Mumbai Nov 29 PTI The first of its kind Russian Film Festival which offered a bouquet of the best of contemporary Russian films from October 16 on DisneyHotstar concluded after a successful run that festival ambassador Imtiaz Ali hopes opens the door for future collaborations between the two culturesAs part of the gala 10 notable Russian films of various genres were available on the streamer for Indian audiences till November 27The festival showcased two musical romance movies -- Oleg Trofims Ice and its sequel Ice 2 by Zhora Kryzhovnikov Both films are included in the Top 12 highest-grossing Russian films of all timeOther films that were part of the festival line-up include sports drama On the Edge the historical drama The Story of an Appointment drama Tell Her biographical story Doctor Liza comedy A Man from Podolsk Another Woman The Relatives and JetlagThe Russian Film Festival brought very interesting and entertaining films which were appreciated by viewers in India reiterating the fact that good human stories connect with all audiences This festival opens doors to many such festivals of Russian films in India Ali said in a statementThe director in an interview with PTI recently expressed a desire to set one of his films in Russia as the country has always fascinated himActually in the houses that I was raised in there were always Russian folk tales and publications as some people around me were communists and had a connection with the erstwhile USSR I was fascinated with the culture In fact Russia was the first country I travelled to when I had a chance to go abroad he had saidSarfraz Alam Festival Director said the movie gala established the fact that both India and Russia share a deep love for good cinemaAs both Disney Hotstar filmmakers who showed their work Roskino Russian government agency have found this experience enriching we hope to collaborate on more such cinema related events he said PTI BK RDS RDS

Mumbai Sep 26 PTI Actor Tisca Chopra on Sunday said her Instagram account has been hacked and asked her followers to not respond to any suspicious links sent from her pageThe 47-year-old actor took to Instagram and posted a note informing that many of her pictures and videos have been deletedChopra said she has filed a case with the cyber crime cell and the officials are looking into the matterYou guys must know how much I love interacting with you all here on the gram I love sharing my life work and fun content with you Sadly my account has been hacked a lot of posts deleted and my account messed withThe lovely peeps at instagram along with the cyber crime cell assure me that this will be dealt with very fast and with strong consequences for the hackers she wroteThe actor who has more than a million followers on the social media platform asked her fans to not click on any links or DMs from her accountCommenting on posts and liking them is safe she addedChopra was last seen on the DisneyHotstar series Hostages and the 2019 feature Good Newwz PTI JUR SHD SHD