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Bengaluru, Jan 27 (Ians) Popular Kannada actor Dhanajaya and Sathyadev of ‘Ram Sethu’ fame are coming together for the pan-Indian movie titled ‘Zebra’.

This multi-starrer action thriller also stars Telugu comedian Sunil, last seen as the sinister Mangalam Srinu in ‘Pushpa’, Kattappa Sathyaraj and Sathya Akala. The movie has been written and directed by Eashvar Karthic, who’s best known for his film ‘Penguin’.

The team has wrapped up its schedule of 50 days and the remaining bit of shooting is planned in Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.

The film, which also has Sunil Varma, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Rama Raj, Jenifer Picanto, Suresh Chandra Menon and Kalyani Natarajan playing important roles, will be released in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Ravi Basoor of ‘Kgf’ fame is the music director.

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The versatile actor from telugu industry Satyadev’s new avatar for the bilingual film, unveils its title. There is a saying in English, ‘Strike while the iron is hot’, yes it is the time! It’s going to be a multi starrer action thriller film starring the talented actor Dalli Dhanajaya from Kannada, Puspa fame Sunil, ‘Kattappa’ Sathyaraj, Sathya Akala which is written and directed by Penguin fame, Eashvar Karthic.

The producers have provided halcyon days for the direction team to embellish their dream into reality. The team has wrapped up its schedule of 50 days and the remaining shooting is planned in Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai region. Soon the whole nine yards will be covered triumphantly.

Ram Setu star Satyadev’s multi starrer with Puspa fame Dhanajaya (Jolly Reddy) from Kannada is going to be a pan Indian movie and titled as Zebra. Movie features artists like Sathayaraj, Sunil Varma,...

They say general knowledge is not so general at times. However, tomorrow’s budding Sundar Pichais and Falguni Nayars know exactly what it takes to build a smart business empire. Mx Player’s content arm – Mx Studios, in partnership with Bada Business, introduces you to the future of India’s next big business tycoons in an interesting quiz show – Business Baazi. Acknowledging and testing the potential of Commerce and Business School students, this unconventional quiz show will be hosted by Aparshakti Khurana and features comedian Dr. Sanket Bhosale who entertains audiences with gags and mimicry in his various avatars.

The reality quiz show will feature 3 teams of 2 students from different schools/ colleges in each episode, determining one winner at the end of it. In a total of 13 episodes, 9 episodes will be qualifying rounds (hosting 27 teams over the span of the series) with 3 episodes for the semifinals and 1 Grand Finale that...

Chennai, Nov 1 (Ians) The teaser of director Kalyaan’s upcoming supernatural comedy thriller “Ghosty”, featuring actress Kajal Aggarwal in the lead, has garnered a whopping one million views within a day of being released on YouTube.

Produced by Seed Pictures, the film is a comedy investigation-thriller set against the backdrop of a mental hospital.

Kajal Aggarwal plays double action in the film, which also features a series of stars including actors Yogi Babu, K.S. Ravikumar, Redin Kingsley, Thangadurai, Jagan, Oorvasi, Sathyan, Aadukalam Naren, Manobala, Motta Rajendran, Mayilsamy, Saminaathan, Devadarshini, Suresh Menon, Subbu Panchu Arunachalam, Livingston, Santhana Bharathi, and Mathan Babu.

Kajal plays two characters in the film — a cop and an actress. A mistake committed by the actress results in the cop becoming a prisoner of a spirit. The cop, desperate to break free from the clutches of the spirit, employs seers and magicians but nothing works. How she breaks...

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