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Talking about Salman Khan, where is his “best buddy” Shah Rukh Khan? SRK really has been quiet for some time. …Perhaps he’s been taking social distancing rather seriously. Very wise, we say, more so with the many controversies erupting in the industry, it’s best to keep a low profile.

Salman Khan has been ignoring all the trollers who have been attacking him mercilessly instead, he’s deactivated himself from people and got connected to Mother Earth. That’s right, he’s been farming and rather earnestly by the look of it. Of course, girlfriend iulia is there right beside him wiping his sweaty brow. Very romantic!

Who is really big in the digital world is the gorgeous Disha Patani. We are told that any post of hers garners a huge audience. Perhaps it’s something to do with her posing day in and day out in skimpy Calvin Klein bra and panties that make the toughest men weak in their knees.

Tiger Shroff too has been setting the digital world on fire too. And, how! He’s been posing shirt-less quite a bit, no wonder there are so many swooning ladies swarming to see his pictures over and over again. Not keeping a low profile are Anurag Kashyap and Ranvir Shorey. They’ve been squabbling with each other on social media on trivialities. Grow up boys, why don’t you call and iron out your differences? Better option no? Instead of making fools of yourself in the virtual world.

Another hunky guy Sidharth Malhotra has, however, decided to give his bod a break and instead exercise his grey cells. Yes, this handsome lad has been catching up with his reading during the lockdown period. Who knows he may just stumble on the perfect script which may upset his perfect record of recurring flops?

Manoj Bajpayee however has no fear. He’s been riding on the success of his web series Family Man for quite some time. And now that Season 2 is just ‘round the corner, Manoj is back in the driver’s seat ready ‘n’ waiting to surf the wave of success yet again.

Talking about families, the Nawab’s family is going to be getting bigger. That’s right, Saif and Kareena have confirmed that there will soon be a new addition to their family. Looks like Saif and Kareena have made good use of the lockdown, right?

This girl sure is in love. Yes, we are talking about Sonam Kapoor who spent an entire week before her hubby Anand Ahuja’s birthday quizzing fans about Anand’s fave things. Yawn, ah well, we guess only Anand and she played this love game! Talking about Kangana Ranaut, she’s been fighting very hard to be heard in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. That girl has her heart in the right place, we know. However, all her poison tipped arrows have steadfastly pointed at the nepotism gang. Come on Kangana, new facts have emerged and guess what Karan Johar, the “nepotism flag bearer”, may not be involved in all the

cases of the world! Really!

Games and Khiladi Kumar go together. Akshay Kumar decided it was about time to start work but he couldn’t shoot in corona ridden Mumbai. So he did the next best thing, he flew his entire crew to Scotland to shoot his next film. This man sure has style!

We didn’t know Katrina Kaif loved cricket. Well, she seems to be an avid fan and insists that she’s always ready to play the game whether attired right or not. Vicky are you listening?

Deepika Padukone seems to be in the news these days, however not for the right reasons. Her squeaky clean image has taken a bit of a beating when the news of her allegedly taking 5 crores to go for the JNU event came out. But we know our Dips, she’s going to bounce back… her battery of PRs will ensure that! Amitabh Bachchan ko gussa kyun aata hain? Well an anonymous troller got Big B’s goat by telling him nasty things including stuff like he should die from Corona. Big B took to social media rather like his ‘angry young man’ avatar and thundered at the nasty troller who by now must have taken to his heels and decided never to get him cross ever again.

Someone else who is waiting to ride the success bandwagon again is Taapsee Pannu. On the professional front, things have been a little quiet what with the lockdown and of course, her last few films hasn’t exactly got the box office ringing. But no worries; on the personal front, Kangana Ranaut’s frequent name calling keeps Tapsee in the news! So that’s not all that bad! Is it?

Varun Dhawan has something to celebrate about. It’s been four years of Dhoom and he put up a post of John and his buffed up body for all to see. We say go for Dhoom 2, Varun, you’ll have the girls swooning over you and John. And, how!

With all these insider and outsider debates, Kartik Aryan must be feeling sandwiched. After all, he is an outsider who has made his way into the insiders camp. So does that make him an outsider insider or an insider outsider?

Something is not all that right in Bollywood this year. Sanjay Dutt who had recently got himself admitted into the hospital complaining of breathlessness, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. He has now been advised to take a break from films for medical reasons. Get well soon Sanju Baba!

Talking about Sadak 2, Aalia Bhatt seems to have become troller’s favourite whipping girl. First they attacked her for being a product of nepotism, now as papa Mahesh Bhatt has got himself entangled into Sushant Singh Rajput’s case, she’s bearing the brunt of nasty maniacal comments too. Poor gal!

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Abhishek Bachchan, who unfortunately, fell prey to Covid 19 and was sent packing to a quarantined hospital. But the good news is that his multi-layered performance in the web-series Breathe Into The Shadows was appreciated and he’s back in the running again! So get well soon Abhishek, good things are waiting for you.