Berlin Winner ‘The Blue Trail’ to Open India’s IFFI; Fest to Feature Japan Focus, Aamir Khan Masterclass

Berlin Winner ‘The Blue Trail’ to Open India’s IFFI; Fest to Feature Japan Focus, Aamir Khan Masterclass

Gabriel Mascaro’s “The Blue Trail,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Berlinale, will open the 56th International Film Festival of India in Goa. The Brazilian feature follows a 75-year-old woman whose journey through the Amazon becomes a manifesto on freedom and dignity. The festival will close with Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s “A Useful Ghost,” winner of the Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize. IFFI 2025 received a record 2,314 subm…

Did you know Shah Rukh Khan had walked out of Josh? And the reason was Aamir Khan

Mumbai: Producer Ratan Jain gives us the back story about the casting of Josh. He said, “This is a big story. If I were to dive into it, people would derive different meanings from it. When we first started, it was Aamir and Shah Rukh. I had recommended Shah Rukh, and Mansoor Khan had recommended Aamir. I knew Aamir — we had done Akele Hum Akele Tum together.” Ratan Jain said, “We had decided that Aamir would play Chandrachur’s character and Sha…