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Berlin International Film Festival choose Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’ for world premier

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    Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, and Kalki Koechlin starrer ‘Gully Boy’ will have its world premiere at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. The film is directed by Zoya Akhtar and is inspired by the life of rapper Divine, street rappers from Mumbai.

    It is set for release on February 14, 2019.

    In February this year, Alia Bhatt shared a photo of the poster. It had Ranveer in the upper half and Alia in the lower.

    After getting the news, all the actors, including the director are super excited and shared their happiness in there own way on their respective social media account.

    The director’s brother and the famous actor Farhan Akhtar tweeted about it and congratulated the team of ‘Gully Boy.

    The 69th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival will run from February 7 to 17 next year.

    Lone Scherfig’s ‘The Kindness of Strangers’ will open the festival. French Actress Juliette Binoche will be the jury president.
    List of the other 9 films selected for the film festival:

    Competition

    The bottom under the feet of from Austria by Marie Kreutzer

    The Golden Glove from Germany / France by Fatih Akin

    Grâce à Dieu (By the Grace of God) from France by François Ozon

    I was at home, but from Germany / Serbia by Angela Schanelec

    Kız Kardeşler (A Tale of Three Sisters) fromTurkey/Germany/Netherlands/Greece by Emin Alper

    Répertoire des Villes Disparues (Ghost Town Anthology) from Canada by Denis Côté

    Berlinale Special Gala in the Friedrichstadt-Palast

    Gully Boy from India by Zoya Akhtar

    Berlinale Special at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele

    Brecht from Germany / Austria by Heinrich Breloer

    Watergate -Documentary from the USA by Charles Ferguson

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