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“Though I went through body building to get a certain look for my film, this one was one of the most dramatic body transformations so far. The film has two phases. For one part, I had to put on weight. So, I weighed 96kg with 38 per cent body fat and [then] I had to reduce to 9 per cent body fat within five months. That was a huge task,” Khan said.
The easiest part seemed to be gaining the weight. “I ate everything that I was not supposed to eat otherwise. I had samosa, vada pav, chocolate, cakes, brownies... I indulged in everything. Then when I had to lose the weight, I had a very different diet of 25g of upma and papaya. After gym, a glass of protein shake,” Khan said.
“I would like to mention that putting on weight and losing it so fast is very unhealthy,” he said. “I did it for my film under the supervision of experts, but it is very unhealthy for any regular person.”
Khan will play Mahavir Singh Phogat, father of wrestler Geeta Phogat, who won India’s first gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Khan said his doctor recommended he avoid such drastic weight and body transformations. But being a creative person, he tends to get “excited to do everything if I get a good script”.
The biopic, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, playing at Albion, Woodside and York Cinemas.
Asked why he didn’t opt for a bodysuit, he said: “When you put on weight, it affects your breathing and body language. That naturally reflects on your performance. You cannot get that from a bodysuit.”
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Salman Khan, who resides in the plush locality of suburban Mumbai, recently complained against open defecation menace around the areas near his residence. The superstar, however, also decided to resolve the matter and his first step towards it is to donate five mobile toilets to the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation). Moreover, we hear that Salman has been roped in by the government in order to promote the anti-open defecation campaign. The open defecation menace, mainly due to the lack of public toilets in the city, had left Salman Khan miffed and he decided to raise the matter to BMC thereby also explaining to them the consequences of dangerous health hazards due to the same. While the Government has apparently already started working towards resolving the issue with certain areas already being declared open defecation free, the Government believes that the support of a superstar will add value to the campaign. Reportedly, not only has Salman Khan given a nod to participate in the campaign but he also pledged support via his Being Human Foundation in order to provide as much support as possible to the Government to create awareness about cleanliness drives. Talking about the actor’s association, Assistant Municipal Commissioner Kiran Dighavkar revealed that the star’s presence will enhance the campaign’s reach. However, he also maintained that they are yet to finalize and chalk out a plan for the promotion of the initiative. Salman Khan, prior to this, also was actively involved in the famous cleanliness drive started by our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Here’s why ‘Kaabil’ is preponed for a January 25 release Rakesh Roshan’s much-awaited film ‘Kaabil’ starring Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam was all set for its big clash with Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ but it seems like Rakesh is extremely confident of the content and has therefore decided to release the film a day prior, that is Wednesday, January 25 at 6 pm. This move was allegedly requested by his distributors as a way to encash on the Republic Day (January 26) holiday. When asked Rakesh Roshan about the same he said, “There have been instances in the past when movies were released mid-week especially if there is a big National holiday following it. My director Sanjay Gupta and I are in agreement on this. After hearing what our distributors have to say, we thought it makes perfect sense go with a January 25 release.”
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Cast: • Rajnikanth as Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti • Akshay Kumar as Dr. Richard • Amy Jackson Director : Shankar Music Director: AR Rahman Produced: Subaskaran Allirajah 2.0 is an upcoming Indian science fiction film written and directed by S. Shankar, co-written by B. Jeyamohan and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah, founder of Lyca Productions.[6] A spiritual successor to the 2010 Tamil film Enthiran, the film will feature Rajinikanth reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson. The film will be released in three languages: Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. With an estimated budget of ₹400 crore (4 billion), it is the most expensive Indian film till date. The commercial success of Enthiran (2010) prompted the makers of the film to immediately consider making a sequel and by March 2011, the original film’s cinematographer, Rathnavelu revealed that initial pre-production work on a second part had begun with the same technical team. S. Shankar, the director of Enthiran, moved on to work on Nanban (2012) and I (2015) and plans to reunite with the same producers as the original was dropped, with Shankar revealing that he was unsure if the film “will happen at all” during
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an interview in 2014. While finishing the production of I, Shankar drafted the scripts of three more feature films, including that of a sequel to Enthiran. Pre-production works for the film were reported to have started in June 2015 with Lyca Productions deciding to finance the project. Along with Shankar and Rajinikanth, composer A. R. Rahman and editor Anthony were retained to work on the film from the original, while Jeyamohan was added to the team to help write dialogues. Shankar also began briefing the film’s art director T. Muthuraj and VFX supervisor V. Srinivas Mohan about their involvement in the film.Nirav Shahjoined the technical team as a cinematographer in mid 2015 and visited specialist studios in the United States to research filming methods for 3D shoots. Jeyamohan finished work on the script of the film in September 2015 and revealed that the story would be a direct continuation from the 2010 film, with filming only set to start following the completion of Rajinikanth’s commitments in Kabali (2016). The original film’s dialogue writer, Madhan Karky, helped Jeyamohan on some of the more technical dialogues in the script. A press release coinciding with the start of the film’s shoot, also revealed that Resul Pookutty would handle sound designing, Legacy Effects would take care of animatronics work and that Mary E. Vogt would design special costumes. Stunt choreographer Kenny Bates and visual effects specialists John Hughes and Walt Jones were also signed to work on the film.In June 2016, Pookutty revealed during the midst of production that the film would not serve as a sequel to Enthiran, rather a spiritual successor
Kaabil & Raees Set for Same Day Release Bollywood filmmaker Rakesh Roshan is not willing to shift the release date of Hrithik Roshan-starrer Kaabil as he “announced the date earlier’. However, he is ready to postpone the release of Krrish 4 to avoid a box office clash with Shah Rukh Khan’s next directed by Aanand L
Rai. Kaabil and Raees arre set to clash at the box office. Roshan had earlier announced he is developing the next instalment of the Krrish franchise and would release it over the Christmas 2018 weekend. And SRK’s film is also slated to hit theatres on the same date.
Roshan, however, is in no mood to shift the release date of Kaabil, which will hit the screens with SRK’s Raees on January 26 next year. “I had announced the date for Kaabil earlier. If they are coming on the same date, then I can’t do anything about it,” he said.
The 67-year-old producer director has said he got to know about the release date of SRK’s movie via social media. “If Shah Rukh is releasing his film on that day, I will shift (the release date). It is unethical for me to come on the date he has already announced for his movie,” Roshan said in a statement.
“We’re here to make films, not create controversies. There is still time for ‘Krrish 4. If Shah Rukh has announced it and is coming on that date, then I won’t release my film on the same date,” he added.
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Cast: Shah Rukh Khan Release Date: Jan 26,2016 Storyline: Raees is an upcoming 2016 Indian crime-thriller film directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Farhan Akhtar,Ritesh Sidhwani and Gauri Khan. Set in 1980s Gujarat, it shows the story of a cruel and clever bootlegger (played by Shah Rukh Khan) whose business is highly challenged and eventually thwarted by a tough cop Ghulam Patel (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui). The film criticizes the prohibition of alcohol, prostitution and illegal drugs in Gujarat. Pakistani actress Mahira khan will share screen with King Khan. Shah Rukh Khan and Farhan Akhtar organized a 15-minute sneak peek of Raees for the distributors and exhibitors across the country. The response garnered by the action thriller, so far, has been overwhelming and the trade is confident that the movie would do well at the Box-Office thus being a comeback of sorts for Shah Rukh Khan after Dilwale and Fan. Vishek Chauhan, a renowned distributor/ exhibitor from Patna, took to Twitter to ex-
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press his views about the short clipping from Raees. He tweeted, Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s never-before-seen look seen in the teaser of his upcoming film “Raees” has been appreciated by not just movie buffs and his fans, but also Bollywood celebs. After unveiling the first looks of the film, the makers released the teaser on Thursday. SRK has shed his lover-boy image and donned the badman avatar in the film’s teaser
Salman Khan visits Shah Rukh Khan on the sets of ‘Raees’ It’s always a pleasure to watch Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in one frame. Their blossoming friendship almost always manages to grab attention and make headlines within a fraction of seconds. A similar thing happened recently when the Bollywood ‘bhai’ paid a surprise visit to the King Khan’s film set. Post their recent house visits, Salman Khan dropped in on the sets of SRK’s ‘Raees’ at the film studios in Mumbai. The two stars, both sporting black T-shirts and their million dollar attitudes, happily posed together for the shutterbugs. A few lucky fans got to see this moment and even joined the two for a photo. For the uninitiated, recently SRK was spotted at Salman’s residence for a small get together which went on until wee hours and the next day Salman shared the first look of SRKAnushka Sharma’s film, directed by Imtiaz Ali.
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Bairavaa is an upcoming Tamil action film written and directed by Bharathan and produced by Vijaya Productions. The film stars are Vijay and Keerthy Suresh in the lead roles, while Sathish and Jagapathi Babu amongst others play supporting roles. This film marks the second time collaboration of Vijay and Bharathan after hilarious blockbluster Azhagiya Tamil Magan. The music is scored by Santhosh Narayanan, the cinematography is handled by M. Sukumar and the film is edited by Praveen K. L. After entering production in early 2016, the film progressed under the tentative title of Vijay 60, before being named as Bairavaa during September 2016. The film began production in chennai in early April 2016 and an introductory song for Vijay which was shot in the city. In the first schedule Vijay, Comedian Sathishand heroine Keerthi Suresh was shot for their roles. The shooting for two song sequences has been completed in the first schedule. The first song was the colourful opening song which was choreographed by Dinesh master. It is also reported that Vijay will be donning dual roles in the film with one of the characters speaking Nellai Tamil dialect and the other character will appear with a tonsured head. The film will also have one more heroine for Vijay who is kept under wraps. Malayali actress Aparna Vinod is the latest addition to the cast of this movie. The actress has signed on the dotted lines recently to play the second female lead in the flick. Speaking to the Times of India, Aparna Vinod has claimed that she never expected to bag such a big film project and she is happy to be working with Vijay in the film. Talking about the role, she said, “She plays a village belle, a vital character that will carry the story forward.” Meanwhile, it is said that the first look of “Bairavaa” along with the title will be out on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi, September 5, 2016. Producer and actor R. K. Suresh is rumored to be the third villain in this movie, joining the likes of Jagapati Babu and Dan-
iel Balaji. R. K. Suresh can be remembered to have played a critically acclaimed role in Bala’s Tharai Thappattai. Currently, the team is currently shooting at EVP, Poonamallee in a court setup, and the scene reportedly features Vijay, Jagapati Babu and others.
The temple set was erected in Binny Mills as a Thiruvizha setup and the scene reportedly will feature Vijay, Keerthi Suresh, Harish Uthaman, Sathish, Sija Rose, Thambi Ramaiah and others. The choreographer of the songs was dance master Dinesh.
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and Peter Hein is responsible for the action sequences. The costume designers are Rama Rajamouli and Prasanth Tripuraneni. The line producer is M.M Srivalli. The film shooting started on 17 December 2015 at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad with Prabhas and Ramya Krishna.
Baahubali: The Conclusion is an upcoming Indian epic historical fiction film directed by S. S. Rajamouli. It is the continuation of Baahubali: The Beginning. Both parts were jointly produced on a budget of ₹2.5 billion(US$37 million).As of August 2015, 40% of the filming was completed. Shooting for the remaining sequences began on 17 December 2015 in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. The director revealed that the second part would be “more emotional and with more grandeur”, while speaking at Busan Asian Film Market. Baahubali: The Conclusion is being produced in Tollywood, the center of Telugu language films in India, which is based out of Hyderabad, however it is being filmed in both Telugu and Tamil languages simultaneously. The film series is touted to be the most expensive in India until the launch of 2.0 (film), which is currently the most expensive series. The screen writer, K. V. Vijayendra Prasad who wrote stories for most of Rajamouli’s films once again penned the story for Baahubali. R.C.Kamalakannan is chosen as visual effects supervisor and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is the Editor. PM Satheesh is the sound designer
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Prabhas was cast as main lead of the film. Anushka Shetty was cast as the heroine of the film as she was also a part of Mirchi (2013). She coincidentally became the first heroine Rajamouli repeated in his films and thus made her schedules full for 2013 and 2014.[6] Telugu actor Rana Daggubati was recruited as the antagonist of the film and coincidentally he was also a part of Rudhramadevi.Tamil actor Sathyaraj signed the film. Kannada actor Sudeep was picked for a small role in the film.[9] He shot for four days in July 2013 for the film and had to fight with Sathyaraj in a stunt sequence choreographed by Peter Hein.[10] In April 2013, Adivi Sesh was cast for a crucial role in the film as Rajamouli was impressed by his work in the Panjaa (2011).[11] Actress Ramya Krishnan was chosen to play the crucial role in the film as Rajamatha in August 2013.[12] Actor Nassar was selected to play a supporting role.[12] Charandeep was selected to play the brother of the film’s chief villain.[13] On 20 December 2013 a press release stated that Tamannaah will be second heroine of the film which marks her first collaboration with Rajamouli and second collaboration with Prabhas.[14] Meka Ramakrishna was picked for the head of the Kuntala guerillas.
Release date: December 21, 2016 Director: Nitesh Tiwari Cast: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar & Fatima Sana Shaikh Biopics have made a come back. Most notable are the biopics of sports stars. Nothing says heroism like an athlete fighting against all-odds, and physically challenging the impossible, and winning. Mary Kom, Bhaag Milka Bhaag, Paan Singh Tomar, M.S Dhoni, Azhar are just some of the recent success stories. But a new biopic takes the sports drama a step further. We are talking about Dangal, an Aamir Khan film, which is not just biographical but highlights pertinent social issue: discrimination against women. In Amir Khan’s own words: “Nitesh has written a wonderful story. The topic is very important & very dramatic. It highlights the discrimination that is meted out to the girl child in India. The best part is that he has done it in a very entertaining manner.
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The heart of the story is emotional, but it also has a lot of humour. Raju Hirani has this unique way to tell a story where he says something socially very relevant but he tells his story in a very entertaining manner. Similarly Nitesh has written a very entertaining lovely script, the dialogues are very entertaining. Each time I listen to the dialogues, I laugh a lot. I cry as well as laugh.” Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film stars Aamir Khan in the lead role as Mahavir Singh Phogat, who taught wrestling to his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. While Geeta is India’s first female wrestler to win a gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, her sister Babita won the silver. Dangal is the Hindi term for a wrestling competition. True to the film’s title, the film delivers a wrestling duel. Here is the storyline: Mahavir Singh Phogat (Aamir Khan) is a former champion wrestler. He is married to Shobha Kaur (Sakshi Tanwar). Phogat’s dream is to win a gold medal for India in wrestling. He is unable to fulfill this dream. He promises that his son will do what he could not do. However,
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although he loves them dearly, Phogat is disappointed when Shobha gives birth to four daughters. He does not believe girls can wrestle well. However, when two of his daughters, Geeta and Babita, come home after beating up two boys, Phogat realizes how wrong he has been and begins to train his daughters in wrestling. The film is the story of how Phogat trained his daughters to become professional wrestlers and the final wrestling competition to win the gold medal. To make the wrestling scenes realistic, the entire cast had to undergo training. Junior Indian women’s wrestling team coach Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi was approached by Aamir Khan Productions to train Khan and the entire crew of Dangal. Coach Bishnoi said, “Very few Indians encourage women for wrestling, especially because of the uniform. This film will change that perception too. People would hopefully want to see their daughters taking up wrestling as a sport.” Amir Khan in particular had to go thru vigorous physical training to gain and lose weight for the film. Khan reportedly gained
Khan says, “If you have an ultimate goal in mind, make sure you don’t look up to see it. If you look at Mt Everest and think about where you have to reach, you’ll simply give up. But if you look down and just focus on every step, and push yourself to take just the next step, you’ll reach your goal eventually.” 30 kg and weighs 98 kg to play the role of the older Phogat, then lost the weight to play the younger role in Dangal. He also took Haryanvi lessons and dialect training for the film. Amir Khan, who is a role model and inspiration for many youngsters, said the weight loss was a tough task but he achieved his goal with steadfastness and discipline.
Inspired by Amir Khan, the female characters in the film, Sanya Malhotra (Babita Kumari), Fatima Sana Shaikh (Geeta Phogat), Zaira Wasim (young Geeta), Suhani Bhatnagar (young Babita) transformed themselves into wrestlers, in just a few months. After receiving boot-camp training the girls braved past injuries, pain and hard work with a single agenda in mind—Dangal.
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The music for Dangal, composed by Pritam has also created a buzz. National Film Award winning lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya, who has penned all the songs for Dangal, said that the Amir Khan was very involved by nature in the creative process but never interfered with it. Bhattacharya said, “As we keep calling him a ‘perfectionist’, I understood why they say so when I worked with him. He is always interested in interacting with us (lyricist and composer) and to improve the narration from all aspects.” With the music, action scenes, true-to-life storyline and Amir Khan to lead, the film guarantees some A-class entertainment. Get into the ring or better yet, get the best seats for the action-drama. Watch the Dangal at Albion, Woodside & York Cinemas on 21st December 2016!
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Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam left us mesmerized when they went frolicking in the Kaabil trailer. The duo has redefined the portrayal of differently abled people in a Bollywood mainstream film. We see them enjoying the bliss of a marital life. Hrithik and Yami also indulge in Salsa dancing. At no moment in the trailer, you would see them distraught and burdened by their disability. Of course , until trouble comes uninvited and we see a revengeful side of Hrithik. Kaabil team posted a wonderful message on World Disability Day. The video posted shows a big red heart with streaming of messages that go on like – Love is Fair, Love is Equal, Love is Kind, Love is Just, Love if Kind, Love is Blind, Let’s make everyone Kaabil. The team took to Twitter and shared, ” Disability is not inability. It is being differently able! Today on #WorldDisabilityDay, let’s make everyone KAABIL@iHrithik @ yamigautam.” Earlier Hrithik Roshan also revealed the Telugu poster of this much-awaited film. The actor took to Twitter and shared, “Love does not need to be perfect it just needs to be true, here’s the #KaabilTeluguPoster. Coming to a theatre near you on 25th Jan.” Kaabil is all set to release on January 25, 2017. The makers have preponed its release date. Earlier the film was set to open along with Raees starring Shah Rukh Khan and Mahira Khan on January 26.
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The Domino effect: Mahira Khan’s role in Shah Rukh Khan starrer Raees cut short after ban on Pakistani artists Mahira Khan’s Bollywood debut in the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Raees just got cut short quite drastically. The Pakistani actress reportedly had two songs in the film, one of which had been canned earlier this year. Mumbai Mirror has reported that she will not be coming back to India to shoot the second song. Also, a romantic scene between SRK and Mahira has also reportedly been chopped off. According to the source who reported to Mumbai Mirror, it was easy to cut short Mahira’s role in the film, because her role was similar to Parveen Babi’s role in Yash Chopra’s 1975 film Deewar. The film revolved around two warring brothers, Vijay and Ravi, played by Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor. Speaking about Raees, he said, “This one revolves around the conflict between Shah Rukh Khan who plays a bootlegger, Raees Alam, and ACP Ghulam Patel enacted by Nawaz (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) who is on his trail. So, it wasn’t difficult to trim her role which has been done with the intention
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of not hurting public sentiment.” After the September 18 Uri attack, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had issued an ultimatum to Pakistani artistes to leave India and said they would not let their movies release in India. The Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association passed a resolution banning Pakistanis from working in films being made in India as they were upset that Pakistani artistes did not condemn the incident. One of the films targeted was Ae Dil Hai
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Mushkil; which starred Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in a small but pivotal role. Director Karan Johar dramatically reduced his role after political parties threatened to boycott the film because it starred the Pakistani actor. Mahira Khan, who became a household name her Pakistani TV show Humsafar which aired on Zindagi channel in India, meanwhile had posted on Facebook that she “condemns any act of terror, no matter which soil it is on”.
While filmmakers often find it difficult to get two popular stars together for a film, Karan Johar seems to have achieved a feat that others normally would only dream of. Though not for a film, this director-producer is all set to get together Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh on the couch of his much talked about chat show Koffee With Karan. Speculations about who would be attending the show with Ranveer Singh have been doing the rounds for quite some time now. While the strongest ‘conjecture’ (in Karan’s words) was that Ranveer would be coming hand-in-hand with his alleged girlfriend Deepika Padukone, fans of the couple may be a tad bit disappointed. However, the Ranbir – Ranveer combo would equally be intriguing considering that the former was Deepika’s ex-boyfriend. As Karan had promised in the promo and the first episode, though the actors would be the same, this fifth season will see new permutations and combinations. By far, we have seen the episode of Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt and have received a glimpse of Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna.
For last four years, the former adult star turned actress Sunny Leone has been the most searched personality in India. Well, for the fifth consecutive time Sunny Leone has become the most searched personality for the fifth consecutive year in India as revealed by Yahoo! India. Sunny Leone trumped Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the most searched race. Salman Khan has taken the top spot amongst the male celebrities followed by stand-up comedian and TV personality Kapil Sharma in the second position. This was followed by Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan. The second position in the female celebrities has been surprisingly grabbed by Bipasha Basu after she got married to Karan Singh Grover earlier this year. The buzz around her marriage gave her the second spot. She was followed by Deepika Padukone who took the third slot, followed by Katrina Kaif at No. 4.
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Last week saw the release of Shah Rukh Khan–Alia Bhatt starrer Dear Zindagi. The film saw Shah Rukh Khan play the role of the psychiatrist Dr. Jehangir Khan with utmost conviction; so much so that there are many youngsters (esp. girls) who want to get treated under him. Recently, there was a video that went viral, which had Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan on the sets of Dear Zindagi. The impact of Shah Rukh Khan’s role of a psychiatrist has been so enormous that he has now been officially invited to deliver a lecture to the students of the prestigious Oxford University. Alan Rusbridger (Principal-Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University) took to twitter and tweeted to Shah Rukh Khan stating “@iamsrk can we tempt to Oxford University to talk to our students at @lmhoxford? They love you (I’m the principal)” We wonder how Shah Rukh Khan will react to this invitation.
Sunny Leone makes it to BBC’s 100 Most Influential Women of 2016 list
The year 2016 marks the fourth year when BBC has released the list of 100 Most Influential Women around the world. The list includes a mix of entrepreneurs, engineers, sportswomen, business women, fashion icons and artists who have left a mark with their contributions in their fields. Sunny Leone, who made her Bollywood debut in 2012 with Jism 2, has made it to the list. She has been tagged as the former porn star turned Bollywood actress. Her quote in the list says, “It’s your right as a woman to follow your dreams and it’s your responsibility to make them come true.” Apart from Sunny Leone, the list also includes four Indian names – Gouri Chindarkar (Sangli), Mallika Srinivasan (Chennai), Neha Singh (Mumbai) and Saalumarada Thimmakka (Karnataka) who have done incredible work in their respective fields. As for Sunny Leone, she has also shot a special song for Shah Rukh Khan‘s film Raees and is currently shooting with Arbaaz Khan for Tera Intezaar.
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If rumours and reports are to be believed, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to team up with her favourite director Sanjay Leela Bhansali all over again. If only it were true! According to sources very close to SLB’s team the information is a complete fabrication. “Sanjay and Aishwarya are associated far beyond their cinematic collaborations. They meet socially. Aishwarya is one of the few film people whom Sanjay considers a friend. They met last at the Bachchans’ Diwali bash. But that’s it. There was never any talk of doing a role in Padmavati,” says a source close to SLB. According to the source there is no room or scope for any special song by any other heroine in Padmavati, as reported. “The dramatic conflict in the plot hinges on the three characters Rani Padmavati, her husband played by Shahid Kapoor and the invader played by Ranveer Singh, who falls for Padmavati. Aditi Rao plays Ranveer’s wife. Besides that there is no other female character,” continues the source.In fact at one point of time Aishwarya was the prime contender to play Padmavati. But then when Ranveer Singh came in as Allauddin Khilji the entire casting had to change. Aishwarya was also supposed to do an item song in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela. But she didn’t like the lyrics. Priyanka Chopra did the needful. So the big question. When would Sanjay Bhansali and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan team up again? Apparently, SLB has a subject, a love story set in Kashmir, for which he wants only his Devdas, Hum…Dil De Chuke Sanam, Guzaarish heroine.
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By now it a well-known fact that the three big Khans of Bollywood viz. Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan share a troubled friendship at best. However, putting their differences away earlier this year Salman and Shah Rukh Khan were seen together on stage. Well, now it seems like the last month of the year December, will see none other than Aamir Khan sharing the stage with Shah Rukh Khan at an event.
The said event which is being held on December 17 to celebrate women in Hindi cinema will feature Shah Rukh Khan hosting the show. Interestingly, the same event will also feature Aamir Khan doing a special segment wherein he will launch the track ‘Dhaakad’ from his next release Dangal. If that wasn’t all, we hear that the track in question will see Aamir rapping after doing the same nineteen years ago with the track ‘Aati Kya Khandala’ from Ghulam. Com-
menting on the track Aamir stated that he felt the song ‘Dhaakad’ which was shot especially for the event was apt for the occasion and that it is not as part of the Dangal OST. Back on the film front, while Aamir’s next release Dangal is slated to hit screens this December, Shah Rukh Khan’s next titled Raees whose trailer was recently release will hit screens in January 2017.
Amitabh Bachchan has always been one of filmmaker R. Balki’s favourites. Without his presence, the filmmaker’s projects are sort of incomplete and even in his last directorial, he had the megastar playing a cameo. Now, the actor will once again be seen in R. Balki’s next. Earlier we had reported R. Balki for the first time will direct Akshay Kumar in his forthcoming film. Though the details of the film have been safely guarded, we hear that Balki is busy developing the character that will be played by Big B in the film. On the other hand, it is being said that Akshay was impressed with the role offered to him by Balki. Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan have previously done many films together which includes Aankhen, Waqt: A Race Against Time, Khakee, Ek Rishtaa, Family: Ties of Blood among others. It is being said that R. Balki’s next is a slice-of-life film. On the other hand, details of when the film will go on floor and so on are yet to be finalized since Akshay already has couple of films already rolling as per schedule.
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Kangna Ranaut is all set to star alongside Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan in Vishal Bhardwaj’s next directorial venture Rangoon. The cast had wrapped up the film earlier this year and now are finishing the dubbing part. Although the movie plot has been kept under wraps, the cast of the film has been news for different reasons. Ever since the movie shooting began, many stories have been doing the rounds about Kangna Ranaut’s uneasiness with Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan. The stories suggested that Kangna would constantly flaunt her three National awards and interfered in the creative decisions leaving the two heroes miffed.
After returning to India after two months in the US, Kangna Ranaut recently spoke to a leading daily about the ongoing ego clash to clarify the issue. She said that she doesn’t pay much heed to mischiefmakers, whether they are contemporaries or competition. These mischief-makers are mostly unnecessary publicists who do everything possible to malign one’s image and get that person in trouble. She continued saying that she keeps a watch on everything. If it’s alarming and she foresees a bigger trap, she hits back. She further added that she doesn’t care about bugs in the bed. Setting the record straight about her tiff with Saif, Kangna Ranaut informed that she is a different person at work. She does not go to the set wanting to party. As far as Saif Ali Khan is concerned, she called him a classic man. She is a fan of his charms. She also mentioned that Saif and Kareena Kapoor Khan have been extremely gracious to her and had even hosted a dinner for her. She loves their company.
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Coming to problems with Shahid Kapoor, Kangna continued that they had a healthy partnership on set and did not see any trouble between them. She said that they weren’t pally which was probably what was misconstrued. She concluded saying that people need to DEC 4th that actors don’t go to work to make friends. understand
Rajinikanth and Shah Rukh Khan are bonding on Twitter like never before. It’s one of the most delightful moments for their fans. Well it’s Thalaivaa birthday today and the entire nation is showering wishes to the superstar. Shah Rukh Khan too wished the legend in the most stylish way. He shared his film Chennai Express song Thalaivaa picture and captioned, “2 the coolest & greatest of em all. Wishing u health happiness & years of entertainment for us.Happy B’Day Thalaivaa”. To everyone’ s surprise, Rajinikanth noticed SRK’s tweet and thanked him in the most humble way possible, “Thank you Shah Rukh ji for your warm wishes …. god bless”. It’s rare to see superstars bond, but today is a special day. Rajini is undoubtedly one of the most loved superstars and his birthday is celebrated like a festival. However this year the actor is not celebrating his 66th birthday and even requested his fans to not bring in the celebration to respect former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s untimely death. The actor thanked everyone for wishing him on his birthday. He wrote, “To all my fans, well wishers, media & friends from the film fraternity…. many thanks for your warm wishes”. On the professional front, Rajinikanth is busy with his next titled 2.0. This sci-fi film is the successor to Enthiran – the Robot. While certain elements will repeat in 2.0, the story is brand new. Rajinikanth plays another character apart from Chitti and Dr Vaseegaran and we eagerly waiting to find out what it is. Another big highlight of this film is baddie which will be played by Akshay Kumar. He plays the terrifying Dr Richards who turns into a crow as a result of an experiment. Reportedly he’s an ornithologist in the film. Amy Jackson too has been roped in to play the female lead. On 20 November, the 2.0’s first official poster was launched in a grand event in Mumbai. Also Salman Khan surprised everyone by making his presence at the event. In fact Salman and Rajinikanth bonded big time and they both confessed to work with each other soon.
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Aamir Khan’s shocking transformation for Dangal has become the talk of the town. Aamir Khan last impressed the masses with his alien act in Rajkumar Hirani’s PK. Soon after this, the Perfectionist Khan went on a weight gain spree for Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal, which depicts Khan as a 55 year-old wrestler. The film is based on Mahavir Phogat, father of Indian women wrestlers Geeta and Babita Kumari Phogat. And given Khan’s perfectionist nature, he went all out to get the look right. However, this ain’t the first time when Aamir has experimented with his look. In the past as well, we have seen him bulk up and lose weight for his onscreen avatars. But this time around, Khan is taking a major risk with his health for yet another successful film. Well, at least that’s what our health expert Arnav Sarkar, Owner, Sarkar Training thinks. Arnav has been involved in the fitness industry for many years now. He has worked with quite a few athletes and beauty pageant contestants till now. Excerpts from the interview: Is it safe to gain or loose weight drastically in short span of time? No! The body needs time to adjust to any weight gain or loss, and hastening this can lead to health problems. How many kilos (maximum) can one gain in a span of three months? Is it possible without steroids? Or is this all due to heavy intake of protein? It would depend on the current build of the individual. A tall guy is likely to gain more weight than a shorter guy. If a person is starting training and eating right for the very first time, then maybe upto 3-4 kilos would be possible in a safe manner without putting on too much of body fat. This much can be expected without steroids, but massive gains like 10 kilos or more would indicate the use of steroids. What are the risks of taking steroids?
Aamir Khan’s shocking transformation for Dangal is a huge health risk according to an expert
Many! Starting from less dangerous problems like skin problems, it can also cause more severe ones like high blood pressure, impotence, heart attacks, and even death. Steroids are simply not to be played around with. What are the after effects of drastic weight gain and loss? Drastic weight loss is often associated with muscle loss and weakness. Dizziness, fainting, excess cravings, mood swings are all commonly seen in people who lose weight drastically due to severely low food intake. Also, such cases also usually end up gaining the weight back quickly as they have not developed habits that are sustainable. On the other hand, drastic weight gain is often associated with increased body fat levels and might also make one feel lethargic carrying the rapidly gained weight. Your take on Aamir Khan’s weight gain and loss for various roles Aamir is a professional actor who earns crores for each role he does. In his case the risks associated with such drastic weight gain and loss is somewhat justified considering the amount of money at stake. I wish it could be different and done in a safer manner, but realistically its just too much money to not take a chance for. However, it makes no sense for the regular man or woman who does not have crores to gain/lose based on how they look to take such chances. You can get great results with proper training, nutrition and rest by investing a little more time. Your body, health and general sense of well being will thank you for it. Clearly, it seems that with such high stakes riding on him, this is a gamble even Khan cannot avoid.
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