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Ranveer Singh's 'Gully Boy' is India's official entry to Oscars 2020

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Director Zoya Akhtar's " Gully Boy ", featuring Ranveer Singh in the lead, has been selected as India's official entry in the International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards, the Film Federation of India announced on Saturday. The movie, which released commercially across the country in February this year, also features Alia Bhatt, Vijay Raaz, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Varma and Amruta Subhash. "India's official entry for Oscars this year is 'Gully Boy'. There were 27 films in the running this year but it was an unanimous decision to select 'Gully Boy'," FFI secretary general Supran Sen told PTI. Celebrated actor-filmmaker Aparna Sen was the head of the jury for this year's selection committee. "Gully Boy", produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, featured Ranveer as an up-and-coming rapper who sets out to achieve his dream by rhyming about his life on the Mumbai streets. Re...

Get ready to experience your worst nightmare with 'Ghost Stories'

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After Netflix 's hit anthology film 'Lust Stories', ace filmmakers Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Anurag Kashyap are teaming up for the upcoming project 'Ghost Stories'. Netflix India made the announcement on Instagram by sharing a series of pictures featuring all the four directors. "They made you scream with Lust Stories. Now they're really going to make you scream with Ghost Stories, coming soon, only on Netflix," the caption read. KJo also took to his Twitter to share the news and wrote, "The squad's back together and ready to make you scream for your life! #GhostStories coming soon, only on Netflix." Reportedly, the production of 'Ghost Stories' will begin in August. The stories, helmed by the directors, will be connected to each other and culminate in the end. Read Complete Article