28042022-LSTC-01.qxd 4/27/2022 11:05 PM Page 1 c m y b EXPECT VENOM 3 IN 2024 Sony Pictures has officially announced Venom 3 and shared the movie’s logo. No writer, director or stars are officially attached to the sequel, but Tom Hardy will reportedly be back to lead the solo franchise. Venom 3 is likely to be released in 2024. TMS TRIBUNE Unique theme Life Going places Deepika Padukone joins Cannes Film Festival jury Deepika Padukone will be a part of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. The Palme d’Or winner will be announced on May 28. Deepika Padukone, who has been regular on the red carpets of Cannes, is expected to make an appearance on all 10 days. Celebrating the achievement, Deepika took to her Instagram Story to express gratitude. She shared the announcement along with a link of the Cannes Film Festival website. Not only that, she even added a ‘folded hands’ emoji to her post. On the Cannes website, the introduction for Deepika reads, “With over 30 feature films to her credit, she made her English language film debut as the female lead in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, co-starring with Vin Diesel. She is also the person behind Ka Productions, the production company behind Chhapaak and 83, in which she also starred, as well as the upcoming film The Intern. Credits include Gehraiyaan and Padmaavat, as well as the award-winning film Piku. In 2015, she set up The Live Love Laugh Foundation, whose programmes and initiatives aim to destigmatise mental illness and raise awareness about the importance of mental health…” — TMS Divyenndu Sharma, who is a part of Amazon miniTV’s latest short film 1800 LIFE, says he loved working in it because the theme is based around artificial intelligence. TMS CHANDIGARH | THURSDAY | 28 APRIL 2022 Wisdom beyond years They have made a mark at a very young age and that too without a professional degree. Here’s catching up these self-taught professionals from the tricity… Sheetal T HE latest Kannada action film KGF Chapter 2 collected more than Rs 900crore at the box-office and the numbers are increasing. While the actor, Yash and director Prashanth Neel got major credit, the film’s editing garnered appreciation too. Now can you guess who did the video-editing of this big-budget film (the most expensive Kannada film ever made)? Well, it is a teenage boy, Ujjwal Kulkarni, who is all of 19! And it’s the first time he has edited a featurelength film. We talk to selftaught young professionals from tricity, who didn’t have to complete college just to be the best at their job! WRITE PATH MUSIC TO THE EAR YOUTUBE ROUTE Chandigarh lad Sumrit Shahi is a novelist and a screenwriter, who during his teenage years started writing for TV shows such as Sadda Haq—My Life, My Choice and Ek Veer Ki Ardaas: Veera. A pass-out from St. John’s High School, Chandigarh, he says, “I was in the school’s writer’s club only because it was compulsory. But I was an avid reader since childhood. So, basically the switch from reading to writing was because of a school project that I was doing for International Baccalaureate. Later, I converted it into a book. That’s how at 17, I wrote my first book and then eventually got the opportunity to explore myself as a screenwriter.” Sumrit missed out on college for the complete first year to gain practical knowledge. He learnt screenwriting on the job and the challenges were manifold. “Firstly, teenagers are not taken seriously as decision-makers and their fresh ideas are often discarded. Secondly, if you suddenly move to a big city worklife balance gets disturbed. But I count myself lucky as writer because I got credit for my work right from the first project. There are so many seniors who are still not getting their due.” He was a kid among the seasoned music producers of Punjabi music industry and that drove Gagandeep Singh to choose The Kidd as his stage name. He was 19 when he started making waves in the industry with his first song Black Veere, sung by Zaildar. But the hard work began at 15 and that too at his home. With no background in music, The Kidd is today a genius who has produced songs for singers like Rohanpreet, Sidhu Moosewala, Singga, Nimrat Khaira, Prem Dhillon R-Nait and Varinder Brar. The Kidd has now started singing as well. YouTuber Sukham Singh, who belongs to a family of musicians, was more interested in editing and shooting after he visited his cousins in Mumbai. The 19-year-old says he got one complete year to study editing during the pandemic. “I had started learning about editing when I was in sixth standard with a normal PC, which couldn’t handle complex editing software. I used that for around three years. But today I have bought all high-end stuff required for shooting and editing.” As of now, Sukham is working from home and earning, while pursuing graduation. A GREAT LEARNING CURVE ❝ IN THE LAST YEAR OF COLLEGE, WE WERE THE SENIOR-MOST ON THE SETS OF YAAR JIGREE KASOOTI DEGREE. ALL THE OTHER CREW MEMBERS WERE OUR JUNIORS IN THEIR TEENAGE YEARS. FOR THEM, IT WAS A LEARNING PROCESS. BEING THE SON OF AN ACTOR, I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE SEEN SHOOTING UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. I BELIEVE TEENAGERS HAVE MANY CREATIVE IDEAS AND NOW YOUNG GIRLS TOO ARE JOINING IN. FOR INSTANCE, QISMAT DIRECTOR JAGDEEP SIDHU’S CREW INVOLVES A LOT OF TALENTED YOUNG GIRLS AS TECHNICIANS AND ASSISTANTS. GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN GIRLS WERE JUST COSTUME STYLISTS.❞ PUKHRAJ BHALLA, ACTOR Beyond borders ‘The worst is over...’ First look of Dhanush from his Hollywood debut film Dhanush is all set to make his Hollywood debut, as he will be working with Avengers makers, Russo Brothers, for his upcoming film, The Gray Man. The actor will be starring alongside Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, RegeJean Page, Jessica Henwick, Billy Bob Thornton and Wagner Moura. Giving his fans a pleasant treat, Dhanush has unveiled his first look from the movie. In the picture, it seems like Dhanush has crash-landed on the top of a car and his face is covered in blood. He is seen wearing a printed grey suit, sporting a fierce look and an intense gaze. While sharing it on Instagram, Dhanush wrote, “The gray man #TheGrayMan @NetflixFilm July 22nd on Netflix @therussobrothers.” — TMS Chhavi Mittal undergoes breast cancer surgery For a cause Sonakshi Sinha campaigns for PETA against leather Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha has featured in a new campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India that encourages fans to ditch leather and wear vegan. For the campaign, Sonkashi is seen holding a bag that’s dripping with ‘blood’, as she calls attention to the more than 1.4 billion cows, dogs, cats, sheep, and goats, and millions of other animals who are slaughtered for leather each year. “Cows and buffaloes are intelligent, emotional animals who mourn the loss of and separation from loved ones, so I choose vegan leather when I shop,” says Sinha. “Through this campaign with PETA India, I hope to inspire more people to keep fashion fun, not grisly, by wearing vegan,” she adds. Sonakshi has previously joined other stars in calling for the strengthening of animal protection laws, starred in a pro-adoption campaign for PETA India, and penned a letter on behalf of the group, pushing for the transfer of an ‘abused’ elephant near Jaipur. — IANS Actress Chhavi Mittal is now cancer-free. She shared a photo from the hospital, after she underwent a breast cancer operation. Chhavi penned an emotional note in which she mentioned that she was ‘cancer free’ and said that the ‘worst is over’. Chhavi wrote, “When the anaesthesiologist asked me to close my eyes and think of something nice, I visualised myself as perfectly healthy… The next thing I know, I woke up cancer free!” She continued, “The surgery lasted for six hours… And it’s a long road to recovery, but the great thing is… It’s only going to get better now. The worst is over. Your prayers were in my head and I need them even more now because I’m in a lot of pain. The pain reminds me of the huge battle I just won with a smile on my face. I’m going to spare you the gory details, but thank you guys for sticking with me with through this. Your messages brought tears to my eyes.” — TMS Name game Ajay Devgn-starrer Naam set to release this summer Anees Bazmee’s upcoming psychological and action thriller titled Naam, starring Ajay Devgn, is all set to release this summer. The makers are eyeing May-July for the release of the film. They are in talks for either a theatrical or an OTT release. Naam is a psychological thriller in which a person loses his memory and embarks on a journey to find his identity. The film has been shot in Switzerland and Mumbai. The film marks Bazmee’s fourth collaboration with Ajay after Hulchul, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha and Deewangee. — IANS Pattinson to return as Batman Robert Pattinson as Batman c m y b British actor Robert Pattinson is all set to return as Gotham’s caped crusader as his recent release The Batman is getting a sequel. Hollywood studio Warner Bros revealed its plans for another Batman story during a recent evening presentation at CinemaCon, the annual trade show for theatre owners. The Batman director Matt Reeves announced that he would write and direct the follow-up. However, Matt Reeves did not furnish any details about the movie’s plot, storyline or its characters. The Batman, which is a gritty three-hour superhero adventure, debuted on the big screen in March, raking in $134 million in the US domestic market. Those ticket sales still rank as the biggest opening weekend of 2022, as well as only the second pandemicera movie to cross the $100 million mark in a single weekend following SpiderMan: No Way Home. With $759 million to date at the global box-office, The Batman is currently the highest grossing movie of the year. Along with Bruce Wayne’s follow-up, Warner Bros. has several DC prop- erties in the works, including the animated DC League of Super-Pets, which is set to release in theatres on July 29 and Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which opens on December 22. For the next year, Jason Momoa is returning for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (set for March 17) and Ezra Miller is starring in The Flash (June 23). — IANS