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Ranbir Kapoor returns to work after marrying Alia Bhatt
Hansika wraps up shooting for web series ‘MY3’ Kajal Pisal: A career in entertainment is never easy
Hansika Motwani has wrapped up shooting her portions for her first web series 'MY3'. The actress, who distributed sweets to everybody in her unit on her last day of shooting, took to Instagram to pen a post about working on the series. She wrote, “It’s a wrap-up for ‘MY3’! A journey to cherish forever! Emotionally gleeful to have got such a wonderfully talented team, who made me feel like a princess on the sets every moment. It’s been wonderful yet again to work with director Rajesh sir after ‘Oru Kal Oru Kannadi’. He has been so generous, by giving me so much space to do whatever with both my characters. I am truly elated to have got an opportunity to work with him again. “The entire direction team comprising Karthick, Rozar Shekar, Maddy, and everyone has been great. I thank my producer Sanjay sir (Trendloud) for being so supportive. It’s been an immense pleasure working with them. “The entire cast and crew have been awesome. Mugen is a wonderful actor. I wish him all the very best. Shanthanu, Janani, Shakthi, Abhishek, and others have been friendly on the sets. It was a lovely experience to work with them. “The roles of Mythri and MY3 are so special to me. I have never been emotional about my roles, but this one is close to my heart. I thank the entire crew, the directorial team, my co-stars, and producer Sanjay sir for endowing me. I can’t wait for the audience, who will love the show and characters as I love them. I thank Pradeep sir for being a perfect curator. “Tons of love to my Mom for encouraging me to do what I always love. I thank my team (Hmu stylist )and everyone for nurturing my journey with great support on ‘MY3’.” The web series, which is being directed by M Rajesh, is a unique robotic love story and is to be streamed on Disney+ Hotstar. Karthik Muthukumar is the cinematographer of this series, which will have music by Ganesan and editing by Ashish.
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After wedding, Neetu Kapoor, Soni Razdan, Shaheen Bhatt visit Ranbir, Alia’s residence
The post-wedding festivities are still on for the Kapoors and the Bhatts as Neetu Kapoor, Soni Razdan and Shaheen Bhatt, were seen outside Ranbir and Alia's Vastu residence in Pali Hill area of Mumbai. While Neetu wore a pink suit, Shaheen was seen clad in a light-colour kurta paired with a brown palazzo and Soni in a grey-pink floral print suit. With Alia and Ranbir's wedding pictures all over the Internet, Neetu has also shared inside pictures from her son's wedding. Recently, she shared a heartwarming post on her Instagram where she can be seen standing with Ranbir and her son-in-law Bharat Sahni (Riddhima Kapoor Sahni's husband). Sharing the post, Neetu Kapoor captioned it as, "My pillars." Alia and Ranbir dated for four years before tying the nuptial knot on April 14. At the wedding, the couple
donned Sabyasachi outfits. While the 'Highway' actress wore a hand-dyed ivory organza saree for her big day, Ranbir twinned with his bride as he wore an ivory-coloured sherwani.
Yami Gautam was the only choice for character of Jyoti Deswal in ‘Dasvi’: Director
Tushar Jalota, the director of the recently released 'Dasvi' which stars Abhishek Bachchan in the lead, recently shared that during the casting of the film, he could only imagine actress Yami Gautam playing the part of police officer Jyoti Deswal. He said she was the first and only choice for this role. Elaborating on the same, the director said, "Jyoti is a head strong, brave, no-nonsense and a fearless woman. She is razor-focused and is cuttingly sharp. She has steely authority, is fierce and is simply savage!! And Yami played it to the T. When we were casting for this role in 'Dasvi', I couldn't imagine anyone else other than Yami Gautam playing Jyoti Deswal." Adding further, he said that the actress completely surrenders herself to the character that she takes up, "She is someone who completely gets absorbed by her character and thoroughly prepares for it; whether it's looking the part or mentally getting into the headspace of the character." He continued, "Apart from all the prep work, she also worked hard on her Haryanvi dialect and accent and for a moment you forget it's Yami on screen because all you can see is Jyoti Deswal, a strong, confident, no-nonsense female inspector." Describing deeper layers of the character, Tushar said, "There is a practised hardness in Jyoti, that is her stated intent, but she has softer virtues (humility, gentleness, sympathy). Yami has done all of this with so much dignity and nobility. She was definitely a great team player, a supporter for me and I believe that is the mark of a terrific actor and Yami deserves all the accolades coming her way for her performance in the film."
‘F3’ shoot concludes with Pooja Hegde’s special song
The makers of 'F3' unveiled a poster of Pooja Hegde looking super glamourous in a glossy pink dress, earlier on Monday. Pooja Hegde, who recently appeared alongside Vijay in the Tamil movie 'Beast,' is now set to dazzle in a special dance number in Anil Ravipudi's 'F3'. Pooja's song in the film was shot in Hyderabad, and the shoot was completed with Pooja's song. Before Pooja's first glimpse, Ravipudi piqued our interest by teasing us with a silhouette of Pooja, which was enough to drive the fans crazy. This is Pooja's second special dance number, following the popular 'Jigelu Rani' in Ram Charan and Samantha-starrer 'Rangasthalam'. The film 'F3' is a sequel to 'F2', and stars Venkatesh Daggubatti, Varun Tej, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Mehreen Pirzada, which is billed as a commercial family entertainer. Pooja will be seen in Salman Khan's 'Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali' and 'Cirkus' opposite Ranveer Singh. The 'Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava' actress is also roped in to play the female lead opposite Mahesh Babu in his next, under Trivikram Srinivas' direction. Actress Kajal Pisal, currently seen in TV show 'Sirf Tum', says people should be mentally healthy to achieve a successful career in showbiz while dealing with different barriers. She says: "A career in entertainment industry is never easy. To pursue a career here one need to be ready to accept insults, partiality, body/ age shaming, sexual remarks and also discouragements. If one can happily ignore such barriers and keep working hard and flaunt their skills to win audience hearts that can only make you successful else the situation can make you fall into depression. "You may face financial crisis, stay jobless for long is a huge risk of our showbiz. One need to be strong to deal with all such circumstances." As April is celebrated as Stress Awareness Month since 1992 to
raise awareness of the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic. Kajal highlights the ways that she manages to keep herself happy. She adds: "One needs to be aware that nothing is permanent everyone experiences good and both time. Everyone in the world deals with stress, and many people have overcome stressful situations. You are not alone. "To overcome accept the situation and react in calm and composed way. I engage myself into gardening, cooking or talking with friends to keep myself happy and find a way out to overcome my problems. At times I do read spiritual lectures to find peace." Kajal is known for featuring in shows like 'Bade Achhe Lagte Hain', 'Saath Nibhaana Saathiya' and 'Naagin 5', among others.
Samantha’s advice to her younger self: Never get tattooed
Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu recently had a question-and-answer session on Instagram. One of her fans had asked the 'Majili' actress to reveal what kind of a tattoo Samantha wants to see herself inked with. The 'Rangasthalam' actress bluntly replied saying that she now dislikes getting inked. "My advice to my younger self would be not to get a tattoo. Ever!! Never ever get tattooed", the actress stressed. Samantha is known to have three tattoos, all of which are related to her ex-husband Naga Chaitanya. Samantha's first tattoo reads 'YMC,' which is an abbreviation for Sam and Naga's first film together, 'Ye Maaya Chesave. The second tattoo, which reads 'Chay,' is inked on her right rib, while the third tattoo is more unique, as both Chaitu and Samantha inked the same tattoo of two arrows on their forearms. On the work front, Samantha will be seen in 'Shakuntalam' and 'Yashoda' next.
Ranbir Kapoor returns to work after marrying Alia Bhatt
It's been barely a few days after his much hyped wedding with 'Dear Zindagi' star Alia Bhatt, and Ranbir Kapoor is already back to work to fulfil his professional commitments. The actor was recently spotted in the Andheri area of Mumbai where he was seen sporting a blue plaid shirt and beige pants. Alia and Ranbir got married on April 14 after dating for almost five years. The love story, which started on the sets of the duo's upcoming film 'Brahmastra' finally came to fruition as the two exchanged vows in an extremely private wedding ceremony in front of roughly 50 guests. Incidentally, the first part of Ayan Mukerji's 'Brahmastra' is all set to arrive in cinemas on September 9. Post the wedding ceremony, Alia took to her Instagram to share the love and joy with her followers as she wrote in the caption, "Today, surrounded by our family and friends, at home … in our favourite spot - the balcony we've spent the last 5 years of our relationship - we got married." "With so much already behind us, we can't wait to build more memories together … memories that are
full of love, laughter, comfortable silences, movie nights, silly fights, wine delights and Chinese bites. Thank you for all the love and light during this very momentous time in our lives. It has made this moment all the more special. Love, Ranbir and Alia," the caption further read.
Satish Kaushik looks back on his friendship with ‘Mr India’ co-star Anil Kapoor
Veteran actor Satish Kaushik, who is set for his upcoming film 'Thar' which stars the father-son duo of Anil Kapoor and Harshvarrdhan Kapoor, took a walk down memory lane and shared how he and Anil first became friends. Satish, who has worked with Anil since the early 1980s and has starred with him in a bunch of projects including the memorable sci-fi superhero film 'Mr. India', said, "I and Anil go long back. It has been a journey of almost 40 years together. I worked with him in his debut film as a leading man - 'Woh Saat Din' - where I had a small role." He shared how the film broadened his understanding of human relationships, "That film made me realise how relationships grow and evolve as with just that two-dialogue role in the film, I became his friend and a family member, for me that is the greatest gift. I remember that I needed a shirt for my part in that film when Anil brought me a shirt and said, 'You should wear this shirt, it was worn by Rishi Kapoor in 'Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan'". Reminiscing how the 'Dil Dhadakane Do' actor has always supported him, Satish said, "Anil actually pushed his producer brother Boney Kapoor to hire me for the part in 'Woh Saat Din'. Boney was offering me Rs 201 for the role but Anil convinced him to raise the remuneration to Rs 501. So, that's how my relationship with Anil Kapoor has been like. I'm very grateful that I got to work with him yet again in 'Thar'".
PRITHVIRAJ
RELEASE DATE: 3 June 2022 LANGUAGE: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu (With English Subtitles) PRODUCER: Yash Raj Films DIRECTOR: Chandraprakash Dwivedi CAST: Akshay Kumar, introducing debutant Manushi Chhillar, Sanjay Dutt, Sonu Sood
SYNOPSIS: Yash Raj Films is making its first historical with Prithviraj, which is based on the life and valour of the fearless and mighty Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan. Superstar Akshay Kumar is essaying the role of the legendary warrior who fought valiantly against the merciless invader Muhammad of Ghor. Akshay unveiled the teaser of the film via social media and saluted the daredevilry of the braveheart. Akshay says, "The teaser of Prithviraj captures the soul of the film, the essence of the life of the legendary warrior Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan who knew no fear. This is our tribute to his heroism and his life. The more I read about him, the more I was awed by how he lived and breathed every single second of his glorious life for his country and his values." The superstar adds, "He is a legend, he is one of the bravest warriors and he is one of the most upright kings that our country has ever seen. We hope that Indians worldwide love our salute to this mighty braveheart. We have tried to present his life story in the most authentic way possible and the film is a homage to his unmatched bravery and courage." The gorgeous Manushi plays the role of his beloved Sanyogita and her launch is definitely one of the most awaited debuts of 2022. Produced by Yash Raj Films, Prithviraj is being directed by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi who directed the biggest television epic Chanakya - based on the life and times of the most influential political strategist of India and the multiple award-winning Pinjar.
BHOOL BHULAIYAA 2
RELEASE DATE: 20 May 2022 LANGUAGE: Hindi (With English Subtitles) PRODUCER: T-Series; Cine1 Studios DIRECTOR: Anees Bazmee CAST: Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Tabu
SYNOPSIS: An accidental, yet destined meet up between two strangers Ruhaan and Reet forms into camaraderie. Ruhaan decides to break Reet' shackles of fear and attend a music festival before she leaves for her hometown. Reet lies to her family about boarding a bus and meanwhile enjoys the festival with Ruhaan and then tries to catch the next bus back home. They discover their bus has crashed and all the passengers are dead. The news does seem like a relief but Reet is devastated as she can't tell her family the truth about being alive and lying earlier. But she still travels back with Ruhaan to see her grieving family. As they reach the haunted haveli left behind by the Thakur family many years ago because of Manjulika's ghost, Ruhaan is confronted with Thakur Saha's gun pointed at him followed by an endless trail of questions while Reet hides away, Ruhaan comes with a ridiculous cover up by telling them that he has the power to talk to ghosts, and Reet brought him here to say a final goodbye to her family. Ruhaan starts to gain a certain popularity amongst the villagers as they start calling him Rooh baba which he enjoys. But the short lived fame has transformed into a problem which eventually grows to be uncontrollable. Ruhaan no longer has to deal with fake ghosts, its Manjulika's actual ghost that is out there and might even attack Reet. Now Ruhaan has to hide Reet from the family and save the family from Manjulika's ghost!
Tanvi Thakkar turns bride for ‘Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin’
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) Actress Tanvi Thakkar, who currently essays the role of Shivani in 'Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin', is delighted to turn a bride for her marriage track in the show. She says: "There's only one special day in every girl's life, when she encounters the kind of ecstatic excitement for her wedding day, that would bring along, and one of the best thing about wedding is to dress up to be bride. I feel being an actress I'm enjoying experience of getting ready with bridal look for my TV show and perhaps I'm the lucky one as its not first time but had also enjoyed earlier too." Tanvi also featured in 'Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant', 'Bepannah Pyaar' among others says she enjoys her profession. "I'm enjoying my profession of acting as it is helping me to explore different amazing experience. After I saw myself looking damn gorgeous as a Marathi bride, I took so many selfies and shared with my family. And trust me no other profession gives you such a great luck to explore different looks. Once in a while, in the middle of an ordinary work schedule, TV shows gives us a fairy tale to remember a lifetime," she said. The actress is paired alongside actor Sachin Shroff, in the show that airs on Star Plus. RELEASE DATE: 13 May 2022 LANGUAGE: Hindi (With English Subtitles) PRODUCER: Yash Raj Films DIRECTOR: Divyang Thakkar CAST: Ranveer Singh, Shalini Pandey, Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak Shah
Aayush Sharma joins cast of ‘Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali’
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Bollywood actor Aayush Sharma has been roped to star in the family drama 'Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali' where he will play a pivotal role as one of the on-screen brothers of the lead protagonist of the film essayed by superstar Salman Khan. Confirming the news, Aayush said, "Yes, I am a part of the film and I'm looking forward to experimenting with my cinematic aptitude with this project. From a romantic drama to an action film and now a family drama, I'm grateful with how my innings in the film industry have panned out." The film, which holds a cross-cultural love story at its heart, will also offer a healthy dose of comedy, romance and action. The film will be helmed by Farhad Samji, who also directed the Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon and Arshad Warsi-starrer 'Bachchhan Paandey'. Aayush further said, "I've never wanted to limit my creative aesthetics within one genre and my creative aptitude has always been a reflection of versatility and diversity. Going forward I'd love to explore newer genres and newer formats that leverage my innate authenticity and passion for the performing arts." Speaking about how this film will mark his second film opposite Salman Khan and third film under the Salman Khan Films banner he expands, "I am extremely grateful and humbled. This will be my second film opposite bhai and never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd earn the rare opportunity to feature alongside him in two consecutive projects." "From my perspective, I see it as a blessing because I get to hone my craft in the presence of one of the cinematic legends of the country. It has been a great learning curve for me and there are so many avenues that I need to conquer", he added. 'Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali', produced by Salman Khan Films, also stars Pooja Hegde, Venkatesh and other actors from south Indian and north Indian film industries. The film is eyeing a theatrical release either in latter half of 2022 or early 2023.
acquired by Gujarat-based real estate mogul and Bollywood producer Anil Roongta and will be released under the banner of Roongta Entertainment. Roongta on 'Naam' says, "Naam is truly special for me because it also marks the fourth collaboration of the superhit jodi of Ajay and Anees post 'Deewangee', 'Pyaar toh hona hi tha' and 'Hulchul'. Ajay is fantastic to work with, he puts a lot into playing any character yet always looks effortless on screen!" On the work front, Ajay Devgn is currently promoting 'Runway 34'.
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) 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. It is 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'. It has now been
