 2 and Kantara. Siraj: What do the letters ‘a a’ in your company’s name, ‘a a films’, stand for? Anil:...

KGF Chapter 2, Review: The audience as cannon fodder One-and-a-half million residents in and around Kolar Gold Fields are either shooting their guns out or are learning how to do so. Gangsters in Mumbai and the Middle East are either shooting their guns out or are selling guns to other gangsters. The police and the army are either shooting their guns out in raids, or are waiting for orders to do so. Rocky and his coterie are either shooting their guns out at the bosses at KGF, Bad Boy Adheera...

KGF Chapter 2: Cinépolis IMAX, Seawoods, Navi Mumbai to be launched with Yash-starrer One ‘crazy’ fan, a man apparently in his late twenties, stood outside the Seawoods Grand Central in Navi (New) Mumbai, belting out dialogue from KGF 1 and expressing his absolute devotion to the lead actor, Yash. He said he had travelled all the way from Varanasi, a distance of 1,500 kms, to meet the superstar, and would not go away until he got a chance to meet Yash. This was happening on...