Showing posts with label Sudan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sudan. Show all posts
From Bharat to Kyrgyzstan; makers plan a worldwide release
8:00 AM
Keen to have a wide global release, makers of Salman Khan-starrer eye untapped markets in Sudan, Central Asia
Upala KBR (MID-DAY; May 17, 2019)
Considering Bharat is one of the biggest films to come out of Salman Khan's stable, the makers are pulling out all stops to ensure that the film enjoys a wide release. mid-day has it that the producers are keen to tap into unexplored international markets with the Ali Abbas Zafar-directed drama.
Says a trade source, "Cinestaan AA Distributors and C International Sales have picked up the international rights of Bharat. They have taken the movie to the Cannes Film Festival with the idea of selling the distribution rights in different countries. While a release in the traditional markets such as the US, UK and Abu Dhabi is on the cards, C International Sales is also in talks with distributors in untapped markets such as Africa, Kyrgyzstan, Austria, Hungary and Sudan. If all goes well, Bharat will be one of the first Bollywood films to have a simultaneous release in these countries."
Co-producer Nikhil Namit says, "It was Atul Agnihotri [producer] and my vision to release Bharat in territories where Bollywood has never gone before. We are planning to go to the non-traditional markets."
Akshay Kumar lauds Sudan airlift
8:04 AM
MUMBAI MIRROR (July 18, 2016)
After Operation Sankat
Mochan - initiated to evacuate Indians from the violence-stricken Juba in
South Sudan - successfully brought 156 individuals home, Akshay Kumar
lauded the efforts made by the
External Affairs Ministry.
The actor who featured in Raja Krishna Menon's Republic Day release, Airlift, sent out a congratulatory message to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj after urging her to take immediate action. “Congratulations on the success of Operation Sankat Mochan undertaken to evacuate Indians from war-torn South Sudan Sushma Swaraj, Gen VK Singh,“ he said.
The Indians were evacuated on Friday on board a special IAF plane in an operation led by Swaraj and Minister of State for External Affairs, VK Singh.
In Airlift, a film on the evacuation of Indians during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Akki played Kuwait-based Indian businessman Ranjit Katyal, fashioned after Mathunny Mathews who was instrumental in orchestrating the real-life evacuation.
The actor who featured in Raja Krishna Menon's Republic Day release, Airlift, sent out a congratulatory message to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj after urging her to take immediate action. “Congratulations on the success of Operation Sankat Mochan undertaken to evacuate Indians from war-torn South Sudan Sushma Swaraj, Gen VK Singh,“ he said.
The Indians were evacuated on Friday on board a special IAF plane in an operation led by Swaraj and Minister of State for External Affairs, VK Singh.
In Airlift, a film on the evacuation of Indians during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Akki played Kuwait-based Indian businessman Ranjit Katyal, fashioned after Mathunny Mathews who was instrumental in orchestrating the real-life evacuation.
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