Hansal Mehta’s ‘Aligarh’ selected to open the 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

Set in a small town in Uttar Pradesh from which the film takes its name, ‘Aligarh’ is the story of a professor (Manoj Bajpayee) fired for his sexuality and a young journalist (Rajkummar Rao) who tells his story to the world. Based on true events, the film follows Dr. S R Siras, a professor at the Aligarh Muslim University who, when discovered to be homosexual, was fired from his position.  The film depicts the unlikely friendship between Dr. Siras and a reporter investigating his first big story, a relationship that will change them both forever.

 Aligarh has been selected to screen at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea and the 59th BFI London Film Festival, this October. This will mark the first time in almost two decades that a Hindi film will open the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.

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Shaandaar's trailer sets a benchmark

Shaandaar's trailer surpasses the views garnered by the trailer of Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan and garners the highest views in the recent times. 

The makers of Shaandaar shared the glimpses of the film through its trailer which released early last month.

The films trailer garnered tremendous positive response from its audiences.

Within minutes of its release, Shaandaar was trending on all social media platforms.

The trailer has gained massive viewership on Youtube too.

Shaandaar's trailer crossing the 10 million mark has surpassed the views garnered by record breaking films like Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

The film has been receiving immense love from its audiences and the numbers are suggestive of that.

The coming together of Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt for the film has created a buzz ever since its announcement.

With the audiences witnessing the chemistry between the pair through its trailer and subsequent song releases, the curiosity is growing by the day.

Shaandaar, Directed by Vikas Bahl is all set to release on October 22nd, 2015.

Jagjinder-Alia to have a secret meet tomorrow?

News is that the two insomniacs, Jagjinder and Alia are to meet tomorrow, midnight for some unfinished business.

The duo have decided to meet in the suburbs in the early hours of the night.

The topic of discussion is a mystery, however the presence of the duo is confirmed by the sources.

It is a known fact that they both suffer from insomnia.

Scheduling a meeting in the night leads to many suspicions.

What is it that Jagjinder and Alia want to discuss? Why midnight? What's the secret? are some of the many questions arising in the minds of the audiences.

The duo had previously created a buzz by launching a Shaandaar trailer of their film which was followed by a series of Shaandaar songs.

The audiences have been eagerly awaiting the film's release ever since.

After releasing the song 'Gulaabo' in which they are seen dancing away in the middle of the night, their nocturnal activities continued with the release of the second song Shaam Shaandaar, where they were seen celebrating in the evening, the recently released track from the film ,Nazdeekiyan was launched by them when the clock struck 1 in the night.

Both young personalities are creating a stir amidst their audiences with their nocturnal activities.

Jagjinder and Alia are to soon present to the audiences their "Shaandaar" romcom tale on October 22nd, 2015.