Hindi
Largest number of shorts in Film Southasia from India
NEW DELHI: A total of 15 shorts from India – the highest – are to be screened at the Film Southasia 2013 Festival of South Asian Documentaries.
The festival will be held from 3 to 6 October in Kathmandu and will feature 34 shorts in all.
Film Southasia (FSA) is a biennial festival that was set up in 1997 with the goal of popularising the documentary.
The Indian films contain Celluloid Man, a bio-documentary by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur about the veteran P K Nair who set up the first film archives in South Asia – the National Film Archives in Pune.
The other Indian films are: A Prayer For Aliyah (by Zorawar Shukla); Algorithms (Ian McDonald); Big in Bollywood(Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles); CHAR…No Man’s Island (Sourav Sarangi); Elemental Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughn Lee); Fire In The Blood (Dylan Mohan Gray); Gaur in My Garden (Rita Banerji); Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread (Satchith Paulose); Immoral Daughters (Nakul Singh Sawhney); Voice of God (Bernd Lützeler); Invoking Justice (Deepa Dhanraj); Salma (Kim Longinotto); Sama (Shazia Khan); and The Human Factor (Rudradeep Bhattacharjee).
There are three films from Afghanistan: Expecting; How To Build an Afghan Box Camera; and No Burqas Behind Bars.
Pakistan has sent My Punjabi Love For You; Transgender – Pakistan’s Open Secret; and Saving Face.
The films from Bangladesh are: Hombre Maquina; Life Begins with Tears; Shunte Ki Pao; and The Strike.
The Sri Lankan films are: Broken; No Fire Zone – The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, and The Story of One.
The films from Myanmar (Burma) are: Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls; No. 62, Pansodan Street, and The Old Photographer.
The three shorts from the host country are: Playing with Nan; Who Will Be a Gurkha; and Yomari Ya Bakhan.
Hindi
Dhurandhar returns to theatres worldwide on March 13 ahead of Dhurandhar The Revenge release
Jio Studios re-releases blockbuster across 500 screens globally before sequel
MUMBAI: The spy saga of Dhurandhar is gearing up for a big-screen encore before its next chapter arrives.
Ahead of the release of Dhurandhar The Revenge on March 19, Jio Studios and B62 Studios are bringing the original Dhurandhar back to cinemas worldwide in a rare international theatrical re-release.
The global blockbuster is returning across nearly 500 screens, including around 250 in India from March 12 and another 250 overseas beginning March 13.
For fans of the franchise, the move offers a chance to revisit the film that ignited the high-octane spy-action universe just days before the sequel lands in theatres. It also sets up a rare back-to-back big-screen experience, allowing audiences to relive the original before diving straight into the next chapter.
While re-releases of popular films are occasionally seen in India, international re-runs of Hindi films remain uncommon. The scale of the rollout reflects the growing global appetite for the franchise.
In North America alone, Dhurandhar will return to theatres across nearly 185 screens, highlighting the strong anticipation surrounding the upcoming sequel.
The excitement is set to build further with special Wednesday premiere shows of Dhurandhar The Revenge scheduled across the US and Canada on March 18, a day ahead of its global release. Many of these premieres will be hosted on premium large format screens, featuring wall-to-wall displays, immersive sound systems such as Dolby Atmos, enhanced projection and luxury seating.
These formats are typically reserved for major Hollywood event films, and early bookings suggest strong demand with several shows already sold out.
The recently released trailer of Dhurandhar The Revenge has also sparked buzz among exhibitors and trade circles, with expectations running high for the film’s international performance.
Dhurandhar The Revenge is written, directed and produced by Aditya Dhar. The film is produced by Jyoti Deshpande and Lokesh Dhar.
Jio Studios presents a B62 Studios production, an Aditya Dhar film.
The spy-action thriller will release worldwide on March 19, 2026, in five languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
The film arrives in theatres globally on the occasion of Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, just ahead of Eid, setting the stage for a festive box office run.
